Deacon Joseph Sanford, Sr.

Joseph is buried at the Common Burial Ground in Newport RI.

Joseph was a sea captain like his brothers.

He left the sea in his later years

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sanford-1421

Biography

Deacon Joseph Sanford was born at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in mid-August of 1698, a son of Samuel Sanford and Susanna (Spatchurst) Sanford; a sailor-turned-shopkeeper, he also served as an ensign in the Newport militia. He married Lydia Odlin on the 8th of February, 1722.

Joseph is understood to have died at Newport in the fall of 1765; his burial was recorded at the town's Common Burying Ground. Lydia survived him by more than fifteen years, dying in May of 1781; she lies in the same cemetery.

Joseph Sanford (1698 - 1765)

Dea. Joseph Sanford

Born 13 Aug 1698 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Son of Samuel Sanford and Susanna (Spatchurst) Sanford

Brother of Elizabeth (Sanford) Allen [half], Jane (Sanford) Card [half], John Sanford [half], Bridgett Sanford [half], Mary (Sanford) Arnold [half], William Sanford [half], Samuel Sanford [half], Restcome Sanford, Peleg Sanford, Elisha Sanford, Encome Sanford, Ezbon Sanford, Francis Sanford, Benjamin Sanford, Joshua Sanford and Elizabeth (Sanford) Brown

Husband of Lydia (Odlin) Sanford — married 8 Feb 1722 in Newport, Rhode Island

Father of Sarah (Sanford) Rogers, Frances (Sanford) Thurston and Martha (Sanford) Thurston

Died 1 Oct 1765 at age 67 in Newport, Rhode Island

Profile last modified 6 Aug 2022 | Created 14 Apr 2014

Sources

Birth: "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SK-TS9 : 10 February 2018), Joseph Sanford, 13 Aug 1698; citing Portsmouth, Rhode Island, reference p 162; FHL microfilm 946,795.
Marriage: "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24H-3PGT : accessed 12 April 2019), Joseph Sanford and Lydia Odlin, 08 Feb 1721; citing Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 101.
Death and burial (no image of gravestone): Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 April 2019), memorial page for Deacon Joseph Sanford (13 Aug 1698–1 Oct 1765), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59504124, citing Common Burying Ground, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Scout (contributor 47319613); https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59504124/joseph-sanford
Sanford, John Minard. John Sanford Genealogy: President John Sanford of BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS AND PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND 1605-1695 AND HIS DESCENDANTS WITH MANY ALLIED FAMILIES. Self Compiled and Published (244 Walnut Street, East Aurora, New York). Copyright 1966. p. 16
Acknowledgments

This profile was originally created based on first-hand information as remembered by Alan Whitman, Monday, April 14, 2014.
The merged profile Sanford-3808 was originally created by Christopher Childs on 12 April 2019.