Person:Grace Saunders (1)

Court records show that Grace was still a young child in 1643. Therefore while she was wife of John Bush of Cape Porpoise she was probably a later wife and not mother to his children. She survived John Bush and married second to Richard Palmer.

1. ↑ John Saunders of Wells, Cape Porpus. Ipswich, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
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   LT. John Sanuders, Wells, Cape Porpus. Ipswich proprietor by 1635; freeman 25 May 1636. Admitted inhabitant at Hampton 13 Dec. 1639. Called of Wells 14 July 1643 when he was granted 150 + 50 acres by Thomas Gorges, but of Hampton 27 July 1643 when he sold a house-lot to John Brown, to take possession 1 May 1644. At Hampton in 1643, he was fined for offensive speeches against the court, and petitioned for relief, having a wife and six small children for whom he could hardly find bread or clothes, and was himself very sick. Hampton friends, however, were willing to state he was fit to be made Sergeant. Of Wells 29 Sept. 1644, where a large land-owner; often gr. and trial jury; selectman 1647,1654-55; Sergeant 1653; Lieut. by 1657. Removed to Cape Porpoise 1663. Lists 391a, 392a, 252, 254(3), 255, 259, 261-263, 269b. Will, 13 June 1670 and inventory 23 Aug 1670, gives to wife Ann for life, then entails homestead on sons. Wid. Ann had been dead ab. two yrs. when her gr.s. (Thomas) sent in a pet. to Andros. Children:
   
   Thomas and his heirs;
   
   John immediately 1000 a. 8 or 9 miles above Cape Porp. River Falls; remaining prop, to ‘all my ch.’; neighbors Simon Booth of Winter Harb. and John Barrett of Cape P. supervisors.
   
   Sarah, m. 1st Peter Turbet (3), m. 2d Daniel Goodwin (4);
   
   Grace, m. 1st John Bush, m. 2d Richard Palmer (18);
   
   Elizabeth, m. 1st John Batson (1); m. 2d one Walden (see 7), m. 3d John Gove (4 jr.);
   
   At least one child unkn.