The Web Site for the Sayler Families

This web site is dedicated to the Sayler Families that are descended from Daniel Seilor who immigrated from Switzerland in ______ to Western Maryland.  Most of this information comes from a book titled History of the Sayler Family, dated 1898.

There is a grave site in Maryland where 15 of our ancestors are buried.  The linked page shows some pictures from this site.  A commemorative gravestone was placed on the site in 2003.  If you have a cable modem you can see a video of this site and the graves.  This video plays with the Real Player Client.  Click here for the Video.  This site is adjacent to the Beaver Dam Church where more of our more recent relatives are buried.

4. SPELLING

            Daniel Sayler (1), when he came to America, spelled his name S-e-i-l-e-r. Among his descendants there have been two modifications of that mode of spelling — S-a-y-l-e-r and S-a-y-l-o-r. The greater portion of the family adopting the first modification (S-a-y-l-e-r), the author has used that method of spelling throughout the work.

            The Saylers of Europe commonly spell their names as Daniel Sayler. the progenitor of the American branch of our family did — S-e-i-l-e-r.

            Among the memoranda and papers that came to the author from his grandfather, Dr. Christian Sayler (4-12), of Winchester, Ohio, was a letter from the distinguished minister, Daniel P. Sayler (4-46), of Double Pipe Creek, Maryland.

1. ETYMOLOGY

            The English etymology of our family name is evident — the sailor. Still, the common name sailor was not so usual once. Other names, as Shipman, Marner (Mariner) and Shipper (Skipper) took its place. In the “Hundred

Rolls” of early England the name occurs but twice — “John le Saillur” and “Nicholas le Saler.” But this is not so important, since our name is of German origin.