Lesley, Yes the Sayers originally came from Norfolk. I have most of the information up on http://thecorys.com/sayer. The earliest Sayer I have: James Sayer was born in 1751 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He died on 1 Apr 1836 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. He was buried on 7 Apr 1836 in Carbrooke, Norfolkshire, England. (1) He was a Farmer.
Entry in Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk, 1883, p.270.

Any information that you can supply would be great.

Here is a site re: the Sayer family of North Yorkshire. This northern Sayer land-owning line is traceable back to the 1300s.
http://www.bedfordpark.net/genealogy/sayer/

Catherine, thanks for the information, I have added it to my Sayer database.

Catherine, we are third cousins

Does anyone have information about the Sayer family of Goshen, New York? Wm M and Richard Sayer were principles in the Rider Engine Co, later the Rider-Ericsson Co in Walden, NY - 1870's to 1920's. We are researching Rider Engine Co. and would like more info about the Sayers.

Hi I descend from Edward Sayers / Soares who was born in England abt 1792, He was a soldier and was convicted at Waterloo England for leaving his post and was sentenced for 7 years and transported to New South Wales Australia on the convict ship Susan in 1836, He married an Irish girl from Limerick by the name of Johanna Fitzgibbon in 1844 who was also transported for petty theft in 1836 neither re-offended and went on to have many descendants, does anyone please have any further information that might help me with this research, Cheers Ellie

Hi,
I have Syer and Seyer from Gloucestershire and also just Seyer from Bristol. My 4 x grt uncle was the Bristol Historian, Rev Samuel Seyer [1757-1831].
Ive also seen entries for Sayers and Sayer in family and official documents,
Ruth