William Saunderson1

b. before 1794
William Saunderson|b. b 1794|p543.htm|William Saunderson|||Sarah Farrar|b. 20 Feb 1750/51|p518.htm|||||||Joseph Farrar|b. 10 Oct 1716\nd. 20 Apr 1797|p513.htm|Deborah Richardson|b. 1 Jun 1727\nd. 31 June 1808|p514.htm|

1st cousin 3 times removed of Louise Underwood.
1st cousin 5 times removed of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     William Saunderson was born before 1794. He was the son of William Saunderson and Sarah Farrar.1 He was baptized in 1796 in First Congregational Church, Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1
     
     "William Sarnderson [sic] and Sarah his wife and their children William Sally and Timothy from Harvard in the County of Worshestor" were warmed out of Chelmsford on 20 January 1794. "Warning Out," which had its origins in England, was used to rid towns of undesirables. Selectmen determined who could live within a town, and who had to move on. Indigent or unemployed individuals were warned out, as were those who didn't conform to Puritan principles.2

Citations

  1. [S162] Essex Institute, Vital Records of Westford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, 1915), 103, citing church record, First Congregational Church.
  2. [S164] Winifred Lovering Holman, "Warnings-Out in Chelmsford, Mass., 1790, 1794", New England Historic and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) 83 (April 1929): 166.