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John Sanford

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Death: April 18, 1784 (44)
Redding Ridge, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: Christ Church, Redding Ridge, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Ephraim Sanford and Elizabeth Sanford
Husband of Ann Sanford
Father of Eli Sanford; John Sanford; Stephen Sanford; Huldah Lyon; Lois Beardsley and 5 others
Brother of Elizabeth Platt; Rachel Mead; Oliver Sanford; Lois Lyon; Tabitha Sanford and 6 others

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About John Sanford

Link to grave http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15998418

John married and settled in the Foundry district, in Redding. His children were: James, Stephen, Ephraim, John, Eli, Huldah, Lois, Betty, Elizabeth, and Annie. James, the eldest son, settled in the Foundry district, near his father. He was a teamster in the Revolutionary army, and was present at the execution of Jones and Smith on Gallows Hill. He married Sarah, daughter of John Beach, the faithful missionary of the Church of England.


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John Sanford's Timeline

1739
April 26, 1739
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
April 1739
Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
1758
November 13, 1758
Connecticut, United States
1762
1762
1765
1765
1769
November 24, 1769
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
1771
August 29, 1771
1784
April 18, 1784
Age 44
Redding Ridge, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
April 18, 1784
Age 44
Christ Church, Redding Ridge, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA