Abraham Sanderson (1711 - 1776)

Born 28 Mar 1711 in Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Smith) Sanderson — married 6 Dec 1733 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 3 Dec 1776 at age 65 in Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

When Abraham Sanderson was born on March 28, 1711, in Massachusetts Bay , his father, Samuel, was 29 & his mother, Mercy, was 27. He married Patience Smith and they had 12 children together. He then married Nehemiah Parrish on May 24, 1758, in Canterbury, Connecticut. He died on October 1, 1776, in Massachusetts, at the age of 65, and was buried in his hometown.

Abraham and Patience had 13 children.

Born twin with brother Jonathan.

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

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=114397896

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ66-JLP : 10 February 2018), Samuel Sanderson in entry for Abraham Sanderson, 28 Mar 1711; citing WATERTOWN,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874146 IT 2, 0874176 IT 2.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH3L-X25 : 5 November 2017), Abraham Sanderson and Patience Smith, 06 Dec 1733; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 745,869.

• Henry Bond; " Early Settlers of Watertown", page 417 https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam00bond/page/416

Children:

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-2QD : 10 February 2018), Abraham Sanderson in entry for Samuell Sanderson, 26 Apr 1734; citing LUNENBURG,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0864136 IT 1.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD8-KLJ : 10 February 2018), Abraham Sanderson in entry for Abraham Sanderson, 23 Feb 1735; citing LUNENBURG,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0864136 IT 1.

• http://nhgenealogist.com/2/post/2013/11/surname-saturday-abraham-sanderson-sr-patience-smith-of-lunenberg-ma.html - Dead link