Sybil Sawdy

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name
Sybil Sawdy
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably the wife of Walter Allee, and possibly the mother of Albert E. Allee, who married Lucinda Sargent. They lived in Cayuga and Ontario counties, New York, then at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania, and from about 1838 in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where she was remembered as the only woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear. She took typhoid in 1862 and died at Lenox Center that September.
born
date
7 Jan 1796
place
New York
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, census-1860-lenox-allee]
note
The record attached gives the year or place, not the exact date.
died
date
2 Sep 1862
place
Lenox Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
residences
date
c. 1818
place
Cayuga County, New York
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[online-tree-wikitree-allee-sawdy]
note
Married Walter Allee about 1818 and lived in Cayuga and then Ontario counties before moving to Pennsylvania about 1836.
date
c. 1836
place
Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
note
At Springfield, Pennsylvania, where her Sawdy kin lived.
date
c. 1838
place
Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio
basis
compiled
confidence
probable
sources
[book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
note
"The only woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear."
date
1860
place
Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1860-lenox-allee]
note
Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
father
name
Silas William Sawdy
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
Born 1766 at Tiverton, Rhode Island; died 1810 at Scipio, Cayuga County, N.Y. (the tree's own GEDCOM and WikiTree; the place "Tiverton" for both is a slip). No record seen names him as her father; she lived at Scipio before her marriage and named a son Silas. Not yet imported.
mother
name
Sarah Soule
basis
compiled
confidence
possible
sources
[online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
note
1767 - 10 Aug 1801, Tiverton, as the tree has her, but a Sarah Sawdey was living in 1807, named in her father Jacob Soule's will. The Mayflower Society's Soule volume (2003) marries Jacob's daughter Sarah to a William Sawdey, not to Silas. Doubtful; see the open questions. Not yet imported.

Wife of Walter Allee. They lived in Cayuga and Ontario counties, New York, then about 1836 at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania, where her Sawdy kin lived, and from about 1838 at Jefferson and Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio. The women of the Western Reserve remembered her: "Sybill Sawdy, who came to Jefferson from Springfield, Pa., at an early day, was the wife of Walter Allee, who built the first house on the Bunnell farm. She has the distinction of being the only woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear" (source). She and Walter both took typhoid in the autumn of 1862, and she died on 2 September.

Research: Patricia Hatten through Sarah Edith Allee: Allee, Sawdy, Soule, Sargent.

Open questions

  • Her mother. The tree makes her Sarah Soule, daughter of Jacob Soule of Tiverton, which would bring a Mayflower descent from George Soule. Jacob's will (1807) does name a daughter "Sarah Sawdey," but no record names Sybil's parents, the Mayflower Society's volume gives Jacob's Sarah a husband William Sawdey, and the tree's death of 1801 cannot be right if Sarah was living in 1807. Jane Fletcher Fiske's "The Sawdy Family of Boston, Rhode Island, and Points West" (NEHGR 148,
    1. should settle it.

In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):

  • 1860. Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio (record)
  1. ---
  2. name: Sybil Sawdy
  3. sex: female
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Probably the wife of Walter Allee, and possibly the mother of Albert E. Allee, who married Lucinda
  7. Sargent. They lived in Cayuga and Ontario counties, New York, then at Springfield, Erie County,
  8. Pennsylvania, and from about 1838 in Ashtabula County, Ohio, where she was remembered as the only
  9. woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear. She took typhoid in 1862 and died at Lenox Center that
  10. September.
  11. born:
  12. date: 7 Jan 1796
  13. place: New York
  14. basis: compiled
  15. confidence: possible
  16. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry, census-1860-lenox-allee]
  17. note: The record attached gives the year or place, not the exact date.
  18. died:
  19. date: 2 Sep 1862
  20. place: Lenox Center, Ashtabula County, Ohio
  21. basis: compiled
  22. confidence: possible
  23. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  24. residences:
  25. - date: "c. 1818"
  26. place: Cayuga County, New York
  27. basis: compiled
  28. confidence: probable
  29. sources: [online-tree-wikitree-allee-sawdy]
  30. note: "Married Walter Allee about 1818 and lived in Cayuga and then Ontario counties before moving to Pennsylvania about 1836."
  31. - date: "c. 1836"
  32. place: Springfield, Erie, Pennsylvania
  33. basis: compiled
  34. confidence: probable
  35. sources: [book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
  36. note: "At Springfield, Pennsylvania, where her Sawdy kin lived."
  37. - date: "c. 1838"
  38. place: Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio
  39. basis: compiled
  40. confidence: probable
  41. sources: [book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve]
  42. note: "\"The only woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear.\""
  43. - date: "1860"
  44. place: Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio
  45. basis: documented
  46. confidence: probable
  47. sources: [census-1860-lenox-allee]
  48. note: Attached in the Ancestry tree; not checked here.
  49. father:
  50. name: Silas William Sawdy
  51. basis: compiled
  52. confidence: possible
  53. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  54. note: Born 1766 at Tiverton, Rhode Island; died 1810 at Scipio, Cayuga County, N.Y. (the tree's own GEDCOM and WikiTree; the place "Tiverton" for both is a slip). No record seen names him as her father; she lived at Scipio before her marriage and named a son Silas. Not yet imported.
  55. mother:
  56. name: Sarah Soule
  57. basis: compiled
  58. confidence: possible
  59. sources: [online-tree-ellingwood-ancestry]
  60. note: 1767 - 10 Aug 1801, Tiverton, as the tree has her, but a Sarah Sawdey was living in 1807, named in her father Jacob Soule's will. The Mayflower Society's Soule volume (2003) marries Jacob's daughter Sarah to a William Sawdey, not to Silas. Doubtful; see the open questions. Not yet imported.
  61. ---
  63. Wife of [Walter Allee](/people/walter-allee-1796/). They lived in Cayuga and Ontario
  64. counties, New York, then about 1836 at Springfield, Erie County, Pennsylvania, where her Sawdy kin
  65. lived, and from about 1838 at Jefferson and Lenox, Ashtabula County, Ohio. The women of the Western
  66. Reserve remembered her: "Sybill Sawdy, who came to Jefferson from Springfield, Pa., at an early day,
  67. was the wife of Walter Allee, who built the first house on the Bunnell farm. She has the distinction
  68. of being the only woman in Jefferson who ever shot a bear" ([source](/files/sources/book-wickham-1896-pioneer-women-western-reserve/)). She and Walter
  69. both took typhoid in the autumn of 1862, and she died on 2 September.
  71. Research: `research/hatten/Allee_Sawdy_Soule.md`.
  73. ## Open questions
  75. - **Her mother.** The tree makes her Sarah Soule, daughter of Jacob Soule of Tiverton, which would
  76. bring a *Mayflower* descent from George Soule. Jacob's will (1807) does name a daughter "Sarah
  77. Sawdey," but no record names Sybil's parents, the Mayflower Society's volume gives Jacob's Sarah a
  78. husband William Sawdey, and the tree's death of 1801 cannot be right if Sarah was living in 1807.
  79. Jane Fletcher Fiske's "The Sawdy Family of Boston, Rhode Island, and Points West" (*NEHGR* 148,
  80. 1994) should settle it.
  82. In the records the tree attaches (not checked here):
  84. - **1860.** Lenox, Ashtabula, Ohio ([record](/files/sources/census-1860-lenox-allee/))
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