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About Deacon Jonathan Sanderson
Jonathan Sanderson & Abiah Bartlett
Deacon Jonathan Sanderson b. Watertown on Sep 15 1646 son of Edward Sanderson d. Sep 3 1735 a89 m. Oct 24 1669 Abia Bartlett b. May 28 1651 dau of Ensign Thomas & Hannah Bartlett. She d. Sep 13 1723. Moved from Watertown to Cambridge where their children were born, later they moved to Waltham about 1689.
He built a house in there in Waltham at Piety Corner which was torn down in about 1897. He, served as constable in 1695, selectman 1703-1719. (NEHGS-Register Vol 127 1973)
Their graves are in the old or lower graveyard at Waltham, formerly Watertown. Buried in Waltham and by their side is their son Jonathan and grandson Jonathan.His will was dated Apr 2 1728 appointing his sons John & Jonathan executors. (HHPG-V4)
Page Sanderson in NEHGS-Register Vol 127 1973 states:
“The following is taken from a family manuscript, written about 1915: ‘By a deposition made by Jonathan Sanderson in 1695 it seems that when he was about seventeen years old (1663) he went to live with Justinian Holden, a Watertown proprietor, who had in March 1653/4 purchased a large farm in Cambridge bordering on Fresh Pond and the Watertown line. After living with Holden for four or five years he removed to the farm adjoining, called ‘Hassell’s Farm’ and lived there twenty-one years. ‘As on 24 Oct 1669 he married in Cambridge, Abiah Bartlett, and as he moved from Cambridge in 1689 he must have hired the Hassell Farm about a year before his marriage, the date of his removal is fied by the record of his youngest child in Cambridge in May and her baptism in Watertown in July 1689.’ “
Info here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34276162
Jonathan was born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on September 15, 1646. He was the son of Edward Sanderson and Mary Eggleston. Jonathan deposed in 1696, saying he was 49, and that he had lived with Justinian Holden when he was 17 on Holden's large farm on the Cambridge-Watertown line. He was probably a laborer for Holden. After living with Holden four or five years, on October 24, 1669, Jonathan married Abia Bartlett, daughter of Ensign Thomas and Hannah Bartlett, in Cambridge. Jonathan and his bride moved to the adjoining farm, called "Hassel's Farm", and lived there for 21 years. Abia 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, his tax of 8 shillings, 4 pence is the 17th highest tax in Cambridge, so he 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, Jonathan increased his farm to 160 acres. Jonathan served as constable in Watertown in 1695 and was referred to as "Serjant Sanders". He was chosen selectman in 1702, this time being called "Deacon Jonathan Sanderson". He served three more years a selectman, then in 1711 was chosen Representative to the "Great and General Court" from Watertown, where he served two terms. After that, he served two more terms as selectman and was chosen Representative again in 1716, but declined the office. His son Jonathan was elected to replace him as selectman the next year. Jonathan Sr. was then 73 years old. When Weston residents were attempting to have set it off from Watertown, the first meeting was held at Jonathan's home. The last mention of Deacon Jonathan Sanderson Sr. in the Watertown records was in 1733, when land between Old Deacon Sanderson and Allen Flegg was chosen for a schoolhouse.
Jonathan wrote his will on April 2, 1728, and named his sons John and Jonathan as executors. Jonathan died in Waltham on September 3, 1735, aged 89 years. His grave is in the old or lower graveyard at Waltham, known as Grove Hill Cemetery.
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Deacon Jonathan Sanderson's Timeline
| 1646 |
September 15, 1646
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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| 1673 |
October 28, 1673
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Cambridge,Middlesex,Massachusetts, USA
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October 28, 1673
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Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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| 1675 |
March 10, 1675
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1677 |
March 25, 1677
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Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1679 |
May 28, 1679
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1681 |
May 28, 1681
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Present USA
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| 1684 |
March 3, 1684
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1689 |
May 31, 1689
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Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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