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SAWYERS Family History

Recorded in various spellings including Sawer, Sawers, Sawyer, and Sawyers, this is an English surname. It was occupational for a very important job, that of sawing and planing timber, a mainstay occupation of the ancient times. It derives from the Olde English pre 7th century word "sagu", and the medieval "saghe", and means literally one who saws wood. The earliest recordings are spread around England and show the necessity of the process of preparing "sawn timber", indeed without "sawyers" medieval life would have been impossible.