Rhoda Sanford

Rhoda and her sister married half brothers

Rhoda Simmons

Born: May 2, 1751

Father: Peleg Simmons, b. December 21, 1716, Tiverton, Bristol County, Province of Massachusetts

Mother: Mary Brownell, b. July 15, 1717, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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

Spouse: Ephraim Sanford, b. 28 May 1752, Tiverton, R.I.; d. 21 Oct 1823, Tiverton, R.I.

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:

VITAL RECORD of RHODE ISLAND, 1636-1850. First series. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES and DEATHS, A Family Register for the People, By James N. Arnold, Editor of the Narrangansett Historical Register, VOL. VIII. Episcopal and Congregational - http://dunhamwilcox.net/ri/rhode_island_vr5.htm

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)

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