Holbrook line: Richard Langer or Sanger, Immigrant

It's hard enough to find information about our ancestors without someone writing their name in such a fashion that it can't be read accurately.  Two sources who apparently looked at the very same records for the very same year arrived at different conclusions as to whether the initial letter in his first name is an "L" or and "S".  In my tree, I have it as an "S" but I'm not taking any bets as to whether or not that is correct. 

Having said that, is it any wonder that we don't know who this man's parents are, or where they came from?  Everyone assumes it's England, and that is probably correct, but we don't know when he was born, either, so that makes the search a little more difficult. 

What we do know is that he was in or of Hinghaam, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts in 1636, when he was given a grant of land there.

We know that he had a daughter Margaret when he died in 1659 and we know from his will that he had three daughters, Margaret married to Thomas Lincoln (eldest son Joshua), Dinah and Rebecca, who were apparently not married.  There is no mention of a wife so she had probably died, but whether that was in New England or not, we don't know.  Some have given her a first name of Margaret and others have called her "Joanne Underdowne" but I've not seen documentation for either name.

When Richard wrote his will on February 20, 1659, he tells us all we know of his life between 1636 and 1659; in fact, he tells us all we know of his life. He describes himself as "very aged".  His real estate was described as "two home lotts that I bought of mhy son in law, Thomas Lincoln", which were to go to Joshua Lincoln, and a lot of meadow at Conyhasset as well as his "great lott lyeing neere Glad Tidings Rocke".  The only personal property he disposed of was a 'green rugg" to his daughter Margaret, and she was to give 4 shillings each to her two sisters, Dinah and Rebecca.  He may have been living with the Lincolns when he died, to have so little personal property.  His appraisal was modest, just 21 pounds and two shillings.  I haven't seen a copy of the appraisal, so I don't know whether the valuation included the land mentioned or not. 

We can guess that Richard attended church services but we don't know whether or not he was a Puritan, or a Separatist, or merelly getting along with his neighbors.  He did seem to get along with his neighbors, as I found no mention of him in court records.  These are speculations only.  We have a record that shows he was here, that he acquired a modest amount of property, that he had daughters, and that he seemed to have a high regard for hiw (apparently) first grandson.  Other than that, he kept his head down and raised his family, for which we thank him, whatever his name is!

The line of descent is

Richard Sanger-
Margaret Sanger-Thomas Lincoln
Sarah Lincoln-Thomas Marsh
Deborah Marsh-Isaac Lazell
Deborah Lazell-Levi Rockwood
Susanna Rockwood-Nahum Holbrook
Joseph Holbrook-Mary Elizabeth Whittemore
Fremont Holbrook-Phoebe Brown
Loren Holbrook-Etta Stanard
Gladys Holbrook-Richard Allen
Their descendants