Ezekiel Sanford Sr. (1708 - 1760)

Born 4 Mar 1708 in New Haven, New Haven County, Colony of Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Desire (Warner) Sanford — married 11 Feb 1729 in New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1760 at about age 51 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Colony of Connecticut

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Biography

Ezekiel Sanford was born 4 March 1707/8 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony to father Samuel Sanford, and mother unknown.^[1][2] His mother may be Esther Nathaniel.^{[citation needed]}

He married Desire Warner 11 February 1729 by John Hall, Esq.^[3][4]

Ezekiel and Desire had 7 children: Daniel, Ezekiel, Ezra, Joseph, Hannah, Desire, and Ezekiel.^[5]

He died in 1761.^[6]

Research Notes

Find a Grave children are:

1. Daniel, - Done
2. Ezra,
3. Joseph,
4. Hannah, - Done
5. Desire - Done
6. Ezekiel Sanford Jr. - His inventory was taken on 12 June 1764.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74R-JZ7 : 3 December 2014), Ezekiell Sanford, 04 Mar 1707; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ New Haven, CT: Vital Records, 1649-1850. (Online database accessed 18 September 2017: AmericanAncestors.org.New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850, Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, CT, 1917.) Volume 1, page 110. See record at subscription site.
3. ↑ New Haven Vital Records, Volume 1, page 218. see record at subscription site.
4. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H963-8TT2 : 11 January 2020), Ezekell Sanford, 1728.
5. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol VII, pages 1588 & 1591 (Sanford Family).
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
7. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBJX  : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 268, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 500-501.

See also:

• FamilySearch record
• Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 10 August 2021), memorial page for Ezekiel Sanford Sr. (4 May 1707–1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #155427166, citing Hillside Cemetery, Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA.
• Johnston, Henry P., ed.. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society Revolution Rolls and Lists, 1775-1783. Vol. VIII. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Historical Society, 1901, 1999.
• Connecticut Historical Society. Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War, 1755-1762. Vol. I-II. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Historical Society, 1903-1905.
• Talcott, M. K.. List of Burials, or "Sexton's List", of the Center Church Burying Ground, Hartford. Hartford, CT, USA: Connecticut Quarterly, 1898-1899.
• Dutton, Samuel W. S.. The history of the North Church in New Haven : from its formation in May, 1742, during the great awakening, to the completion of the century in May, 1842, in three sermons. New Haven: A.H. Maltby, 1842.