Samuel Sanford III (1704 - 1758)

Born 1 Apr 1704 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Gillett) Sanford — married 16 Jun 1731 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1758 at age 53 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Samuel Sanford, son of Samuel Sanford and Esther Baldwin; born in Milford, Connecticut, on April 1, 1703/04; and died approx. 1758.^[1]

m. Hannah Gilbert

His inventory was completed on 30 April 1758 in Newtown and recorded in Danbury. Thomas Sanford and Amos Sanford were the administrators of his estate.^[2]

In 1758, his estate distribution was ordered to be distributed to his widow Hannah, Thomas Sanford (eldest son), Amos Sanford, Hezekiah Sanford, Samuel Sanford, Sarah, wife of Josiah Platt, and Lois Sanford.^[3]

Burial

Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ Pg 413 Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881
2. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TN4Q : 15 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 89, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1739-1767, Pages 159-160.
3. ↑ “Probate records v. 1-3 1744-1782”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-TF1Y : 21 February 2023), FHL microfilm 007627321, image 255, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1745-1775, Pages 103.

See also:

• Baldwin, Charles Candee.The Baldwin Genealogy From 1500 To 1881(The Leader Printing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1881)
• Johnson, Ezra Levan. Newtown's History and Historian, Ezra Levan Johnson (Newtown, Conn., 1917) "Descendants of Some of Newtown's Earliest Settlers", Page 127
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9X-JGGQ : 21 September 2019), Samuel Sanford, ; citing Death, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272244.
• Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection
• Ancestry.com, Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection
• Our Northern Roots Database
• Newtown, CT: Vital Records, 1704-1850 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, Boston, 2021) Vol. 1, Page 46.

• "Samll Sanford and Hannah Gold married June 10, 1731."
• "Samll, died March 7, 1758"

• Find A Grave: Memorial #196969229
• Sanford, Carlton. Thomas Sanford, the emigrant to New England; ancestry, life, and descendants, 1632-4 (Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1911) Page 104 & Page 120.