Robert SANDERS ⁷⁰⁹

   Another name for Robert was Robert SAUNDERS ^627,3747.^,3748

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Alt. Birth, Cir 1776, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁶²⁷ 160119:

Said to be 82 at time of death/burial

2. Alt. Birth, 1776, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^111,870

3. Alt. Birth, 1784, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁴⁷

4. Census: 1800 Census of Ferryland, Household of Daniel Sanders, Widower, 1800, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁰⁹ Including children Robert, 17, William, 11 and Ann, 10 This event was shared from Daniel SANDERS who also shared it with Anne SANDERS (Household Member) and Capt. William SAUNDERS (Household Member).

5. Occupation: Fisherman working for Matthew Morry & Co., Caplin Bay, 1800, Calvert, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹²⁵ Information from 1800 Census

He was the boat master of a three-hand shallop

6. Court: Sanders, Robert - Testified in Kelligrew vs Griffin case, 14 Nov 1803, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁴⁹

7. Court: Surrogate Court Records GN-5-1-C-1 34-35 Division of R Carter Plantation, 9 Jan 1816, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁴³³ Ann Sanders Morry (thourgh her husband Matthew Morry II) and her brother Robert Sanders agreement to division of plantation or fishing room left to their mother Mary Carter Sanders by her father Robert Carter I. This event was shared with Anne SANDERS, Benjamin SWEETLAND J. P., Benjamin SWEETLAND JP, James Howe CARTER, and Matthew MORRY II JP.

8. Court: GN-5-1-C-1 50-53 Robert Sanders Gift to Children, 10 Nov 1818, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁵⁰ This event was shared from Nancy SANDERS who also shared it with Daniel SANDERS (Party), James SAUNDERS (Party), Mary SAUNDERS (Party), and William SAUNDERS (Party).

9. Court: Case as Plaintiff, Second Sitting of the Southern Circuit Court, 7 Nov 1826, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹⁴³⁵ Robert Saunders v. Henry Holdsworth. £6.4.9 wages awarded to Plaintiff. Holdsworth wanted to apply it against a debt due by the Plaintiff's father but the court saw that the Plaintiff was the sole support of his father and refused.

10. Documentation: Signed Petition against the proposed increase in Duties, 9 Oct 1827, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹²⁵ On October 9 1827, residents of Aquaforte signed a memorial protesting against an intended increase on goods imported into Newfoundland, in particular duties on Spirits. Robert 'Sanders' signed this petition as one of "the principal, but poor Inhabitants" of that settlement. This memorial, signed by Robert and fourteen other heads of families, was then forwarded to Lord Goderich, Secretary of State for the Colonies.

11. Occupation: Fishing enterprise in Aquaforte, After 1827, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ¹²⁵ With Daniel, it appears that it was his son Robert who became the principal operator of the business established at Aquaforte.

12. Court: Sanders, Robert - Sued: Mackey, John, 9 Feb 1835 to 16 Mar 1835, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁵¹

13. Court: Sanders, Robert - Sued: Paine, John, 9 Feb 1835 to 16 Mar 1835, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁵¹

14. Court: Saunders, Robert a.t.s Robert Swaine at 1835 sitting of Southern Circuit Court, 29 Oct 1835 to 4 Nov 1835, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁸⁸² Action to recover £3.16 Defendant agrees to pay £2.10 and Plaintiff agrees.

15. Residence, Between 1840 and 1858, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ⁷⁵⁵

16. Alt. Death, Bef 10 May 1858, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^{54,111,422,628} In the NGB transcript of the church record the dates of burial are sometimes mistakenly given as the date of death. It is not known if this is one of those cases.

17. Occupation: Planter, Bef 10 May 1858, Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁴⁷

18. Minister/Priest: A. E. C. Bayley, 10 May 1858, Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ^422,628

19. Court: Petition to Supreme Court re settlement of estate of late Robert "Saunders", 25 Sep 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ³⁷⁴⁷ Found by Edward Chafe and posted on Newfoundlanders and Genealogy Facebook on 07 April 2020:

Supreme Court, 25 September 1861 \endash Petition of Nancy Condon of Aquaforte. Her father Robert Saunders of Aquaforte died 10 May 1858 intestate. He left surviving him his eldest daughter Nancy, wife of Edward Condon, shipwright; daughters Ellen, wife of Patrick Cannon, and Sarah, wife of William Kelly; three grandchildren in Halifax, NS, by deceased daughter Mary Maher; and sons Robert Saunders in Halifax and William Saunders. Her father left an estate valued about £ 150. William Saunders and Bridget, widow of brother James Saunders keep possession of her father's fishing room. Nancy Condon asks the Court to grant her letters of administration to settle her father's estate. This event was shared from Nancy SANDERS who also shared it with Edward CONDON (Party), Ellen SAUNDERS (Party), Mary SAUNDERS (Party), Robert SAUNDERS (Party), Sarah SAUNDERS (Party), and William SAUNDERS (Party).

Robert married.