SANDERSON OF UPPERBY
A John Sanderson of Newlands in Bolton and Ann Nixon were married on 16 January 1689/90 at Great Orton, and a John Sanderson and Ann Whitehead were married on 15 February 1696/97 at Westward, but it is not known whether either of these marriages relates to the couple who head the account below.
A witness to the 1739/40 will of John Sanderson of Upperby was Joseph Craghill, and Joseph Cragghill and Ann Sanderson were married on 23 September 1722 at St Cuthbert, Carlisle.
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SANDERSON
JOHN SANDERSON of Upperby, Cumberland, yeoman, died ca 1740.[1] He married ANN who died in 1741.[2]
Children of John and Ann
Sanderson:
i MARY SANDERSON; m 3 Jun 1723, St
Cuthbert, Carlisle, THOMAS CARLILE[3]
(see here).
ii ELIZABETH SANDERSON; m 4 Aug 1734,
St Cuthbert, Carlisle, THOMAS HARRINGTON.[4]
[1] Will dated 23 Feb 1739/40, proved 2 May 1741 (Cumbria Archive Service, PROB/1741/W483).
[2] Will proved 10 Oct 1741 (Cumbria Archive Service, PROB/1741/W488). Ann’s will is undated, but she was still living on 2 May 1741 when she was granted administration of her husband’s estate.
[3] St Cuthbert, Carlisle, parish registers (Cumbria Archive Service).