SAUNDERS GENEALOGY

1/15/2017

Generation One

1. Richard Saunders, b. ca 1560 in Buckinghamshire, England,^{^[1]} d. May- -1629 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ Married Oct- 7-1582 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England,¹ Johanna Osburne.

Children:

2. i. ANN SAUNDERS.

3. ii. BRIDGET SAUNDERS.

4. iii. ELIZABETH SAUNDERS.

5. iv. JOHN SAUNDERS.

6. v. THOMAS SAUNDERS.

7. vi. ANN SAUNDERS.

8. vii. TOBIAS SAUNDERS.

9. viii. ELIZABETH SAUNDERS.

Generation Two

2. Ann Saunders, b.^1.

3. Bridget Saunders, b.^1.

4. Elizabeth Saunders, b.^1.

5. John Saunders, b.^1.

6. Thomas Saunders, b.^1.

7. Ann Saunders, b.^1.

8. Tobias Saunders, d. ca 1642,¹ buried Sep- 4-1642 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.¹ Married May-27-1616 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England,¹ Isabel Wilde, b. ca 1598 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England,¹ d. aft Feb-20-1642/43.^{^[2]}

Children:

10. i. ELIZABETH SAUNDERS.

11. ii. ANN SAUNDERS.

12. iii. RICHARD SAUNDERS.

13. iv. TOBIAS SAUNDERS.

14. v. THOMAS SAUNDERS.

9. Elizabeth Saunders, b.^1.

Generation Three

10. Elizabeth Saunders, b.^1.

11. Ann Saunders, b.^1.

12. Richard Saunders, b.^1.

13. Tobias Saunders, d. Aug- -1695 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.¹

Tobias Saunders first appears in the records of Taunton, Mass., in 1643. He is thought to have died in 1695, as his will was proved on September 2nd of that year. Although he was a member of the first Seventh Day Baptist Church in America at Newport, his ancestor, Rev. Lawrence Saunders, was not known to have been a Sabbath-keeper, as he was one of the Christian martyrs burned to death outside the city of Coventry, England, on Sabbath Day, February 9 1555.

Tobias Saunders was a soldier of the King in old England and at one time was one of the King's Life Guard. He was made a freeman in Newport in 1655, and on Sep 9 1661 received a quarter of a share in the division of the land at Misquamicut, as Westerly was then called. Almost immediately he was in the midst of trouble as he, his father-in-law, Joseph Clarke, and Robert Burdick laid claim to Southertown (Southertown included the later limits of the town of Stonington, CT, and much of Westerly, RI), which both Connecticut and Massachusetts claimed as theirs. All three were arrested Nov 1 1661 by Constable William Palmer, but Joseph Clarke was later freed. Saunders and Burdick were both placed on trial before Governor Endicott and associates on Nov 14 1661 in Boston. Their defense was that they had bought the land from the Indians by the authority of the Court of Rhode Island. Bonds were set at 100 pounds each, and in the absence of surety, they were committed to prison for trial in May 1662. At that time they were fined 40 pounds each and Rhode Island was notified to send in the fines, but they were kept in jail for two years.

Connecticut was later given a new charter giving Southertown to her, and Massachusetts retired from the contest. Still later, a compromise was reached in England whereby Connecticut relinquished her claim to the disputed territory in Westerly to Rhode Island. Tobias Saunders, Robert Burdick, Joseph Clarke, and John Crandall were a few of the strong men of their day who stood steadfast, endured persecution and imprisonment not only because of the land disputes, but also for the religious freedom guaranteed to the residents of Rhode Island but not vouchsafed to the Connecticut settlers where the Puritan church was to all intents the State religion.

Tobias Saunders was a deputy to the General Assembly of Rhode Island from Westerly many terms and was active in the Westerly congregation of the Newport church. Three of Tobias Saunders' daughters died of smallpox as adults.

[NOTE: Source of the foregoing information is Earl P. Crandall, Hudson, NY (1937-2002) (Crandall Family Association, http://www.cfa.net/cfa-book/), citing "The First Hundred Years: Pawcatuck Seventh Day Baptist Church," Utter Co, Westerly, RI, 1940, pp 284-285. Additional related sources cited by Earl P. Crandall:

"The English Origins of Tobias Saunders of Westerly, RI," by Paul A. Saunders, in "Connecticut Nutmegger," Vol 29, No 4, pp 583-588.

"Saunders Genealogy," by Lyle S. Saunders, on file at Westerly Public Library.

"Westerly Settlers - No. 7," by Charles Denison, on file at Westerly Public Library.]^{^[3]}

Married ca 1661 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,¹ Mary Peckham, b. ca 1642 in Newport, Newport Co, RI,³ (daughter of John Peckham and Mary Clarke), d. 1695 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³

Mary: In an article by Louise Prosser Bates in NEHGR, Vol 63, p. 198, regarding the wife of Tobias Saunders, Mrs. Bates shows by a series of probate records that Mary, wife of Tobias Saunders, was a niece of Rev. John Clarke, and that James Peckham of Little Compton, RI, was uncle to her children. She, therefore, must have been a sister of James Peckham, and he mother must have been a sister of the Rev. John Clarke, thus establishing Mary's parentage.³

Children:

15. i. ELIZABETH SAUNDERS.

16. ii. JOHN SAUNDERS.

17. iii. EDWARD SAUNDERS.

18. iv. STEPHEN SAUNDERS b. ca 1675.

19. v. MERCY SAUNDERS.

20. vi. BENJAMIN SAUNDERS.

21. vii. SARAH SAUNDERS.

22. viii. SUSANNAH SAUNDERS.

14. Thomas Saunders, b.^1.

Generation Four

15. Elizabeth Saunders, b.^1.

16. John Saunders, b.^1.

17. Edward Saunders, b.^1.

18. Stephen Saunders, b. ca 1675 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ d. Nov- -1746 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³ (1) Married 1710-11 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ Thankful Crandall, b. ca 1685 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,^{^[4]} (daughter of Joseph Crandall and Deborah Burdick), d. ca 1714 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³ (2) Married Nov-19-1721 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ Rachael Bliven, b. Mar-19-1697/98 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ (daughter of Edward Bliven and Isabel MacCoone), d. aft 1746.³

Children by Thankful Crandall:

23. i. THANKFUL SAUNDERS b. 1712.

Children by Rachael Bliven:

24. ii. STEPHEN SAUNDERS b. Aug- 3-1722.

25. iii. RACHAEL SAUNDERS.

26. iv. ISABEL SAUNDERS.

27. v. RUTH SAUNDERS.

28. vi. TOBIAS SAUNDERS.

29. vii. MARY SAUNDERS.

30. viii. PELEG SAUNDERS.

31. ix. MARTHA SAUNDERS.

19. Mercy Saunders, b.^1.

20. Benjamin Saunders, b.^1.

21. Sarah Saunders, b.^1.

22. Susannah Saunders, b.^1.

Generation Five

23. Thankful Saunders,³ b. 1712 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ d. 1782 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³ Married Oct-25-1733 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ Cornelius Stetson, b. 1708 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co, MA,³ (son of Isaac Stetson and Elizabeth Pray), d. 1772 in Pembroke, Plymouth Co, MA.³

Children:

32. i. STEPHEN STETSON b. May-17-1747.

24. Stephen Saunders, b. Aug- 3-1722 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,^{^[5]} d. Jan-11-1776 or 77 in Charlestown, Washington Co, RI,⁵ buried in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.⁵ Married Aug-12-1744 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,⁵ Lydia Wilcox, b. Apr- 6-1725 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ (daughter of Edward Wilcox and Dinah Barber), d. 1817-18 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³

Children:

33. i. DINAH SAUNDERS.

34. ii. ESTHER SAUNDERS.

35. iii. STEPHEN SAUNDERS.

36. iv. LYDIA SAUNDERS.

37. v. CHARLES SAUNDERS.

38. vi. AUGUSTUS SAUNDERS.

39. vii. PELEG SAUNDERS b. Sep- 5-1759.

25. Rachael Saunders, b.^3.

26. Isabel Saunders, b.^3.

27. Ruth Saunders, b.^3.

28. Tobias Saunders, b.^3.

29. Mary Saunders, b.^3.

30. Peleg Saunders, b.^3.

31. Martha Saunders, b.^3.

Generation Six

32. Stephen Stetson, b. May-17-1747 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ d. 1779 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³ Married Jan- 9-1768 in Hopkinton, Washington Co, RI,³ Dorcas Hall, b. near Hopkinton, Washington Co, RI,³ (daughter of William Hall and Sarah Kenyon).

Children:

40. i. ELIZABETH STETSON b. Nov-10-1769.

33. Dinah Saunders.⁵

34. Esther Saunders.⁵

35. Stephen Saunders.⁵

36. Lydia Saunders.⁵

37. Charles Saunders.⁵

38. Augustus Saunders.⁵

39. Peleg Saunders, b. Sep- 5-1759 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,^{^[6]} d. Oct-28-1814 in Buffalo, Erie Co, NY.⁶

The family of Peleg Saunders and Sarah Vars moved to Berlin, Rensselaer Co, NY, in the fall of 1796, and then moved to Sweden, NY, on Feb 23 1811.⁶

Married Jun-28-1784 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,⁶ Sarah Vars, b. Mar-25-1768 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ (daughter of Isaac Vars and Elizabeth Burdick), d. Apr-24-1831 in Sweden, Monroe Co, NY.³

Children:

41. i. PELEG SAUNDERS.

42. ii. LYMAN SAUNDERS b. May-14-1787.

43. iii. ROWLAND SAUNDERS.

44. iv. SARAH SAUNDERS.

45. v. STEPHEN SAUNDERS.

46. vi. ISAAC VARS SAUNDERS.

47. vii. ALANSON SAUNDERS b. Nov- 2-1797.

48. viii. CATHERINE SAUNDERS.

49. ix. THOMAS G. SAUNDERS.

50. x. NATHAN SAUNDERS.

51. xi. BILLINGS SAUNDERS.

52. xii. SAXTON B. SAUNDERS.

Generation Seven

40. Elizabeth Stetson, b. Nov-10-1769 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³ Married Oct-25-1787 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ Peleg Peckham, b. 1762 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ (son of Abel Peckham and Rebecca Burdick), d. 1858 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI.³

Children:

53. i. DORCAS PECKHAM b. Oct- 4-1809.

41. Peleg Saunders, b.^3.

42. Lyman Saunders, b. May-14-1787 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,^{^[7]} d. 1816 or 1817 in Unadilla, Otsego Co, NY,⁷ [But 1820 Census seems to show him still living.]. Married ca 1810 in Otsego Co, NY,⁷ Amey Coal, b. in Rhode Island,^{^[8]} (daughter of William Coal).

Children:

54. i. CAROLINE SAUNDERS b. 1813.

55. ii. WILLIAM M. SAUNDERS b. Aug- 3-1814.

56. iii. HANNAH SAUNDERS b. 1816.

43. Rowland Saunders.³

44. Sarah Saunders, also known as Sally.³ b.³

45. Stephen Saunders, b.^3.

46. Isaac Vars Saunders, b.^3.

47. Alanson Saunders, b. Nov- 2-1797 in Berlin, Rensselaer Co, NY.³ Married ca 1818 in Rensselaer Co, NY,³ Amey Coal, b. in Rhode Island,⁸ (daughter of William Coal).

Children:

57. i. SARAH CATHERINE SAUNDERS.

48. Catherine Saunders, b.^3.

49. Thomas G. Saunders, b.^3.

50. Nathan Saunders, b.^3.

51. Billings Saunders, b.^3.

52. Saxton B. Saunders, b.^3.

Generation Eight

53. Dorcas Peckham, b. Oct- 4-1809 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ d. Jan-24-1899 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT.³ Married May-18-1830 in Hopkinton, Washington Co, RI,³ Robert Clinton Clarke, b. Aug- 7-1808 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ (son of Samuel Clarke and Jemima Bitgood), d. Aug-16-1876 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT.³

Children:

58. i. DORCAS ELIZABETH CLARKE b. Mar- 7-1839.

54. Caroline Saunders,³ b. 1813 in Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY,^{^[9]} d. ca 1815 in Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY.⁹

55. William M. Saunders, b. Aug- 3-1814 in New York,^{^[10]}^{,^[11],^[12]} d. Feb-22-1893 in Waukesha Co, WI,^{^[13]}^{,^[14],11} buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI,^{^[15]} resided (settled, 1844) in Waukesha Co, WI,¹⁰ resided until 1844 in New York,¹⁰ census 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Waukesha Co, WI, occupation farmer, Justice of the Peace.^{^[16]} Married Jun-11-1844 in Brockport, Monroe Co, NY,^{^[17]} Catherine Beedle, b. Feb-17-1826 near Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY,^3,11 d. May- 2-1908,¹¹ buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI,¹¹ census 1850, 60, 70, 80 in Waukesha Co, WI.

William M. Saunders was one of the early settlers of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, first making his home there on a farm in the town of Menomonee. He was a native of New York and was married there in Brockport to Catherine Beedle on June 11 1844. During the same year they took up their home in Wisconsin. [obit]

"In the spring of 1843, William M. Saunders and William Brown opened the first store. Ashes were legal tender in those days, and any one trading with Saunders could get goods at half-price if he could tell a good story, and pay in ashes at that."

[From an 1880s publication on the history of Waukesha County, Wisconsin; cited at http://www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/lannon.php. A later citation, at www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/menomonee.php, gives date as 1848, rather than 1843.]

William M. Saunders received the following land patents in Waukesha County, Wisconsin:

PATENTEE NAME ISSUE DATE DOCUMENT NR. ACCESSION NR.

SAUNDERS, WILLIAM M 09/01/1848 26884 WI3000__.294 40 acres

SAUNDERS, WILLIAM M 03/01/1850 34202 WI3140__.413 80 acres

1850 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menominee), enumerated on Oct 11 1850:

William Sanders [sic], 36, farmer, b. New York; Cathe [sic] Sanders, 24, b. NY; Almina [sic] Sanders, 5, b. Wisconsin; Lyman Sanders, 5 months, b. Wisc; Lafayette Sanders, 24, farmer, b. NY.

1860 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 7 1860:

William M. Saunders, 46, farmer, b. NY; Catherine Saunders, 34, b. NY; Almira Saunders, 15, b. Wisc; Lyman Saunders, 10, b. Wisc.

1870 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:

William Saunders, 55, farmer, b. NY; Catherine, 44, b. NY; Lyman, 20, b. Wisc.

1880 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (town of Menomonee), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:

William Saunders, 65, farmer, b. NY (both parents b. Rhode Island); wife Catharine, 54, b. NY (both parents b. NY).

1900 Census, Waukesha County, Wisconsin (city of Waukesha), enumerated on Jun 8 1900:

Catherine Saunders, 74, widowed, b. Feb 1826 in NY (both parents b. NY), mother of 3 children (2 still living), occupation capitalist.

(Note: Enumerators of the 1900 Census were given the following instruction regarding the listing of occupations: Report a person who receives his income, or most of it, from money loaned at interest, or from stocks, bonds, or other securities, as a "capitalist." - http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst1900.shtml)

Children:

59. i. ALMIRA A. SAUNDERS b. Mar- -1845.

60. ii. MYRON SAUNDERS.

61. iii. LYMAN L. SAUNDERS b. Nov-18-1849.

56. Hannah Saunders,³ b. 1816 in Plainfield, Otsego Co, NY,⁹ d. ca 1833 in Otsego Co, NY.⁹

57. Sarah Catherine Saunders, b.^3.

Generation Nine

58. Dorcas Elizabeth Clarke, b. Mar- 7-1839 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ d. Mar-29-1914 in Hopkinton, Washington Co, RI.³ Married Apr-12-1858 in Westerly, Washington Co, RI,³ Ezra Lee Palmer, b. Jan-11-1836 in Exeter, Washington Co, RI,³ (son of Ira Palmer and Martha Douglass), d. Apr- 3-1905 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT.³

Children:

62. i. EMMA FRANCES PALMER b. Jun-17-1871.

59. Almira A. Saunders, also known as Amina A. Saunders,^{^[18]} b. Mar- -1845 in Wisconsin,^{^[19]}^{,^[20]} d. 1911,²⁰ buried in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI,¹⁸ census 1910 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI, census 1900 in Columbia Co, WI, resided 1893 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI,^{^[21]} census 1870, 1880 in Columbus, Columbia Co, WI, census 1850, 1860 in Waukesha Co, WI. Married ca 1868,^{19,^[22]} Edwin Oliver, b. Jul- -1838 in New York,^19,20 d. 1920,²⁰ buried in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI,¹⁸ census 1910, 1920 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI, census 1900 in Columbia Co, WI, census 1870, 1880 in Columbus, Columbia Co, WI, occupation farmer,^{^[23]} military G.A.R.¹⁸

(Note: Reports of this Almira Saunders being married to Ammi A. Brown (1829-1899) are incorrect. Ammi Brown was married to Almira Sanders, born ca 1843 in New York, daughter of Henry J. Sanders and Olive Mowry.)

Almira Saunders was identified in her father's obituary as "Mrs. A. A. Oliver." All other references to her husband have been as Edwin Oliver.

1870 Census, town of Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin, enumerated on Jun 21 1870:

Edwin Oliver, 32, farmer, b. New York; Almira, 26, b. Wisconsin; Jennie, 1, b. Wisc.

1880 Census, town of Columbus, Columbia County, Wisconsin, enumerated on Jun 19 1880:

Edwin Oliver, 42, farmer, b. NY, both parents b. NY; wife Almina, 35, b. Wisc, both parents b. NY; dau Jennie, 11, b. Wisc.

1900 Census, Columbia County, Wisconsin (Fountain Prairie District), enumerated on Jun 12 1900:

Edwin Oliver, 61, farmer, b. Jul 1838 in NY, married 32 yrs; wife Almira, 55, b. Mar 1845 in Wisc, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Jennie, 31, b. Nov 1868 in Wisc; dau Amy, 15 (corrected from 16), b. Nov 1884 in Wisc.

1910 Census, Village of Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin, enumerated on Apr 18 1910:

Edwin Oliver, 71, b. NY, married 43 yrs; wife Almira, 65, b. Wisc, mother of 2 children (both still living); dau Jennie, 41, b. Wisc; dau Amy, 26, b. Wisc.

1920 Census, Village of Fall River, Columbia County, Wisconsin, enumerated on Jan 5 1920:

Household at 81 Main Street: Edwin Oliver, 81, widowed, b. NY; dau Jennie, 52, single, b. Wisconsin.

Note: Edwin Oliver and daughter Jennie were also enumerated in Milwaukee as members of the household of his daughter and son-in-law Amy B & Harry W. Harriman.

Children:

63. i. JENNIE "JANE" OLIVER b. Nov- -1868.

64. ii. AMY B. OLIVER b. Nov-19-1883.

60. Myron Saunders,³ b. in Wisconsin, d. young [He does not appear with his family in any of the 1850 thru 1900 censuses. In the 1900 Census, Catherine Beedle Saunders reports that she was the mother of three children, two of them still living.].

61. Lyman L. Saunders,³ b. Nov-18-1849 in Wisconsin,^{11,16,^[24]} d. Oct- 4-1908,¹¹ buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI,¹⁸ resided 1893 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI,²¹ census 1850, 1860, 1870 in Waukesha Co, WI. He married Hephzibah ___, b. Jul-26-1846,¹¹ d. Jul-16-1919,¹¹ buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Waukesha Co, WI.¹⁸

Generation Ten

62. Emma Frances Palmer, b. Jun-17-1871 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT,³ d. Apr- 1-1933 in Providence, Providence Co, RI.³ Married Jul-20-1887 in Voluntown, New London Co, CT,³ John Charles Fogarty, b. Mar-20-1865 in Ireland,³ (son of John Patrick Fogarty and Mary Ann Lawlor).

John: Born in Kilmaganny, Kilkenny, Ireland. He disappeared without a trace when his children were very young.³

Children:

i. KATHERINE ELIZABETH FOGARTY, b. Oct-30-1889 in Richmond, Washington Co, RI,³ d. Mar- 5-1953 in Providence, Providence Co, RI.³ Married Oct-30-1913 in Providence, Providence Co, RI,³ George Francis Burdett, b. Apr- -1887 in Riverside, Providence Co, RI,³ (son of Charles Abraham Burdett and Catherine Elizabeth Allaire), d. Oct-30-1950 in Providence, Providence Co, RI.³

63. Jennie "Jane" Oliver, also known as Jane Oliver,¹¹ b. Nov- -1868 in Wisconsin,^19,20 d. 1953,²⁰ buried in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI,¹⁸ census 1910, 1920 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI, census 1900 in Columbia Co, WI, census 1870, 1880 in Columbus, Columbia Co, WI.

64. Amy B. Oliver, b. Nov-19-1883,^{^[25]}^,20 [Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1884, but date on headstone is 1883 and SSDI stated Nov 19 1883.], d. Jun-14-1976 in Madison, Dane Co, WI,^{^[26]}^,25,20 buried in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI,¹⁸ resided in Madison, Dane Co, WI,²⁵ census 1920 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI, census 1910 in Fall River, Columbia Co, WI, census 1900 in Columbia Co, WI. She married Harry W. Harriman, b. 1874 in Wisconsin,^{20,^[27]} d. 1958,²⁰ buried in Fall River Cemetery, Columbia Co, WI,¹⁸ census 1920 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI.