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Samuel Sanford

Also Known As: "Nathaniel Sanford", "Samuel Sandford", "Samuel _________________", "Samuel Sanford Jr."
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Death: September 03, 1738 (60)
Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain John Sanford and Mary Sanford
Husband of Deborah Sanford
Father of Restcome Sanford; Peleg Sanford; Mary Taber; Eliphal Hart and Samuel Sanford
Brother of Mary Thomas; Eliphal Eliphalet Akin and John Sanford
Half brother of Elizabeth Dyer; Mary Sanford; Susanna Sanford and Rebecca Sanford

Occupation: Weaver / Schoolmaster at Tivrton
Managed by: Private User
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About Samuel Sanford

Samuel Sanford

Born: 05 Oct 1677 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Died: 03 Sep 1738 Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: John Sanford, b. 04 Jun 1633, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; d. 25 Jan 1686, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

Mother: Mary Gorton, b. 13 Oct 1643, Gorton, Lancaster, England; d. 07 Jan 1730, East Greenwich, Washington, Rhode Island, USA

Married: 1703

Wife: Deborah Manchester, b. 05 Oct 1677, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Children:

  • Restcome Sanford, b. 27 Jul 1704, Tiverton, R.I. ; d. Oct 1772, m. Elizabeth Lake; m. Content Manchester Crandall
  • Peleg Sanford, b. 08 Mar 1707, Tiverton, R.I. ; d. 26 Aug 1773, Tiverton, R.I.; m. Anna Dennis
  • Mary Sanford, b. 7 May 1710, m. 15 Jan 1733/4?, Philip Taber
  • Eliphal Sanford, b. 12 May 1714, m. Smiton Hart
  • Samuel Sanford Jr. b. 21 May 1716, d. 1773 (believed died 1773, no issue)

Samuel Sanford was born on 5 October 1677 at Probably, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was the son of Capt. John Sanford and Mary Gorton. Samuel Sanford married Deborah Manchester, daughter of William Manchester and Mary Cook, before 1704. Samuel Sanford was a schoolmaster on 25 July 1722 at Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. He left a will on 27 December 1737. He was a weaver. He died on 3 September 1738 at Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, at age 60. His estate was proved on 19 September 1738.

Samuel and his wife Deborah were both born on October 5, 1677, most probably in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Sources:

President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and descendants with many allied families, 1605-1965, by Jack Minard Sanford - https://archive.org/details/presidentjohnsan00sanf

Tiverton, R.I. Vital Records

http://northwesternpa.net/getperson.php?personID=I3170753&tree=NWPa

http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p2064.htm#i103164

"Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," index, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F8SK-PXS


I think this is a duplicate of Samuel. All reference to Nathaniel seem to point to him actually being Samuel. I will confirm before I delete this person

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Samuel Sanford's Timeline

1677
October 5, 1677
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
1677
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British America
1704
July 27, 1704
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1708
March 8, 1708
Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
1710
May 7, 1710
Tiverton, Newport Co., R.I.
1714
May 12, 1714
Tiverton, Newport Co., R.I.
1716
November 21, 1716
Tiverton, Newport Co., R.I.
1738
September 3, 1738
Age 60
Tiverton, Bristol County, Massachusetts
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British Colonial America