Elizabeth Sanderson

Robert Sanderson's third wife was Elizabeth Kingsmill, widow of Quaker Wm. Kingsmill, who was punished by 15 stripes in 1660, within days of Mary Dyer's hanging.

will

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ELIZABETH SANDERSON Proved 21 Nov 1695

"I . . . late wife of Robert Sanderson, deceased. 1st. to my daughter Ann Beckford my two thumb rings, if she dies, then to my Daughter West and Mary Casewell; I give to my Daughter Anna West a silver Tankard, my great Bible and one guiny; to niece Alice Carlile aud her daughter Elizabeth, each 20 shillings; to cousin Francis Carlile, Jr. my seald Ring; to Mary Casewell £5 and a silver cup ; to children of Thomas Lincoln, each a silver spoon ; to Ann West a silver bason and a silver spoon ; to Mercy West a silver porringer and a silver spoon; to Joseph West my grandson my silver Tankard; and to little Richard West a silver Bowl; to Benjamin West a silver bason and a silver spoon; to my daughter West and her children my halfe part in my Husband's Household goods, except bedding and wearing apparel to Mary Casewell ; to Mary daughter of Wm. Sanderson 20 shillings; to her sister Lydia 40 shillings; to the old Church a Silver Beaker and £5.; to the poore £10.; residue if any to Mary Casewell my great Grand daughter."

notes

From http://hausegenealogy.com/sanderson.html

   In 1681, in the months after the death of his second wife, Robert was preparing to marry for the third time, and he created a deed to ensure that his new wife, Elizabeth, the widow of the Quaker William Kingsmill, would be taken care of after his death. In return, Elizabeth agreed to take care of his daughter Abigail, who was incapable of caring for herself. Abigail's birth is not recorded.

  Quoting genealogist Gary Sanderson, "It's comforting that the progenitor of the American Sanderson line, a piller of Bostonian society, deacon of the first church, took as his third wife a Quaker, highly educated, and unconventional."

She is buried next to him in Boston's Granary Cemetery. Robert Sr. died on the 7th of October, 1693, in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts. His inventory (taken on Oct. 23) amounted to £718.18.

Robert Sanderson's will

LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF ROBERT SANDERSON, SR. Dated 18 July, 1693, presented 20 Oct. 1693

"I, Robert Saunderson of Boston, Goldsmith, confirm to my wife Elizabeth the covenant made before our marriage, and give her one-half of all my Household goods. The other half, after my wife's decease, I give to my son Robert Sanderson and to my Daughter Anna West to be equally divided between them. To son Robert the house he lives in, &c. After decease of my wife I give to my daughter Anna West the westerly end of tenement near the Mill bridge, and the Slaughter house and yard, and a Leanto and yard, and a tenement and yard.My dwelling house to son Robert, but if he die without lawful issue, then to daughter Anna. A tenement on the road to Roxbury to be sold to pay legacies; £10 to grandson Robert Darby; £5 to great grand daughter Abiah Beard; £5 to Joseph, son of Wm. Saunderson; £5 to grandson Joseph Jones; £5 to children of James Penniman. All the remainder of produce of said tenement to my grandchildren, the children of my daughter Anna West, my wearing apparel to son Robert, my son-in-law Richard West, and Brother Edward."

comments

From Boston Evening Transcript Nov. 20, 1912. Page 24 of 36.

"These wills of Robert Sanderson and his widow, Elizabeth (--) Kingsmill Sanderson are a very interesting genealogical problem, so puzzling that Savage says of the former, "No blood relation of his, except brother Edward and son Robert, can with confidence be found in his own will.""

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• Suffolk Deeds, Volume 12 edited by William Blake Trask, Frank Eliot Bradish, Charles A. Drew, A. Grace Small

Inscription:

Here Lyes Ye Body
of Elizabeth Wife
to Mr. Robert Sanderson
Aged About 78 Years Dec'd October Ye 15 1695

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 22 2016, 4:06:47 UTC