SANDERSSiftings an exchange of Sanders/Saunders family research Number 19 October, 1999 four issues per year ¥ $12 per year subscription ¥ edited by Don E. Schaefer, 1297 Deane Street, Fayetteville, AR 72703-1544

Is This Francis Saunders, Son of William of Monument Notes Northants, One of Your Ancestors? Here are Paul Saunders’ com- ments about finding the Saunders Earlier this year Paul Saunders (1417 Elizabeth. monument pictured on this page: Woody Creek Road, Matthews, NC 3) Frances, daughter of Joseph Pope. “The reason I photographed the 28105-8811, ) Issue: Sir Matthew of Shankton, monument of Francis is rather a sent me this material he collected about Leicestershire; Francis of Siresham, long story . . I had found references this particular Francis Saunders on a Northants; Susannah, Dorothy and to various monumental inscriptions trip this year to England. See page three Frances. (MI’s) of the Saunders family in vari- for Paul’s comments about the inscrip- In the church of St. Mary the Virgin ous old county, village and parish tion on the Francis Saunders monument in Welford there is an alabaster monu- histories and as I would point them pictured below. ment to Francis, his three wives and out to Gerald Sanders (the man that Francis Saunders (ca.1524-1585) was their nine children, described as follows Col. Howard K. Sanders visited in the third son of Sir William Saunders of in John Bridges’ History and Antiquities 1995) [See issues 7-10 of Sanders Welford, Northants (d.1542), who was of Northamptonshire, vol.1 (1791): the third son of Edward Saunders of Siftings], he would drive off to the [Editor’s note: Paul Saunders typed location and check them out for me. Harrington, Northants. Edward’s other We worked as a team, because I sons were: 1) John of Bedworth, (Continued on page three) knew where to look and he knew Warwickshire; 2) how to find the village and church. Laurence of Harrington; He was amazed because I knew and 4) Thomas of more about his county than he did Sibbertoft, Northants. and he had never seen any of them, Thomas was the father of although he has lived there all his Laurence Saunders, the life. Of course, he is retired now famous Christian martyr. and has more time to pursue this [See Sanders Siftings, April stuff. 1996 for an article about “The monument to Francis Laurence, the martyr.] Saunders had been hidden behind Sir William’s other sons an old organ in the vestry of the were: 1) Clement of Little Welford church for seventy years Bowdon, Northants; and and was only recently found when 2) George of London, who the organ was removed. Gerald’s was slain at Eltham, Kent own father had gone there in the in 1573. 1930s or 40s looking for it and Francis was a member never saw it. At any rate, the church of Parliament for Brackley, warden took it upon himself to Northants, and had the restore and repaint the monument title, "legum Angliae and removed heavy items that were apprenticus.” He was blocking it so that Gerald could buried at Welford on 22 photograph it for me. This is a June 1585, aged 61. He photo I made during my visit. I was married three times, could tell you a lot about Francis as follows: Saunders, but suffice it to say that 1) Elizabeth, daughter he is not connected to my branch and heiress of George that I am aware of.” Carew of Somerset. No Do any of you have some great issue. finds to share, with a story about 2) Eleanor, daughter of how you found it? Charles Chaloner or Challoner. Issue: Edward Don Schaefer, editor This is the Francis Saunders monument at the Church of St. of Brixworth, Northants; Mary in Welford, England. See page three for translation of William of Welford, and Latin on monument. Photo by Paul Saunders, 1999. SANDERSSiftings No. 19 Oct/99 Page 2 George W. Sanders of Tennessee Moves to Marion Co., Arkansas From pp 250-51, The History of A large garden supplied fresh vegeta- Parker; Liza who married Joe Parker; Marion County (Ark.), Earl Berry, Marion bles during the growing season and pota- Winnie who married Elza Parker; Julia County Historical Asso., 1977. toes (Irish and sweet), cabbage, turnips, who married George Newberry; Sarah George W. Sanders was a native of and onions were stored in the cellar for who married Ben Mitchell; Clara who Tennessee. He married Caledona use during the winter months. married Will Osborne; Dona who mar- Champion, also a native of Tennessee. In the yard was an ash hopper which ried Russell Mitchell; Ida who married He was a Southern sympathizer and supplied the lye for making the lye soap. Oliver Parker. served in the Confederate Army. After A machine shop and blacksmith shop Three of the sisters married Parker the end of the war, the family migrated made and repaired most of the farm brothers; two of the sisters married to Arkansas, homesteading 160 acres in equipment and much of the home furni- Mitchell brothers, cousins of the Parker Marion County near the north side of ture was made in the cabinet shop. brothers. One sister married a Parker, a Bull Shoals Mountain. Here the family It was a closely knit family unit. The cousin of the Parker brothers. of thirteen children was reared. children were: Champion, a machinist Uncle George and Aunt Callie were Uncle George, as he was known, was who married Belle Reeves; George, Jr., a buried in a cedar grove on the home- a rather well-educated man for his day mechanic and carpenter who married a stead. Of the thirteen children only two and was an avid reader. In his early life Morgan; Thomas (Tommie), a farmer survive. Rommie lives in Arizona and he was a Democrat but in his later years who married Ethel Osborne; Romulus Ida (Mrs. Oliver Parker) lives in the he became a Socialist and a staunch sup- (Rommie), a machinist who married Fairview Community, within three miles porter of Eugene V. Debs, the long-time Lulu McCracken; Biddie who married W. of where she was born and has lived all Socialist leader. J. Kirkland; Maggie who married Cam her life. Perhaps, no other family in Marion County was so nearly self-sufficient as Passports Through the Indian Nations was the Sanders family. On the farm, corn, oats, wheat and sorghum cane From: Lee Hoover, P.O. Box 125, Hickman Co. when it was still North were grown; cattle, sheep, hogs, turkeys, Centerville, TN 37033, . Page 292 of Passports of been in Hickman Co., Tenn. at the time more than 100 bee hives furnished Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823 states: William and John were traveling. James’ honey for the family and some for the Executive Department oldest son, Augustus B. Saunders, mar- market; the family orchard furnished Thursday 21st November 1811 ried Hannah McCrory in Hickman apples, peaches, plums, and berries for On application County in 1812. Does anyone know fresh fruits in season and for canning ORDERED where William died? Did he die on the and for dried fruits. Apples were stored that passports be prepared for the fol- trip? His will was probated the first part in the family cellar. lowing persons to travel through the of 1812 in Pendleton district, S.C. The corn grown became grain for Indian Nations to the Western Country, The nine children that were on the their livestock and for cornmeal; wheat viz, One for Messrs. Richard Jones and passport settled on Tumbling Creek, was ground for whole wheat flour; oats William Norman, the former with his which is on the county line between became grain for livestock and poultry; wife and five negroes, and the latter with Hickman County and Humphrey sorghum was made by the family and his mother two Sisters and five negroes. County, Tenn. After the Chickasaw stored in barrels for family use and some One for Messrs William Sanders, Treaty in 1818, ceding Chickasaw land, for sale; because of the high quality it Nicholas Yawn, Obadiah Mixon, (It is several of William and James’ children found a ready market. The extra cane, believed this was Nixon, not Mixon.) went to Alabama and Mississippi. along with the corn fodder, became feed Miles Parker and Mrs Elizabeth Rutland, Was the John on the passport for the livestock. the first with his wife nine children and William’s son or his brother? When The cattle furnished the family with one negro, the second with his wife and and where did Sarah Ragan Sanders, milk and butter and from the herd, one one child and the latter with one child, wife of William die? When and where or two were butchered each year for all from Orangeburgh district, South did the Jones wife of James die? Was fresh meat. Surplus beef was cured and Carolina.” she a sister to the Richard Jones listed dried somewhat in the manner of the Several other people were on the same on the passport? (Richard Jones was a Western “jerk” beef. Hogs furnished request but no other Sanders. On witness on James’ will in 1824.) James fresh meat, sausage and cured hams Saturday 23rd November 1811 another married Levisa Bowen Oct 1813 in and bacon as well as “lard” for season- passport was issued which included a Sumner Co., Tenn. but his children by ing. The sheep were sheared and the Mr. Zachariah Redman with wife and the Jones wife stayed in the Hickman wool was corded, spun and woven into three children from Orangeburgh dis- Co/Humphrey Co area before some cloth to be made into clothing for the trict. One for Mr. John Sanders with his moved to Ala. and Miss. family; the sheep also supplied mutton. wife and six negroes from Orangeburgh If anyone has any information on The poultry furnished meat and eggs district S.C. William and James’ wives and descen- and from the geese and ducks, feathers Prior to this time William’s brother, dants, especially Berryman and Willi were plucked to make feather beds and James had been traveling through on a whose guardian was John Crage, I would comforters. passport and owned 3560 acres in appreciate the help. Page 3 No. 19 Oct/99 SANDERSSiftings

Francis Saunders Sir William, Father of Francis Saunders (continued from page one) This Sir William Saunders is the ed. Some of the sources contradict other the following just as it looked. Many father of the Francis Saunders on page of his sources. times an “s” looked like an “f.” The old one, and the subject of the pictured style letter “s” used in 1791 was not Married 1st (1510) Dorothy dau. of monument. Paul Saunders also collected William Belgrave of Belgrave, Leicestershire. exactly like the letter “f,” but it is the this material and has numerous sources closest thing we have to it. So, when Children of 1st marriage: that have been omitted for brevity and reading this, just imagine an “s” where i. Clement of Little Bowdon & East clarity. He has them if you are interest- an “f” appears oddly.] Haddon, Northamptonshire, m. Joan (Farnham) Belgrave dau. of Robert "Againft the fouth wall of Farnham of Quordon, Leics and this chapel is an alabaster mon- widow of George Belgrave of ument, with the arms, creft, and Belgrave, Leics, by whom he had a motto of Saunders on the son, Sir William Saunders of East Cornifh. On the right fide the Haddon & Cottes-brooke, High arms is the figure of Charity Sheriff (1610). She also had issue repofing on her left arm, and by George Belgrave: William. fupporting on her knee a flagon ii. Ursula m.1582 Thomas Haddon/ in her right hand; beneath her Haddam of West Haddon, infcribed in capitals CHARITAS. Northants. [St. Mary-Craye in On the left fide is the effiges of another source.] Peace leaning on her right arm, iii. Margaret m. William Parker of with an olive branch in her left Howe (Hoo) in Kent. [She is named Mary in another source.] hand lying on her knee, and in capitals below PAX. Upon the iv. Mary m. John Sharpe of Wychame (Wickham), Leics [Frisby frieze in three different fhields in another source]. are 1. Saunders, impaling three v. Bridget m. Edward Browne of lions paffant; 2. Saunders, Browne’s-Waver (Brownsover), impaling a crofs ragule between Warwickshire. four martlets, quartering, a Married 2nd Dorothy dau. of Cheveron between three William Yonge/Young of Griffins heads erafed ermine; 3. This is the top part of the monument pictured on page 1. It shows more detail of the crest. Photo by Paul Saunders, 1999. Worcestershire, [dau. of John Young Saunders, impaling or, two of city of Worcester in other Cheverons gules, on a Canton sources], d. 1571, bur. 1 Mar. 1571 of the fecond a mullet of the at Welford [Lillingstone Dayrell in firft. On a ordinary tablet Paul’s Comments About Inscription on Monument another source]. She m. 1st beneath the arms this infcrip- There was a card beneath the monument (on page 1) which William Haddon, 2nd William tion in capitals: (See box to the I photographed at the time I was there. It contained a trans- Saunders, 3rd Paul Dayrell as 3rd lation of the text, which is a Latin poem set in Elegiac wife. right for the Latin inscription Couplets. Here is the inscription and the translation: and translation.) Children of 2nd marriage: “Beneath the infcription is a E TERRA IN VILEM RESOLUTO CORPORE TERRAM, vi. George, 2nd son (slain at Eltham, brafs plate, on which is the por- SANCTAM EXPECTO DEI MISERICORDIS OPEM; Kent 1573) m. Anne/Anna dau. of John Newdigate of Harfield, Middx. EXPECTO ET NITIDUM REDIVIVAE CARNIS AMICTUM, trait of a man in armour, kneel- Issue: George, John, Walter, ing on his helmet in a pofture of ET TANDEM EXCELSI REGNA BEATA POLI. Elizabeth. prayer; behind him, kneeling on FRANCIS SAUNDERS. vii. Francis, 3rd son (ca.1524-1585) cufhions are his three wives in of Welford. [See page 1.] the habit of the times, and under "My body having passed from earth to miserable earth, I await the succour of a merciful God, viii. Elizabeth m. Thomas Newman/ them two men in clokes, and a Newnam/Newenham of Everdon, woman, all kneeling. After thefe And I hope for both a shining garment of renewed flesh Northants. is an infant in a cradle, and And, at length, the blessed realms of highest Heaven." ix. Anne (d. 7 Sep. 1591) m. beyond the cradle, a man in a Nicholas Beaumont of Coleorton, cloke, a woman, a boy and two Leics. Issue: Thomas, Sir Henry. daughters, all praying and in the drefs of The History and Antiquities of the County of x. Frances (1534- bur. 22 May 1606) the age. In a nich on the right fide the Leicester, by John Nichols, 1798, ii:792. m.1552 Paul/Pawle Darrell/Dayrell (bur. 16 infcription is the image of FAITH with The History and Antiquities of Sep. 1606) of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks. tables in her hands, and on the Pedeftal Northamptonshire, by John Bridges, 1791, xi. Marie [Mary in another source] m. cut in capitals FIDES. On the left fide in i:593 & 608, ii:83. Richard Bagot [Ralph Baggott in another a like nich was another ftatue, probably The History of the Parish of Langton, by source] of Staffordshire. Issue: Walter. that of Hope, which is now gone." John Harwood Hill, 1867, p.61. xii. Dorothy (d. 1626) m. Francis The Visitation of Northamptonshire 1618- Ingoldsby/Ingoldesby (d. 1634) of Sources: 19, p.131. Lenborough, Bucks. Issue: Sir Richard Northamptonshire Visitation of 1616, by Saunders vital records from Welford Parish Ingoldsby, Knight of the Bath. Francis m. John Holland, n.d., unpub. Mss., pp.30-32. Registers, extracted by John Haynes, 1998. 2nd Anne dau. of R. Crispe. SANDERSSiftings No. 19 Oct/99 Page 4 Here is a John Sanders Who Was an Early Arrival in Massachusetts From a booklet titled, Genealogy own charge, under Capt. John Sanders, the Merrimack and Hampton Rivers. In Ancestors and Descendants of John overseer, to settle a plantation in the 1640, John Sanders was appointed sur- Sanders Fort Covington, N.Y., prepared Massachusetts bay, for which he has pro- veyor of the grant. Salisbury and by George Rich, Cleveland, O., 1922, cured a patent.” Hampton were joined to the jurisdiction pages 7-10. “The Sanders Ancestry— The colony settled at Weymouth in of Ipswich—each of them to send a First Generation of the Sanders Family the fall of the year. After suffering priva- grand juryman once a year to Ipswich. in America”— tion and hardships, their enterprise was The sterling qualities and natural abandoned, and in the Colonial Records leadership of Capt. John Sanders were JOHN SANDERS of London, under date of May 23, 1623, well-known and recognized by the early There are many superficial and con- we read: “Captain Sanders and settlers. His business enterprises extend- flicting records regarding John Sanders, Company arrived at Southampton.” ed through that part of Massachusetts one of the founders of the Massachusetts Thus ended the disaster of the and New Hampshire, where his vast Bay Colony; in some cases, his record Weymouth Plantation. properties were located. We find him has been confused with that of his son Captain John Sanders seems to have administering to many wills and estates, and namesake, who, on coming to the been undaunted by his failure in 1623, settling town disputes in Hampton, New England colony, settled at Salem, to establish the Weymouth Colony. Salisbury and Haverhill, and attending to Mass. It has remained for Mrs. Sarah During the following five or six years, his duties at the General Court. He later (Sanders) Smith, to publish in the he made several voyages to the Mass. returned to England, where he owned an Founders of the Massachusetts Bay Bay Colony, generally in command of estate in Downton Parish, leaving his Colony, an authentic history of John his ship. brother-in-law, Richard Dole of Newbury, Sanders, from data secured from the In 1628, his son John, came to the his attorney. state and probate records of Maine, Colony as a passenger in the merchant The vital records of Salisbury give the Massachusetts and New Hampshire; ship, “Margaret,” and settled at Salem, following births of the children of John from Colonial records and from the Mass., and on July 27, 1635, Capt. John and Hester (Rolfe) Sanders: parish records of his home in England. Sanders arrived. His stay in the Colony Hester b. Sept. 5, 1639. From the church register at Weeke, was short, for it is recorded that in the John b. July 1, 1641; d. young. Downton Parish, County Wilts following year, he returned to New Ruth b. Dec. 16, 1642. (Wiltshire), Eng. is the following: England and in conjunction with John b. Dec. 10, 1644. William and Robert Sanders, and others, Baptisms The records of Newbury give the fol- having received a grant, founded the lowing: (Newbury was across the river 1604. Richard, son of John Sanders. colony of Hampton, Mass. (later N.H.) 1606. Dorothea, dau. of John Sanders. northward from Salisbury): Whether the wife of John Sanders Sr. Sarah b. Aug. 20, 1646. Burials accompanied him to Hew England is not stated; but she died about this time. In Mary b. June 12, 1649. 1609. Ales Sanders, the wife of John Abigail b. Apr. 12, 1651. Sanders of Weeke. (There would seem 1638, he was sent to England to obtain a patent to found another colony, and Joseph b. Aug. 28, 1653. to be an error either in the entry of the Elizabeth b. Jan. 26, 1654. Christian name of the wife of John while there, he married Hester Rolfe. Sanders or in transcription, for the name From the Colonial Records of the Second Generation of his second wife was “Ales.” However, Custom House of Southampton, we read JOHN SANDERS (JOHN) both wives may have borne the same that “John Rolle (Rolfe) aged 50, of John Sanders, born at Weeke, Eng., name.) Melchit Park, Wiltshire, together with March 26, 1613) came to Salem, New his wife, Ann, and daughter, Hester, wife England, June 28, 1628-9, in the Marriages of John Sanders, took passage for the “Margaret,” from Plymouth, Eng., in 1610. John Sanders and Ales Coles were Colonies.” On this return trip, John company with John Endicott and his md. the fourth day of Feb. Sanders brought his daughter, Sarah, party. He came under the protection of who, soon afterward married Maj. Baptisms Robert Coles (his uncle), who became Robert Pike. His daughter, Elizabeth, one of the wealthiest investors in the 1613. John Sanders, son of John Sanders having married Henry Wolcott, did not Colony, at that time. of Weeke, 26th March 1614. Elizabeth, come to the Colony until a later date. dau. of John Sanders of Weeke. 1615. In 1629, he united with the first He was successful in his mission, for church in Salem. In 1636 he was made Sarah, dau. of John Sanders of Weeke. he, together with eleven others (includ- 1617. Joseph, son of John Sanders of freeman, and received a grant of 40 acres ing Simon Bradstreet, Daniel Dennison, of freemen’s land, adjoining that of his Weeke. 1622. Moses, son of John Christopher Bailey, Samuel Winsley and Sanders of Weeke. uncle. The grant is the present location Samuel Dudley) were granted a planta- of the south side of Washington Square, Under date of June, 1622, the colo- tion on the southerly side of Hampton, adjacent to the Common. Upon the nial records of the Plymouth Colony to be called “Merrimack” (afterwards knoll side of the lot facing the Common, note: “Came into our harbor two ships changed to Salisbury). It was a royal he built his house. of Mr. Weston’s, the Charity, 100 tons; grant and a royal subdivision for each of the Swan, 30 tons; with letters of April the proprietors, covering 75 miles, About this time (1636), he married 10, and fifty or sixty men, sent at his extending from the Atlantic Ocean to (continued on next page) Page 5 No. 19 Oct/99 SANDERSSiftings

(continued from page four) Still Seeking Contacts For Priscilla Grafton, daughter of Capt. Siftings Back Issues Available William Henry Sanders Joseph and Mary Grafton. (See Grafton, Back issues of SANDERS Siftings page —.) are available at $3.00 each. They are: Bonnie Andersen, 410 S. Meriden Road, Cheshire, CT 06410-2926, . Bonnie is still looking part of 1643. From deeds and his will, for ancestors or descendants of William we find that he described himself as No. 6, Jul 1996; No. 7, Oct 1996; No. 8, Jan 1997; No. 9, Apr 1997; No. 10, Henry Sanders (b. 1814/1816 in Erie, coming from “Weeke in ye parish of Penn.) and Hannah Redman/Rebman. Downton, in ye county of Wiltz, Eng.” Jul 1997; No. 11, Oct 1997; No. 12, The will, dated Oct. 12, 1643 (probated Jan 1998; No. 13, Apr 1998; No. 14, They were married in Columbiana at Salem, Nov. 10, 1643) was sealed with Jul 1998; No. 15, Oct 1998; No. 16, Co., Ohio. the crest of the Sanders Coat of Arms. Jan 1999; No. 17, Apr 1999; and No. Their children: Henry William (b. 9 His widow married Feb. 20, 1644, John 18, Jul 1999. Nov 1839; d. 14 Mar 1921; m. Mary Gardner of Salem. A copy of issue No. 1, April, Ann Oyster); John, Allen, Katie, Alice 1995, will be included free with any Lizzie, Mary, Nellie, Ida, Anna, Lettie [This history on the wife of John Sanders 2nd has been shown to be in order for a back issue. Ettie, and Jessie. error. Yes, Priscilla Grafton did marry John Gardner. But, it was her half-sister Elizabeth that m.1. John Sanders 2nd, This Zachariah Sanders From Virginia Served In and after his death, m.2. John Kitchen(in). - Recent and Correlated The American Revolution From 1777-1783 Information Concerning the family of John This is from Peter Wilson, 8 East 25 Mar 1815, m. Wm. Carroll Turner; (10) Sanders of New England, and Related Street, Minneapolis, MN 55404-3433, Ciata, b. 11 Nov.1818; (11) Zachariah, b. Families Grafton, Gardner, and Winship, . 2 Jan 1820, d. by 1842; and (12) Hiram, by Edwin D. Witter, Jr., 1977, p. 20, Zachariah Sanders, of Lunenburg and b. 25 Apr 1822 and was MIA in the quoting Alicia C. Williams.] Meklenburg Co., Va., served in the Mexican War of 1848. ______Revolution from Nov. 1777- May 1780 Descendants of #9 include Peter under Col. William Brent and Capt. Wilson, Olive Porter, and Mrs. C. F. Mitchem (?) Boswell, at Stoney Point, Adkins of Grinell, Iowa, and Mrs. John More About John Sanders of Jamestown, and Monmouth Court McMorris of Independence, Iowa. Salem, Massachusetts House. He later served 1780-1783 in N.J. under Co. William Lang and a Too Many Sanders in North Carolina? From the Early Vital Records of Essex French Col. Fleury. His pension record County, Massachusetts CD, Probate was #W2174, and Bounty Land Warrent From: Sally Heller, 3130 Pearl Harbor, Records of Essex County, Mass.: Vol. 1, #34861-160-55. Zach’s younger brother, St. Ann, MO 63074, . In the 1790 census of N.C. “The Last wil & testament of John Lawson, Col. Tucker, and Capt. Robert there are 112 Sanders listed, no wonder Sanders, inhabytant of the Towne of Cary of Lunenberg Co., Va., and later there are Sanders everywhere you look. Salem, I bequeath unto my sonn John married Sarah Buster. John’s pension Among these 112 Sanders there were Sandars my Tenn Aker lot with my hous record was #R9180. two men named Joseph. One lived in new built on the Commons side right Zachariah was b. 1759 in Lunenberg Hillsborough Dist. of Randolph Co. with over a gainst it when he Come to the age Co., Va. and moved to Garrard Co., Ky. 3 boys under 16 and 5 females. The of one & twentie yeers or at the death of by 1798 and to Wayne Co., Ky. by 1800. other was in Newbern Dist. Jones his mother with the Aker And halfe of He was married to Sarah (Sally) by Rev. County with 1 boy under 16 and 4 middow ground adioyning to it and I do Charles Maxey, a Methodist preacher, on females. There was only one Samuel be trust my father Joseph Graften & 21 Dec 1797 in Buckingham Co., Va. listed. He lived in Newbern Dist. goodman Hardie to see this my wil & Zachariah was jointly liable with Elijah Carteret Co. with 3 males over 16, 3 ded performed mad in the yeere 1643 ye Kitchen for the $150.00 bond. Sarah males under 16, 4 females and 4 slaves. 28 of October.” [no signature.] was b. abt. 1768. The marriage was cer- I don't know where Samuel (Mont- tified in July 1849 by Rolfe Eldridge, Witness: Nathaniell Porter, Henrye gomery Co., Ky.) was by 1790, but I clerk of Buckingham Co., Va. Zachariah Birdsall. would guess that he was already in Ky. died in Wayne Co., Ky. 10 Sep.1842. My Joshua Sanders came from Ky. in the “Testified upon oaths in Court & also Zach and Sally had 12 children: (1) early 1800s, he and his wife “Peggy” and yt the sd Jno Sandrs Left all the Rest of Francis, b. 6 Sep 1798 and moved to settled in Washington Co., Mo. as early his Estate to his wyfe.” Tenn.; (2) Polly, b. 5 Dec 1800; (3) as 1815. He then appears in Crawford Proved 28: Oct 1643. Salem Elizabeth, b. 6 Jan 1802, d. by 1842; (4) Co. in 1830, that county being formed Quarterly Court Files, vol. I, leaf 18. Josephus/Josephine, b. 15 Aug 1804 and from parts of Wash. Co. (They might Note: This is John Sanders 2nd, of moved to Ill.; (5) George Washington, b. not have hscally moved, but the county which Downton Parish, Weeke, 29 Sep 1806; (6) Peter Meuhlenberg, b. lines changed). They raised a family of at Wiltshire, England, records state: “1613, 14 Dec 1811, d. by 1842; (7) Alvin, b. 7 least 3 children, John, James and Mary John, son of John Sanders, baptized 26 Dec 1811, d. by 1842; (8) William, b. 28 Thompson, Campbell. James md. March. Dec 1812, d. by 1842; (9) Eliza, b. 29 Elizabeth Hudspeth which is my line. SANDERSSiftings No. 19 Oct/99 Page 6

he and his wife, Katie Bell Johnson, had a ASSORTED QUERIES . . . son Wendell and he and his wife had a Sharon Byerly, 6640 Buttontown Rd., Anita Moody, 2921 N. Garey Ave., son—Don, my husband. Greenville, IN 47124, . Looking for parents and sib- . My Sanders James King, Elizabeth Sanders/John Sapp lings of my gg-grandmother, Malinda J lived in Versailles and St. Joseph, and Nancy Sanders/Thomas Maderis Sanders, b. 20 Feb 1835 in N.C. She Missouri...Grandmother: Matilda Ann information. Would be happy to share married Andrew J Nickelson. They (Anna) Sanders, b. 14 Dec 1895, mar- any information I have lived in Perry County, Ind., and had four ried to: Ellis Cleveland Frisbie. ______children: Mary, William, George, and Children are: Ruben Woodrow, George Levi. According to 1850 census, both of Cleveland, Raymond Hugh (my father), Ivan Sanders . My name is Ivan think she had a sister named Lydia who and Cloye. Matilda’s sisters and broth- Sanders from Canberra in Australia. m. a Nelson. Her mother's given name ers are: May Sanders, Mary Sanders, My query follows. I am trying to find a was Easter, b. ca 1803. All were living Suzy Sanders, Ben Sanders, Robert link between my proven ancestors in Perry Co., Ind., in 1870. They may Sanders and Manuel Sanders. My father (Sanders of Newdigate - 1780 to 1900 have come to Indiana from Kentucky. said his grandfather’s name was Ruben approx) and my believed ancestors (Sanders of Charlwood - 1400 to 1630 ______Sanders and his grandmother’s name was Matilda. approx). The Charlwood Connection: Charlwood Place and Sanders Place are Marlene Andre, 3627 N. Crede Drive, ______one and the same - Sanders often spelt Charleston, WV, . Saunders. (Each line is a generation) I am searching for the ancestry of Mar- Mary & Don Sanders, 5203 Fieldbrook Drive, Greensboro, NC Count Alexander - came to England 1220 jorie Elzada Hamrick 1912-1993. She John Alexander (Summoned to was married to Bea Gregory and she is 27455, . Nahum Parliament 1296) buried in Heaters, West Virginia. I am Sanders owned 600 acres on Belews Robert searching Marjorie’s mother’s line, Creek now under Belews Lake (and only Thomas of Charlwood (married Joan in Sanders. Marjorie’s father’s name was 20 miles from our house). I do not know 1434) Henry Creighton Hamrick who was his parents or siblings, but he was found William of Charlwood married to a Sanders. Marjorie’s moth- on the Granville Co., N.C. tax roll in Richard 1485 er’s first name may have been Elzada. 1765, pledged allegiance to the State of Nicholas of Charlwood 1553 Marjorie’s father died when she was N.C. while there in the Tar River District Sir Thomas (High Sheriff fo Sussex and Surrey), married Alice (daughter of Sir about two years old, caused by a fire in which was a community of Quakers, Moravians, and Dunkards. His wife was Edward Walsingham of Lullington Co his mercantile store in Ireland, West Derby) 1566 Virginia. Her mother remarried a Casey Susanna and their children were as fol- Edmund Sanders 1615 Jones. The Sanders settled around Czar, lows: Arden (my husband’s ancestor who Thomas Sanders 1623 W. Va. The first families’ names in m. Elizabeth Davis); Jesse (m. Susannah Edmund Sanders and Elizabeth (married Braxton County, W.Va. are Will, Marvin, Idol); Richard; Mary Arthur (male) (m. name Bradsaw) Hite. and Rosa. Elizabeth Hunter; this may not be the Charlwood was left to Elizabeth by her correct wife— there are several brother Edmund Edmund has three entries ______Mary/Merry Arthurs —one in Ga. and below his name in my records, Walsingham, Thomas (White), and Margaret. From Diane Sanders Mueller, 1104 S. one in Ohio); Benjamin (m. Polly Tennessee St., McKinney, TX 75069- Gibson); Martha “Patsy” (m. James ——This is the gap - 1623 to 1783, 6708, . My paternal gg King); Elizabeth (m. John Sapp); and Charlwood to Newdigate—— grandfather, Ransom Sanders arrived in Nancy (m. Thomas Maderis). Nahum The Newdigate Connection: My g-g- Missouri in 1851, and Andrew Jackson died in 1795 and in the early 1800s. She, g-grandfather was a James Sanders who Sanders was b. 1852. Andrew Jackson Arden, and Merry Arthur show up in was born in 1783 and died on 19 Aug Sanders married Mary Frances “Addie” Hawkins Co., Tenn., census. 1837. He married a Mary Dungate who Morrison who was dau of Addison Most of the Arden line information was born in 1789 and died on 1 Aug Walker Morrison also of that area. comes from Gola Sanders Berry who 1859. Their son was a James Sanders Southwest City is in the farthest south- inherited the family Bible and some arti- who was born in 1811 and died in 1889. west corner of Missouri, in McDonald facts. My husband, Don, and I went to He was married to a Martha Roffey on 1 County. I am also seeking info about the archives in Raleigh and were able to May 1850. Martha was born in 1814 my maternal family which also has hold Nahum’s original will, disposition of and died on 23 Feb 1875. This family Sanders—Wm Henderson Sanders who estate, and the 1765 Granville Co., N.C., farmed Pancross Rolls Farm, Newdigate. married Nancy Carolyne Moulden (b. tax roll (leather bound) in our hands. This was also known as Pancross Farm 1849 Richland Twsp, Washington Co., Quite a thrill! and now known as The Elms. Any Ark.). I have Sanders on both sides of Arden also named a son Mary Arthur assistance greatly appreciated. my family and have quite a lot of infor- (who became a Baptist minister) and ______mation on Andrew Jackson Sanders, but another son named Nahum. This Mary nothing at all on William Henderson Arthur m. Louiza Loudeback and their Julie McClain, 14560 Mineral Springs Sanders. To my knowledge, the two men son Fi Dillo’s second wife Sarah Bryant Road, West Fork, AR 72774. Where are were not related. had a son named Thomas Alexander and Billy and Donald Sanders? Robert L. Page 7 No. 19 Oct/99 SANDERSSiftings

Wildman, b. Kan. 1893 married Pearl Bill Browder, P.O. Box 1035, Selmer, May Icenogle, b. Ill. 1897. One son Paul TN 38375-1035. In the last few Seeking Parents of William Robert Wildman, b. Kan. 1918, married months I have corresponded with Linda Redman Sanders From Joy L. Howard, b. Texas 1919. Robert Mitchell who is descended from Lemuel Jackson County, Alabama Wildman died and Pearl remarried Saunders through his son Samuel and Harold A. Sanders. Had two boys Ken Saunders who is descended from Ralph Jackson, 1660 E. Greenway named Billy and Donald Sanders. Pearl Lemuel through his son Lemuel Jr. St., Mesa, Arizona 85203-4531, and Harold were living in Amarillo, My g-g-g-grandfather was Edward . Seeking par- Texas, during WWII. Pearl died in Saunders, a brother to Samuel and ents of William Redman Sanders, Mobile, Ala., 1960 and Paul died in Lemuel Jr. Both of these connections born 2 June 1834 in Alabama. Canton, Texas, 1975. Where are Billy were made through Sanders Siftings and Married Elizabeth Ann McAdams at and Donald? now our network of researchers who are Scottsboro, Jackson Co.., Ala., 28 ______descended from Lemuel and Martha Dec. 1852. Farmed, bought and sold Saunders totals about 30, but we still land at Scottsboro, Ala. and was on From Priscilla White Perry, 8242 haven’t been able to get back past Jackson Co., Ala. censuses for 1860, DeVoe Street, Jacksonville, FL 32220- Lemuel and Martha when they first 1870, 1880. Moved to Hazen, Ark., 2375. appeared in (what is now Lincoln in 1880 and bought hotel. Served as Notice for South Carolina Sanders: I County) North Carolina in 1767. Any soldier for the Confederacy during have two internet sites that may be of help would be greatly appreciated. the Civil War. Father born in N.C., interest to you. They are with mother born in Tenn.. MyFamily.com and are secure—which ______means you have to e-mail me and be Children named James Redman invited; whereby you will receive a for- Millicent L. Sanders Faklis, 5503 N. Sanders, Kitty Sanders, Charlotte mal invitation from MyFamily and be Austin Ave., Chicago, IL 60630-1102, Sanders, Mary Green Sanders, and given a user name and password to is looking for William Levi Sanders—all born at enter. You may choose to be a “user” descendants of Theodore “Ulysses” Scottsboro, Ala. and just visit or you may become an Sanders, b. 28 Dec 1866, Harrodsburg, “administrator” if you would like to Mercer Co., Ky.; d. 4 Jan 1919, Colorado download data and pictures, etc. The Springs, Colo.; buried Spring Hill Betty Craiglow. 1608 Chaparral more pedigree and family history data Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Ky. He married Court. Grapevine, TX 76051-4824. shared, the more we can use it as a . I am very inter- research tool. It is easy, by the way, to May Vanarsdell?Vanarsdall 31 Dec 1890, Mercer Co., Ky. ested in tracking my John Sanders fami- download your genealogy records onto ly which begins (to my knowledge) in the site. The sites are: “South Carolina At the time of Ulysses death in 1919, SANDERS” and “Ervin Sanders On-line Bradley County, Tenn., in 1834. I would May was living in Frankfort, Ky., with like to find who his parents, grandpar- Reunion.” If you’re interested, e-mail their three living children. May me at . ents, etc. were. In another family Vanarsdall Sanders probably remarried. branch, I have an ancestor named She is the daughter of Margaret L. Sanders Walker who I would like to Stephen Sanders Obit, 1890 “Maggie” and Daniel Brewer trace backwards too. He was born in Vanarsdall, Jr. 1807 “in the Carolinas” my grandmoth- Laine Sutherland found this obituary ______as she was reading the Prospect, a news- er said. There must have been a mater- nal line named Sanders in his back- paper from Mountain Grove, Missouri Virginia Keyes, 105 Flint Rock Court, (Wright County, but near Douglas and ground, I’m assuming. Folsum, CA 95630, . This is my Saunders line: Died, July 11, Stephen Sanders, aged Samuel Joseph Saunders (1690-1765), From Carolyn Forster, 405 Rue 79 years, 4 months and 6 days. Deceased Scotland; Anna Gordon (1769-1826) and Bergerac, Bonne Terre, MO 63628, was a native of Kentucky, and had been a Samuel Saunders (abt 1735-1807), N.C.; . My g-grandfa- member of the C.P. church for 30 years Elizabeth Saunders (1769-1815) and ther was Joseph Sanders, b. 1852 in and of the M.E. church for 15 years. He George E. Willett (1756-1811), Prince Indiana and buried at Miller Cemetery.- was the father of Mrs. F. Braselton, of this George Co., Md.; Mary Dant (1798- which is in Illinois, maybe Jasper, Ill. city, and was making his home with her 1875) and Samuel Willett (1796-1867), He married May Matilda (Mary) at the time of his death. Union Co., Ky.; Ann Ellen Mills (1821- Manning (b. 1856 Jasper, Ill., d. 1879). 1857) and George Washington F. Willett They had a daughter, Rachel, my grand- Was Your Ancestor In Colorado Prison? (1820-1891), Union Co., Ky.; Mary Ellen mother. Joseph Sanders remarried, after Willett (1843-1892) and William the death of Matilda, to Angeline Colorado State Reformatory Prisoner Thomas Wathen (1834-1879), Union Zimerle and they had a son, James Isaac. Records 1887-1939; Name, inmate num- Co., Ky., Mary Rosallia Wathen (1873- I am hoping to find ancesters of James ber, prison record volume number: 1966) and Elisha Jerome Hancock Isaac. My grandmother, Rachel Sanders, Sanders, D L, 2475, 6 (1871-1954), Union Co., Ky.; Martha was born 22 Oct 1876 in Jasper, Ill., and Sanders, George A, 1951, 5 Elizabeth Hendrickson (1902-1982) and died 4 Mar 1915 in St. Louis, Mo. She Sanders, Lawrence, 5911, 13 Thomas Buckman (1898-1978); Rose married William Edgar McClellan of Sanders, Roger M, 1689, 4 Hancock (1920- ) and Robert Max Edwards Co., Ill., the son of Cornelius Sanders, Russell, 7075, 16 Skamnes (1917-1994), Tenn. McClellan and Mary Terry. SANDERSSiftings No. 19 Oct/99 Page 8

About This Issue This Francis Sanders Fought On Both Sides In Sorry to be late with this issue. I Civil War; In Clay County, Tennessee In 1880 have tried to get this in the mail by From Jane Hembree Crowley, 933 name was Nancy. Was this Catherine a the 1st of the month of the issue, but Woodsmoke Circle, Knoxville, TN Sanders by birth or marriage? In 1854 a missed this time. Had to be in east 37922-1634, . Francis Jery Bowman married an Elizabeth Tennessee to help take care of three M. Sanders fought in the Civil War with Sanders in neighboring White Co., Tenn. young grandchildren while our the Confederates in Company I of the Was this the same Bowman man and was daughter was having her fourth. Had 28th Tennessee Inf. before changing sides Catherine’s name Catherine Elizabeth? a healthy grandson, our 8th grand- and joining Company B of the Union’s She is several years younger and her last child. No. 9 is due here next month. 34th Kentucky Infantry. His war records name is not specified in the census. In Have to keep adding to data! indicate that he was born in Rhea Co., 1860, the Bowman household is next All queries received to date have Tenn., which is in southeastern door to that of Elisha and Elizabeth been included. More queries are Tennessee. Various sources place his date Campbell Sanders. What is the relation- needed. This is the first time that I of birth from 1829 to 1838. In 1860, he ship, if any, of Francis Sanders to Elisha have run real short of queries. Please is shown in Jackson Co., Tenn. (age 25) and Elizabeth? Elisha’s birthplace is update the current status of your in the household of Jerry Bowman (age given both as Ky. and Va. in the 1850 and genealogical needs and send in some 75) along with a Catherine (age 50). 1860 census, but Kentucky would have reworked queries. In 1870, Francis is head of his own been called Virginia at the time of Thanks for the good stories. I had household and also has a Catherine liv- Elisha's birth. Francis' whereabouts in lots of good stuff left over. Many arti- ing with his family. In 1880, Francis and 1850 are unknown. cles were rather long and I will just family are in Clay County, Tenn., which Where was he between his birth and have to wait for the right size space to was formed from Jackson County in late 1860? Did he get from Rhea Co. to fit them in. Keep sending in stories 1870 and is located in northern middle Jackson Co., Tenn., by way of Alabama? and other products of your research, Tenn. on the Ky. border. Catherine If you have any info about a Francis M. but I need a few shorter ones. Also, Bowman died in Jan. of 1880 according Sanders, please let me know of his more good pictures are needed to to an old Bible. Francis and his wife whereabouts in 1860 so I can possibly support stories and queries. named a daughter Nancy Catherine, per- rule him out as being the Francis in the E-mail addresses of contributors haps after both their mothers as his wife’s 1860 Jackson Co., Tenn. census. are listed right after the other address in these signs < >, if the per- Did Your Saunders Have A Variety Store In Texas? son has an e-mail address. It will be Found in the 1983 Love County the store one block east in 1935. We listed as an Internet address, so if (Texas) History Book by Tommie Horn, also moved into a house. We also had a you are on Compuserve, Prodigy, : store in Hereford, Texas for a short time America-On-Line, or whatever—you in 1934. can recognize the part of the address Saunders Variety Store is currently located at 212 West Main in Marietta. It I started school in January as soon as that can be used just for your ser- we moved to Sudan. Dad taught me to vice. is owned by Stayton Saunders and open- ed at this location in August of 1962. use the cash register the morning we It will be very much appreciated if opened the store on February 22, 1930. you send me your queries and other Saunders Variety Store was located at the I lost my sister Winolee in October of material via e-mail. Send it to me at East side of the square in Decatur, Texas 1960, my father, Sam on March 3, 1970, or from December 30, 1957 until June of and my mother Ethel on January 4, 1980. . If you can’t 1963 with Stayton Saunders as the e-mail, put your copy on a 3 1/2” owner. Saunders Variety Store was We always had the best employees in disk in WordPerfect or Microsoft located at 219 West Main from March of town. I am going on 54 years around Word (PC or Mac) or most anything 1938 until July of 1948. Mr. and Mrs. variety stores and I still enjoy the work on a Macintosh. Also, if you send Sam M. Saunders and Stayton sold the and the customers. I took time out from cleanly typed copy, I can scan it with store in May of 1957 so Mother and Dad October 26, 1942 to November 25, 1945 OCR software and a scanner to save would retire. to serve my country during World War time. Whatever is okay for you—but We moved here from Denton, Texas II in the Air Force. I had overseas time send me something! where we lived nine months. We moved both in Italy and in South Africa. This newsletter was done in to Denton from Sudan, Texas where Stayton Saunders QuarkXPress 4.03 on a Power Saunders Variety Store was originally founded on February 22, 1930 and sold Macintosh 7500/100 computer. Is This Your Last Issue? Output is on an Apple Personal March of 1937. LaserWriter NTR. Text type is 10 When we opened in Sudan we started If the address on the envelope in pt. Berkeley Medium on 11 pt. line very small. We borrowed $4500 cash which your newsletter was mailed has spacing. Display type is Berkeley and $1000 credit. We built our fixtures this—Oct 99, your subscription ex- and Opine Heavy. Scanning is done which were tables because we could not pires with this issue. Renew now if with a Microtek ScanMaker IIHR afford counters. We lived in the back of this is your last issue, by sending $12 using PhotoShop or OmniPage the store for five years, as about a third for another year’s subscription. of the business people did. We moved Sanders Siftings

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