The name Sanders originates from England, Scotland and Germany . It is derived from the medieval given name Sander, an aphetic form of ‘Alexander’. Compiled information from Historical and Private archive’s has confirmed that the surname ‘Sanders’ and or it’s variant’s, dates as far back as the 13th century were a ‘Richard frater Sander’, from Salop, England, is recorded on the Hundred Rolls in 1273. The exact period of settlement in North America has not been definately determined but Information extracted from Public and Civil registry archive’s confirm that one of the first settlers was a certain ‘Tobias Saunders’, of Northhamptonshire, England, emigrated to America in 1638. He married ‘Mary Clarke’ in 1639 and fathered a son named, ‘John Sanders’, of Stonington, Connecticuit. ‘Louis Peck Sanders’, served in the Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection 1898-99, with the First Montana Infantry as Battalion Adjutant and Captain of Company ‘B’. Today, ‘Sanders’ is the ’78th’ most common s…
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