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Elizabeth (Sanford) Burgess (abt. 1757 - 1833)

Elizabeth Burgess formerly Sanford
Born about in Newport, Rhode Islandmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married 4 Jan 1781 in Newport, Hants Nova Scotiamap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 76 in Burlington, Hants, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

Elizabeth Sanford, daughter of Encome Sanford and Sarah Clarke, was born about 1757 at Newport, Rhode Island and died in Nova Scotia, 7 Nov 1833. She married Edward Burgess, son of Benjamin Burgess and Hannah Church, who was born in 1756. They married at Newport, Nova Scotia in 1781.[1] Edward died at Newport 20 Feb 1843.[2]

Edward Burgess’ father Benjamin Burgess, the Nova Scotia Planter, is recorded at Newport, Nova Scotia in 1772:[3]

Roll or Inventory of Estates in the Township of Newport, Dec. 30, 1772. Taken from records in the Province Library, Halifax.
- Benjamin Burges, p. 130

Benjamin’s sons John and Edward are recorded at Newport, Nova Scotia on September 5, 1781:[4]

Sept. 5, 1781 E. Mosher, Constable
This is a list of all th…this side of Cannecut River
- John Burges, p. 133
- Edward Burges, p. 133

Under their father Benjamin Burgess’ will dated 2 Jul 1825 and proved at Windsor, Nova Scotia 26 Apr 1834, each of sons John and Edward inherited half the farm adjacent to “the Slocum lot”.[5]

Children of Edward Burgess and Elizabeth Sanford

Children of Edward and Elizabeth included the following:[6]

  1. Sanford, b. 18 Oct 1781
  2. Caleb Clark, b. 2 Nov 1783
  3. Joseph, b. 25 Dec 1785
  4. Mary, b. 22 Apr 1787
  5. Philip, b. 9 Mar 1790
  6. Joshua, b. 11 Feb 1793
  7. John, b. 22 Aug 1797
  8. Elizabeth, b. 3 Mar 1800

Sources

  1. ↑ Hants County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project : National Archives of Canada, Newport Township Register (1752-1858) Burgess, Edward and Sanford, Elizabeth
  2. ↑ Hants County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project : National Archives of Canada, Newport Township Register (1752-1858) Burgess, Edward, Snr
  3. ↑ The Narragansett Historical Register…State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. VII. 1889. James N. Arnold, Editor. The Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Providence, R.I. Benjamin Burges, p. 130
  4. ↑ The Narragansett Historical Register… John Burges, Edward Burges, pp. 132-3
  5. ↑ Duncanson, John Victor. Newport, Nova Scotia—A Rhode Island Township. Mika Publishing Company, Belleville, Ontario, 1985.
  6. ↑ Hants County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project : National Archives of Canada, Newport Township Register (1752-1858) Burgess, of Edward and Elizabeth
  • Burgess genealogy Edward Burgess & Elizabeth Sanford
  • Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQ2-J62 : accessed 9 May 2021), entry for Elizabeth Sanford, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.
  • Sanford, Jack Minard, 1900- . President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and descendants with many allied families, 1605-1965. Also adding the male members given in the "William Sanford of Madison, New York" genealogy by Heman Howes Sanford, 1890, with many families brought up to date. Publisher Rutland, Vt., Printed by Sharp Printing. 1966. Encome Sanford; Elizabeth Sanford, daughter, pp. 258-9




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Sanford-5062 Lori Sanford
Sanford-136 and Sanford-137 appear to represent the same person because: Found this orphaned file, adopted it then realized it was the same... needs to be merged.
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Sanford-1883 and Sanford-136 appear to represent the same person because: These two are duplicates and need to be merged. Please approve and merge.
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Rejected matches › Mary (Sanford) Shute (1642-) › Mary J (Burgess) Weaver (bef.1860-) › Mary Burgess (1778-) › Elizabeth Burgess (abt.1730-)

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