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View Tree for Anthony SandowskiAnthony Sandowski (b. Bet. 1668 - 1669, d. April 22, 1736)

Anthony Sandowski was born Bet. 1668 - 1669 in Gostyn, Poland, and died April 22, 1736 in Berks County, PA. He married Marya Bordt on Bet. 1704 - 1705.

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ANTONI (ANTHONY) SANDOWSKI (SANDUSKY)
1668-69 to 1736
Antoni Sadoski was born in 1668-69 in Gostyn, Poland (which is west central Poland). Tradition says that he was defending Polish territory against a Swedish invasion about 1700 when he was captured. After a few days of torture aboard a prison ship he escaped at the Gulf of Rega and left his family and all possessions in Poland. He settled in America in the first decade of the eighteenth century. He married a dutch girl named Marya Bordt (Mary Bird) in (Long Island New York) (or Monmouth Co. New Jersey) in 1704 or 1706. Marya was born on Long Island NY. to Mary and Andrew Bordt. Marya's second husband was Thomas Palmer, married August 9, 1737 at the Christ Church, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He died 1747-49. Marya died in Fredrick Co. Virginia in the year 1758. Antoni and Marya had six children, only five have been discovered, they are as follows;
1. Justina, was born ca. 1706- She married James Warren ca. 1721. They had two children one was named James Warren who died April 7, 1776. Justina died of small pox in the fall of 1731.
2. Andrew, was born ca. 1705 (1708-10) in Berks Co. Pennsylvania. He married Catherine ?. He was killed by Indians in 1769 in Virginia.
3. Ann (Anna), was married to Increase Miller in 1733 they had eleven children.
4. Sofia (Sophia), married 1. ? Johnson 2. William Darling. He was a rev. soldier or a patriot.
5. Jacob, who died before 1736. No mention of him until Justina's will he may have died before their father or was a brother-in-law.
Antoni was a Polish pioneer, fur trader, a "go between" Indians, Land Govenor of Pennsylvania. He settled along Schuylkil Rover, 400 acres bought from a speculator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1712. He served the Provincial government as a messenger- interpreter during negotiations with the Indian tribes in 1728. He spoke seven languages, including Indian tribes in 1728. He died April 22, 1736 in Berks Co. Oa., and was buried in St. Gabrial's Episcopal Church Graveyard, Douglasville, Pa.


More About Anthony Sandowski:
Burial: St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church Graveyard, Douglasville, PA.

More About Anthony Sandowski and Marya Bordt:
Marriage: Bet. 1704 - 1705

Children of Anthony Sandowski and Marya Bordt are:
  1. +Andrew Sandowski, b. 1705, Berks County, PA, d. 1774, VA.
  2. Justina Sandowski, b. 1706.
  3. Anna Sandowski.
  4. Sofia Sandowski.
  5. Jacob Sandowski.
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