John Saunders (1755 - 1842)

Born 27 Jun 1755 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Saunders — married 11 Dec 1781 in Annapolis, Nova Scotia

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1842 at age 86 in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia

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Biography

JOHN SAUNDERS, fourth son of Joseph Saunders , the grantee of Yarmouth, and his wife Sarah Hill, born at Haverhill, Mass, June 27, 1755. He married Hannah Saunders (daughter of Timothy, and certainly sister of Timothy) on 11 December 1781, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. She was born February 7, 1758, and died August 11, 1835. ^[1]

They settled at Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters.

Children

1. Saunders, John, b. 28 Oct 1782, d. 8 Sep 1857 (Age 74 years)

2. Saunders, Timothy, b. 6 Feb 1784, d. 30 Mar 1865 (Age 81 years)

3. Saunders, Elizabeth, b. 21 Feb 1790, d. 5 Mar 1875 (Age 85 years)

4. Saunders, Abner, b. 25 Nov 1791, d. 31 May 1870 (Age 78 years)

5. Saunders, William, b. 7 Nov 1795, d. 14 May 1883 (Age 87 years)

6. Saunders, Amoret, b. 14 Aug 1800, d. 17 Mar 1879 (Age 78 years)

He died on 18 February 1842, in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 86, and was buried in Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada..

Buried Paradise Cemetery, Annapolis Co., N.S. Notes Paradise Cemetery 64A John Saunders died Feb 18, 1842 aged 87 years 64 Hannah, wife, died Aug 11, 1835 aged 77 years

The John Sanders of Paradise, Annapolis County family Bible vital records entries were published in The Genealogical Newsletter of the NS Historical Society, No. 27, Spring 1979, page 170.^[2]

Annapolis County Probate Will Books, Volume 2 370. Page 420, R: 10 Mar 1842: LWT of John SANDERS Senior, of Township of Annapolis, yeoman dated 15 Apr 1839. Children: John, Timothy, Joseph, Elizabeth WILSON, Mary, Ammoret WILSON, Abner and William. Estate Folio S51 (1842).

Note: Located on the Merrimack River, Haverhill began as a farming community of Puritans, largely from Newbury Plantation. The land was officially purchased from Pentucket Indians on November 15, 1642 (a year after incorporation) for three pounds, ten shillings.[2] Pentucket was renamed Haverhill and would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Calnek, p. 598
2. ↑ 26 August 2013 Wayne W. Walker https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/M2WN-LYV
3. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haverhill,_Massachusetts

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-1LHJ : 18 October 2022), John Sanders, 27 Jun 1755; citing Birth, , Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009726.

• "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZPYW-1BT2 : 22 July 2021), John Saunders in entry for Abner Saunders, 1870.

• "Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PG-7FS : 1 February 2020), John Sanders in entry for Elizabeth Wilson, 1875.

• W. A. Calnek, A. W. Savary, ed. (1897) History of the County of Annapolis,Nova Scotia Including Old Port Royal & Acadia, PDF Global Heritage Press, p. 598.

• A. W. Savary, Supplement to the History of the County of Annapolis (William Briggs, Toronto: 1913),PDF Global Heritage Press, p. 86.

• Four Nova Scotia Families: Hennigar, Elliott, Harvey, Chipman http://www.hhennigar.ca/getperson.php?personID=I46293&tree=1

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKR-F3HP : 13 December 2015), John Saunders, 1842; Burial, Paradise, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, Paradise Cemetery; citing record ID 52156968, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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