Moses Sanderson (1722 - 1798)

Born 22 Feb 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Flagg) Sanderson — married 1 Jan 1751 in Waltham, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Anna (Jewett) Houghton — married Sep 1797 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1798 at age 76 in Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States of America

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Biography

Moses Sanderson was born in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts February 22, 1721/2. He was the son of Samuel Sanderson and Mercy Gale Sanderson.^{[1][2] [3] [4]}

He was married in Waltham, Middlesex County on January 1, 1751 to Mary Flagg, daughter of John Flagg and Hannah Bemis Flagg. After her death in 1789, he married (2nd) Anna (Jewett) Pingrey in Littleton, Their intentions were filed August 27, 1797. Anna was the widow of Stephen Pingrey, Sr. ^[5][3]

Moses was a Minuteman in the Littleton regiment of Colonel James Prescott and answered the alarm at Lexington April 19, 1775.^{[6] [7]}

Moses Sanderson died in Littleton, Middlesex County, August 10, 1798. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Littleton.<re name="Mass BMD" /> ^[6][4]

Sources

1. ↑ NEHGS Register; Volume 127 (1973), page 289.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records1620-1988; Littleton Births, Marriages and Deaths, page 23.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Henry Bond "Early Settlers of Watertown, Mass.", pages 417 and 418 (Sanderson) and page 223 (Flagg).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Sons of the American Revolution Applications 1889-1970.
5. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages 1633-1850; Family Hiatory Library, Salt Lake City, Utah; Film #0873745 item 3
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} U S Find a Grave Index; Memorial #16302548.
7. ↑ American Family Histories 1500-2999; DAR LineageRecords, page 212.

See Also

• Jewett, Frederic Clarke, History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America, Volume I, The Grafton Press, New York, 1908. Pg. 67.