There are several good sources of information on the SATELL
family of New England. The first is an
article in the NEHGS Register “Richard
Sawtell of Watertown, MA”, Volume 126 (1972), pages 3 – 17. One of the authors
of this early article was John Brooks Threlfall who wrote a book
Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins in
2008 which updated a lot of the information on the SATELL family.
Richard Sawtell, my 10th great grandfather, was
baptized on April 7, 1611 at Aller, Somerset, England, the son of John Sawtell
and Agnes Pittard. There are many
records in Somersetshire of the SAWTELL family.
The first record of Richard Sawtell in New England was on
July 25, 1636 on the list of proprietors of Watertown, Massachusetts when he received
Lot 8 in the 4th division as a single man. His brother, Thomas Sawtell, was made a
freeman in Boston in 1649, where he died childless in 1651 and named his
brother Richard and a sister Ann Kendrick of Muddy River (Suffolk County
Probate #111).
Richard Sawtell removed from Watertown to the new settlement
of Groton in 1655, where he again received a large grant of land as one of the
first, original proprietors. He was made
the first town clerk, and the records show that he was highly educated. Richard’s homestead was one of five garrison
houses in Groton. There were several
raids and massacres in Groton during King Philip’s War, so the family removed
back to Watertown. Two of his sons went back to resettle the town
of Groton. He was chosen to be a
selectman in Watertown in 1689.
Richard Sawtell adopted the illegitimate son of Zechariah
Smith in 1670. In 1672 he sued Thomas,
John and Joseph Smith for the child’s estate.
They were charged with illegally administering the estate.
In his will, dated May 16, 1692, Richard Sawtell left his
lands in Groton and Watertown to his wife, with instructions to his son Obadiah
to work the land in Groton, and instructions to his son Enoch to work the land
in Watertown.
Richard Sawtell is the ancestor of presidents Herbert Hoover
and Richard Nixon.
My SATELL genealogy:
Generation 1: Richard
Sawtell, son of John Sawtell and Agnes
Pittard, was baptized on 4 April 1611 in Aller, Somersetshire, England, died on
21 August 1694 in Watertown, Massachusetts; married first on 5 February 1627 in
High Ham, Somersetshire to Elizabeth Pople, daughter of William Pople. Married second in 1637 to Elizabeth Waite,
daughter of Phineas Waite and Mary Hubbard.
Eleven children with Elizabeth Waite, all born in Watertown.
Generation 2: Hannah
Satell, born on 10 December 1642 in Watertown, died 18 February 1723 in Woburn, Massachusetts; married on 13
July 1665 in Woburn to Increase Winn, son of Edward Winn and Joanna
Unknown. He was born 5 December 1641 in
Woburn and died 14 December 1690 in Woburn.
Nine children.
Generation 3: Mary Winn m. Nathaniel Wyman
Generation 4: Increase Wyman m. Deborah Pierce
Generation 5: Increase Wyman m. Catherine Unknown
Generation 6: Jemima Wyman m. Colonel Joshua Burnham
Generation 7: Jemima Burnham m. Romanus Emerson
Generation 8: George Emerson m. Mary Esther Younger
Generation 9: Mary Katharine Emerson m. George E. Batchelder
Generation 10: Carrie Maude Batchelder m. Joseph Elmer Allen
Generation 11: Stanley Elmer Allen m. Gertrude Matilda
Hitchings (my grandparents)
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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Surname Saturday ~ SAWTELL of Watertown and Groton, Massachusetts", Nutfield Genealogy, posted August 20, 2016, (http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2016/08/surname-saturday-sawtell-of-watertown.html: accessed [access date]).
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