Samuel Sawyer - b. 1739 Shoreditch (burial 16th Dec 1827]

[sawyerhja]

No birth nor baptism date appears in Ancestry or FS. Is there a way of locating the record book (for St Leonards) online? I would then trawl through every page of the book, hoping to find the actual record which might have been almost too difficult for the transcriber to read).

[Pheno]

Yes if you have Ancestry access choose to search the London Metropolitan Archives and then choose the specific data collection for London C of E baptisms, marriages and burials 1538-1812.

Shoreditch is is the borough of Hackney, so if you choose that option on top right the next dropdown option will be St. Leonard's, Shoreditch which you can choose to browse.

Pheno

[sawyerhja]

Much appreciated. I will try that.

[sawyerhja]

Thank you again, Pheno, for pointing me in the direction of London Metropolitan Archives. I wonder what the chances are of deciphering the greyed-out area which shows "Samuel S. of ..." (second from bottom of right page). Clutching at straws......!

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1624/images/31280_194895-00156?ssrc=&backlabel=Return

[Pheno]

not easy to read is it.  You could try contacting LMA to see if one of their staff could take a look at the original to see if it can be read.

Pheno

[sawyerhja]

I contact LMA and they responded very quickly. Once things get back to normal, they will go and look at the original book and hold it up to the light! Thank you again for the tips.

[Pheno]

very pleased - hope the wait isn't too long

[rosie99]

Where does your information that he was born in Shoreditch come from.

[sawyerhja]

Good question. Tbh, that seems to be a general assumption by other tree owners. Since my original post here, I now think he might have been baptised in St Luke, Finsbury. If you can, pls take a look at our tree (HamiltonSawyer) on Ancestry, where I have done quite a bit of research into Samuel Sawyer b. 1739. I'd be pleased to receive any further information on this chap.