The Sanders Genealogy Website
Descendants of Abednego Sanders/Saunders & Amy/Amey Cook/Cooke 1700 - 2000
On this page you will find links and information which I have found useful with my family genealogy researching.
The first website listed is the one that I added regarding our Sanders line prior to creating this new family web site.
I also have our family website listed on Ancestory.com.
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-NAME ABEDNEGO & IT'S MEANING-
-SURNAME SANDERS/SAUNDERS & IT'S MEANING-
-MY SANDERS GEN-WEBSITE-
-NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY-
-MY DISTANT COUSINS-
-GENEALOGY WEB SITES-
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If anyone would like to add a family photograph, their dates or have their data changed, simply send me an Email.
If you are connected to our Sanders family I would like to hear from you, and hear about your family history.
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NAME ABEDNEGO & IT'S MEANING~
ABED-NEGO (a-bed'-ne-go)
Babylonian name of one of Daniel's companions [Dan 1:7: 3:16 etc.]
There are several different spellings for the name ABEDNEGO that I found.
Here are just a few: ABEDINAGO, ABENDEGO, ABEDINEGO, ABEDNEGO, ABEDNAGO, ABEDMAGO.
But it was most likely spelled the same way that it was written in the Bible, in the Book of Daniel.
ABEDNEGO is from the Hebrew, meaning SERVANT OF [THE GOD] NEGO [NEBO].
Biblical name - ABEDNEGO was the Aramaic name of Azariah, one of the three men who
miraculously escaped unharmed from a blazing furnace.
[Reference book: The Bible from the Book of Daniel.]
Daniel 3:16~
16 Shad'-drach, Me'-shach, and A-bed'-ne-go, answered and said to the king, O Neb-u-chad-nez'-zar,
we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnance,
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NAME SANDERS/SAUNDERS & IT'S MEANING~
SANDERS/SAUNDERS
English, Scots, and German: from the medieval given name Sander, and aphetic form of Alexander.
[Reference book: "A Dictionary of Surnames" Patrick Hanks & Flavia Hodges.]
IRISH Version: SANDERS ORIGIN~
Spelling variations include: Saunders, Sanders, Sawnders, Sainders, Saynders,
Saunderrs, Sannders, Sanderrs, Saunder and many more. First found in county Wicklow where
they were granted lands by Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, for their assistance in the invasion of Ireland in 1172.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alexander Sanders
who settled in Virginia in 1623; along with David, George, Henry, Richard; William Sanders
settled in the Barbados in 1680 with his servants.
The SANDERS family can trace their ancestors back to the ancient territories of between the 11th and 12th centuries.
The SANDERS family traces their ancestral roots back to Norman / Irish origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval records in Wicklow .
SCOTS Version: SANDERS ORIGIN~
Spelling variations include: Saunders, Sanders
DUTCH Version: SANDERS ORIGIN~
Spelling variations include: Sander, Sannder, Sandder, Sanders, Sanderes, Sandre, Sandders, Sannders
and many more. First found in Holland, where the name became noted for its many branches in the region,
each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region.
The SANDERS family can trace their ancestors back to the ancient territories of between the 11th and 12th centuries.
The SANDERS family traces their ancestral roots back to Netherlands origin, and first appeared in ancient medieval
records in North Holland. Many settlers were recorded from the mid 17th century onward in the great
migration from Europe to the New World.
FRENCH Version: SANDERS ORIGIN~
Spelling variations include: S'Andre
The SANDERS Family References in the Harlein Manuscripts Briefly,
the Harlein Manuscripts are the records of the "Visitations" (the investigation of heralds) of English and Welsh families.
The manuscripts were complied from about 1530 to the close of the 17th century.
Over 30,000 families registered their lineage which are now housed in the British Museum in London.
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MY SANDERS GEN-WEB SITE
http://www.genealogy.com/users/t/u/l/Melody-Tuli/
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NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY~
In 1729 North Carolina was the most sparsely settled English colony in America at that time.
The end of the proprietary period marked the beginning of a period of great expansion and growth.
Scots-Irish and German immigrants traveled over the Great Wagon Road from Pennsylvania through
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia to North Carolina. Highland Scots, the only significant migration
that sailed directly to North Carolina, settled in the Cape Fear River valley.
The first permanent English settlers in North Carolina were Virginians who heard glowing
reports of fertile bottom lands, abundant timber resources, and an excellent climate.
[Reference book: Ancestory's Red Book American State, County & Town Sources. Revised Edition "North Carolina" By Johni Cerny & Gareth L. Mark, A.G.]
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SANDERS/GRAVATT/TERRY/MATTINGLY
MATILDA (SANDERS) GRAVATT
*TIM MATTINGLY -E-mail: gtm.3@insightbb.com
Tim is our cousin, a direct descendant of Matilda Sanders and Francis Absolum Gravatt.
His old family letters are very interesting, which you will also find on this website.
One family letter states that Abedinago's/Abednego's parents were Native American Indians.
His father, Woolard or Willard was full blooded indian, his mother was 1/2 breed indian named Mary Wild Goose.
Very interesting letters.
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SANDERS/RECTOR/WHEAT
ELIZABETH3 ANN (SANDERS) WHEAT
*MARC WHEAT -E-mail: Germanna1714@yahoo.com
Marc is our cousin, a direct descendant of Elizabeth Ann Sanders and John Mason Wheat.
http://www.gencircles.com/users/gurney3/1/data/241
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/e/John-M-Wheat/GENE16-0010.html#ENDNOTEREF98
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SANDERS/MYERS/HARRIS
EMMA4 LOUELLA "ELLA" (SANDERS) MYERS
*WILLIAM "BILL" KEITH & BOBBI HARRIS -E-mail: millcreek2@bright.net
Bill is our cousin, a direct descendant of Emma Louella "Ella" Sanders and Elmer Nelson Myers.
NELLIE (MYERS) HARRIS was Bill's mother. She was my mother's first cousin.
Emma Louella "Ella" Sanders was a daughter of William Kerr "WK" Sanders.
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SANDERS/GRAVATT/TERRY
AMY3 ANN GRAVATT/GEORGE WASHINGTON TERRY
*MIKE TERRY -Family Historian-E-mail: http://www.terry-family-historian.com/TFHSEP_OCT1999.htm
Mike is our cousin, a direct descendant of George Washington Terry who married Amy Ann Gravatt.
He has done extensive research on this TERRY family.
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SANDERS/CLEMENS/DUFFY/LINCECUM
WYATT2 SANDERS
*LAWRENCE "LARRY" SANDERS
Larry is our cousin, a direct descendant of John Sanders.
John Sanders was a son of Wyatt Sanders.
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SANDERS/EDMONSON/HARTER/HUESTON
CUBA3 (SANDERS) HUESTON
*MARIAN HUESTON-JOHNSON
* MARGARET "MARGE" GEORGE
Marian and Marge are our cousins, they are direct descendants of Cuba Sanders and Frank Montgomery Hueston.
Cuba descends from our Aaron Sanders son of Abednego.
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SANDERS/SISK
SARAH CAROLINE2 (SANDERS) SISK
*ROSANNA NEWHALL
Rosanna Newhall is our cousin, a direct descendant of Sarah Caroline Sanders and Joseph Sisk.
Sarah Caroline Sanders was a daughter of Abednego.
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SANDERS/STULTS
CLARA BELLE4 "KIT" (SANDERS) STULTS
*DON STULTS
Donald "Don" Stults is our cousin, a direct descendant of Clara Belle Sanders and Rev. Leon Stults.
Clara Belle Sanders was a daughter of William Kerr "WK" Sanders.
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GENEALOGY WEBSITES
Below are some great genealogy websites that I have used for my family research.
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(NARA) Regional Archives & Records Admin. http://www.nara.gov/regional
NWCCI Room 406
700 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW,Washington, DC 20408-0001Aids to Genealogical Research Catalog http://www.nara.gov
* Land Records at the National Archives Regional Facilities (listed by state)
* Land Property Records
* Land & Finance Divisions
(NARA) Bureau of Indian Affairs Field Office Records
* Regional Archives Facilities
* Vital Statistics Records
* Marriage Registers
* Registers of Indian Families
Central Office Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
* 1893 The Dawes Commission was charged with securing agreements with the Cherokee,
Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indians to extinguish tribal title to all their lands in Indian Territory.
Indian Census Records
* Census Rolls 1885-1940(NAIL) National Archives Information Locator
Form is searchable by individual names.
* 1908 -1910 Guion Miller's roll of Eastern Cherokee
* 1851-1852 Chapman, Drennen, and Old Settler rolls
* 1884 Hester rolls
* 1896 Roll of the Shawnee Cherokees compiled by Special Agent James G. Dickson
* 1895 Finance Division Records "Old Settler" Cherokee Census Records
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American Family Immigration History Center http://www.ellisisland.org/Ancestory.com http://www.ancestory.com/
One Great Family.com http://www.onegreatfamily.com
Genealogy.com http://www.genealogy.com/
Celtic Cousins.net http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/descofjohnsanders.htm
Native Web http://www.nativeweb.orgGovernment Archives http://www.archives.gov
NC-SANDERS branch- Descendant to JAMES Sanders Jr. Sanders online
http://sanders-online.com/sanders/sanders-queries/add-sanders-query.htm
Rootsweb.com http://www.rootsweb.com/
SANDERS Archiver Rootsweb http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SANDERS/1998-05
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Rootsweb Jay County http://www.rootsweb.com/~injay/ -
Jay County Genealogy web site search - Contact Wayne Johnston.
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Waccamaw Siouian Tribe of North Carolina
Tribal Chairperson
The Honorable Pamela Mitchell
Tribal Office:
P.O. Box 221, Bolton, NC 28423
Telephone: 910.655.8779,
E-mail: SIOUAN@aol.com
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Guilford Native American Association
http://www.guilfordnative.org/pages/retail.html
P.O. Box 5623 , Greensboro, NC 27403
Tel: (336) 273-8686
Fax: 272-2925
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Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians-NC
http://www.cherokee-nc.com
Two different tribes of Cherokee in NC - Guilford Co.
This Eastern Band seems to be right in the Northern middle of the State.
Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians
James P. Myers, Jr.
Genealogical and historic research assistance is also offered by
He will conduct roll searches and in-depth research if desired.
Mail address: P.O. Box 682, Cherokee, NC 28719.
Phone: 828-497-5662
