Joseph Safford (1705 - 1775)

Born 18 Jan 1705 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Longbottom) Safford — married 5 Nov 1729 in Norwich, New London, CT

Descendants

Died 15 Jun 1775 at age 70 in Bennington, Republic of Vermont

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Biography

Captain Joseph Safford performed Patriotic Service in New York in the American Revolution.

Joseph Safford is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A099085.

Joseph Safford Jr is recognized for his patriotic service in New York during the American Revolution by the DAR in that he signed the Bennington Declaration in 1775. His wife is Ann Longbottom. Children in patriot index: Hannah who m. John Fasset; Abigail who m. Jonathan Scott; Samuel who m. Mary Lawrence; Joseph who m. Mercy Robinson; Esther who m. Samuel Robinson and David who m. Anna Brewster. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 August 2020), "Record of Joseph Safford Jr", Ancestor # A099085.

• Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783 - By Vermont, Chauncey L. Knapp [1]

• Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American ..., Volume 2 -By Daughters of the American Revolution - page 305 [2]

• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 August 2020), memorial page for Deacon Joseph Safford (1705–15 Jun 1775), Find A Grave: Memorial #14958888, citing Old Bennington Cemetery, Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by the moo (contributor 46834101) .

• "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MT-GL9 : 5 November 2017), Joseph Safford, 15 Jun 1775, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,677.

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/9W4S-5F4

Title

Title: Deacon

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of HOAGUE.GED on 22 May 2011.