Martin Sanders of Braintree

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Martin Saunders of London, England came to New England in 1635. His wife was Rachel and their daughter is Mary Saunders. He married 2nd to Elizabeth, widow of Roger Bancroft.

Martin Sanders was a currier by occupation

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Martin Sanders

• Gender: M
• Born: Abt 1595 probably, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
• Died: 04 Aug 1658 Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts1, 2, 3
• Spouse: Rachel Wheatley (?) (1590 - 15 Sep 1651) Married: Abt 1618 Place: England

Children:

• 1 Mary Sanders ( - 17 Jan 1697)
• 2 Martin Sanders (Feb 1622 - Nov 1622)
• 3 Leah Sanders (Sep 1623 - 24 Mar 1707)
• 4 Judith Sanders ( - 07 Jul 1651)
• 5 John Sanders (Feb 1628 - 28 Mar 1688/89)
• 6 Martin Sanders ( - 04 Sep 1706)
• 7 Daniel Sanders ( - Jul 1634)

Spouse: 2 Elizabeth Shepard [SIC: unknown] (1629 - 1686) Married:b 23 May 1654 Place: Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts 1,4

Martin Saunders arrived in Boston with his first wife, Rachel, their three children (Leah, Judith and Mary) and three servants on the ship Planter in 1635. At that time, Martin was described as a 40 year old "carrier."

By 1639 Martin had moved to Braintree and was listed as an innkeeper. In later years Martin was listed as a planter with an extensive estate. He served in various civic offices including as a selectman in Braintree.

After Rachel's death in 1651, Martin married Elizabeth, the widow of Roger Bancroft, on May 23, 1654.

Martin died in Braintree on August 4, 1658.

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Martin Saunders (1592 - 1658)

Martin Saunders AKA SANDERS

Born 20 Dec 1592 in Saint James, Suffolk, England

Son of Christopher Saunders and Joane (Rolles) Saunders

Brother of Elizabeth Saunders, Matthew Saunders and Ruth Saunders

Husband of Rachel (Unknown) Saunders — married 1618 (to 15 Jul 1651) in Suffolk, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Taylor — married 23 May 1654 (to 4 Jun 1658) in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Mary (Saunders) Eliot, Leah (Saunders) Parmenter, John Saunders and Martin Saunders

Died 4 Jun 1658 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Martin Saunders migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640).

Children of Martin and Rachel

Mary, baptized August 26, 1619, All Saints, Suffolk Martin, baptized March 4, 1621/2, All Saints, Suffolk, buried there November 22, 1622 Leah, baptized October 10, 1623, All Saints, Suffolk Mary, baptized August 26, 1619 All Saints, Suffolk Judith, baptized December 27, 1625, All Saints, Suffolk, died in Braintree on September 5, 1651 John, baptized March 5, 1627/8, All Saints, Suffolk Martin, baptized August 28, 1630, All Saints, Suffolk Daniel, baptized March 25, 1632 All Saints, Suffolk, buried there August 1, 1634

Sources

Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VI, R-S, pp. 171-176, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009. Featured name: Martin Saunders.subscription site London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Ancestry.com Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.

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no image Privacy Level: Open (White) Rachel (Unknown) Saunders (abt. 1590 - 1651)

Rachel Saunders formerly [surname unknown] aka Brackett Born about 1590 in Sudbury, Suffolk, Englandmap [uncertain] Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Wife of Peter Brackett — married 1607 (to 1616) in Englandmap Wife of Martin Saunders — married 1618 (to 15 Jul 1651) in Suffolk, Englandmap DESCENDANTS descendants Mother of Peter Brackett Jr., Richard Brackett, Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb, Jonathan Brackett, Mary (Saunders) Eliot, Leah (Saunders) Parmenter, John Saunders and Martin Saunders Died 15 Sep 1651 in Braintree, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap Profile managers: Puritan Great Migration Project WikiTree private message [send private message], John Putnam private message [send private message], and Julia Howard private message [send private message] Profile last modified 21 Jul 2020 | Created 6 Nov 2013 This page has been accessed 133 times. The Puritan Great Migration. Rachel (Unknown) Saunders migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1620-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: PGM Contents

[hide] 1 Disputed Parentage 2 Biography 3 Research notes 4 Sources Disputed Parentage

Although many family trees list Rachel's parents (and name at birth) as unknown, others report her as the daughter of Frank Wheatleigh (Wheatley) and Mary Fienes. Hannibal Wheatley's 1902 Genealogy of the Wheatley Family states, without documentation, that Frank Wheatleigh married "Mary Fienes granddaughter of Lord Dacre, who was executed in 1541." There appears to be no evidence that Frank Wheatleigh even had a wife named Mary, so Mary Fiennes may never have existed.

Biography

With her first husband, Peter Brackett, Rachel, was mother of Richard, Peter and of Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb, wife of Francis Newcomb.

Peter Bracket, died about 1616 and in 1618, Rachel married secondly Martin Sanders( or Saunders). They had 7 children: Mary Eliot, Martin, Leah (Wheatley) Parmenter, Judith, John, Martin (again), and Daniel.

After being left a widow, Rachel doesn't appear in any other English records yet found for two years. Then, however, she remarried to Martin Saunders, a currier of Sudbury. On or about 10 April 1635, Martin Saunders, Rachel, and their seven minor children, and also her daughter Rachel (Brackett) Newcomb and her husband Francis and two children, all set sail from London aboard the Planter, Nicholas Trerice, Master. They arrived in Boston 7 June following. On the passenger list, Martin and Rachel are listed as aged 40 and from Sudbury. With them also were three servants: Mary Fuller age 15, Richard Smith age 14, and Richard Ridley age 16. No more is known of the three young servants.

Now the ages given on the passenger list for the Saunders family members were mere estimates on the part of the clerk, as can be shown in the case of the children. Martin and Rachel were apparently nearer 45, or born around 1590, which would make her about 18 at the birth of her first child and 42 at the birth of the last one.

The Bracketts, Newcombs and Saunders, all from Sudbury, all settled in that part of Boston which was soon set off as the town of Braintree. Rachel Saunders was of course the mother of Richard and Peter Brackett, of Rachel Newcomb, and the Saunders children. Rachel Saunders was admitted to the Boston church on 8 November 1635, the same time as was Richard Brackett's wife, Alice. On 16 April 1639 she was dismissed to the new Braintree church. Rachel died at Braintree 15 September 1651.[1]

Martin Saunders remarried 23 May 1654 to Elizabeth Bancroft, widow of Roger. When his son John was about to marry Mary Munjoy, he deeded him some of his land. Martin Saunders died 4 August 1658, having made his will 5 July preceding.

Research notes

(Research):According to GMB, Richard was the son of Peter and Rachel BRACKETT and was baptized at St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk on 16 Sep 1610 [TAG 52:73]. His brother was Peter BRACKETT, who came to Braintree about 1636 [TAG 52:65-75,92]. About 1618 the mother Rachel remarried to Martin SANDERS. In 1635 SANDERS, his wife, their SANDERS children, along with Peter and Richard's sister Rachel (BRACKETT) NEWCOMB and her husband Francis NEWCOMB, and their children sailed for New England on "The Planter" [Hotten 48-49, TAG 55:215-217]. Richard BRACKETT had already come to Boston in 1632. He had traveled to England in 1633 for his marriage to Alice BLOWER, daughter of Thomas and Alice (FROST) BLOWER. That marriage took place on 6 Jan 1633/4 at St. Katherine by the Tower, London, England [NEHGR 127:17]. Richard and his wife then returned to New England in 1634. He moved to Braintree in 1641. Alice BLOWER was baptized in St. Gregory, Sudbury, Suffolk on 30 Jun 1615 [TAG 52:74].

References

• According to "Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 4" by William Richard Cutter, Martin came over in 1635 on the "Planter" and was one of the earliest settlers of Braintree.
• https://archive.org/details/genealogyofjohnb00brid/page/n26
• [5256] "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on Record" Trask, William B. NEHGR v10 p87 (Jan 1856) (Will of "Martine Saunders", made 10 Oct 1658, probated 02 Feb 1659.)
• "Genealogical Research in England" Elizabeth French NEHGR v66 pp174-176 (Apr 1912) "Martin Sanders, currier, aged 40, came to New England from London in the spring of 1635 in the ship Planter, bringing his wife Rachel, aged 40, and children... He settled at Braintree, Mass., where he died 4 Aug. 1658... He married first, about 1618, Rachel ---, born about 1595, who was the mother of all his children, and who died at Braintree, Mass., 15 Sept. 1651; and secondly, 23 May 1654, Elizabeth Bancroft, widow of Roger... That Martin Sanders lived at Sudbury, England, before emigrating to America in 1635, is made evident by these records of all his children, baptized in All Saints, Sudbury."
• "The Brackett-Newcomb-Sanders Connection" Douglas Richardson TAG v55, pp215-217 (Oct 1979) "Rachel (surname unknown), born say 1590, married, first, about 1607, Peter Brackett, son of Richard Brackett of Sudbury. Peter was buried 25 Aug. 1616, All Saints Parish, Sudbury, and Rachel married, second, about 1618, Martin Sanders, a currier by occupation. They crossed the Atlantic in 1635 on the Planter in the company of their children and Rachel's married daughter and son-in-law, the Newcombs, and settled at Boston and then at Braintree. Rachel having died at Braintree, 15 Sept. 1651, Martin married, second, 23 May 1654, Elizabeth, widow of Roger Bancroft, and he died 4 Aug. 1658 in Braintree."
• "Pioneers of Massachusetts" Pope, Charles Henry Boston, MA; 1900 p399: "Sanders, etc; Martin, currier, ae. 40, wife Rachel, ae. 40, children Lea, ae. 10, Judith, ae. 8, and Martin, ae. 4, with servants Marie Fuller, ae. 17, Richard Smith, ae. 14, and Richard Ridley, ae. 16, came in the Planter April 6, 1635. Settled at Braintree. Wife Rachel adm. chh. Boston 8 (9) 1635, dism. to chh. of Br. 16 (2) 1639..."
• "A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England" James Savage Pub. Boston, 1860-1862 Repub. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1998 v4 pp21-22:"Saunders, Martin, Boston, currier, came in the Planter from London, in the spring of 1635, aged 40, with w. Rachel, 40, and ch. Leah, 10; Judith, 8; and Martin, 4; beside Mary, prob. older than either. Here his w. join. our ch. 8 Nov. of that yr. but as they liv. at the Braintree planta. he was one of the found. of that ch; kept the inn in 1639, was adm. freem. 13 Mar. 1640. His d. Judith d. 7 July 1651. and his w. d. 15 Sept. foll. For sec. w. he took, 23 May 1654, Elizabeth Bancroft, wid. of Roger, and d. 4 Aug. 1658, hav. made his will 5 July preced. His wid m. deac. John Bridge of Cambridge, and had fourth h. Edward Taylor; d. Mary m. bef. 1641, Francis Eliot; Leah, m. perhaps, Robert Parmenter; and ano. d. Rachel, is also giv. to P."
• "New England Marriages Before 1700" Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985 (as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001) "SANDERS, Martin (1595-1658) & 1/wf Rachel [?WHEATLEY] wid (1595-1651), in Eng, by 1625; Cambridge/Braintree" "SANDERS, Martin Sr. (1595-1658) & 2/wf Elizabeth BANCROFT, w Roger, m/3 John BRIDGE, 1658, m/4 Edward TAYLOR, 1673; 23 May 1654; Braintree"
• The American Genealogist V 55 (1979) P 215-217. “The Brackett Newcomb Sanders Connection.” link

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