Roger Saunders, (Burgess)

Abt 1600 - Bef 1633  (< 33 years)

• Name	Roger Saunders  [1]
  Suffix	(Burgess)
  Birth	Abt 1600  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1626  [1]
  	On 23 Jan 1626 Roger Sanders (Saunders) testified before the General Court about an incident that had occurred on New Year's Eve and involved some inebriated men who illegally boarded a vessel called the Grace in Elizabeth City. A month later he was identified as one of George Medcalfe's servants. By 14 Mar 1628 Roger Sanders had become a free man. He married Frances, the widow of John Blore (Blower) and was identified as a mariner of Accomack when he obtained a 50 acre leasehold on Old Plantation Creek. In 1629 he brought a suit against Richard Popeley but acknowledged his own debt to John Army. By Feb 1632 Roger Sanders had become a commissioner of Accomack's monthly court. Soon after, he patented a 300 acre tract in Accomack known as the Indian Field, acreage that was to be doubled after it was seated. In Feb 1633 he commenced serving as a burgess for Accomack. He died sometime prior to 20 Oct 1634.
  Land patented	1632	tract N30, Old Plantation Neck, Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  	The tract contained 300 acres called "the Indian feild"; this is significant and it may be that the main Indian settlement was in this neck wheh the whites began to intrude. Saunders appears as one of the first commissioners for the first four court meetings in the earliest records extant. He died early in 1633 leaving a widow Frances (Lake) who previously had been the widow of John Blower, patentee of the point land in this tract. The death of Saunders came to light through the depositions of Thomas Butler and William Payne one of whom "Sayeth that Mr George Scovell did laye a wager wth Mr Mountney £10 Starlinge to £5 Starlinge calling of us two witness the same that Mr William Burdette should never mach in wedlocke with the widow Sanders while they lived in Virginia, soe the syd Scovell not contented but lay £40 Starlinge to £10 Starlinge that the syd Mr William Burdett should never have the Widdow Sanders," Scovell lost, as Burdett made a marriage agreement with Frances Sanders later in the year and her will as Frances Burdett was probated in 1641.
  Justice of the Court	7 Jan 1632/33	Northampton Co, Virginia   [4]
  	At a Court held at Acchawmacke, present were: Capt. Thomas Graves, Capt. Edmund Scarborrow, Mr. Obedience Robins, Mr. John How, & Mr. Roger Sanders. (NOTE: This was the first day court was held in N'hamp Co, VA.)
  Burgess	Feb 1633	Accomack Co, Virginia   [1]
  	In February 1633 he commenced serving as a burgess for Accomack.
  Death	Bef 16 Sep 1633	Northampton Co, Virginia   [5]
  	It was on this date that the death of Roger Saunders was implyed as William Burditt agreed to not take or meddle with any of the goods of Frances Sanders or with any of her childrens portions, but to manage the crops & other affairs belonging to Frances or her children.
  Deposition named in	19 Feb 1633/34	Northampton Co, Virginia   [6]
  	Deponents saith that Mr. George Scovell did lay a wager with Mr. Mountney of £10 starling to £5 starling of us two to witness the same: That Mr. William Burditt should never mach(?) in wedlock with the widow Sanders while they lived in Virginia. So the said Scovell not contented, but would lay £40 starling more to £10 starling that the said Mr. William Burdett would never have the widow Sanders.
  Anecdote	1649
  	Roger and Frances Saunders may had three sons, John, who predeceased Frances, along with Robert and James Saunders, who were transported to Maryland by George Puddington, when Richard Beard transported him out of Northampton Co., Va."without License or Pass" in 1649" (Nothampton Record Book Volume 3, 1645-1651, p. 375, Picton Press.). He then claimed them as headrights in Md. (D.V. Russell, First Families of Anne Arundel Co., MD V2, The Headrights, p.123.)
  Reference Identifer	Burgess
  Record ID	83720
  Person ID	I83720	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2019

  
  

  Family	Frances Lake,   b. 1600, England d. Bef 5 Oct 1641, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 41 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1630	Northampton Co, Virginia   [3]
  Children	1. John (of Roger) Saunders,   b. Abt 1630, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 23 Mar 1640, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 10 years)   2. Robert (of Roger) Saunders,   b. Abt 1631, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown   3. James (of Roger) Saunders,   b. Abt 1633, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F27680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S2330] Martha W. McCartney, McCartney, VA Immigrants & Adventurers, 1607-163, (Genealogical Publishing Company, Balitmore, MD 2007), p. 622 (Roger Sanders), 2330. [S497] Marshall, James H. Wills & Adm N'hamp Co,1632-1802, (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1994), p. 3 (death of Roger Saunders referred to), 497. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Whitelaw, Ralph T. - Virginia's Eastern Shore, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 137 (tract N30, Old Plantation Neck), 572. [S2325] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1632-1640, (The American Historical Association, Washington, DC, 1954, Kraus Reprint Co, Millwood, NY, 1975), p. 1 (7 Jan 1632/33 Court, the first day court was held in N'hamp Co), 2325. [S2038] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1640-1645, (Virginia Historical Socety, The University Press of Virginia, 1973), p. 127 (Mr. Burditt his Guift), 2038. [S2325] Susie M. Ames, Ames, Acc-N'hamp Co, VA, Court Records, 1632-1640, (The American Historical Association, Washington, DC, 1954, Kraus Reprint Co, Millwood, NY, 1975), p. 11 (19 Feb 1633/34 Court), 2325.