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• Birth	16 Oct 1820	Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Died	Nov 1856	At Sea,County Cork,Ireland
  Person ID	I123695	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2002 00:00:00
  Father	Elias SAUNDERS, b. 20 Jun 1789, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island
  Mother	Fanny VARS, b. 11 Jul 1790, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F47873	Group Sheet
  Family	Keturah V. GAVITT, b. 1827/1828, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Married	22 Sep 1847	Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Children	1. Rhoda SAUNDERS, b. 23 May 1848, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island   2. Alice P. SAUNDERS, b. 6 Jul 1854, Westerly,Washington Co.,Rhode Island
  Family ID	F48653	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Name Prefix: Capt. 1 NOTE "Westerly and It's Witnesses", by Rev. Frederic Denison A. M.,published by J. A. and R. A. Reid, 1878, p230. "Westerly hasoften bowed in deep sorrow over the loss of hersons at sea. A few years since,her tears were elicited afreshin respect to the fate of Capt. Peleg Saunders, and his mate,Erastus Bliven. Captain Saunders, born Oct 16, 1820, afterspending15 years at sea, in different positions and commands,sailed in 1856, as masterof the ship "Mary and Jane," from NewYork to Dundee, in Scotland. On his return voyage, loaded withNewcastle coal, he was disabled, and obliged to put backto Corkfor repairs. Sailing again in November, 1856, he was neverheard from.It is believed that the severe gale that shortlyafter swept over the North Atlantic, caused the foundering ofthe ship. The age of Captain Saunders was thirty-six; that ofMr. Bliven, twenty-six. As Captain Saunders was an exemplaryman,kind and faithful in every office of life, and rose to hisposition by his ability, assiduity, and integrity, he wasgreatly mourned. He left a widow and threedaughters."