Nathaniel Saunders

b. 15 March 1740
  • Nathaniel Saunders was born on 15 March 1740 in South Carolina.
  • He was baptized/christened on 7 February 1741 in Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish, Georgetown District, South Carolina, by the Rev. Mr. John Fordyce.
  • He married (?) Unknown say 1760.
  • Malachi Murphy's will, dated 5 September 1773, was written in Prince Frederick Parish, Craven County, South Carolina. Named in the will as the children of his deceased wife Hannah: Moses Murfee, Malachi Sanders, Nathaniel and James Sanders, Mary Sanders, Massey/Mercy [Marcia], Mercy [Marcia] Pegues, daughter of William Pegues and Elizabeth [Saunders] his Wife deceased; and the Sons and Daughters of the Reverend Nicholas Bedgood and Mary [Saunders] his Wife.
  • Recommended Reading: To family researchers having an interest in the Gibson family, and thus in Hannah Gibson Saunders' descendants, we recommend the following excellent history — The Invisible Line: Three American Families and the Secret Journey from Black to White, by Daniel J. Sharfstein. (New York: Penguin, 2011).
  • Last Edited: 15 May 2011

Family: (?) Unknown b. say 1740