Anna (Sanford) Mason (abt. 1676 - abt. 1736)

Born about 1676 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1736 at about age 60 in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

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Biography

Ann Sanford, the daughter of Governor Peleg Sanford and Mary Coddington, was born about 1675, Rhode Island, she died in September of 1736 in Connecticut.

1st Marriage

Ann was married about September 1703 to Dr. James Noyes, the son of Rev. James Noyes and Dorothy Stanton.^[1]

1. ANN Noyes born 19 June 1704; married James Brown.
2. MARY Noyes, born 18 April 1706; married John Denison.^[2]
3. JAMES Noyes, born 2 May 1708.
4. BRIDGET Noyes, born 30 July, 1710; married Nathan Cheesebrough, 1727.
5. DOROTHY Noyes, born 22 December 1712 ; married John Brown, 1728.
6. SARAH Noyes, born 2 April 1715; married Rev. Jonathan Barber, 1740.
7. ELIPHAL Noyes, born 23 June 1717; married Rev. Oliver Prentice, 1743.

2nd Marriage

Ann's second husband was John Mason. They were in Stonington, New London, Connecticut.^[3][4]

1. Capt. Peleg Sanford Mason (1720-1761)^[5]

Magna Carta Ancestry

Ann is a descendent of eleven Magna Carta Barons: Hugh Bigod, Roger Bigod, Henry Bohun, Gilbert de Clare, Robert Sanford, William Huntingfield, John Lacy, William Malet, Saier de Quincy, Robert de Ros, and Robert de Vere.

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VK1N-P29 : 22 January 2020), Sanford in entry for Noyce, 1703.
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6Y1-41N2 : 9 November 2020), Ann Noyce in entry for Noyce, 1706.
3. ↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, p.24 Mason
4. ↑ The New England Historical and --p.119 Mason p.119
5. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74C-4M6 : 7 January 2020), John Mason in entry for Peleg Sanford Mason, 1720.

• Moriarty, G. Andrews, "President John Sanford and his Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 103, 1949, 208-216, 271-277.
• Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College (Holt, 1885) Page 333
• Walworth, Reuben, "Mason Family", New England Historical and Genealogical Register 15, 1861, 117 - 122, 217-224, 318-320.
• Sanford Family, http://www.treetreetree.org.uk/Sanford.htm
• Title: Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies Author: G. Robert "Bob" Anderson Publication: 1999
• Title: Descendants of Reverend William Noyes Author: LaVerne W. Noyes and Frances Adelia Noyes-Giffen Publication: C. J. Burroughs, Chicago IL, USA, 1900 p.14
• Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, Founder of Stonington, Ct. Author: Anna Chesebrough Wildey Publication: New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903 p. 525 & 534
• Noyes, Henry Erastus, 1839-1919; Noyes, Harriette ElizaGenealogical record of some of the Noyes descendants of James Nicholas and Peter Noyes, 1904, p. 70 https://archive.org/details/genealogicalrecor02noye/page/70/mode/2up?q=anna+sanford

Also See:

• Wikipedia contributors, "Peleg Sanford," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peleg_Sanford&oldid=999154847 (accessed April 7, 2021).
• Noyes, Horatio N., A Branch of the Descendants of Rev. James Noyes, Newbury, 1634-1656, p. 8 https://archive.org/details/noyesgenealogyre00noye