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She was the widow of Peter Greene
Had no children with her first husband Peter Greene.
Wife of John Sanford — married 17 Apr 1663 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
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Mary Sanford formerly Gorton aka Gree
Born about 13 Oct 1643 in Gorton, Lancashire, England
Daughter of Samuel Gorton Sr. and Mary (Maplet) Gorton
Sister of Samuel Gorton, John Gorton, Mahershalalhashbaz (Gorton) Coles, Sarah (Gorton) Mace, Elnathan Gorton, Anna (Gorton) Warner, Susannah (Gorton) Barton, Elizabeth (Gorton) Crandall and Benjamin Gorton
Wife of Peter Greene — married about 1657 [location unknown]
Wife of John Sanford — married 17 Apr 1663 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Mother of Mary (Sanford) Thomas, Eliphal (Sanford) Akin, John Sanford and Samuel Sanford
Died 1688 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Gorton-43 created 7 Feb 2011 | Last modified 30 Jun 2020
Biography
Had no children with her first husband Peter Greene.
Samuel Gorton http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=1050f0ee-8433-40b7-a0f...
From The Great Migration on John Sanford http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=d408fb7c-6ea9-4de2-99c...
Name
Mary Gorton[1][2][3]
Marriage
27 APR 1663 to John Sanford[4]
Death
Date: 1688[5]
1687/1688 East Greenwich, Washington, Rhode Island
Burial
1731 Rhode Island
Sources
Gorton, Adelos. The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton, (Philadelphia. George S. Ferguson Co. 1907)
S944: Genealogy of one branch of the Peckham family of Newport and Westerly, R.I, Page 68
Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903) Page 56, 62, 63
Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1893) Vol. 4 Newport County.
Page 25: "1-112 Greene, Mary (widow), and John Sanford, April 17, 1663"
Page 36: "1-112 Sanford, John, of John, dec., and Mary Greene, widow of John, 2d son of John, of warwick, dec., and 2d dau. of Samuel Gorton, April 17, 1663"
Ancestral File Number: 9WCH-TN
Hanaford, Mary Elisabeth Neal. Family Records of Branches of the Hanaford, Thompson, Huckins, ... and Allied Families (Rockford, Ill., 1915) Page 266
Footnotes
↑ Clarke: Page 56
↑ Clarke: Page 62
↑ #S944: Page 68
↑ Clarke: Page 62
↑ Clarke: Page 63
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October 13, 1643
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Gorton, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
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1664 |
March 30, 1664
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Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
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1666 |
February 20, 1666
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Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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1672 |
June 18, 1672
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Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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1677 |
October 5, 1677
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Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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1731 |
January 7, 1731
Age 87
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East Greenwich, Kings County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
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1916 |
February 25, 1916
Age 87
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March 1, 1916
Age 87
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