Ephriam Sanford

Ephraim Sanford

Born: 28 May 1752, Tiverton, R.I.

Died: 21 Oct 1823, Tiverton, R.I.

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

Married: 7 Oct, 1773, CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Tiverton, R.I.

Wife: Rhoda Simmons, b. 2 May 1752, Tiverton, R.I.

Ephraim Sanford married Rhoda Simmons, daughter of Peleg and Mary (Brownell) Simmons.

Children:

• Restcome, b. possibly 1774
• David
• Ephraim. There was an Ephraim Sanford Jr. who married 8 Dec. 1802, Hannah Lawton of Portsmouth.
• Joseph.
• Phillip, b. possibly 1779
• Benjamin
• George
• Mary, m. Ephraim Macomber.
• Abigail, m. _______Wilcox
• Rhoda, m. ________King. There was a Rhoda Sanford who married Godfrey King.
• Lucinda m. (int.) 22 Dec 1810, Benjamin Tripp at Westport.
• Priscilla, m. _____Tripp
• Sarah m. _______Simmons
• Isaac b. circa March 1793.

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. 20

Corrections and additions for the John Sanford genealogy (1967)

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford%2...

http://dunhamwilcox.net/ri/rhode_island_vr5.htm