Sarah Mary (Blaisdell) Saunders (1772 - 1848)

Born 10 Feb 1772 in Pictou, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Died 28 Feb 1848 at age 76 in Orland, Hancock County, Maine, USA

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Biography

Sarah Mary "Sally" or "Polly" Blaidell was born in Pictou, Pictou County, Nova Scotia on February 10, 1772. She was the daughter of Moses and Anna (Sanborn) Blaisdell.

Sarah Mary "Polly" Blaisdell married Moses Saunders in 1789. They settled and raised their family in Orland, Maine. They had thirteen children as follows: Elizabeth b. 1789, Moses J. b. 1790, Nancy b. 1791, Anne b. 1792 (died in infancy), Mark Riggs b. 1794, Luke b. 1797, Matthew Henry b. 1801 (died in infancy), Drusilla b. 1803, Hudson b. 1805, George b. 1807, Joseph b. 1809, Daniel b. 1812 (died young), and GN (died in infancy).

Sarah Mary "Polly" passed away on February 28, 1848 in Orland where she is also buried.

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• Orland, Death Record also confirms marital relationship with husband Moses; record includes his birth and death record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9NW-WSVF?i=14

• List of children born in Orland in the record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99NW-W9BZ?i=13

• 1800 United States Federal Census for Moses Saunders. Maine, Hancock County, Orland. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1800 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #3 of 3). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Second Census of the United States, 1800: Population Schedules, Washington County, Territory Northwest of the River Ohio; and Population Census, 1803: Washington County, Ohio. NARA microfilm publication M1804 (1 roll).

• 1840 United States Federal Census for Moses Saunders. Maine, Hancock County, Orland. [Repository: Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census (database on-line, Frame #6 of 10). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Sixth Census of the United States, 1840. (NARA microfilm publication M704, 580 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922, for Moses Saunders, Hancock County, 1899, Death of Child. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1761-1922 (database on-line, Frame #15 of 134). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Maine Death Records, 1761-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives. Maine Death Records, 1761-1922, Maine State Archives, Augusta, Maine, USA.] (death record is for child of Moses Saunders, includes parents names and mother's maiden name).

• Orland Town and Vital Records; Death Record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89NW-W8P?i=711

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, online address: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74308570/sarah-polly-saunders