Lancelot Sanderson ^{5 6}

   Cause of his death was Brights disease (kidneys).

  General Notes:

He probably received a formal education, as he was literate and his father left provision in his will for the younger brothers' education. As a youth he may have been apprenticed in the trade of butchering, as he gives his occupation as a butcher. Although after some years in Australia he states he is a carrier.
The Electoral Rolls of 1859-1860 list Lancelot's residence as Queens Wharf, Morpeth, which he held leasehold. Morpeth in the 1850's was a thriving river town, it was the first port of call for thousands of immigrants to Australia, as well as boasting three paddle wheel steamers which provided a daily service between Morpeth and Sydney. Perhaps Lancelot conducted both his carrying and butchering from his residence at Queens Wharf.

  Birth Notes:

at Hinbury

  Death Notes:

Lancelot probably died at his residence, from Bright's disease (a disease of the kidneys). He had been diagnosed with the disease 16 months prior to his death.
His will bequeaths all his leasehold, freehold and real estate he held, both in Australia as well as any held in Hilton Durham England, also any monies, securities for monies, household furniture, drays, horses, harness and farming utensils to his wife, Elizabeth Sanderson.
136735 Sanderson Lancelot - 1861 19 October Morpeth MM Died on 16th October aged 60 after a long and painful illness

"...At Morpeth, on Wednesday, the 16th instant, Mr. Lancelot Sanderson, aged sixty years, after a long and painful illness A. 8.... Newcastle, 25th September, 1861. 5817 FUNERAL. - THE Friends of Mr...."
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser

  Burial Notes:

at St James Church of England Cemetery at Morpeth.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Emigrated: on the ship Caroline, Bet 19 Apr 1828 and 13 Sep 1828, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. ¹³ Lancelot and Elizabeth were listed as steerage passengers and classified as 'Free immigrants".
Lancelot's young son from his first marriage, Lancelot (4th) did not accompany them. For reasons unknown he remained in Durham, where he died on the 22nd July 1828 at Marshall Green. Perhaps he had always been sickly or he was ill at the time of their departure and it was thought he would not survive the long sea journey.
Being mainly a cargo ship, the 'Caroline' carried only a small number of passengers (36), among the cabin passengers are listed a Mr & Mrs Howden and their two children. Obviously Lancelot and Jonathan Howden got to know one another during the five month voyage and after the ship arrived in Sydney on the 12th September 1828, Lancelot went to work for him.
104113 Sanderson Lancelot Caroline 1828 - - Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register Born 1802 Durham, England. Spouse 1 Ann Bond. Spouse 2. Elizabeth Stamp. For information about descendants see Pioneer Register Entry No. 1302

• Misc, 4 Mar 1833, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁴

• Misc: Gazetted - job, 2 Jul 1833, Campbelltown, , New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁵ HIS Excellency the GOVERNOR has been & pleased to approve of the following alterations in the Police of the Colony, viz.
Goulburn-Patrick Mangan, free, to be Constable. in the room of Lancelot Sanderson , resigned; to bear date the 1st of April.

• Living, 1859, Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ⁷ Queen's Wharf (held leasehold)

• Occupation: Butcher & carrier: Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁶

• Will, 1861, Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. ¹⁷ Goods sworn at £195. Bequeathed to "my dear wife Elizabeth Sanderson"

• Probate: in England with respect to English assets, 4 Jan 1870, , , England, United Kingdom. SANDERSON Lancelot
Letters of Administration (with the will annexed) of the personal estate and effects of Lancelot Sanderson late of Morpeth in the county of Northumberland in the colony of New South Wales butcher deceased who died 16 October 1861 at Morpeth aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry under the usual limitations to Anthony Sanderson of Hilton in the County of Durham Farmer the lawful attorney of Anthony Wilkinson the surviving executor named in the said will now residing at West Maitland in the colony aforesaid he the said Anthony Wilkinson having first been sworn.

Black Sheep?

Biography:Lancelot Sanderson 3^rd


Surely not a black sheep!!!

Lancelot Sanderson 3rd was born on 28th January 1802 at Bolam in the parish of Gainford, County Durham, England, the first son of Lancelot Sanderson 2^nd by his, second wife, Ann Singleton.

He probably received a formal education, as he was literate and his father left provision in his will for the younger brother's education. As a youth he may have been apprenticed in the trade of butchering, as he gives his occupation as a butcher. Although after some years in Australia he states he is a carrier.

On the 20th December 1821 he married Ann Bond at Staindrop. Ann was eleven years his senior. Their only child, Lancelot 4th, was born in 1823. Ann died two years later at Ingleton on 24th June 1825.

After the death of his wife and then his father in 1827, Lancelot appears to have decided to migrate to Australia. Whether from necessity we are not sure. He and Elizabeth Stamp also from the parish of Staindrop, travelled to London where they were married at St. George Church Bloomsbury on 27th March 1828. Their son, George, later claimed his father was "the black sheep", although George had a reputation as being somewhat of a joker, and it is not certain whether this was his idea of a joke. Lancelot's grandson, Frederick Sanderson, claimed that according to the family his grandfather "married beneath his station". Perhaps this could explain why Lancelot and Elizabeth were married in London and not in Staindrop where they both lived and why their son referred to Lancelot as the "black sheep".

The ship Caroline departed London on the 19th April 1828 with Lancelot and Elizabeth listed as steerage passengers. Lancelot's son from his first marriage, Lancelot 4th did not accompany them. For reasons unknown he remained in Durham, where he died on the 22nd July 1828 at Marshall Green. Perhaps he had always been sickly or he was ill at the time of their departure and it was thought he would not survive the long sea journey.

Being mainly a cargo ship, the Caroline carried only a small number of passengers, among the cabin passengers are listed a Mr &. Mrs Howden and their two children. Obviously Lancelot and Jonathan Howden got to know one another during the five month voyage and after the ship arrived in Sydney on the 12th September 1828, Lancelot went to work for him. The 1828 Census states Lancelot Sanderson a servant to John Howden of Elderslie, Upper Minto. Jonathon Howden had apparently leased some land at Elderslie from John Cox.

William A. Bailey in his book Uplands Pasture, A History of Crookwell Shire quotes the following from letters written by Jonathan Howden which are now held by the Mitchell Library of N.S.W. "The direct route between Bathurst and Goulburn was being used by travellers. It bore some miles to the east of Crookwell. In February 1829 John Howden of Elderslie on the Nepean River near Camden, indicated his intention in a letter to a friend in England of travelling the route with Rev. Hassall partly to see the country and also to purchase fifty heifers. In June of the same year he wrote that he had set up Lance Sanderson with six men and seventy six head of cattle to fix a station about two hundred and fifty miles from Sydney. He said that it was at the junction of the rivers Abercrombie and Crookwell. Those rivers do not join but it may be presumed that the site, was somewhere near the junction of the Abercrombie and Lachlan beyond Bigga or the junction of the Crookwell and the Lachlan beyond Narrawa".

It is doubtful that Elizabeth accompanied Lancelot on this expedition especially as their first child, Ellen, had been born on the 2nd April 1829 at Elderslie. Their second child, Jane, was born at "Noanorah" on the 18th October 1830. Whether Lancelot was still in the employ of Jonathan Howden it is not known, but "Noanorah at the Cowpastures, was a 3,000 acre grant to John Dickson on 10th June 1816, a portion of which was acquired by Thomas Barker in the 1830s. Thomas Barker also owned "Mummel" on the, Goulburn Plains. Lancelot's third child, George, was born at "Mummel" on 22^nd January 1833, so perhaps Lancelot may have now been employed by Thomas Barker.
Their fourth child, Henry, was born at Newcastle on 2nd October 1834 and their four other children at Morpeth. Mary Ann on the 24th August 1836 , she died on 16th February 1840 aged 3 1/2 years. John born on 23rd September 1838, he died at Avisford, Meroo River on 17th February 1856 aged 17 1/2 years. Avisford is between Mudgee and Hill End, so it is highly possible John had gone to seek his fortune on the goldfields, as the gold rush was in full swing at this time. Joseph was born on 28th July 1841 and William Robert on 11th September 1846.

The Electoral Rolls of 1859-1860 list Lancelot's residence as Queens Wharf, Morpeth, which he held leasehold. Morpeth in the 1850s was a thriving river town, it was the first port of call for thousands of immigrants to Australia, as well as boasting three paddle wheel steamers which provided a daily service between Morpeth and Sydney. Perhaps Lancelot conducted both his carrying and butchering from his residence at Queens Wharf.

Lancelot died probably at his residence on 17th October 1861 from Bright's disease (a disease of the kidneys). He was buried at St. James Church of England Cemetery at Morpeth on 18th October 1861.

His will bequeaths all his leasehold, freehold and real estate he held both here in Australia as well as any held in Hilton Durham England, also any monies, securities for monies, household furniture, drays, horses, harness and farming utensils to his wife, Elizabeth Sanderson.

Was the fore father of the Australian Sandersons the "black sheep" of the Sanderson family? If so, exactly why Lancelot was the "black sheep" will continue to remain unresolved.

Perhaps it was a fitting beginning for the Australian branch, as thousands of Australian's are descendants of black sheep.

SOURCES

Gainford Parish Register-Baptisms. Durham County Record Office.
Staindrop Parish Register-Baptisms, Marriages and Burials. Durham County Record Office.
Will of Lancelot Sanderson 2nd dated 15/2/1824. Dept. of Palaeography & Diplomatic Durham England.
Archives Office of N.S.W. Shipping Records ref: C O D 21.
1828 Census ref: S0088.
Uplands Pasture - A history of Crookwell Shire by William A. Bailey.
Sanderson Family Bible held by the Hestalow family of Newcastle
N.S.W. Registrar General of N.S.W. -Births, Deaths & -Marriages.
Timespan - Journal of the Nepean Family History Society No: 16 Sept. 1964. Thomas Barker of "Maryland" Bringelly by Ralph Hunt.
Hunter Valley Register 1843-1884, Maitland Mercury dated 26/3/1856.
Library of NSW - Electoral Rolls 1859-1860.
The Land dated 2/1/1986 Morpeth - birthplace of the Australian riverboat tradition.
Wills Office - Will no: 7600 series 1 Lancelot Sanderson 3rd.
Reminiscences of Ellen May & Frederick Sanderson.

Lancelot married Ann Bond, daughter of Thomas Bond and Ester Mirriam, on 20 Dec 1821 in Staindrop, Durham, England, United Kingdom.^{1 2} (Ann Bond was born about 1791 in , , England, United Kingdom, died on 24 Jun 1825 in Ingleton, Durham, England, United Kingdom and was buried on 24 Jun 1825 in Staindrop, Durham, England, United Kingdom ¹⁸.)

Lancelot next married Elizabeth Stamp, daughter of Jonathan Stamp and Elizabeth Burton, on 27 Mar 1828 in London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom.^{3 4} (Elizabeth Stamp was born on 26 Jun 1805 in Staindrop, Durham, England, United Kingdom, christened on 19 Oct 1807 in Bishopwearmouth, Durham, England, United Kingdom,^{19 20 21} died on 22 May 1865 in Maitland, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia ²² and was buried on 24 May 1865 in Morpeth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia ²³.). The cause of her death was Bronchitis.

  Marriage Notes:

After the death of his first wife Ann and then his father in 1827, Lancelot appears to have decided to leave his home with Elizabeth Stamp, also from the parish of Staindrop, and go to London where they were married before emigrating to Australia.
That they did so away from their families is probably the reason their eldest son, George, later claimed his father was 'the black sheep'.
Lancelot's grandson, Frederick Sanderson, claimed that according to the family, his grandfather 'married beneath his station'. Given that Elizabeth's grandmother was from the very wealthly Maude family (with possible links back to royalty) this is probably the wrong way around.

The 1828 Australian Census states Lancelot Sanderson a servant to Jno. Howden of Elderslie, Upper Minto. Jonathan Howdon had apparently leased some land at Elderslie from John Cox. William A. Bailey in his book 'Uplands Pasture. A History of Crookwellshire' quotes from letters written by Jonathan Howden which are now held by the Mitchell Library of N.S.W.

It is doubtful that Elizabeth accompanied Lancelot on this expedition especially as their first child, Ellen, had been born on the 2nd April 1829 at Elderslie. Their second child, Jane, was baptised at Narellan and Lancelot was listed as being overseer to Mr Dixon. Jane's birthplace, 'Noanorah' at the Cow pastures, was a 3,000 acre grant to John Dixon on 10th June 1816, a proportion of which was acquired by Thomas Barker in the 1830's. Thomas Barker also owned 'Mummel' on the Goulburn Plains where George, was born, so perhaps Lancelot may have now been employed by Thomas Barker.

In 1867 several letters passed backwards and forwards between Alexander Wilkinson and Anthony Sanderson, Lancelot's brother who remained in England. A right of way on the Hinbury Farm in Durham England was in question and the settlement was protracted. Both Lancelot and Elizabeth's wills and their children's birth certificates were wanted by the solicitors for the Duke of Chester, who was making the claim, to prove the title. That in its self must have proved difficult as registration of births in Australia did not start until 1856 whereas in England it began in 1836. They may have made do with baptism certificates as their six surviving children were all born well before 1856. Another of Lancelot's brothers, Robert, had also died and apparently left cottages on Hinbury to the four sons of Lancelot and Elizabeth. The deeds of these cottages were to be made with the farm so as to cut down the expense of separate deeds. The problems were eventually solved and the matter concluded when the Duke bought the estate. Then beneficiaries received a share of 500 pounds each.
in St Georges Church, Bloomsbury Square.

For further information on the Sanderson family, see Steve Sanderson's website at Sanderson Family in Australia