Not the son of Thomas Sayre & Margaret Sayre

William Sayre

• Birth: abt 1499 - Hinwick, parish of Podington, Bedfordshire, England
• Parents: unknown
• Wife: Alice Squire
• Death: 1564 - Hinwick, Podington, Bedfordshire, England

Biography

Our line of known direct ancestry therefore begins with William Sayre, of Hinwich, parish of Podington, in the hundred of Willey and in the county of Bedford. His wife was Alice Squyre. He died in 1564, his will being dated 1562 and proved 1564. The will of his widow was dated April 20, 1567, and proved June 2d of the same year.

CHILDREN.

• 1 THOMAS, m. Margery .
• 2 ALICE, m. Robert West.
• 3 AGNES, m. William Makernes.
• 4 WILLIAM, m. Elizabeth .He died prior to 1581.

Notes

Allison Votaw had dob as 1514; 1500 comes from http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f22/a0012292.htm

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sayre-33

William Sayre was born between 1499 and 1520 in Hinwick, Podington, Bedfordshire, England.[1] There is no evidence to connect him to a conjectural father Thomas Sayre

He married Alice Squire, whose last name is also spelled Squyre, in about 1530 in Bedfordshire England and their children were:[2]

Children

• William,
• Thomas,
• Alice,
• Agnes

A second Alice has been speculated, to accommodate the wife of John Wheeler[1] This second Alice is highly speculative and isn't borne out by the wills of William and Alice both of which name just one daughter Alice, Alice West.

There is no son Robert mentioned in the wills of this couple.

He died about 1564 in Hinwick, Bedfordshire, England.[3]

The following records pertain to William Sayre of Hinwick.[4]

• “1545 John Faldd [Faldo], of Sutton, Beds, yeoman, to William Seyre, of Hinwick, with warrant of attorney to Daniel Payne and Edmund Squyre of Posington, to deliver seisin.
• “1553. 6 July, Peter Grey, of Chilington, Beds, to William Sare, of Hinwick, yeoman, two closes and two acres in Hinwick, then in the tenure of the said William, and formerly belonging to the priory of Harewold, lately dissolved, with warrant of attorney to David Payne, gent.
• “1562. Aug 1, William Seyre, the elder of Hinwick, to Edmund Squyre and William Abbot, of the same place, husbandmen, all his lands, &c., late of John Faldo, of Sutton, and of the dissolved priory of Harewold, to reconvey the same to the use of the said William Seyre and Alice his wife for their lives; remainder to William Seyre, their son and heir apparent, remainder to Thomas, another son of the said William and Alice; remainder to the right heirs of William and Alice. “

Will

He made a will dated 15 Feb 1562/3[5]

"In the name of God amen, in the yere of o'r lord god 1562 I Willm Sayer ye elder of hynwyke wthin the p'ishe of Pooddyngton in ye county of Bedford yeoman beynge of p'fect memory make my Testamet & last Will in manr & forme followynge ffyrst I beqth my sowle to allmyghte god & my boddye to be buried in the churcheyard of poodyngton It' I beqth to the churche of Poodyngton aforesaid VIs VIIId It' I beqth to ye Mother church of Lincoln IId It' I beqth to the poore people in pooddyngton IIIs. IIIId. It' I beqth to Thom's Seyer my sone XIII£ VIs. VIIId. in mony or money worthe over & besydes a cowe & a heekfer. It' I beqth to Willm Seyer my cosen half a quarter of malte It' I beqth unto Joane petyt my cosen half a quarter of malte It' I beqth to Alyce west & Agnes makernes my doughters to eche of them half a quarter of malte It' I beqth to every one of my godchildren a stryke of malte It' I beqth to Alyce my wyf all my lands and tenements what so ever durynge her naturall lyf & after her decease I will yt they shall remayne unto Willm Seyre my sone & to his heyres for ever. It' I will Alice my wyf & Willm Seyer my sone my executors to dispose & prforme all things conteyned in this my last will It' I ordeyn & make Edmond Squyer my brother in lawe the sup'visor of this my will to whome I geve half a quarter of malt for his labor.

"wytnesses hereof John Austleg Willm Abbot ye elder & Edmond Squyer.

"ptm a.d. 1564 cora' mro' Johe Langford comiss' adisto execut' norat' in eodem etc.

Research Notes

Banta, very prudently, did not project the Sayre line back beyond William who died in 1564. While his book was published in 1901 it's well researched at the English end.

With no evidence at all to link William to his conjectural father Thomas, anything earlier than William is pure speculation and the even earlier profiles look to be fictional. It would be much safer for William to be disconnected from Thomas

In his will he names a cousin, William. So assuming cousin means the same as today, the father of William the testator must have had a brother who had a son also named William.

References

1. Banta, Theodore Melvin. (1907). Sayre Family: Lineage of Thomas Sayre, a Founder of Southampton. Page 8-10. < GoogleBooks >
2. http://trees.wmgs.org/getperson.php?personID=I41473&tree=Schirado
3. http://www.smokykin.com/tng/getperson.php?personID=I12292&tree=Smok...
4. WikiTree contributors, "William Sayre (abt.1500-1564)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sayre-33 : accessed 04 April 2024). Cites
   1. Hissem, S. (2016, January 18). The Hissem-Montague Family - The Sayre Family. Retrieved February 14, 2017, from http://shissem.com/Hissem_Sayre.html
   2. Sayre family; lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton by Banta, Theodore Melvin, Publisher: New York : The De Vinne Press, 1901
   3. probate of his will
   4. Harvey, William Marsh.. The history and antiquities of the hundred of Willey, in the county of Bedford. London: Printed by Nichols and Sons, 1872-1878.p. 389 Accessed at Ancestry ($) < link >
   5. Will held at Bedford Archives and Records Office, England
   6. Find A Grave Memorial Page for William Sayre. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=130676886
   7. Mackenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1912. Vol 1, p. 466.