John
Francis
Stanford
Born in Somerset, Maryland, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Joshua W. Stanford Sr.
and Mary (Rooks) Stanford
Brother of
Joshua W. Stanford Jr., Sophia (Stanford) Draper, Leven M. Stanford and Sarah Josephine (Stanford) Ansley
Husband of
Delila (Ruark) Stanford
— married
20 Sep 1798 in Maryland, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy (Stanford) Baxter, Matilda (Stanford) Entrekin, Letitia Stanford, Mary (Stanford) Mitchell, James Stanford, Louvinia (Stanford) Cameron, Malvina (Stanford) Cameron, Noah Stanford and Joshua Stanford
Died
at age 82
in Marion, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 May 2017
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Biography
John Francis Stanford was born on 15 Jan 1778 in Somerset, Maryland to parents Joshua Stanford and Mary Rook. He married Delila "Nancy" Ruark on 20 Sep 1798 in Maryland. Children: Nancy Ellen, Matilda, Letitia, Mary, James, Malvina, Noah, John, Delila, Joshua, Joseph. He died on 24 Sep 1860 in Marion, Mississippi, according to the Bible of John Stanford Jr. cited in "The John Stanford Family of Marion County, Mississippi."
John served in the US Army during the War of 1812 as an Ensign in the 3rd Regiment (Few's) of the Georgia Militia.
Sources
- U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #66509113
- John Warren: Descendants and Related Families - Compiled by Joe. W. and Virginia M. Baxter - 1983
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
~9.38%
Cathy (Gonzalez) Baxter 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A274573 [compare]
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~3.12%
~9.38%
Sarah Baxter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A776095 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Skip Weber :
23andMe, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare], Ancestry member SkipWeber
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Myrna (Holcomb) Lazenby :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], Ancestry member Lazenby_Myrna
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], FTDNA kit #499768
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~1.56%
Melanie (Cain) Housley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A455195 [compare], Ancestry member apwumel
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A455195 [compare], FTDNA kit #B108300
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~1.56%
Faye Saucier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hollierr
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~1.56%
Rose (Bond) Dolese :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H071394 [compare]
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~0.78%
Tressa (Turriff) Dieball :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tressa245839
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Sherry Langham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713431 [compare], Ancestry member sherryhicks61
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Allison McCord :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alimak8605
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Hugh Broome :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~0.39%
Carla (Gipson) Lizana :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch US7472860 [compare], yourDNAportal CARfe138539, Ancestry member mississippiqueen
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Mary (Spradley) Morken
Markus Heberling
Mary (Spradley) Morken
Stanford-1532 and Stanford-1100 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate
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by Mary (Spradley) Morken
Markus Heberling
Stanford-1532 and Stanford-1534 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate
posted
on Stanford-1532 (merged)
by Markus Heberling
Jeff Blessing
John's middle name was Francis. He had a daughter named Delilah, after her mother. Not sure if that might be an alternate name for Matilda.
posted
by Jeff Blessing
Rejected matches › John Stanford (1779-1849)
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