The Sanborn Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

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All the Sanborns in America are descended from two of the three brothers who came to New England in 1652 with their grandfather, Rev. Stephen Bachiler, and were sons of John Sanborne, who about 1609 married Anne Bachiler. For the first hundred years in America the name was written “Samborne” or “Sanborn.” How or where the present spelling “Sanborn” was introduced, is not known. Of the three Sanborne brothers, John (2), William and Stephen, the first two only left male issue. The Sanborns of this record descend from John (2) Sanborne, son of John (1) and Anne Bachiler. For convenience the name will be written Sanborn.

(I) John (1) Sanborn

John (1) Sanborn was born about 1600, married Anne Bachiler, and lived and died in Derbyshire, England. There is doubt as to whether his widow ever came to America. Sons:

  1. John (2) Sanborn. Of whom further.
  2. William Sanborn.
  3. Stephen Sanborn.

(II) John (2) Sanborn

John (2), son of John (1) Sanborn, was born about 1620. With his brothers and grandfather Bachiler (who later returned to England, where he died aged one hundred years) he came to New England in 1632, landing at Boston, later living in Lynn, Newbury, and in 1638 at Hampton, New Hampshire. John (2) was a lieutenant, and many years a selectman and representative to the general court from Hampton, ensign in King Philip’s war and otherwise prominent. He married (first) Mary, daughter of Robert Tuck, of Hampton, (second) August 2, 1671, Margaret (Page) Moulton, a widow, daughter of Robert Page.

Children of John (2) Sanborn and his first wife

  1. John Sanborn. Born 1649, died 1723; married Judith Coffin.
  2. Mary Sanborn. Born 1651, died 1654.
  3. Abigail Sanborn. Born February 23, 1653, died 1743; married Ephraim Marston.
  4. Richard Sanborn. Of whom further.
  5. Mary Sanborn. Born 1657, died 1660.
  6. Joseph Sanborn. Born March 13, 1659; married Mary Grove.
  7. Stephen Sanborn. Born 1661, died 1662.
  8. Ann Sanborn. Born 1662, died 1745; married —–.
  9. Dinah Sanborn. No record.
  10. Nathaniel Sanborn. Born January 27, 1666, died 1723; married (first) Rebecca Prescott, (second) Sarah Nason.
  11. Benjamin Sanborn. Born December 20, 1668; married (first) Sarah —–, (second) Meribah Tilton, (third) Abigail Dalton.

Child of John (2) Sanborn and Margaret (Page) Moulton

  1. Jonathan Sanborn. Born May 25, 1672, died 1741; married Elizabeth Sherburne.

(III) Richard Sanborn

Richard, second son of Lieutenant John (2) Sanborn, was born in Hampton, New Hampshire, 1655. He married (first), December 5, 1678, Ruth Moulton, (second), 1693, Mrs. Mary (Drake) Boulter, a widow.

Children of Richard Sanborn

  1. Mary Sanborn. Born September 30, 1679.
  2. John Sanborn. Of whom further.
  3. Shuabel Sanborn. Died May 3, 1759, married Mary Drake.

(IV) Ensign John (3) Sanborn

Ensign John (3), son of Richard Sanborn, was born November 6, 1681, died September 3, 1727. He lived in North Hampton, New Hampshire, and perhaps in Exeter. He married Sarah, daughter of James Philbreck.

Children of Ensign John (3) and Sarah Sanborn

  1. Daniel Sanborn. Of whom further.
  2. Benjamin Sanborn. Born November 8, 1703; married Elizabeth Gilman.
  3. Phebe Sanborn. Born February 6, 1706; married Nathaniel Pease.
  4. Richard Sanborn. Born May 27, 1708; married Elizabeth Batchelder.
  5. Nathan Sanborn. Twin of Richard; married Elizabeth Pearson.
  6. Elisha Sanborn. Born April 1, 1710; married Lydia —–.
  7. Ebenezer Sanborn. Born March 4, 1712; married Ruth Sanborn; he died April 9, 1794.
  8. Abigail Sanborn. Born October 24, 1717.
  9. Sarah Sanborn. Born March 18, 1719.
  10. Ruth Sanborn. Born March 18, 1719.
  11. John Sanborn. Born May 5, 1721.
  12. Hannah Sanborn. Born February 3, 1723; married Stephen Dudley.
  13. James Sanborn. Born April 5, 1724.
  14. Mary Sanborn. Born March 1, 1726.

It is said all of these children married and brought up families; that at the time of their mother’s death in 1761, the whole number of descendants was two hundred and thirty-nine, of whom one hundred and eighty-two were then living.

(V) Deacon Daniel Sanborn

Deacon Daniel, eldest son of Ensign John (3) Sanborn, was born in North Hampton, New Hampshire, February 17, 1702, died in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, February, 1798. He was fifth on the list of petitioners for the establishment of the town of Sanbornton in 1748. There were twelve Sanborns who signed this petition, the town being named in their honor. Daniel was a leading man of the new town, held public office and was a deacon of the church. He married, January 14, 1725, Catherine Rollins.

Children of Deacon Daniel and Catherine (Rollins) Sanborn

  1. Phebe Sanborn. Born December 13, 1725, died 1797; married Reuben Grove.
  2. Anne Sanborn. Born February 21, 1727; married a Mr. Thomas.
  3. Catherine Sanborn. Born June 1, 1728; married a Mr. Foss.
  4. Daniel Sanborn. Born May 17, 1731, was one of the grantees of Sanbornton.
  5. Sarah Sanborn. Born November 2, 1733, died in childhood.
  6. Rachel Sanborn. Born April 25, 1736; married Gideon Piper.
  7. Thomas Sanborn. Born May 17, 1738; married Anna Marston.
  8. Moses Sanborn. Born June 8, 1740.
  9. Sarah (2) Sanborn. Born February 24, 1745; married a Mr. Jewell.
  10. Captain Aaron Sanborn. Born February 8, 1746; married (first) Molly Barter, (second) Susanna Gale. He served in the revolution.
  11. Abijah Sanborn. Of whom further.

(VI) Abijah Sanborn

Abijah, youngest son of Deacon Daniel Sanborn, was born, March 4, 1748, died in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, March, 1790. He was an early member of the Congregational church, joining by letter, January 2, 1772, and with his two brothers being among the original members a few weeks previously. He was a farmer all his life. He married, August 17, 1768, a relative, Mary Sanborn, who was a woman of great bravery, known locally as the “heroine of the bears.”

Children of Abijah and Mary Sanborn

  1. Sarah Sanborn. Born October 9, 1769; married Josiah Critchett and moved to Ohio.
  2. Enoch Sanborn. Born February 24, 1773; married Miss Boyington and moved to Vermont.
  3. Thomas Sanborn. Of whom further.
  4. Molly (Mary) Sanborn. Born February 23, 1780; married a Mr. Ellsworth.

(VII) Thomas Sanborn

Thomas, second son of Abijah Sanborn, was born in Sanbornton, New Hampshire, August 2, 1777. He married Mehitable Gilman, and after a residence in Vermont located in New York state, where he died at Allen, Allegany county, in 1853.

Children of Thomas and Mehitable (Gilman) Sanborn

  1. Bijer (or Abijah) Sanborn. Of whom further.
  2. Edward Sanborn. Died in the west, a farmer; married Betsey Ingham. Children, all living in Michigan:
    1. Lawrence Sanborn.
    2. Celeste Sanborn.
    3. Bijer Sanborn.
  3. Gilman Sanborn. Died in Illinois, a farmer; married and had issue.
  4. Justice Sanborn. Died in Michigan, a farmer; married Temperance Ingham; no issue.
  5. Enoch Sanborn. Died in Michigan, a farmer; married Fanny Ingham. Children, all living in Michigan:
    1. Wallace Sanborn.
    2. Mehitable Sanborn.
    3. Another daughter.
  6. Lodema Sanborn. Died in Warsaw, New York; married Orrin Marchant, a farmer; no issue.
  7. Mary Sanborn. Died in Granger, New York; married Ruel Comstock and had issue.

(VIII) Bijer (Abijah) Sanborn

Bijer (Abijah), son of Thomas Sanborn, was born in Vermont, 1800, died in Allegany county, New York, in 1882. He settled in New York state when a young man, and spent the greater part of his life engaged in farming in Cayuga and Allegany counties. He was a Democrat in politics, always interested in public affairs, but not an office seeker. He married Hannah Parsel, born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1800, of German parentage, died in Allegany county, 1845. Both were members of the Baptist church.

Children of Bijer and Hannah (Parsel) Sanborn

The first four were born in Cayuga county.

  1. Thomas Sanborn. Born 1818, died 1888, a farmer; he married Hannah Oakes, of Allen, New York. Child:
    1. Llewellyn Sanborn. Now living in Belmont, New York.
  2. Delilah Sanborn. Born 1820, died in Allen, New York; married Joseph Wilson, a farmer, deceased; no issue.
  3. Rosanna Sanborn. Born 1822, died in Cuba, New York; married Amassa Wilson, a merchant, deceased. Children:
    1. Darrow Wilson. Living in Buffalo, New York.
    2. Florence Wilson. Living in California.
    3. Mina Wilson. Living in Cuba, New York.
    4. William Wilson. Living in Cuba, New York.
  4. Polly Sanborn. Born 1824, died in Venango county, Pennsylvania; married James Hooker, a farmer, deceased. Children:
    1. Julia Hooker. Living in Buffalo, New York.
    2. Deborah Hooker. Deceased.
  5. Elias Sanborn. Born in Allegany county, New York, 1826, died in Binghamton, New York, in 1907, a farmer; married Ellen Chase, deceased. Children:
    1. Coello Sanborn. Living in Binghamton.
    2. Frank Sanborn. Living in Buffalo.
    3. Vienna Sanborn. Living in Angelica, New York.
    4. Emma Sanborn. Deceased.
    5. Florence Sanborn. Living in Binghamton.
  6. Squire S. A. Sanborn. Born in Cayuga county, September 15, 1828, now residing in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He married Jane Wood, born in Batavia, New York, June 13, 1827, died in Bradford, September 13, 1907. Children:
    1. Nettie Sanborn. Born in Erie county, New York, died aged twenty-two months.
    2. Frank Sanborn. Born in Wyoming county, New York, in 1853, died in 1855.
    3. William Sanborn. Born March 10, 1855, died in North East, Pennsylvania, September, 1908, a journalist; married Mary E. Kingsley, of Venango county, Pennsylvania. Children:
      1. Perry Alvord Sanborn. Born in 1876.
      2. George Sanborn. Born in 1878.
    4. Fred Sanborn. Born in Angelica, New York, May 10, 1863, now living in Bradford, a painter and decorator; married Florence Little. Children:
      1. Alfred W. Sanborn. Born April 28, 1887.
      2. Lee Squire Sanborn. Born December 6, 1890.
  7. Wallace Sanborn. Born in Allen, Allegany county, New York, 1830, now living retired on his farm at Howell, New York; married a Miss Kelly; no issue.
  8. Washington Sanborn. Twin of Wallace, died in infancy.
  9. Marks B. Sanborn. Of whom further.

(IX) Marks B. Sanborn

Marks B., youngest son and child of Bijer and Hannah (Parsel) Sanborn, was born in Allegany county, New York, near Belvidere, May 14, 1833. He was educated in the public schools and spent his early life in his native town. He learned the blacksmith’s trade at which he worked all his active years, both in New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania. He now resides at East Bradford, Pennsylvania. He is a Republican in politics, and an attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife is a member. He married (first) Jennie Pettis, born in 1840, died in Sweden, April 2, 1874. He married (second) in Hudson, Maria Van Epps, born in Hudson in 1847, died in East Bradford, March, 1896, daughter of Peter Van Epps, who lived and died in Hudson.

Children of Marks B. Sanborn and his first wife

  1. Alfred Sanborn. Died in infancy.
  2. Minnie Sanborn. Of whom further.
  3. William Sanborn. Born in Hudson, Michigan, March 26, 1869, now superintendent of the Tide Water Pipe Company at Bradford; married in Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, Lina Campbell, born in Canada. Child:
    1. Shirley Sanborn. Born in Mount Jewett, March 23, 1893.

Children of Marks B. Sanborn and his second wife

  1. Grace Sanborn. Born in Hudson, Michigan, November 26, 1877; married Harold Slocum, an oil driller of Oklahoma. Child:
    1. Romayne Slocum. Born December 12, 1911.
  2. Romayne Sanborn. Born in East Bradford, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1885, now a stenographer in the employ of the Tide Water Pipe Company at Bradford, unmarried.
  3. Darwin Sanborn. Died aged six months.

(X) Minnie Sanborn

Minnie, eldest daughter and second child of Marks B. Sanborn and his first wife Jennie Pettis, was born in Pioneer near Titusville, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1866. She was two years of age when her parents moved to Hudson, Michigan, where she received her early education. In 1879 the family located in East Bradford, Pennsylvania, where she finished her public school studies, later taking a course at the Normal college at Ada, Ohio. After leaving Normal she taught for eight years; five at Kendall Creek (now East Bradford), and three in Custer City. She is a member of the Presbyterian church and interested in church and society work. She married, January 2, 1892, Ferdinand Kreiner, born in Cattaraugus county, New York, February 28, 1857, died in Bradford, June 12, 1896, son of Adam and Otille (Wenzel) Kreiner, of German parentage (see Kreiner family in this work). Ferdinand Kreiner was well educated in the public schools, working on the farm in summers and attending school during the winter months. In 1877 he came to Bradford, securing a position as clerk in the dry goods house of Katz and Simons. In 1879 he entered the employ of the National Transit Company, a branch of the Standard Oil Company. His services were so well appreciated that he was soon made superintendent of a division.

He held this position until receiving an offer of the managership of the Connemaugh Gas Company of Pittsburgh, which he accepted and held until his death. He was an active member and worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, being superintendent of the Sunday school and teacher of a class of young men, a form of Christian work in which he took a deep interest. He was an active worker in the labor party, was chairman of the state executive committee, and the candidate of his party for the state assembly from McKean county, failing of election by only a few votes. He was a man held in high esteem by his business associates, and respected by all.

Children of Ferdinand and Minnie (Sanborn) Kreiner

  1. Irene Kreiner. Born at Saltsburg, October 30, 1892, educated in the public schools, a graduate of Bradford high school and now a student at Pratt’s Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
  2. Marian Kreiner. Born at Saltsburg, October 24, 1893, a graduate of Bradford high school, class of 1911.
  3. Joseph Kreiner. Born in Saltsburg, December 28, 1894, now a student at Bradford high school.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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