We are researching William Sanders, who, in his will dated 1760 in Albemarle County, named wife Mary, son Julius Sanders, and grand daughter Mary Henson, married to Philip Henson.
1734 William Sanders was granted 400 acres in Goochland County on the north side of James River adjoining Arthur Osborne … John Martin Gent … Arthur Hopkins on October 3. [1] [2]
1742 William Sanders was granted 400 acres in Goochland County near the fork of James River, bounded by a run of Cooks Creek on February 12. [3] [4]
1745 A deed of feoffment from William Sanders to John Anthony was presented in the Albemarle County, Virginia court and was recorded on 27 June. [5]
1750 Land on the west side of Bird Creek in Albemarle County near land of Osborne, Adams, Hopkins, and Martins was part of land granted William Sanders in 1734 (then Goochland). [6]
1752 A William Sanders voted in Richmond County, Virginia. [7] [8]
1754 On 15 August, the Halifax county court exempted William Sanders from paying county levys. [9]
1758 William Sanders was listed among voters in Richmond County, Virginia. [10]
1759 Land record: Land of Julius Saunders and William Sanders was adjacent to a land transaction with several members of the Payne family regarding thousands of acres of land in Albemarle County near Cooks Creek. [11]
1760 The will of William Sanders was dated October 8, 1760 and was proved November 8, 1764 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Legatees: Wife Mary, son Julius, granddaughter Mary Henson, grandsons Clayton and John Sanders, Philip Henson, executor. [12] [13]
In the Name of God Amen. I William Sanders of Albemarle County being in perfect health Sense and memory thanks be to God for it do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following. Imprimus I Lend unto my Loving Wife Mary Sanders During her Natural Life the Land whereon I now Dwell Situate together with all the Improvements thereon, also one Negro woman Named Patt also three Negro Children named Joe Jenny and Sall. also all my Personal Estate in any Case without any molestation …
Item. I Give and bequeath unto my Son Julius Sanders five pounds Currant money to him his heirs for ever …
Item, I Give and Bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Mary Henson after the death of my Wife Mary Sanders one Negro woman Patt one Negro Boy named Joe one Negro girl Named Jenny and one Negro girl named Sall with all their folling Increase also one Feather Bed and furniture Two Cows and Calves one From Pot & Pot Rack two Dishes & Five plates to her and her heirs forever …
Item. I give and bequeath to my two grandsons Clayborn and Jessie Sanders the Four Hundred Acres Land whereon I now Dwell to be equally divided & Clayborn Sander to have his first Choice to them and their heirs for Ever and my desire is further that after the death of my Wife Mary Sanders that all my Personal Eatate not before given may be sold by my Executors and the money to be Equally Divided …
Amongst all my grand children them & their heirs for Ever …And I do hereby Constitute and Ordain Philip Henson my whole and Sole Executor of my whole Estate In witness I acknowledge this be my last will and Testament this Eighth day of October In the year of our Lord 1760.
Signed Sealed and acknowledged William Sanders
In the Presence of us
James George
Thomas Cobbs
John Hodges Junr
at a court held for Albemarle County the 8th day of November 1764 This will was presented in Court & proved by the oath of James George & John Hodges Witnesses thereto & ordered to be recorded at Albemarle June Court 1765 Administration was granted to Archibald Bryce Who gave Bond according to Law.
Henry Fry
1762 At the December Court in Albemarle, Virginia, William Saunder (plaintif) and William Willson (defendant) argued a case of trespass and battery. [14]
1764 At the Court in Albemarle, Virginia, William Willson was found not guilty on April 3, of the charge of assault and battery brought against him by William Saunders. [15]
1768 Grand son-in-law Philip Henson advertised: "Some Years ago I married Mary, the daughter of Julius and granddaughter of William Saunders, both of Albemarle county." … Philip Henson claims that he and wife Mary are the heirs of several Negros from the estate of William Sanders, to be inherited after the death of William's widow Mary. Meanwhile, William's son Julius has seized the slaves and is claiming them as his own. Philip Hinson warned others not to buy these slaves from Julius, because they do not belong to Julius Saunders. [16] [17] [Photocopy, Philip Henson named Grandfather-in-law William Saunders, Newspaper notice.]
Research Notes:
Several researchers have suggested that William Sanders, who married Mary Hall in a Quaker wedding in 1682 in Nansemond County, is the same as the William Saunders in the notes above. We seek evidence to support or refute this hypothesis. William Sanders purchased land in Nansemond County in 1679, suggesting he was born before 1658. The 1760 will names slaves, and many Quakers in other states disapproved of slavery. There were land transactions in several different counties involving William Sanders, perhaps suggesting that there was more than one person with that name.
James Hall had already joined the Society of Friends in England when he settled along the nansemond River in Tidewater Virginia, west of Norfolk, about 1665. His wife (not named) died after their arrival, leaving James with two children. About 1675, James Hall married, second, the widow of Henry Phillipa (Phelps). His children were Moses, and Mary, who married William Sanders in 1682. [18]
1679 On 30 April, William Sanders was granted 175 acres in the upper parish of Nansemond county beginning by Dumplin Island Creek and the head of John Wright's land … belonging to Jas Masdak … [19]
1682 Chuckeatuck Quaker meetings were held at the house of William Sanders of Nansemond, Virginia. [20]
1682 William Sanders and Mary Hall were married on April 8 by Quaker practices in Nansemond, Virginia [http://www.sandersweb.net/PDF/JohnSanders-NotoriousActor.html, Sanders website]. On 4 November (month 9), William Sanders, of Nansemond County, married, in his own house, Mary Hall, of Nansemond County. [21]
1683 William Sanders received a patent for land in the upper parish of Nansemond County (land book 6) [22]
1686 On October 30, William Sanders was granted 165 acres in the upper parish of Nansemond county begining on Dumpling Island Creek being a corner tree of Capt. Jossy … being ye place of Pibigion ? and William Sanders and ye house of Thomas Sanders … one hundred acres of ye said land being part of a patent formerly granted unto Epapliardoilus? Sanders bearing date of 5 day of ? 1637 … is now … possessed by (ye said?) Sanders. The other 65 acres being due by and for the importation of of two persons (Wm Nicholls and John Road) … [23]. William Sanders patented land in the upper parish of Nansomend County (land book 7) [24]
1688 William Sanders mentioned that a meeting was held at his house in Nansemond on 11 of February (month 12), 1687/88. [25]
1688 A meeting was held at the house of Mary Sanders, on 10 of January (month 11), in Nansemond County. [26]
1650 John Sanders, Jonathan Roberts, and Richard Thomas were granted land in the lower parish of Isle of Wight, part of which John Sanders willed to his sons William and Richard, as described in a 1745 deed between William Murfree and Joseph Holland, both of Nansemond County. [27]
1694 William Sanders, son of William was baptized on November 14 at St. Peter's, New Kent County, Virginia. [28]
1726 The will of William Sanders was dated March 31 and was proved on June 29 in Westmoreland. This is a different William Sanders, perhaps a research lead for the father of William. [29]
1711 William Sanders was named as a son-in-law and was bequeathed 500 pounds of tobacco in the will of Thomas Anderson. This may be a different William Sanders.
1712 William Sanders and Francis West witnessed a deed of James Anderson to Cornelius Cargill from the estate of Thomas (see 1711 will of Thomas Anderson) for land in Surry County adjoining Capt Taylors cart path. [30]
1723 On 5 September, William Saunders was granted 90 acres in Surrey county on the South side of the Main Blackwater Swamp. Beginning at a white oak on the North side of the Black Swamp. [31]
1737 On 10 June, William Sanders was granted 200 acres in Prince George County on the North side of Gravelly Run, adjoining William Richards, Jeffery Munford, and John Browder. [32]
1745 Land granted to John Hailes in Prince George County, Virginia on Heads of Brs. of Gravelly Run and Hatchers Run was near land of John Browders, William Sanders, and Jeffrey Munfords [33]
1747 Boundaries of land of William Sanders were described at a Vestry for the upper Parish of Nansimond County on August 31. Certified by William Sanders & James Uzzell. [34]
1755 The lands of William Sanders and others procesiond all the bounds of their lands pursuant to an order of the Vestry for the upper Parish of Nansimond County dated September 13. [35]
1759 The lands of William Sanders and others were processioned pursuant to an order of the Vestry for the upper Parish of Nansimond County dated September 17. [36]
1763 Widdow Sanders and others processd land pursuant to an order of the Vestry for the upper Parish of Nansimond County dated October 25. Note that the will of William Sanders, in the notes above, was in probate court in 1764. [37]
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[5] Joanne Lovelace Nance, "Albemarle County, Court Orders, 1744/45-1748 February Term 1744/45 to June Term 1745," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 26 (1988), 104-18, at 114, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
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[8] Joanne Lovelace Nance, "Richmond County Voters 1752," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 24 (1986), 66-8, at 68, column 1, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
[9] Marian Dodson Chiarito, "Halifax County, Virginia Pleas, No. 1, May Term 1752-March Term 1755," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 25 (1987), 27-40, at 31, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
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[15] Virginia, Albemarle County Court Order books, 1692-1871, [FamilySearchImage], [FSCatalog].
[16] Newspaper, Virginia Gazette (Williamsburg, Virginia), 8 September 1768, page 3, column 1.
[17] Image of newspaper from Colonial Williamsburg website, [URL].
[18] David Cope Elkinton, The Lives, Ancestry and Descendants of Joseph Scotton Elkinton and Malinda Patterson Elkinton (1992), 53, [GoogleBooks].
[19] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, 6-678, [Library of Virginia].
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[21] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 [Virginia] (1950), 36, [HathiTrust].
[22] James Edmonds Saunders, Early Settlers of Alabama, Part 1, [GoogleBooks].
[23] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, 7-527, [Library of Virginia].
[24] James Edmonds Saunders, Early Settlers of Alabama, Part 1, [GoogleBooks].
[25] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 [Virginia] (1950), 36, [HathiTrust].
[26] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 [Virginia] (1950), 36, [HathiTrust].
[27] Kirk Davis Holland, Holland; a history of the Virginia Holland families from 1620 to 1963 (1963}, 35, [HathiTrust].
[28] The Vestry Book of Saint Peter's, New Kent County, Va. from 1682-1758 (Richmond: Wm. Ellis Jones), 393, [HathiTrust], [AncestryImage].
[29] Edgar MacDonald, "Wills from Land Office Records," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 29 (1991), 188-94, at 193, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
[30] Benjamin B Weisiger, "Prince George County, Virginia Wills & Deeds 1710-1713," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 29 (1991), 298-313, at 309, of 308-9, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
[31] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, 11-281, [Library of Virginia].
[32] Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants, Land Grant Abstracts, Library of Virginia, 17-329, [Library of Virginia].
[33] Mary Ruth Northrop, "Virginia Land Patent Book 22," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy (Genealogical Society Quarterly) 27 (1989), 53-72, at 65, [Ancestry_VGSQ].
[34] Library Board of Virginia, Wilmer L. Hall, editor, The vestry book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County. Virginia, 1743-1793. (1949), 110, [HathiTrust].
[35] Library Board of Virginia, Wilmer L. Hall, editor, The vestry book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County. Virginia, 1743-1793. (1949), 111, [HathiTrust].
[36] Library Board of Virginia, Wilmer L. Hall, editor, The vestry book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County. Virginia, 1743-1793. (1949), 136, [HathiTrust].
[37] Library Board of Virginia, Wilmer L. Hall, editor, The vestry book of the Upper Parish, Nansemond County. Virginia, 1743-1793. (1949), 165, [HathiTrust].