Capt. Samuel Sanger

1735 - 1822  (87 years)

• Name	Samuel Sanger  [1]
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	7 Jul 1735	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Baptism	4 Apr 1736  [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Oct 1822	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Sherborn Center Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [2]
  Person ID	I30766	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of EK
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Richard Sanger,   b. 4 Nov 1706, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 14 May 1786, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Deborah Rider,   b. 22 Jun 1710   d. 15 Aug 1789, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	19 Feb 1730	Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Family ID	F18297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Abigail Whiting,   b. 9 Jul 1737, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 3 Oct 1788, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1762	Dover, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [3, 6]
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Sanger,   b. 23 Oct 1764, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 20 Mar 1851, Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F7962	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  "Capt. Samuel Sanger, senr., was distinguished for his athletic frame, personal dignity, moral integrity, courage, independence, and energy. During a long period of active life, he bore a conspicuous part in the civil transactions of Sherborn, and was eminently serviceable during the great conflicts for our liberties and the maintenance of the constitution against the rebellion of '87. Then it was, that his appeals, from the moderator's chair, were wont to rouse his townsmen to enthusiasm in their country's cause; so that no town of its size in this patriotic commonwealth, went before Sherborn in the number of volunteers for the public service, or in promptness in furnishing supplies. To him Pomologists owe the discovery and first cultivation of the incomparable Porter apple. He inherited the ancient Sanger house, kept a small store and tavern, and once entertained Gen. Washington. As a landlord he did much to discourage idleness and excess. No man dared roll at his ninepins between one holiday and another. Gross offenders against decency and good order would hide from his presence, and feel more terror at his rebuke, than at any fulminations from the Sherborn pulpit. On the sabbath his bar was locked, and a key of gold could not open it; yet his rooms were open and fires free during the interim of divine service, while a solemnity befitting the day, reigned throughout the house, and no discourse was entered upon which could interrupt him in his uniform practice of reading the Bible." [Abner Morse, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S4813] Whiting Genealogy: Nathaniel Whiting of Dedham, Mass., 1641, and Five Generations of His Descendants by Theodore S. Lazell. Boston, 1902. [S4811] Find a Grave page for Capt Samuel Sanger. [S4825] The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, by the Names of Adams, Bullard, Holbrook, Rockwood, Sanger, Wood, Grout, Goulding, and Twitchell by Abner Morse. Boston, 1857., date only. [S1605] Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ed. Thomas W. Baldwin. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911. [S4825] The Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans, by the Names of Adams, Bullard, Holbrook, Rockwood, Sanger, Wood, Grout, Goulding, and Twitchell by Abner Morse. Boston, 1857. [S4812] Find a Grave page for Abigail Whiting Sanger.