Joshua
W.
Stanford
Sr.
Born in Wicomico, Maryland
Ancestors 
Son of Jonathan Stanford
and Elender (Unknown) Stanford
Brother of
Stephen Stanford, Jonathan Stanford Jr., Robert Stanford, Joseph Stanford, Elijah Stanford, Sarah Stanford, Elender (Stanford) Rooks, Mary Elizabeth (Stanford) Rook [half] and Jesse Stanford
Husband of
Mary (Rooks) Stanford
— married
about 1765 in Maryland, American Colonies [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
John Francis Stanford, Joshua W. Stanford Jr., Sophia (Stanford) Draper, Leven M. Stanford and Sarah Josephine (Stanford) Ansley
Died before
before age 85
in Warren, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Dec 2015
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Biography
Soldier Joshua Stanford Sr. served with Salisbury Battalion, Somerset County Militia, Maryland Militia during the American Revolution.
Joshua Stanford Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A108428.
Joshua W Stanford was born on 28 Oct 1740 in Wicomico, Maryland to parents Jonathan Stanford and Elender Unknown. He married Mary Rooks about 1765 in Maryland. Children: Levi M, John, Joshua, Sophia, Leven, Joseph, Mary, Sarah Josephine, Ellender (Nellie). He died before 1 May 1826 (probate date) in Warren, Georgia.
Joshua served in the Maryland troops during the Revolutionary War. His name is on the memorial plaque at the Warren County Courthouse, Warrenton, Georgia. He was in the battle of Harlem Heights and was held prisoner by the British on the ship Jersey for six months until the end of the war.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #203099873
- 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 Joshua 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 Joshua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua 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 Joshua:
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~1.56%
Cathy (Gonzalez) Baxter
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A274573 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sarah Baxter :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A776095 [compare]
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~0.78%
Skip Weber :
23andMe, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FG9515381 [compare], Ancestry member SkipWeber
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~0.78%
Myrna (Holcomb) Lazenby :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], Ancestry member Lazenby_Myrna
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T843416 [compare], FTDNA kit #499768
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~0.78%
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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~0.78%
Faye Saucier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member hollierr
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~0.78%
Rose (Bond) Dolese :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H071394 [compare]
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~0.39%
Tressa (Turriff) Dieball :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member tressa245839
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~0.39%
Sherry Langham :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713431 [compare], Ancestry member sherryhicks61
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~0.39%
Sherry (Frazier) Dotson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FQ2212306 [compare], Ancestry member sherryfrazier47
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~0.39%
Rex Jeffers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AV5699998 [compare], Ancestry member jnclarsen66
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~0.39%
Allison McCord :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member alimak8605
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~0.39%
Matthew Leach :
Autosomal DNA Test
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