Hairston Family History and Genealogy

Mary SPARRELL

HAIRSTON.org ID#2549, b. about 1749, d. 25 November 1790

NOTE*

NOTE: There are references that say Judith Sparrell was a ward of Gov. W. B. Giles, but he was born in 1762 and she was married when he was just 5 years old. "Roots in Virginia" states she was about 13 years older than Gov. W. B. Giles of Virginia.¹

Birth*

Mary SPARRELL was born about 1749.¹

Marriage*

She married Lt. Col. Peter Hyde SAUNDERS, son of John Hyde SAUNDERS, on 31 October 1767.^2,1,3

Death*

Mary SPARRELL died on 25 November 1790.¹

Family

Lt. Col. Peter Hyde SAUNDERS b. 20 Sep 1748, d. 17 Aug 1817

Children

Judith Sparrell SAUNDERS+² b. 25 Jan 1769, d. 23 Nov 1809
Theodosia Dotia SAUNDERS+¹ b. 2 Oct 1769, d. 1842
Lettie SAUNDERS¹ b. 1770
Elizabeth SAUNDERS¹ b. 20 Oct 1772
Peter SAUNDERS¹ b. 1 Jul 1776
Fleming SAUNDERS¹ b. 1778, d. 1858
Robert SAUNDERS¹ b. 2 Jul 1781, d. 21 Oct 1825
Samuel SAUNDERS+¹ b. 9 Aug 1783, d. 1852
Mary Polly SAUNDERS+¹ b. 9 Aug 1788

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S3074] Hale, Nathaniel Claiborne, Roots In Virginia: an Account of Captain Thomas Hale, Virginia Frontiersman, His Descendants And Related Families. With Genealogies And Sketches of Hale, Saunders, Lucke, Claiborne, Lacy, Tobin And Contributing Ancestral Lines. Philadelphia?, 1948.
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89066151580, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
[S143] Bible - Robert Hairston 1755-1844. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Originial Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.... Philadelphia, Printed and Published by M. Carey, 1817. State Archives North Carolina 400.1.1.982.
[S27] Early, R H. Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches: Embracing the History of Campbell County, Virginia, 1782-1926. Lynchburg, Va: J.P. Bell Co, 1927. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3624083, Personal Collection - printed book.

Last Edited

21 Nov 2021