Pictures of the Olden Time: As Shown in the Fortunes of a Family of the PilgrimsJohn Sayer of Colchester, England died in 1509. His son, Richard, was born in Colchester in 1508 and married Anne Bourchier. He later settled in Amsterdam in 1537 where he died in 1540. Some descendants used the surname "Sears". Also includes a descendant, Richard Sayer, son of John Bourchier Sayer and Marie L. Egmond, who married Dorothy Thacher at Plymouth in 1632. He died in Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1676. |
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... Philip II . and Motley's Dutch Republic . It lay in my way to show the bearing of those wonderful events on family fortunes , but I had finished that part before either of the above - named admirable histories was published . The writer ...
... Philip II . and Motley's Dutch Republic . It lay in my way to show the bearing of those wonderful events on family fortunes , but I had finished that part before either of the above - named admirable histories was published . The writer ...
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... Philip the Second of Spain , in the progress of which shone forth the most heroic vir- tues of which man is capable , and which issued in giving to the united Netherlands the enviable glory of being the first nation to establish the ...
... Philip the Second of Spain , in the progress of which shone forth the most heroic vir- tues of which man is capable , and which issued in giving to the united Netherlands the enviable glory of being the first nation to establish the ...
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... these provinces , north and south , belonged to the dominions of Charles the Fifth , Emperor of Ger- many ; and when that monarch resigned his empire , they passed into the hands of his son , Philip 16 THE ADVENTURER . 181.
... these provinces , north and south , belonged to the dominions of Charles the Fifth , Emperor of Ger- many ; and when that monarch resigned his empire , they passed into the hands of his son , Philip 16 THE ADVENTURER . 181.
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... Philip , King of Spain . * Philip visited the provinces to receive their allegiance , and swore " to preserve to all the no- bles , towns , commons , and subjects , whether lay or -clerical , their ancient immunities and privileges ...
... Philip , King of Spain . * Philip visited the provinces to receive their allegiance , and swore " to preserve to all the no- bles , towns , commons , and subjects , whether lay or -clerical , their ancient immunities and privileges ...
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... Philip placed at the head of the government Margaret , Duchess of Parma , his natural sister , whom accord- ingly he had summoned from Italy . She was a woman of masculine appearance and strong un- derstanding , though not without ...
... Philip placed at the head of the government Margaret , Duchess of Parma , his natural sister , whom accord- ingly he had summoned from Italy . She was a woman of masculine appearance and strong un- derstanding , though not without ...
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