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Robert Sanders

Robert Sanders

Male 1641 - 1703  (~ 61 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Robert Sanders was christened on 10 Nov 1641 in New York City, New York, New York, USA (son of Thomas Sanders and Sarah Cornelise Van Gorcum); was buried on 1 May 1703 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.

    Notes:

    Colonial Governor of the area now known as Dutchess County.

    Collections on History of Albany, p. 160
    SANDERS, Robert, son of Thomas and Sarah van Gorcum, smith, 1667, merchant, 1692, settled in Albany as early as 1665. In 1691, he and Harmanus Myndertse van der Bogart, received a patent for a mile square of land in Dutchess county, including the site of the city of Poughkeepsie. His first w. was Elsie Barentse; the second was Alida .... Ch: Helena, wife of Johannes Lansing; Barent; Maria, w. of Gerrit Roseboom; Sara (?), w. of Hendrik Greefraadt; Elsje, bp. July 13, 1683, buried, Dec. 31, 1732.

    New York Wills, Liber 7, Page 103
    In the name of God, Amen, this 21 day of September, 1702. I, Robert Sanders, of New York, merchant, being in health. I leave to me eldest son Thomas Sanders 50 shillings in full of ye pretence he might have as being my eldest son and heir at law. I leave to my wife Elsie all houses, lands, and Plantations, with full power to sell the same, and to give to the children as she may think best.
    Witnesses, Abraham Vandewater, Direk Ten Eyck.
    Proved, May 1, 1703.

    Robert married Elsie Barentse Van Kleeck about 1665 in New York. Elsie (daughter of Barent Baltus and Maijken Laurens de Guijter) was born on 10 Aug 1641 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands; was christened on 11 Aug 1641 in Haarlem, Noord Holland, Netherlands; died on 28 Dec 1734 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Helena Sanders was born about 1683; was buried on 23 Jun 1744.
    2. Amelia Sanders was born on 16 May 1680 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA.
    3. Annetije Sanders was born in 1671/72 in New York.
    4. Barent Sanders was born on 8 May 1678 in New York; died before 13 Apr 1758.
    5. Thomas Sanders was born about 1665 in New York.
    6. Saertije Sanders was born in 1669/70 in New York.
    7. Maria Sanders was born in 1667 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA; died after 1740.
    8. Elizabeth Sanders was born in 1665/66 in Probably NY; died in 1739.
    9. Berena Sanders
    10. Afie Sanders
    11. Elsije Sanders was christened on 13 Jul 1683 in New York; was buried on 31 Dec 1732.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Sanders

    Notes:

    Collections on History of Albany, p. 160
    Sanders, Thomas, smith, of Amsterdam, m. Sarah Cornelise van Gorcum, in New Amsterdam, Sept. 16, 1640. She d. in Albany, in Dec. 1669. He received a patent from Gov. Kieft for a house and 25 morgens of land on Manhattan island. In 1654, he owned a house and lot in Beverwyck, which he sold to Jan van Aecken. He probably returned to New Amsterdam. Ch: bp. in New Amsterdam; Robert, Nov. 10, 1641: Cornelis, Nov. 25, 1643; Cornelis, Nov. 17, 1644; Thomas, July 14, 1647.

    Thomas married Sarah Cornelise Van Gorcum on 16 Sep 1640 in New Amsterdam. Sarah died in Dec 1669 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah Cornelise Van Gorcum died in Dec 1669 in Albany, Albany County, New York, USA.
    Children:
    1. 1. Robert Sanders was christened on 10 Nov 1641 in New York City, New York, New York, USA; was buried on 1 May 1703 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.
    2. Cornelis Sanders was christened on 25 Nov 1643 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.
    3. Cornelis Sanders was christened on 17 Nov 1644 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.
    4. Thomas Sanders was christened on 14 Jul 1647 in New York City, New York, New York, USA.