Robert Sanders (bef. 1705 - 1765)

Born before 15 Jul 1705 in Albany, Albany County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Maria (Lansing) Sanders — married 6 Dec 1740 (to 15 Feb 1743) in Reformed Dutch Church of Albany

Husband of Elizabeth (Schuyler) Sanders — married 11 Jan 1747 in Dutch Reformed Church of Albany, Province of New York

Descendants

Died 21 May 1765 after age 59 in Albany, Albany County, New York

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Biography

Birth

Robert was the eldest son of Barent and Maria (Wendell) Sanders, baptized July 15, 1705 in The Reformed Dutch Church of Albany. Robbert, of Barent Sanders and Maria Wendel. Wit.: Johannes Schuyler, Elsje Sanders.^[1][2][3]

Marriage 1

Robert Sanders and Maria Lansing were married, December 6, 1740 in The Reformed Dutch Church of Albany.

• Dec. 6. L. Robbert Sandertse, y.m., and Maria Lansingh, y.d.^[4][2][3]

Children:

1. Barent bp. 6 Feb 1742^[5][3][6]

Children Baptismal:

• Barent, of Robbert and Maria Sandertz. Wit.: Barent and Geertruy Sandertz.^[7]

Marriage 2

Secondly he married Elizabeth Schuyler January 11, 1747 in The Reformed Dutch Church of Albany.

• Jan. 11. L. Robert Sanders and Elizabeth Schuyler, both of A. ^[8][2][3]

Children:

1. 1747 23 Aug Maria, of Robbert Sanders and Elizabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Barent Sanders, Catharina Schuyler ^[9]
2. 1752, Feb 23, Catarina, of Robert Sanders and Elisabeth Schuyler. Wit.: John Sanders, Catarina Schuyler.^[10]
3. 1753, Dec 16, Barent, of Robert Sanders and Elisabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Barent Sanders, Geertruy Schuyler. ^[11]
4. 1755, Dec. 7, Pieter, of Robert Sanders and Elisabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Johannis Lansing, Maria Sanders. ^[12]
5. Deborah, bo. 8 Feb 1758 - November 28, 1798, 1758 Feb. 19. Debora, of Robert Sanders and Elisabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Steven and Engeltje Schuyler.^[7]Married John Sanders, her cousin, of Scotia.^[2]
6. 1760, July 17. bo. July 9. Elizabeth of Robert Sanders and Elizabeth Schuyler. Wit.: Abraham Ten Broeck, Elizabeth Van Renslaar.^[13]

He was a merchant and he bore the title of captain as he dealt in many important matters connected with the Indian tribes.

He was appointed Albany's first mayor by Governor George Clinton and served from October 15, 1750 to 1754.

Death

He died May 24, 1765 and was buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.^[3]

His will was dated 17 May 1765 and probated 6 June 1765, In it he names his only son, Peter Sanders, and daughters Maria, Deborah, Catherine, and Elizabeth. The will names his brother, John Sanders and Stephen Van Renselaer executors. It also mentions a cousin Jacob Sanders as occupant of land owned in Dutchess County.^[14]

Research Notes

His activities as a trader are noted in recent literature. ^{[15][16][17][18]}

Sources

1. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany (1683-1809) Baptism Record
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Vol. III, pp. 1069-1073 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds Sanders Family
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Find-a-Grave Burial Record
4. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York Lansing Marriage Record
5. ↑ Stefan Bielinski Maria Lansing
6. ↑ "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2C4-34J : accessed 19 December 2015), Maria in entry for Barent Sandertz, 06 Feb 1742; citing FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, ALBANY, ALBANY, NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,989.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683-1809,, Part 3, P. 96. Baptismal Record
8. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York Schuyler Marriage Record
9. ↑ Secretary Henry L. Bogert. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1906.
10. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809 Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York, Transcribed by Dave Pane-Joyce. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108030710/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part4.html#baptismal
11. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809 Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York, Transcribed by Dave Pane-Joyce. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108030710/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part4.html#baptismal
12. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809 Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York, Transcribed by Dave Pane-Joyce. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108030710/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part4.html#baptismal
13. ↑ Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York, 1683–1809 Excerpted from Year Books of the Holland Society of New York, Transcribed by Dave Pane-Joyce. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108030710/http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/albany/part4.html#baptismal
14. ↑ New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 Albany Wills 1629-1802 vol AQ-AS 112, Images 692 to 696 of 764, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYC9-9357?i=691&wc=Q7P7-JWR%3A213301001%2C214984001&cc=1920234
15. ↑ Eugene R.H. Tesdahl, Smuggling, the American Revolution, and the Riverine Highway, Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Uncommon Sense—the blog , November 21st, 2017, https://blog.oieahc.wm.edu/smuggling-american-revolution-riverine-highway/
16. ↑ University of New Hampshire, University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository, Doctoral Dissertations Student Scholarship, Spring 1998, Silent partners: The economic life of women on the frontier of colonial New York, Aileen Button Agnew, https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/215520586.pdf
17. ↑ Cool, Nolan M. “Pelts and Prosperity: The Fur Trade and the Mohawk Valley, 1730–1776.” New York History 97, no. 2 (2016): 122–48. https://www.jstor.org/stable/90018245.
18. ↑ Maeve Kane, Shirts Powdered Red, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 2022, https://cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/shirts-powdered-red