Saunders: Ancestors of Bassell Saunders 1597-1657 (Lineage 2)

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For ancestors of Kesiah Saunders 1723-1763, please see Saunders Lineage 1

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Saunders Surname Origin

Saunders Lineage
Bassell Saunders 1598-1657

Bassell Saunders > John Swain Sr > John Swain Jr > William Swain Sr > Hephzibah Swain > Mary Pinkham > Mary Worth > David Day > Phedora Alice Day > Lenore Inez Steger > Barbara Lou Tridle

Saunders Migration
Berkshire, England > Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Bassell Saunders, Bill's 9th & 10th Great-Grandmother
1598 - 15 July 1657 (58-59)
b. Berkshire, England
d. Hampton Falls, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Cemetery TBD

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Parents & Maternal Lineage TBD

Spouse: Richard Swain 1595-1682
Married: 8 September 1617 at St. Mary's, Battersea, Wandsworth Borough, County Surrey, England
Children: 7

1. William Swain 1618-1657
2. Francis Swain 1621-1665
3. Nicholas Swain 1623-1650
4. Grace Swain 1627-1693
5. Richard Swain 1630-1633
6. John Swain Sr Swain 1633-1717
7. Elizabeth Swain 1638-1712

Tags: Immigrated_to_USA

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Bibliography 

Ancestry ®. "Public Member Trees Database.” © 1997-2025 Ancestry®.  Ancestry.  ancestry.com/ Lawson-Robertson Family Tree. www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/10075800/family  User profile for William Harris Lawson, Jr., user Livingweb. Accessed 1 December 2025.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9118498/bassell-swaine: accessed December 1, 2025), memorial page for Bassell Saunders Swaine (1598–15 Jul 1657), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9118498; Maintained by Tena Kennedy Painter (contributor 47059355).

Geneanet. "Public Member Database." © 1996. Geneanet. en.geneanet.org Accessed 1 December 2025.

Google. "AI Overview." Search term, "Saunders Surname Origin." Google. 

https://www.google.com/search?q=Saunders+Surname+Origin  Accessed 1 December 2025.

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