Alexander Sanderson was born in Scotland and died before 11 December 1760 Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America of unspecified causes. He married Jean Watson in Scotland.
"The Sanderson Family
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was organized in 1750 from parts of Lancaster County, and it was settled by Scotch and English, who began in 1740-42 to take up lands to which the Indians' title had not been fully extinguished. Among these were Alexander Sanderson and his family, who located about 1744 near the present town of Carlisle in Middleton Township, Cumberland County......
The records of Pennsylvania show, under the head of Warrantees if Land in Lancaster County, Penna., Alexander Sanderson, 200 acres, date of survey Sept. 19, 1746: George Sanderson (son), 200 acres, date of survey April 30, 1745. In the first list of taxables in Middleton Township, Cumberland Co., for 1751 (Penna Archives, 3d Series, Vol. 24. pp. 527, 529), appear the names of Alexander Sanderson and George Sanderson.
Alexander Sanderson had a wife names Jean and a number of children. He died in 1760. His will was signed Feb. 20, 1760 and proved Dec. 11, 1760."
-Samuel Carpenter and his descendants By Louis Henry Carpenter
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| George Sanderson (1712-1787) | 1712 Scotland | 22 May 1797 Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States of America | Jane Ross (1716-1750) Jean Aiken (-aft1750) |
| Alexander Sanderson | |||
| Barbara Sanderson | |||
| Martha Sanderson | |||
| William Sanderson | |||
| John Sanderson | |||
| James Sanderson | |||
| Margaret Sanderson | |||
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