My Descent from Henry Sanders

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Henry Sanders-wife unknown
Hanry Sanders (2)-Ann Bates
Lydia Sanders-Joshua Besse
Joshua Besse, Jr.-Mary Morton
Lydia Besse-Mark Emery, Jr.
Lydia Anne Emery-John Elwin Bartlett
James Luville Bartlett-Elizabeth Stevenson
Spray Edna Bartlett-Frederick Henry Richenburg
Mildred Louise Richenburg-Edward Keene True
James Duncan True

The early spellings of the name Sanders include Sanderson, Saunders, and Saunderson, and the name Sanders was often confused with the name Landers. The name Henry Sanderson appears on the 1643 list of Sandwich men between the ages of 16 and 60 able to bear arms. One Henry Sanderson was able to pledge 5 pounds on 29 May 1655 towards a fund to build a public meeting building in Sandwich. There were Court cases involving a Henry Saunders in October 1657 and October 1659. "Henry Sanderson" was named as a land holder in Sandwich in January 1658/9. Whether the above Henrys were one and the same man and the father of the Henry Sanders who was our ancestor is not proven.

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Henry Sanders

Henry Sanders was born about 1645 and died intestate at Sandwich, MA before 2 June 1685. He married, circa 1669, but we do not have his wife's name. His estate was distributed by Court orders, dated June 2, 1685, as follows:

"As to the settling of the Estate of Henry Sanders of Sandwich, the Court orders that the relict of sd Sanders shall have one third of the whole Estate and the house and lands shall be to the two sons. The eldest shall have a double portion of the sd house and lands, hee paying fourty shillings to his youngest sister; the youngest son shall have a single part of sd house and lands, hee paying to his youngest sister twenty shilings, and the four daughters is to have five pounds apiece of sd Estate and what of the Estate doe remain, the relict shall hve for the paying of debts and bringing up the children." Churtleff, op.cit., 6:169-70).

Henry Sanders and his wife had six children, the birthdates of two found, and no records of baptism for any of them, all born in Sandwich, MA:

  • Samuel, b. 10 Feb. 1670; m. (1) wife unknown, one son by this marriage; m. (2) 20 Feb. 1717, Bathsheba Whelstone.
  • Anna, b. circa 1673; d. after 17 March 1729/3-; m. 27 April 1696, Stephen Dexter.
  • Henry, b. 18 July 1676; m. ca. 1700, Ann Bates.
  • Elizabeth, b. ca. 1678; m. 7 Feb. 1701, Jonathan Springer.
  • Mary, b. ca. 1680; m. 18 Jan. 1703/4, Samuel Peirce.
  • Esther, b. ca. 1682; m. 14 Dec. 1705, Thomas Savory.

The placing of the four women above as daughters of Henry and his wife seems likely as the marriages of these four women are the only ones with the Sanders name on record for the time period.

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Henry and Ann (Bates) Sanders

Husband:
Henry Sanders		Born: 18 July 1676 in Sandwich, MA.
Died: Place and date unknown.
Father: Henry Sanders.
Mother: Unknown.
Wife:
Ann Bates		Born: Place and date unknown.
Died: Place and date unknown, but Ann was living in April of 1721 when her youngest child was baptized, and probably for some time thereafter. No death date or probate for her has been found. She is mentioned as Anne Sanderson in her father's will, dated 20 October 1713.
Parents: Samuel and Lydia (Lapham) Bates.
Married: circa 1700.

Henry and his wife Ann (Bates) Sanders lived in the section of Plymouth called the Agawam Plantation. They had eleven children, the births of only four recorded at Plymouth. However, the baptisms of all the children appear in the records of the Sandwich First Church:

  • Anna, b. 20 Oct. 1701; d. after 28 Oct. 1773; m. 20 Sept. 1725 Elisha Perry.
  • Sarah, b. 14 Feb. 1703; m. 11 May 1732 Micah Gibbs.
  • Abigail, b. 5 March 1705; m. 28 March 1726 Cornelius Handy.
  • Thankful, bpt. 20 June 1708; m. 15 Sept. 1744 John Lothrop.
  • Mary, bpt. 19 June 1709; m. ca. 1728 Elkanah Delano.
  • Henry, bpt. 29 Oct. 1710; m. 13 Dec. 1742 Mary Hamilton.
  • David, bpt. 18 June 1712.
  • Jonathan, bpt. 17 Nov. 1713; m. 3 July 1741 Elizabeth Tinkham.
  • Martha, bpt. 15 July 1716; m. 29 Oct. 1742 Theophilus Cotton.
  • Lydia, bpt. 14 Sept. 1718; m. Joshua Besse.
  • Deborah, bpt. 23 April 1721.
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Lydia Sanders

Wife:
Lydia Sanders		Baptized: at Sandwich First Church in Massachusetts 14 September 1718.
Died: before 1793.
Parents: Henry and Ann (Bates) Sanders.
Husband:
Joshua Besse
of Wareham, MA		Born: at Sandwich 1719.
Baptized: as an adult at Wareham 12 December 1742.
Father: David Besse.
Mother: Mary (Pray) Besse.
Married: 22 December 1743.

See the entry for Joshua Besse for details of this family.

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The Sanders Family Bibliography

Brownson, Lydia B. and MacLean W. Mclean,Henry Sanders, Alias Sanderson, of Sandwich, Mass.

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