Research Notes:
We are researching the parents of James Sanders, who died 1702-1707 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. These notes are not yet organized, but might provide research leads.
1675 "Bristoll", 1670 acres, was surveyed for John Sanders in Prince George's County. [1]
1680 "Hopeful Unity", 150 acres, was surveyed for several persons, including Robert Sanders in Kent County. [2]
1684 "Equality", 140 acres, was surveyed for James Sanders in Anne Arundel County. Dated January 30. [3]
1694 The capital of Maryland was moved and renamed to Annapolis. The first commissioners appointed included John Sanders. [4]
1696 An act was passed for keeping good rules and order in the town of Annapolis. The body corporate then appointed included James Sanders. [5]
1699 John Sanders was baptized or born on June 4 in All Hollows parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland [6].
1700 Ann Sanders and Henry Purdy were married on January 8, at All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. [7]
1702 Francis Sanders and Susannah Eads were married on July 12, at Saint James Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland [8], also recorded at St Annes parish [9].
1769 James Sanders and Susannah Ricketts were married on April 2, at All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. [10]
1716 Elizabeth Sanders and Sparrow Carter were married on May 18, at All Hollows Parish, Anne Arundel, Maryland. [11]
These notes were posted by Robert Lewis [12]
c 1595 Roger Saunders was probably born about 1595 in England.
Roger Saunders was Mariner and Gentleman of England and Accomac County, Virginia.
Frances Lake married John Blore. John Blore died.
Roger Saunders was one of the Comissioners ( Justices) of Accomac County.
About 1628 Roger Saunders married Frances (nee Lake), the widow of John Blore of Accomac.
1628 On 14 March, Roger Saunders, Mariner, leased 50 acs. on the Eastern Shore of the Bay, bordering southly on the land of John Blore, Dec'd, now in the possession of sd Roger. (Nugent, Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. I, p. 13)
1632 On 18 June, Roger Saunders, Gent. Pat. 300 acs at Accomac, commonly called the Indian Field. due by order of the court dtd 6 Oct 1631. His first development to be doubled. (Nugent, Ibid. p 15.)
1633 On 16 September, Deed of Gift to Frances Saunders and her children: It states that Wm. Burdett, Gent. will not molest the goods of Frances Saunders or her children. Sd. William promises to manage her crops and other affairs of her and her children. This was attached to the Will of Frances Burdett, dated 23 March 1641 and recorded 5 October 1641.
1633 Roger Saunders was Burgess from Accomac to the Grand Assembly at Jamestown.
1633 Roger Saunders may have died about August 1633 in Virginia.
1634 On 20 October, Nicholas Harwood, Cooper, 50 acs. Accomac, abutting on the land of William Blore, now in the possession of W. Burdett, which land was granted unto Roger Saunders, dec'd, for a 10 yr. lease dtd 14 Mar 1628.- 21 yr. lease. (Nugent, ibid. p. 20)
Widow Frances Sanders married William Burdett.
1641 The Will of Frances Burdett, dated 23 March 1641 and recorded 5 October 1641, in which she lists bequests to her Lake brothers and sisters, including the 140 acre plantation that belonged to her deceased son, William Blower (Blore) and asks to be buried next to her deceased son, John Saunders. (Ames, Records of Accomacke=Northampton 1640-1645.pp124-125.).
1643 William Burdett died in 1643. (Ames, ibid. p. xiii.)
Roger and Frances Saunders apparently had three sons, John, who predeceased Frances, along with Robert and James Saunders, who were transported to Maryland by George Puddington, when Richard Beard transported him out of Northampton Co., Va."without License or Pass" in 1649" (Nothampton Record Book Volume 3, 1645-1651, p. 375, Picton Press.). He then claimed them as headrights in Md. (D.V. Russell, First Families of Anne Arundel Co., MD V2, The Headrights, p.123.)
1633 John Sanders was a settler in Virginia and Maryland. There is no indication that he was related to this Sanders family.
1633 John Sanders was among the first 200 colonists sent by Lord Baltimore to Maryland. [13]
My Lord Baltimore at first had a Design to go thither in Person, but changing that Resolution, he appointed his Brother Leonard Calvert, Esq; to go Governour in his Stead, with whom he joined in Commission Jeremy Hawley, Esq; and Thomas Cornwallis, Esq; The first Colony consisted of about 200 Persons, and were sent by his Lordship in the Fall of the Year 1633. The chief of them were Gentlemen of good Families and Roman Catholicks. The name of the principal Persons amongst them were as follows. … Mr. John Sanders …
1633 John Sanders was party to an agreement with Lord Baltimore and Richard Orchard, master of the pinacce Dove. [14]
1633 John Sanders was assigne for several persons who were brought to Maryland. [15]
1634 Thomas Cornwalleys recorded that John Sanders, his partner, died. [16]
Thomas Cornwalleys … I … transported in the Ark myself and 12 servants. By my partner, Mr. John Sanders, who dying gave me that year, 5 servants.
[1] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 307, [HathiTrust].
[2] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 296, [HathiTrust].
[3] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 328, [HathiTrust].
[4] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 88, [HathiTrust].
[5] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 88, [HathiTrust].
[6] Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995, [FamilySearchRecord].
[7] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[8] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[9] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[10] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[11] FamilySearch.org, [FamilySearchRecord].
[12] genforum notes by Robert Lewis with somewhat different language from the notes above, [URL].
[13] A Short Account of the First Settlements of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (1735), 12, [HathiTrust].
[14] "[The Voyage of] The Ark and Dove," Maryland Historical Magazine 1 (1906), 352-353, at 353, [HathiTrust].
[15] Henry F. Thompson, "Land Notes 1634-1655, Libers F, A, and B" Maryland Historical Magazine 5 (1910), 166-174, 261-271, at 267, [HathiTrust].
[16] Hester Dorsey Richardson, Side-lights on Maryland History, Vol. 1 (1913), 14, [HathiTrust].