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Elizabeth Sanford (Payne)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth /Payne/"
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Birthplace: New Haven, New Haven Colony, Connecticut, English Colony
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Daughter of William Paine, of New Haven and 1st wife of William Paine
Wife of Thomas Sanford
Mother of Samuel Sanford of New Haven; Elizabeth Tuttle; Anna Abbott; Thomas Sanford; William Sanford and 5 others
Sister of Mercy Frost and John Paine, of New Haven

Managed by: Brandt Joseph Gibson
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About Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth Payne, born 6 March 1648 in New Haven, married Thomas Sanford, born Dec. 1644, died 1721.

Origins

William Payne died in 1684 in New Haven, Conn. Married as his second wife, (2) Mary Edwards, widow of Francis Brown..

William Payne married. He had the following children:

  • i. Mercy PAYNE [m John FROST 9 Jun 1664 New Haven CT].
  • ii. Elizabeth PAINE
  • iii. John PAYNE [b abt 1649 New Haven CT, christened New Haven CT, d 4 Jun 1729 New Haven CT, buried Grove St Cem., m Abigail BROCKETT 22 Jan 1673].

Family

It appears that William Payne is the William Payne who came to New Haven to take over the investment of Winthrop and others, when Winthrop became the leader of the Connecticut colony. Elizabeth Payne was evidently born in New Haven, 6 March, 1648. She married Thomas Sanford 11 October, 1666, in New Haven, CT. Thomas Sanford was born December 1644, in New Haven; his parents were Thomas Sanford and Sarah Meadows.

They were the parents of 10 children:

  • 1. 
Samuel Sanford born 13 Sep 1668.
  • 
2. Elizabeth Sanford born 10 Nov 1671. 

  • 3. Thomas Sanford born 13 Oct 1673. 

  • 4. Anna Sanford born 19 Feb 1675. 

  • 5. Thomas Sanford born 25 May 1677. 

  • 6. William Sanford born 29 Nov 1679
  • 7. Sarah Sanford born 26 November 1682. Married February 1703 Thomas Beach in New Haven
  • 8. Abigail Sanford born Feb. 1684, d. 8 March 1684.
  • 9. Mary Sanford born Feb. 1685
  • 10. John Sanford born 1686

More:

Sanford, Carlton E.: Thomas Sanford, the emigrant to New England: ancestry, life, and descendants, 1632-4 : sketches of four other pioneer Sanfords and some of their descendants in appendix, with many illustrations. (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Co., printers, 1911), pages 93-94.

'Nov. 18, 1679, William Paine of New Haven, deeded to his son-in-law, Thomas Sanford of New Haven, "as part portion of my daughter Elizabeth, the house and home lot he now lives on." '

Note: Another Elizabeth is in Dedham Massachusetts having children with her husband, Hunting, at the same time Elizabeth Payne Sanford is in New Haven having her ten children. For the other Elizabeth who married Hunting, go to the town records of Dedham, MA for her marriage and the series of births attributed to her. Her father may be Thomas Paine.

References

  • http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Elizabeth_Payne_%2824%29
  • http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-s...
  • http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Payne-1994
  • Payne, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974), 6:1379. '[Elizabeth [listed as daughter of William Payne with brackets around the entry]; m 11 Oct 1666 NHV--Thomas Sanford.]' This entry is bracketed indicating that Jacobus considered it probable but not proven that the Elizabeth Payne who married Thomas Sanford was daughter of William Payne and his unknown first wife.
  • Sanford, Carlton E. Thomas Sanford, the Emigrant to New England: Ancestry, Life, and Descendants, 1632-4: Sketches of Four Other Pioneer Sanfords and Some of Their Descendants in Appendix, with Many Illustrations. (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Co., Printers, 1911), pages 93-94. 'Nov. 18, 1679, William Paine of New Haven, deeded to his son-in-law, Thomas Sanford of New Haven, "as part portion of my daughter Elizabeth, the house and home lot he now lives on." '
  • http://minerdescent.com/2010/06/21/john-hunting/ (the other Elizabeth Paine)
  • John Hunting, (bp 1636 -1718) & Elizabeth Paine (1647/8- ); m. Dedham 18 Apr 1671 [NGSQ 78:94] "Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages prior to 1700" by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991,
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Elizabeth Sanford's Timeline

1648
March 6, 1648
New Haven, New Haven Colony, Connecticut, English Colony
March 12, 1648
Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1668
September 13, 1668
New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, USA
1671
November 10, 1671
New Haven, New Haven Co., CT
1675
February 19, 1675
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
1677
May 25, 1677
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1679
November 29, 1679
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
1682
November 26, 1682
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony
1684
February 1684
Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA