	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. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and then began farming, trading, and running a tavern in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. After a fire destroyed his property, leaving him bankrupt, he started over in the frontier of New York. He became a land agent or speculator, buying large tracts of land and reselling smaller lots. He was involved in various business pursuits, including agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation. He was a town supervisor, county judge, and state assemblyman and senator.