Elizabeth Williston (Sanford)

Elizabeth Sanford Williston

Born: 18 Feb 1748, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Died: May 19,1835, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: Restcome Sanford, b. July 27, 1704, Tiverton, Rhode Island; d. October 1772

Mother: Content Manchester Crandall, b. between 1708 and 1713, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; d. 1802

Marriage: Little Compton, R.I., June 11, 1772

Husband: Ichabod Williston

Children:

• Judah Williston, b. Dec 17, 1772
• Hannah Williston, b. April 25, 1775
• Corey Williston, b. Sept. 7, 1777
• Sarah Franklin (Williston), b. July 19, 1780
• Capt. Job Williston, b. Feb 29, 1784
• Pardon Williston, b. Dec. 26, 1788

The marriage record on the Little Compton Vital Records as printed in Arnold is " 'Willingstone', Ichabod, son of Judah Taber, and Elizabeth Sanford of Restcome, married by Walter Cook, Justice, June 11, 1772." Edith Holmes Williston

Sources:

Title: President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island 1605-1965, by Jack Minard Sanford, Publication: East Aurora, NY, 1966, Page: p. 19

Representative men and old families of southeastern Massachusetts: containing historical sketches of prominent and representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families By J.H. Beers & Co