Sarah (Randall) Saunders (1799 - 1880)

Born 13 Apr 1799 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Saunders — married 13 Nov 1817 in Aylesford, Kings Co., Nova Scotia, Canada

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1880 at age 81 in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

When Sarah Randall was born on 13 April 1799, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Nathan Randall, was 34 and her mother, Susanna Gates, was 21. She was the second of ten children born to Nathan and Susanna (Gates) Randall. Her paternal grandfather David Randall was from Connecticut. He and his family came to Kings County in 1766, part of a wave of settlers to Nova Scotia known as the New England Planters.

She married Reverand Henry Saunders on 13 November 1817, in Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. Henry was an early Baptist minister in western Nova Scotia. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters.They had the following children, all born in Aylesford: Susanah (born 1818), Nathan Randall (b. 1820), Elizabeth (b. 1821), Joseph Henry (b. 1823), Sarah Jane (b. 1825), Thomas Handley (b. 1827), Margaret (b. 1829) and Charles (b. 1831). The 1871 Census also lists Caroline Saunders, born about 1852 (aged 19) as a dependent; she was evidently adopted. ^[1]

William Bernard Banks (Banks-1679) was the son of Sarah Jane Saunders. She is the only known biological parent. Shortly after she gave birth, she died. Her first cousin, Abraham Banks, and his wife, Sarah Ann Rice, brought William Bernard home and kept him for a time. William Bernard, according to his daughter Ruby, was not properly nourished. His Grandma Saunders visited the Banks family, and observing the child's condition, took him home with her and he stayed and was raised further by her. She treated his severe case of rickets by covering him with sand at the seashore.

It is unclear when Sarah and Henry moved to Bear River, as census data from 1851, 1861 and 1871 all indicate Aylesford as their place of residence. They may have moved because their eldest child, Susanah, lived nearby in Morganville, Digby Co.

Sarah Saunders died on 20 August 1880, in her hometown, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bear River (Part) 6, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her husband Henry predeceased her only 5 days earlier.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DQ-1T6 : 7 April 2022), Henry Saunders, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Nova Scotia Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQQD-38V : 8 November 2014), Henry Saunders, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing line 30; Library and Archives Canada film number M-881, Public Archives, Halifax; FHL microfilm 865,126.

"Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4WF-NQ4 : 16 December 2022), Sarah Saunders in entry for Charles W. Saunders and Mary E. Sloan, 1870.

"Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DQ-1T6 : 7 April 2022), Henry Saunders, Aylesford, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

"Canada Marriages, 1661-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2GZ-GWL : 1 February 2020), Sarah in entry for William H. Snell, 1880.

"New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLY-TVH : 23 February 2021), Sarah Randal in entry for Margret A Snell, 05 Aug 1894; citing Stratham, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,106.

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NW1M-KF3 : 10 December 2014), Sarah Randall in entry for Thomas H Saunders, 07 Aug 1909; citing Boston,,Massachusetts, 172, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,257,897.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2BY-D78T : 6 March 2021), Sarah Randall Saunders, ; Burial, Bear River, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, Loyalist Cemetery; citing record ID 175580722, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also: 1851 Census of Nova Scotia 1861 Census of Nova Scotia 1871 Census of Canada History of the County of Annapolis (1897) Township Book of Aylesford

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