Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth1714, Burlington County, New Jersey1473
ReligionQuaker1472
FatherJohn Carlile (1678-1725)
MotherMary Glading (Gladwin, Gladding) (1685-1749)
Notes for John Saunders
The first appearance of John Saunders that I have found is in 1732, when the records of the Burlington Monthly Meeting of Friends report his marriage to Rebecca Carlile.1474 Earlier Quarker records there show the Carlile family but no Saunders.1475 Rebecca’s father, John Carlile, was a shoemaker.1476
In 1740, John Saunders was witness for the will of George Willis of Burlington, joyner (carpenter), who had a house on High Street.1477 George may have been the son of James Wills, who is shown on a 1696 map.1478
In 1741, the will of Sarah Bassnet, widow of the Town of Burlington, was witnessed by John Saunders.1479 Curiously, it speaks of “my bro. Matthew Garnier [sic, Gardiner]” but also “brother Isaac Pearson. I have not been able to figure out whose brother Sarah was. Others recorded included Caleb Raper and Samuel Scattergood, with family names that recur in this history. Sarah Bassnet’s lot is shown on the 1696 map.
The 1745 list of freeholders (landowners) of Burlington City did not include any Saunders.1475 That does not mean that there were no Saunders around, but that there were none who held title to real estate.
In 1747, John Saunders was witness of the will of Samuel Lovett, cordwainer of Burlington City. This Samuel is plausibly the son of the Samuel Lovertt who was one of the first immigants to arrive on the Kent in 1677. Lovett owned land next to Rev. Colin Campbell, minister of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Lovett’s lot was between the Delaware River and Pearl Street.
In 1753, John Saunders was a witness for the will of Mary Watkinson, widow of Paul Watkinson of Burlington, cordwainer. Rev. Colin Campbell, minister of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, was a co-executor of her will,1480 as he also was for her husband’s.
In 1755, John was witness to the will of Joseph Allinson, yeoman of Burlington City.1481 The will noted a “house and lot on Pearl Street… ditto in High Street,” noteworthy because these locations place the testator geographically very close to St. Mary’s Church on Broad Street, and Rev. Colin Campbell’s house on Pearl Street. Joseph Allinson’s roots were in Yorkshire, like those of many others associated with this lineage. He was married to Elizabeth Scattergood, of a family associated with this lineage at various points.1482
In 1759, John Saunders was fellowbondsman for the intestate probate of Peter Burns of Burlington.1483
In 1763, John Saunders was executor of the will of Henry Stephens, wool-comber of Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey.288 The will cited “Sarah Saunders, daughter of my late brother, Isaac,” and “cousin, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of John Saunders,” noting that the latter was a minor.”
In 1740, John Saunders was witness for the will of George Willis of Burlington, joyner (carpenter), who had a house on High Street.1477 George may have been the son of James Wills, who is shown on a 1696 map.1478
In 1741, the will of Sarah Bassnet, widow of the Town of Burlington, was witnessed by John Saunders.1479 Curiously, it speaks of “my bro. Matthew Garnier [sic, Gardiner]” but also “brother Isaac Pearson. I have not been able to figure out whose brother Sarah was. Others recorded included Caleb Raper and Samuel Scattergood, with family names that recur in this history. Sarah Bassnet’s lot is shown on the 1696 map.
The 1745 list of freeholders (landowners) of Burlington City did not include any Saunders.1475 That does not mean that there were no Saunders around, but that there were none who held title to real estate.
In 1747, John Saunders was witness of the will of Samuel Lovett, cordwainer of Burlington City. This Samuel is plausibly the son of the Samuel Lovertt who was one of the first immigants to arrive on the Kent in 1677. Lovett owned land next to Rev. Colin Campbell, minister of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church. Lovett’s lot was between the Delaware River and Pearl Street.
In 1753, John Saunders was a witness for the will of Mary Watkinson, widow of Paul Watkinson of Burlington, cordwainer. Rev. Colin Campbell, minister of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, was a co-executor of her will,1480 as he also was for her husband’s.
In 1755, John was witness to the will of Joseph Allinson, yeoman of Burlington City.1481 The will noted a “house and lot on Pearl Street… ditto in High Street,” noteworthy because these locations place the testator geographically very close to St. Mary’s Church on Broad Street, and Rev. Colin Campbell’s house on Pearl Street. Joseph Allinson’s roots were in Yorkshire, like those of many others associated with this lineage. He was married to Elizabeth Scattergood, of a family associated with this lineage at various points.1482
In 1759, John Saunders was fellowbondsman for the intestate probate of Peter Burns of Burlington.1483
In 1763, John Saunders was executor of the will of Henry Stephens, wool-comber of Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey.288 The will cited “Sarah Saunders, daughter of my late brother, Isaac,” and “cousin, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of John Saunders,” noting that the latter was a minor.”