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Abiah Sanderson (Bartlett)

Also Known As: "Abia"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: September 13, 1723 (72)
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America (Watham Cemetery in the Old Lower Yard known as Grove Hill Cemetery)
Place of Burial: Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ens. Thomas Bartlett and Hannah Bartlett
Wife of Deacon Jonathan Sanderson
Mother of Abia Sanderson; Jonathan Sanderson, Jr.; Thomas Sanderson; John Sanderson; Benjamin Sanderson and 3 others
Sister of Mehitable Spring; Hannah Kembell, of Watertown; Bethshuah Applin; Robert Bartlett and Abiel Gleason

Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Abiah Sanderson

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Birth: May 28, 1651 Watertown Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Death: Sep. 13, 1723 Waltham Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

Abiah was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on May 28, 1651. She was the youngest daughter of Ensign Thomas Bartlett and his wife Hannah. On October 24, 1669, Abiah married Jonathan Sanderson in Cambridge. Jonathan and his bride moved to a farm called "Hassel's Farm" on the Watertown-Cambridge line, and lived there for 21 years. Abiah and Jonathan had eight children, all born in Cambridge. The youngest was born in Cambridge but baptised in Watertown, so the family must have moved to Watertown between May and July of 1689. In 1688, their tax of 8 shillings, 4 pence is the 17th highest tax in Cambridge, so Jonathan must have been prosperous and an owner of real estate, although there is no record of his owning or selling "Hassel's Farm".

The family moved to the area known as "Piety Corner" in Watertown, which would someday be set off as Waltham. Between 1689 and 1695, the farm was increased in size to 160 acres. Jonathan was very active in town politics, serving as constable, selectman and Representative to the "Great and General Court" from Watertown. In 1717 Abiah and Jonathan's son Jonathan was elected to replace Jonathan as selectman.

Abiah died in Waltham on September 13, 1723. Her grave is in the old or lower graveyard at Waltham, known as Grove Hill Cemetery.

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Parents:
 Thomas Bartlett (1605 - 1654)
 Hannah Bartlett (____ - 1676)
Spouse:
 Jonathan Sanderson (1646 - 1735)*
Children:
 Jonathan Sanderson (1673 - 1743)*
 John Sanderson (1677 - 1751)*
Sibling:
 Mehitable Bartlett Spring (1640 - ____)*
 Abiah Bartlett Sanderson (1651 - 1723)

Abiah Bartlett (daughter of Thomas Bartlett and Hannah)1097 was born 28 May 1651 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA1097, and died 13 Sep 1723 in Waltham, Middlesex, MA1097.She married Jonathan Sanderson on 24 Oct 1669.

Abiah Bartlett and Jonathan Sanderson:Marriage: 24 Oct 1669
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Abiah Sanderson's Timeline

1651
May 28, 1651
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1673
October 28, 1673
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
October 28, 1673
Cambridge,Middlesex,Massachusetts, USA
1675
March 10, 1675
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1677
March 25, 1677
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1679
May 28, 1679
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1681
May 28, 1681
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Present USA
1684
March 3, 1684
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1689
May 31, 1689
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony