Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ephraim Sanford
and Elizabeth (Mix) Sanford
Sister of
Joel Sanford, Elizabeth (Sanford) Platt, Rachel (Sanford) Mead, Abigail (Sanford) Jackson, Hannah (Sanford) Lyon, John Sanford, Oliver Sanford, Tabitha (Sanford) Rockwell, Hulda Sanford, Ephraim Sanford, Augustus Sanford and Esther Sanford
Wife of
Joseph Oliver Lyon
— married
21 May 1761 (to 15 Dec 1769) in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Lucy (Lyon) Darling
Died
at age 26
in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 25 May 2011
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Biography
Lois Sanford was born in 1743, in Fairfield Connecticut. She was a daughter of Ephriam Sanford and Elizabeth Mix.
21 May 1761: Lois Sanford married Joseph Oliver Lyon (1728-1812), son of Nathan Lyon and Abigail Mallory.
Lois died 15 Dec 1769.
1770: Her widow Joseph Lyon remarried to Sarah Jan Bulkley (1751-1833), daugher of Peter Bulkley and Sarah Turney--Loyalists who arrived in New Brunswick in 1783 and settled on Long Reach, Kingston Parish, Kings County.
Burial
- Christ Church Cemetery, Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #15904091
- "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WL-HQL : 11 February 2018), Lois Sanford, 14 Sep 1743; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
Reeves-4890 08:03, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lois by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lois:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lois by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lois:
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~0.78%
Val (Day) Liles
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~0.78%
Alan Lane :
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