Saturday, July 2, 2016

Surname Saturday -- LAUNDERS (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1437, who is Tabitha LAUNDERS (1662-1707) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations of this LAUNDERS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia E. White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1805-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

88.  Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89.  Sibel Kirby (1764-1848).

178.  David Kirby (1740-1832)
179.  Martha Soule (1743-1828)

358.  Benjamin Soule (1719-1803)
359.  Meribah Waite (1720-1803)

718.  Thomas Waite (1683-1743)
719.  Mary Tripp (1689-1754)

1436.  Reuben Waite, born about 1656 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died before 05 November 1707 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2872. Thomas Wait and 2873. Eleanor.  He married about 1681 in Probably Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1437.  Tabitha Launders, born about 1662 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died after 1707 in probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Reuben Waite and Tabitha Launders are:
*  Thomas Waite (1683-1743), married 1711 Mary Tripp (1689-1754)
*  Eleanor Waite (1689-????), married 1705 Abiel Tripp (1684-????).
*  Benjamin Waite (1690-1772).
*  Joseph Waite (1693-1774), married 1715 Elizabeth Wolfe (1694-1765).
*  Abigail Waite (1693-????).
*  Reuben Waite (1695-1757), married 1720 Elizabeth Hathaway (1696-????).
*  Tabitha Waite (1695-????).
*  Jeremiah Waite (1698-1754).

2874.  Thomas Launders, born 1613 in England; died 11 November 1675 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 02 July 1651 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
2875.  Jane Kirby, born about 1635 in probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died before 21 July 1707 in Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 5750. Richard Kirby and 5751. Jane.

Children of Thomas Launders and Jane Kirby are:
*  Mercy Launders (1652-1654).
*  John Launders (1654-1737), married 1686 Rachel Freeman (1659-1709).
*  Martha Launders (1655-????).
*  Mary Launders (1657-????).
*  Thomas Launders (1658-1730), married 1688 Deborah Freeman (1663-1732).
*  Richard Launders (1660-1750), married 1696 Sarah Freeman (1662-1733).
*  Tabitha Launders (1662-1707), married 1681 Reuben Waite (1662-1707).
*  Sarah Launders (1664-1753).
*  Joseph Launders (1666-1750), married 1707 Rebecca (1656-1712).
*  Hasadiah Launders (1674-1749), married 1719 Benoni Ewen (1670-????).

Information about this Launders family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson,, The Great Migration, Volume IV, I-L (Boston, Mass.: NEHGS, 2005), pages 240-244.

*   Lydia B. (Finney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean "Thomas Landers of Sandwich, Mass. (ca 1613 - 1675), New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 124, pages 42-69, 209-224, 266-284 (1970).


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