Dr
Samuel
Sanford
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Elihu Sanford
and Hannah Sanford
Brother of
Elihu Sanford and Strong Sanford
Husband of
Rowena (Davis) Hurd
— married
28 Feb 1791 (to 25 Jan 1803) in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 37
in Humphreysville, New Haven, CT
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Jan 2015
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Biography
Doctor Samuel SANFORD was born 20 Oct 1765. He died 25 Jan 1803 in Humphreysville, New Haven, CT and was buried in Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, New Haven, CT. Samuel married Rowena DAVIS on 28 Feb 1791.
Sources
- W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 72. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... to meet at the house of Dr. Samuel Sanford on the 20th day of Feb., 1797; then and there to form an Episcopal Ecclesiastical Society.
"The warrant was dated Feb. 12th, 1797, and was served on thirty-nine persons ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/072.html.
- Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Southford Cemetery (Southford Cemetery), p. 30. http://oxfordpast.net/sfcemscan30.html.
- Dorothy A. DeBisschop, Historical Personalities of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, p. 72. . http://www.oxfordpast.com/hp72.html.
- Compiled By Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850, p. 67. " ... Dr, of Derby ..."
- 1790 Derby Census.
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 39. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan39.html.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1981[originally]Rome, N.Y. and New Haven, Conn., 1922-1932), vol 7, p 1595.
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 39. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan39.html.
- J. L. Rockey, History of New Haven County, Connecticut, p. 549.
- Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Trinity Cemetery, Seymour, p. 39. http://www.oxfordpast.com/trcemscan39.html.
- Trinity Cemetery Photograph - Seymour, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem5965a.html.
- Donald Lines Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, vol 7, p 1595.
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