Person:Joseph Saunders (3)

m. 5 Apr 1744
  1. Hannah Saunders1745 - Bef 1799
  2. Freegift Saunders1748 -
  3. Prudence Saunders1754 -
  4. Joseph Saunders1758 - 1835
  5. Mercy Saunders1760 -
  6. George Saunders1762 -
m. 30 Jun 1776
  1. Sarah Saunders1778 - 1857
  2. Russell Saunders1782 -
  3. Esther Saunders1785 -
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Joseph Saunders
Gender Male
Birth[1] 25 May 1758 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 30 Jun 1776 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United Statesto Lydia Crandall
Death? 13 Feb 1835 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

He served in the Revolutionary War - Pension file #W22141.

This neglected ground is located in the eastern part of the town [of Westerly], on the farm of Mr. Thier J. Crandall, on the westside of the highway, in a pasture, quite a distance south of Mr. Crandall's residence. The graves are without the protection of an inclosure and the headstones without inscriptions. But here lie Joseph Saunders, Jr. and his wife Lydia, also their father Joseph Saunders, Russel Saunders, and his wife Catharine, Marcy Saunders, daughter of Joseph Saunders 1st."

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Westerly Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    129.

    SAUNDERS, Joseph, of Joseph and Mary (Lanphere), [born] May 25, 1758.

  2. Crandall, John Cortland. Elder John Crandall of Rhode Island and his descendants. (New Woodstock, N.Y.: unknown, 1949).