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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... streets and lanes of the city , emptying themselves mainly into Tower Street and Thames Street , which lead to an open view of Tower Hill , until the two latter streets were choked entirely full . The hour of nine had come , and all ...
... streets and lanes of the city , emptying themselves mainly into Tower Street and Thames Street , which lead to an open view of Tower Hill , until the two latter streets were choked entirely full . The hour of nine had come , and all ...
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... streets , as they always do on like occasions , with the same feelings that swayed a Roman pop- ulace when they entered the amphitheatre . But the man who had now suffered was a shining mark of tyranny . He was the most learned prelate ...
... streets , as they always do on like occasions , with the same feelings that swayed a Roman pop- ulace when they entered the amphitheatre . But the man who had now suffered was a shining mark of tyranny . He was the most learned prelate ...
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... and hence he is drawn into that vortex of life that is whirling through the streets of London . It may well be conceived , that what he has just witnessed does not soothe his apprehensions . The multitude have THE MEN OF KENT . 15.
... and hence he is drawn into that vortex of life that is whirling through the streets of London . It may well be conceived , that what he has just witnessed does not soothe his apprehensions . The multitude have THE MEN OF KENT . 15.
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... street murmurs and noises , and there is little that is audible but the ripples of the Thames . The King and the new Queen have finished their last game at tables , and sleep in the palace at Green- wich , and Fisher sleeps in eternal ...
... street murmurs and noises , and there is little that is audible but the ripples of the Thames . The King and the new Queen have finished their last game at tables , and sleep in the palace at Green- wich , and Fisher sleeps in eternal ...
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... street , a great thoroughfare between the city and the West End . On the south side of it splendid edifices had arisen , in the rear of which were parks and gardens , terraced down to the water's edge ; and on the north side were shops ...
... street , a great thoroughfare between the city and the West End . On the south side of it splendid edifices had arisen , in the rear of which were parks and gardens , terraced down to the water's edge ; and on the north side were shops ...
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