Jedediah Sanger | |
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| Member of the New York Senate from the Western district | |
| In office November 4, 1800 – April 11, 1804 | |
| In office November 1, 1796 – April 8, 1800 | |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from Herkimer and Onondaga County | |
| Member of the New York House of Representatives | |
| In office January 6, 1795 – April 9, 1795 | |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from Herkimer County | |
| Member of the New York House of Representatives | |
| In office January 7, 1794 – March 27, 1794 | |
| New Hartford Town Supervisor | |
| In office 1789–1792 | |
| First Judge, Oneida County | |
| In office 1798–1810 | |
| Side Judge, Herkimer County | |
| In office 1791–1798 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 28, 1751 Sherborn, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 6, 1829 (aged 78) New Hartford, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Forest Hill Cemetery Utica, New York, U.S. 43°04′39″N 75°15′29″W / 43.077600°N 75.257950°W |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse(s) |
Sarah Rider
(m. 1771; died 1814)Sarah B. Kissam
(m. 1815; died 1825)Fanny Dench (m. 1827) |
| Children | 4 |
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Jedediah Sanger (February 28, 1751 – June 6, 1829) was the founder of the town of New Hartford, New York, United States. He was a native of Sherborn, Massachusetts, and the ninth child of Richard and Deborah Sanger, a prominent colonial New England family. During the Revolutionary War he attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant having fought in the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston (1776), and during the New York Campaign.
After the war, he settled in Jaffrey, New Hampshire, where he began farming, trading, and running a tavern. He was involved in several civic activities and was appointed Lt. Colonel of the New Hampshire militia. After a fire destroyed his property, leaving him bankrupt, he started over in the frontier of New York.
Sanger settled in what was then called Whitestown. He became a land agent or speculator, buying large tracts of land on both sides of Sauquoit Creek and reselling smaller lots. He was involved in land transactions, one of which involved George Washington, for the area that would become New Hartford, New York. Between 1789 and 1820, he operated a paper mill, grist mill, and saw mill there. He also purchased land at Sangerfield, Skaneateles, Chittenango, and Weedsport; He established mills in some of these towns. To facilitate travel between the settlements, Sanger was an investor in the Seneca and Chenango Turnpikes (now New York State Route 12). Sanger gave his name to a town, Sangerfield, New York, a Masonic lodge, and other places in New York. He is noted as the first settler and founder of New Hartford through two historical markers.
Among his various business pursuits, he was engaged in agriculture and manufacturing. He was a town supervisor, county judge, and state assemblyman and senator. He helped establish churches and a school.