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| In Memory of Mrs.Elizabeth Sayward Widow of the Hon. Jonathan Sayward Esq. who departed this life Sept. 14, 1810 Aged 76 Years. |
In Memory of Jonathan Sayward, Esq. Amiable and ƒocial in addreƒs, inƒtructive and entertaining in converƒa- tion, benevolent, charitable and pious, uniting the gentleman and chriƒtian. Various offices, Civil, Judicial and Eccleƒiaƒtical with honour & reputation he ƒuƒtain'd he died May 8, 1797 Æt. 84. |
He is mentioned as being one of York's most prominent citizens, and a royalist during the Revolution.
His occupations appear as Judge/Magistrate, West Indies Merchant, Captain, Polititian,
Sayward, Jonathan, York.Capt. Samuel Leighton's co.; pay abstract for travel allowance from home to Dorchester Heights in Aug., 1776; mileage for 95 miles allowed said Sayward; also, Capt. Samuel Leighton's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.; company receipts for wages for Aug.-Nov., 1776, dated Dorchester; also, Private, same co. and regt.; pay roll for travel allowance, etc., from Dorchester Heights home; said Sayward credited with allowance for 5 days (95 miles) travel; warrant allowed in Council Nov. 29, 1776. 2
It was his tea that was the victim in the "York Tea Party" of 1774.
Their granddaughter, Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood, was a gothic novelist.
"The office of Elder, which ranks above that of Deacon, was held by the following persons: Joseph Sayward before 1721 and until his death in 1742, is the first one whose name has come down to us as holding that position; Samuel Sewall, Joseph Holt and John Bradbury, 1753; Abiel Gooding, 1754; Richard Milberry, 1776; Jonathan Sayward and Joseph Simpson, 1781." 16
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