Patience (Smith) Sanderson (1717 - 1792)

Born 23 Feb 1717 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Sanderson — married 6 Dec 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 13 Oct 1792 at age 75 in Lunenburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Patience Smith was born on 23 February 1717, in Weston, Massachusetts, her father, Elisha, was 25, & her mother, Patience, was 19.^[1]

Patience married Abraham Sanderson on 6 December 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.^[2]

They had 12 children in 23 years.

She died on October 13, 1792, in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, having lived a long life of 75 years, & was buried there. Patience was mentioned on a memorial in North Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 13 Oct 1792.^[3]

Patience, a widow, wrote her will on 24 May 1792. Her estate passed probate on 10 November 1792.^[4] Beneficiaries listed:

• Patience Coldwell, Daughter
• Eunice Sanderson, Daughter, wife of John Dole
• Susannah Sanderson, Daughter, wife of Ebenezer Dunsmore
• Ruth Sanderson, Daughter, wife of John Emery
• Elisha Sanderson, Son
• Ruth, Granddaughter

Isaac Sanderson Daughter

• Isaac Sanderson, Son
• Jacob Sanderson, Son

North Worcester: its first settlers and old farms. An historical address, delivered before the Chamberlain district farmers' club by Caleb Arnold Wall, 1890, pages 11-12

Elisha Smith's second child, Patience, born February 23, 1717, married December 6, 1733, Abraham Sanderson, who was born in Watertown, March 28, 1711, and they also settled in Lunenberg, on seventy acres of land given them by her father, on the northern border of the town, adjoining Townsend, where Abraham and Patience had thirteen children...

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Citing Birth, Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009671.
   FamilySearch Record: F4JV-NLN (accessed 20 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-9979-7S2K Image number 00009
   Patiens Smith birth 23 Feb 1716/17 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   Citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
   FamilySearch Record: QPZR-5DCZ (accessed 20 May 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G979-DWPZ Image number 00688
   Patience Smith marriage to Abraham Sanderson on 6 Dec 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image).
   Find A Grave: Memorial #114397899 (accessed 20 May 2022)
   Memorial page for Patience Smith Sanderson (1716-13 Oct 1792), citing North Cemetery, Lunenburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Cyndi (contributor 46928998).
4. ↑ Probate: "Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991"
   Probate Records (Worcester County, Massachusetts); Index 1731-1881; Author: Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County); Probate Place: Worcester, Massachusetts
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9069 #614092 (accessed 20 May 2022)
   Patience Sanderson probate on 24 May 1792.

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