I4046: Martin SAUNDERS (ABT 1595

Martin SAUNDERS

ABT 1595 - 4 Aug 1658

BIRTH: ABT 1595, Sudbury, Suffolk, England
EMIGRATION: 6 Apr 1635, Boston, Suffolk, MA
DEATH: 4 Aug 1658, Braintree, Suffolk, MA

Family 1 : Rachel

MARRIAGE: ABT 1618, Sudbury, Suffolk, England

MARRIAGE: 23 May 1654, Braintree, Suffolk, MA

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[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"