The family of William and Mary Sanders.

We know from William Sanders' will that at the time of his death in 1819 he had eight living children- three sons and five daughters. If you note all of the Enfield baptisms of children born to parents named William and Mary Sanders from 1780 to 1812, there are sixteen entries ranging from William Thomas Sanders in 1787 to John Sanders in 1812.

My William and Mary were born in c. 1759 and 1758 respectively, so it would be highly unlikely that this Mary would be the mother of John born in 1812 when she would have been aged about 54 years old. The sixteen baptismal entries in question, all occurring at St. Andrews, Enfield, are as follows:
September 12, 1787: William Thomas Sanders
May 9, 1790: Job Sanders
22 May 1791: Job Sanders
February 1, 1795: Thomas Sanders
February 13, 1795: Mary Anne Sanders
November 6, 1796: Susan Sanders
February 18, 1798: Frances Sanders
July 28, 1799: Susannah Sanders
February 2, 1800: Elizabeth Sanders
December 19, 1800: Alicia Sanders
November 8, 1801: William Sanders
July 31, 1803: Anne Sanders
February 3, 1805: Mary Sanders
February 12, 1806: Edward Sanders
February 11, 1807: Anne Sanders
May 3, 1812: John Sanders

I cannot find a record for a Sarah Sanders being born to William and Mary Sanders in c. 1791-94, which is the period suggested by her ages as given in census returns from 1851 and 1861, and at her death in 1863. There IS a Sarah Saunders baptised St Andrews, Enfield, on October 28, 1792, daughter of William and Mary Sanders, who is most likely our Sarah Sanders.

From William Sanders' will, the married names of two of his five daughters is known...Sarah Sanders by 1819 was Sarah Robinson, and Mary Anne was Mary Anne Marsh. Daughters Susan, Alicia and Elizabeth were still unmarried.
Sarah Sanders married miller Isaac Robinson on December 1, 1816, at All Hallows, Tottenham. There is a note for marriages on this page of the register that says : " The following banns were published in Edmonton Church, this church being under repair."

I can't find a marriage record for Mary Ann Sanders or Saunders to a man named Marsh or March anywhere in England let alone Middlesex. There is, however, a Marsh family in Enfield in the 1841 census with parents Mary and James, and a family of children baptised at St Andrews Enfield between 1809 and 1825 with parents James and Mary Anne. Because of the lack of a record of a marriage of a James Marsh to any Mary or Mary Anne around 1808-09, I am assuming that this family from Clay Hill is the family of our Mary Anne Sanders (until proven otherwise, anyway)

Daughter Susan or Susannah Sanders married Benjamin Warby in 1821; and brothers William and Thomas both married Sarahs:-
Thomas Sanders, bachelor, married Sarah Simmons, spinster, at St Andrews, Enfield, on February 21, 1819, and:
William Sanders, bachelor, married Sarah March, spinster, All Saints, Edmonton, by banns in November 1823.
Youngest son, Edward Sanders, of course married Jane Draper. the fate of sisters Elizabeth and Alicia I have not as yet uncovered.
I believe that the two children baptised Job in 1790 and 1791 also belonged to our William and Mary Sanders. The first child died in infancy in 1790, and the second Job married Rachel Hankins in 1810 and died in 1817. I believe that he wasn't named in the will of his father William simply because he had died two years before his father.
I will now add a small blog entry for each of the individuals whom I believe to be the issue of my William and Mary Sanders of Enfield.