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COL Peter Sayer

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COL Peter Sayer Veteran

Birth
Death
1697
Talbot County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Bennetts Point, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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The Will of Col. Peter Sayer dated 29 Aug 1697 Proved 2 Nov 1697 bequeaths 1/3 of his estate to his wife Frances; 1/3 equally divided between his nephew Charles Blake and his godson John Blake; 1/3 equal parts to the English Benedictine Nuns at Paris, the English Benedictine Monks at Paris, and the English Friars respectively. The testator also provides for his "old Aunt Varvey," and makes some special bequests, including ₤5 to "every priest in the Province"

Richard Bennett III's Will dated 1749 ordered 250 Pounds Sterling to be "expended in a decent house to be built over the graveyard and burying place where my dear wife lays interr'd. The Will [1698] of Frances Morgan Sayer ordered "A Chappel built of Lime and Breek" [20X30 feet] over the grave of her husband, Col. Peter Sayer, at this site. Archaelogical evidence indicates that the Sayer Chapel was most probably incorporated in the Bennett Chapel also buried here: Dorothy Blake Carroll [Mother of Charles, the Barrister]; Thomas Green [d.1674] - Quenne Anne's County Historical Society Maryland Historical Society

married Frances Morgan - no issue
The Will of Col. Peter Sayer dated 29 Aug 1697 Proved 2 Nov 1697 bequeaths 1/3 of his estate to his wife Frances; 1/3 equally divided between his nephew Charles Blake and his godson John Blake; 1/3 equal parts to the English Benedictine Nuns at Paris, the English Benedictine Monks at Paris, and the English Friars respectively. The testator also provides for his "old Aunt Varvey," and makes some special bequests, including ₤5 to "every priest in the Province"

Richard Bennett III's Will dated 1749 ordered 250 Pounds Sterling to be "expended in a decent house to be built over the graveyard and burying place where my dear wife lays interr'd. The Will [1698] of Frances Morgan Sayer ordered "A Chappel built of Lime and Breek" [20X30 feet] over the grave of her husband, Col. Peter Sayer, at this site. Archaelogical evidence indicates that the Sayer Chapel was most probably incorporated in the Bennett Chapel also buried here: Dorothy Blake Carroll [Mother of Charles, the Barrister]; Thomas Green [d.1674] - Quenne Anne's County Historical Society Maryland Historical Society

married Frances Morgan - no issue


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  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166969196/peter-sayer: accessed ), memorial page for COL Peter Sayer (unknown–1697), Find a Grave Memorial ID 166969196, citing Bennett's Point Cemetery, Bennetts Point, Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by BluMoKitty (contributor 46830270).