Ezra Sanford (1747 - 1822)

Born 5 Apr 1747 in Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Annatje (Hopper) Sanford — married 8 Dec 1772 in Orange, Province of New York

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1822 at age 75 in Warwick, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

Name

Ezra Sanford

Birth

05 APR 1747 Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA

Death

22 APR 1822 Warwick, Orange, New York, USA

Burial

Warwick Cemetery, Warwick, Orange, New York, USA (Find A Grave)

Sources

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed May 17th, 2015), "Record of Ezra Sanford", Ancestor # A100059.
• Todd, Charles. The History of Redding, Connecticut (Grafton Press, New York, 1906) Page 74: "Sanford, Ezra - Private, 4th Conn. Mil, Fishkill Campaign, 1777."
• Find A Grave: Memorial #29774098
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2004)
• Public Member Trees (The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2006.) Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1034466&pid=-2010642361

Year: 1790; Census Place: Warwick, Orange, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 393; Image: 345; Family History Library Film: 0568146

Year: 1800; Census Place: Warwick, Orange, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 21; Page: 375; Image: 382; Family History Library Film: 193709

Year: 1810; Census Place: Warwick, Orange, New York; Roll: 29; Page: 355; Family History Number: 0181383; Image: 00199.

Year: 1820; Census Place: Warwick, Orange, New York; Roll: M33_64; Page: 260; Image: 273.

End of Chapter I "When this section of the country was first settled there was a large amount of chills and fever in the valley, caused by the water standing on the low grounds along the creek, which was then nearly all swamp land filled with fallen and decaying tress. Since these lands have been cleared and drained this valley has been one of the healthiest places in the County."

Third paragraph in Chapter II "A great many of the early settlements were made on the mountains and the hills because of the condition of the valley, as mentioned in the former chapter, among them being that made by Ezra Sanford, grandfather of Geo. W. and P.E. Sanford, before the Revolutionary war, who owned a farm and had a dam across the Mistucky brook, the remains of which are still visible a short distance below the residence of Samuel Raynor, and ran a grist mill, potash works, and blacksmith shop and general store there. He used to take grain, flour, potash, etc. over to Sterling Iron Works on horseback, as there were few roads where a wagon could be used then, and bring back long, flat bars of iron in payment, which he bent at one end over the horses’ back, then run the other end along their necks and tied them to keep them from being torn off by the brush in coming over the mountains. There were a great many other early settlements on the mountains, some of which have been abandoned and others occupied up to the present day."

There's a road between Warwick and Sanfordville

http://www.albertwisnerlibrary.org/Factsandhistory/History/EarlyDaysinWarwick.htm