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     James Casey Sanders was born on 7-Mar-1856. He married Sarah E. Dixon, daughter of Daniel W. Dixon and Martha Calvin.

     Sarah Sanders married Joseph Mason, son of Joseph Mason and Elizabeth Daniel, in 1739. Sarah Sanders died on 3-Apr-1760 at Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

     Veba Bernice Sandlin married Charles Jefferson Sirmon, son of George Washington Sirmon and Manirva John Wood, on 28-Jan-1925.

     (?) Sanford married Zerviah Rice, daughter of Azariah Rice and Hannah Bartlett.

     Zerciah Sanford was the daughter of (?) Sanford and Zerviah Rice.
     Zerciah Sanford witnessed the will of Azariah Rice on 8-Jul-1772 at Worcester County, Massachusetts; Volume 15, page 293-296
Will: Azariah Rice, July 8, 1772

In the name of God Amen. The eighth day of July, one thousand seven hundred & seventy two: I Azariah Rice of Brookfield in the County of Worcester & Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, being in health and of sound disposing mind & memory, thanks be given to God but calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that all men must once die, do make this my last will and testament, that is to say, first of all I give & I recommend my soul into the hand of God who gave it, & my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor hereafter named, not doubting but at the General resurrection, I shall receive the same again by the Mighty power of God-And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give demise & dispose of the same in the following manner & form.
I?. My will is that all my just debts & funeral charges paid by my Executors out of my estate.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Benj’n. About two acres of half of meadow more or less as the same is in the southerly side (illegible illegible) Pond, bounded all round by (illegible) & said Pond which is his full part with what I have given him heretofore.
Item. I give and bequeath to my son Oliver, one half part of four acres of meadow for quantity & quality, lying near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per Brookfield Book of record. I also give him more, viz. two acres of meadow at Bartlett’s Point (so called) be it more or less, as per record.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Jonas one half part of four acres of meadow near Pine Hill, be it more or less as per record.
Item. I give & bequeath to my son Ephraim one half part of my house where I now live with the building thereon both for quantity & quality with all my husbandry tools and living stock of creatures of every kind I shall die seized of as the name is bounded southwesterly part on Jonas Rice & part on Elisha Rice, west on Cyprian Rice and four acres of my own land here after mentioned on a town road. Northerly on a town road. Easterly part on (Ralph’s ?) land & part on south pond southerly, southerly on John Rice his land. Said homelot lyes on both sides a town road & contains in the whole about one hundred acres, more four acres lying on the northerly side a town road, more or less as per record. I also give him ten acres of meadow on Qualange River bound on north on the river, south & east on Josiah Partredge, west on Bartlett’s Point. I give him more viz my part in the Meeting house and all my wearing apparel with all the money which is due or coming to me from my late brother Mattathias Rice deceased his estate with all my money I shall die seized & possessed of. Said bequests are on the conditions following viz. That the said Ephraim improve the half heretofore bequeathed in a good husband-like manner during my life & deliverance yearly the whole produce of the same of every sort affordance to be to my sole use & disposal. And also to provide for my comfortable support in sickness & health during my natural life if I stand in need & at my death to give a decent Christian burial. And also pay out the legacies hereafter mentioned to his two sisters & my granddaughter.
Item. I give & bequeath to my daughter’s Miriam & Mary in equal parts all my household goods of every sort & name, as iron, (illegible) pewter, wood, bed & bedding, linen & woolen of every sort & whatever else of indoor moveable not mentioned by name. And ten shilling money to each of them. And to Mary one milking cow to be paid by my executor at my decease.
Item. I give, bequeath to my granddaughter Zerciah Sanford, one heifer two years old, to be delivered to her by my executor within six months after my decease.
Item. I constitute my son Ephr. Rice, sole executor to this my last will and testament. And I utterly disallow & disannul all & every other former or other wills, legacies and bequests or Executors by me made, willed or bequeathed. Ratifying & conforming this and no other to be my last will & testament.
In witness whereof I have put my hand & seal, the day & year above written.
Signed, sealed, published, pronounced & declared said Azariah Rice as his last will & testament in the presence of these subscribers: Wm Ayres, William Ayres Jr, Benjamin Ayers.
Azariah Rice (seal)

Worcester ss. To all people to whom these presents shall come, Levi Lincoln, Judge of the Probate of wills, in the County of Worcester, within the State of Massachusetts Bay, in New England, sendeth Greeting.
Know ye, that on the seventh day of September, anno domini 1779. The instrument herewith annexed purporting the last will & testament of Azariah Rice, late of Brookfield in the County aforesaid, deceased, was presented for probate by Ephraim Rice the executor herein named. Then present William Ayres & Benjamin Ayers, two of the witnesses of the hereto described who made oath that they saw the said testator sign seal & heard him declare the said instrument to be his last will & testament & that they with the other subscribing witnesses subscribed their names together as witnesses to the execution thereof in the said testator’s presence and that he was this to the best of their judgement, of sound & disposing mind:
I do prove, approve & allow of the said instrument as the last will & testament of the before name deceased and do commit that the administration thereof in all matters the same (illegible) & of his estate whereof he died seized & possessed in said County unto Ephraim Rice the before named executor work faithfully to execute the said will, and to administer the estate of the said deceased according thereto, who accepted of his said inst. and he shall render an inventory of said estate into the Probate office according to law, and he shall render an amount upon oath of his proceeding when thereunto lawfully required.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day & year above written. Levil Lincoln, J. prob.
Entered from the original, Josiah Wheeler Regr.

     Hattie Ann Sappington was born in 1935 at Ganado, Jackson County, Texas. She was the daughter of Tam Sappington and Mary Sappington. Hattie Ann Sappington died in 1999.

     Mary Sappington married Tam Sappington.

     Tam Sappington married Mary Sappington.

     Willie N. Sasabee was born on 10-Jul-1902. She married Davis White Wood, son of James Madison Wood and Amanda Elizabeth Rice, on 14-Apr-1960.

     Leo James Saucier was born at Jefferson City, Missouri. He married Oretha Mae Rice, daughter of Jesse James Rice and Wilhemena Minnie Schulz, on 28-Aug-1944 at Nogalez, Arizona. Leo James Saucier and Oretha Mae Rice were divorced on 8-Oct-1947 at Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas.

     Cardis Delman Sawyer was born on 3-Jul-1915 at Babyhead, Llano County, Texas. He died on 8-Mar-1972 at Llano, Llano County, Texas, at age 56.

     Leman Pat "Buzz" Sawyer is the son of Cardis Delman Sawyer and Jessie Irene McFall.

     Mary Sawyer married Joshua Rice, son of Samuel Rice and Elizabeth King.

     Susan Elaine Schaffner is the daughter of Piermont Gus Schaffner and Lorea Eva Smith.

     Talley Scheffler married Rudolph Kuecher.

     Alvin Joseph Schindler married Clara Dale Staff.

     Beaux Ryan Schindler is the son of Kenneth Schindler and Melinda Kay Holmes.

     Cole Matthew Schindler is the son of Kenneth Schindler and Melinda Kay Holmes.

     Kenneth Schindler is the son of Alvin Joseph Schindler and Clara Dale Staff.

     Cash Aiden Schlessiger is the son of Nathan Andrew Friedrich Schlessiger.

     Heidi Faye Schlessiger is the daughter of Karl Friedrich Schlessiger and Mida Sue Williams.

     Karl Friedrich Schlessiger is the son of Paul Schlessiger and Mary Sue Medford.

     Nathan Andrew Friedrich Schlessiger is the son of Karl Friedrich Schlessiger and Mida Sue Williams.