William James (Saunders) Sanders (1733-1802)

William James (James) Sanders formerly Saunders

Born 29 Dec 1733 in Bertie, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Son of James Saunders and Ann (Holmes) Saunders

Brother of John Sanders, William Sanders, Brittain Saunders, Hardy (Saunders) Sanders Sr. and Phoebe (Sanders) Utley

Husband of Sarah (Tully) Saunders — married 1755 in Johnston, North Carolina

Descendants

Father of Penelope Sanders, John Sanders, Nancy Ann (Sanders) Holeman, Charity Sanders, James Sanders, Sarah (Sanders) Anderson, Mary (Sanders) Riley, Hardy Sanders, Britain Sanders, Jonathan Sanders, William Henry Sanders, Sarah Sanders and Dorcas V (Sanders) Sorrells

Died 2 Nov 1802 at age 68 in Oglethorpe, Macon, Georgia, United States

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Biography

James (Saunders) Sanders was a Civil Servant in the American Revolution.

Children listed in DAR record

NANCY ANNE m. DANIEL HOLMAN
HARDY m. ELIZABETH JONES
SARAH m. JOHN N. ANDERSON
JOHN m. SARAH GRANT
WILLIAM m. BETSEY BEATY

"SAUNDERS, JAMES - Ancestor #: A100408..."

William James Saunders ("James") has been recognized in the DAR Patriot Index p. 594; was a soldier in North Carolina. They had 10 children:

John - b.22 Jan 1756 d.5 Feb 1809 m.Sarah Wooley 16 May 1799
Nancy- b.12 Jan 1758 m. Daniel Coleman
Charity- b.5 Apr 1760
James- b.18 Mar 1862 d.2 Nov 1831 Haywood Co., TN m.Susan Odell
Sarah- b.7 Jul 1765 m. John Anderson b.15 Jul 1757
Polly- b.18 Mar 1768 m. John Bledsoe 20 Apr 1784
Hardy- b.22 Jun 1770 1m. Elizabeth Francis Jones 2m.Betsy 2 Mar 1789 Surry Co., NC
Brittain- b.17 Nov 1753 m.Edith Hunter
Jonathan- b.26 Feb 1775
William- b.23 Jan 1777

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Buried NOV 1802.

Sources

DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A100408
DAR Genealogy Research (Search: "www.dar.org; Library; Online Research; Ancestor;" then enter "James Saunders/Sarah Tully")
Transcription: McAdams, Harry Kennett,. Kentucky pioneer and court records : abstracts of early wills, deeds, and marriages from court houses and records of old Bibles, churches, grave yards, and cemeteries. Lexington, Ky.: Mrs. H.K. McAdams, 1929, pp. 285-6. Sanders family bible record accessed via FamilySearch https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/44072532 and https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/440725889 Apr 2022.

Acknowledgements

Saunders-1652 was started through the import of Bowler_Kedy_Gaehring_Youngman(1).ged on Oct 1, 2012 by Matt Bowler.
Sanders-1722 was started through the import of Stough Family Tree.ged on Nov 1, 2011 by Lindsay Coleman.
Sanders-1809 was started through the import of Frank Walter Sands_ Family Tre.ged on Nov 14, 2011 by Frank Walter Sands. S

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:

Larry Sanders : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #724942
Charley Sanders : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT357996, FTDNA kit #905015

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:

~1.56% ~3.12% LaDell (Whitsitt) Montgomery : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member txag57
~0.78% ~3.12% Melva (Cook) Coffelt : 23andMe, GEDmatch M500563 [compare]
~0.78% Byron Coughlin : 23andMe, GEDmatch M828484 [compare]
~0.78% Bob Self : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member DrRSelf
~0.78% Fred Wallace : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fredwtx1
~0.78% Pam (James) Carpenter : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A339864 [compare], Ancestry member pamjamescarpenter
~0.78% Jack Graham : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A128024 [compare], Ancestry member jgg111
~0.78% Joyce Williams : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A438482 [compare], Ancestry member jlamkin58
~0.78% Lucy Pech : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lucy_jane_pech
~0.78% Grover Brown : AncestryDNA
~0.78% James Utley : AncestryDNA
~0.78% ~3.12% Mary Nance : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #516683
~0.39% Homer Hopper : 23andMe, GEDmatch M129407 [compare]
~0.39% William Calhoun : 23andMe, GEDmatch PU898542C1 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PU898542C1 [compare], Ancestry member wcrisler47 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PU898542C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #N112723
~0.39% Heather (Foster) Foster-McCullough : 23andMe, GEDmatch KW8116238 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KW8116238 [compare], Ancestry member HetMcF
~0.39% Maria (Scipio) Metheny : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A833095 [compare], Ancestry member mmet67
~0.39% Joseph Dunbar : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member joedunbar7236
~0.39% Abigail (Banks) Dennison : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A653055 [compare], Ancestry member AbigailBanksD
~0.39% Bryan Lambeth : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member oz4caster
~0.39% Bertie Lynn (Holt) Post : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZF7512786 [compare], Ancestry member bertielynn1970
~0.39% Molly Calhoun : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A561936 [compare], Ancestry member clarkem11531 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B156894
~0.39% Claire Calhoun : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A228581 [compare], Ancestry member claire3310
~0.39% Kelly (Calhoun) Laramore : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A224492 [compare], Ancestry member twoinarmy
~0.39% Judi (Moody) Gutowski : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XT1268983 [compare], Ancestry member JudithAnnMoody
~0.39% Day (Bredleau) Thomas : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #512529

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Patricia (Sparkman) Thomas

Saunders-5098 and Saunders-1652 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly the same man. Please give a good reason why it is not. Please merge. Thank you.

posted Jun 09, 2020 by Patricia (Sparkman) Thomas

Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin

The merge between Saunders-5098 and Saunders-1652 is rejected. There is enough difference between the two profiles to reject the merge outright. MatchBot MP

posted Feb 10, 2018 by Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin

Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin

The merge between Saunders-5098 and Saunders-1652 is rejected. There is enough difference between the two profiles to reject the merge outright. MatchBot MP

posted on Saunders-5098 (merged) Feb 10, 2018 by Isabelle (Rassinot) Martin

Day (Bredleau) Thomas

Saunders-5098 and Saunders-1652 do represent the same person because: Same birth date and place, same wife's name, same dates and place of death. Likelihood that wrong birth place for one was entered is much greater than that so much other information was erroneously matched.

posted Feb 10, 2018 by Day (Bredleau) Thomas

Susan McNamee

Saunders-5098 and Saunders-1652 do not represent the same person because: born in different states. (MatchBot Monitors Project)

posted Feb 09, 2018 by Susan McNamee

Ken Broughton

Sanders-1722 and Saunders-1652 appear to represent the same person because: Same birth date and place.

posted May 30, 2014 by Ken Broughton

Rejected matches › James Sanders (1836-) › James Sanders (abt.1833-) › William Saunders (1725-bef.1800)

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William James (Saunders) Sanders (1733 - 1802)

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