Sarah Clifford

Evidence needed to support as child of William Godfrey, of Thonock. Sarah’s son, John Clifford, married a Sarah Godfrey, and this seems to be the source of this Sarah’s name confusion.

Family

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Before 1645, when John Clifford was 36, he first married Sarah [surname not known][1,2], in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[3,4,5,6,7,8,9]. Sarah died before September 1658[1].

CHILDREN

• i. Hannah CLIFFORD. On 20 November 1677 when Hannah was 28, she married Luke MELOON[1,23,25], son of Huybrick MELOON, in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH
• ii. Israel CLIFFORD Israel was born circa 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1]. His birth is estimated because he gave his age as "about 25" in 1675. Israel became Freeman when he took the Oath of Allegience in 1678[1]. Israel was taxed in Hampton Falls, Rockingham co., NH in 1708[1].
• iii. Elizabeth CLIFFORD Elizabeth was born on 4 April 1650 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1] and died in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH before August 1659; she was 9[1].
• iv. John CLIFFORD John was born in 1646[3] and died in New Hampshire before 1722; he was 76[1]. John became Freeman when he took the Oath in 1678[1]. He deeded "my dwelling house standing in the woods" to his brother Israel in 1676[1], but I have no notation of where that dwelling house was. On 18 August 1670 when John was 24, he married Sarah GODFREY[1,42], in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[43,7,33,44,45,18,20,46,47]. Sarah was born on 15 May 1642 in Watertown, Middlesex co., MA[1] and died in 1694; she was 51[3].

On 28 September 1658 when John Clifford was 49, he second married Elizabeth RICHARDSON, in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[3,5,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. Elizabeth died on 1 December 1667 in Hampton, Rockingham co., NH[1,3].