Lydia Sanderson

At some point during Robert Sanderson's tenure as an apprentice silversmith. (probably 1632 or 1633) he married a woman named LYDIA and started a family in London. They emigrated to Hampton, New Hampshire before Robert was made freeman there on 7 Sep 1639.

At some time after the birth of his daughter Mary, which was probably in October of 1639, Robert’s wife Lydia died.  Her death is said to have occurred in Hampton, but it was not recorded. 

He married again to widow Mary Cross in Hampton in 1642.

Children

1. Robert Saunderson bp. 26 Feb 1633 St. Mary Abchurch, London d. young
2. Lydia Saunderson bp. 21 Jan 1635 St. Mary Abchurch, London, m. 13 Dec. 1654 Thomas Jones of Boston, d. unknown, her son Tom Jones Jr. named in her father's will
3. Mary Sanderson b. 29 Oct 1639 Hampton, NH, m. James Penniman, her children were named in her father's will. She d. 1679.

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From "Hands that built New Hampshire: the story of granite state craftsmen past & present:"

"The only evidence of his New Hampshire sojourn is found in the neglected grave of his wife, Lydia; in the tradition that his daughter, Mary, was the first white child born in Hampton; and in the positive record that he owned property on the plantation.""

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• http://hausegenealogy.com/sanderson.html
• http://www.jeaniesgenealogy.com/2012/12/robert-sanderson-of-hampton...