Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties

Sarah Gunnell

Female 1710 - Abt 1812  (102 years)


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  • Name Sarah Gunnell 
    Birth 1710  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Abt 1812  Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21910  Tree1
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

    Father William Gunnell,   b. 7 May 1676, Waltham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1760, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia - probate Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Martha Corbin,   b. 1682, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1728, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1697  Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9548  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Sanders,   b. 5 Sep 1712, Cople Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1778, Loudoun County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Marriage 1738  Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • On March 17, 1742, William Gunnell deeded 125 acres to his daughter Sarah and her husband, James. On the same day he deeded 125 acres to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband, William Sanders. The property was on the south side of the Four Mile Run, about two miles from the head thereof. Fairfax Deed Book A Page 28.
    Children 
     1. Mary Sanders,   b. 1 Jan 1739, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     2. William Sanders,   b. 1 Mar 1741, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     3. John Sanders,   b. 1 Feb 1746, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Gunnell Sanders,   b. 10 Mar 1748, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     5. James Sanders,   b. 10 Mar 1748, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     6. Barbary Sanders,   b. 20 Feb 1750, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     7. Presley Sanders,   b. 3 Dec 1752, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     8. Henry Sanders,   b. 21 Feb 1755, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     9. Moses Sanders,   b. 24 Nov 1757, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     10. Aaron Sanders,   b. 24 Nov 1757  [Father: natural]
     11. Cyrus Sanders,   b. 22 Dec 1760, Truro Parish, Fairfax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F9549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2024 

  • Notes 
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      RE: Beginning at a White Oak; [Beth Mitchell]: page 185-186
      185 GUNNELL, WILLIAM 250 15 January 1729 NN C:9 LS Four Mile Run, two or three miles below head, adjacent Simon Pearson.***

      William Gunnel deeded to daughter Elizabeth, wife of William Saunders, and to daughter Sara, wife of James Saunders, 125 acres each, part of whole tract of 250 acres. (Fx. Deeds A:28. 17 October 1741)

      William Saunders and his wife Elizabeth and James Saunders and his wife Sara of Loudoun County sold for £100 to John Hurst. (Fx. Deeds E:5. 10 November 1761)
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      Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys Vol IV, Westmoreland Co. Va {Peggy Joyner}
      MR THOMAS WASHINGTON, 2 warts 1 May 1762 & 15 Oct. 1762 - survd 4 Mar. 1763; 69+ a. formerly granted to William Sanders who devised to sons William & James Sanders who convd to William Taylor from whom it
      escheats; at the Crossroads & on Rappa Crk.; adj. his own (Washington's) land, Richd Moxley, Thomas Chilton, Gentl, John Omohundro. CC - William Isles & Charles Barker. Pilot-John Omohundro. Surv. Benjamin Weeks. Filed in OVERSIZE box.
      28 Sept. 1742 - Indenture - William Sanders & Elizabeth his wife & James Sanders & Sarah his wife of Prince William, Planters, sold to William Taylor 165 a. (valued at £40) for £50 Sterling. William Sanders, decd, left will filed in Westmoreland, dated 31 Mar. 1726 devising land to his sons, William & James Sanders. Inquisition
      taken before Wharton Runsdell, Gentl, Sheriff. (Signed) William (X) Sanders & James (X) Sanders. Wit: Daniel McCarty, William Kennan, Evan Price, Thomas Lee. At General Court held at the Capitol 22 Oct. 1742.

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