Benjamin Sanford

1733 - 1829  (94 years)

• Name	Benjamin Sanford  [1, 2]
  Alternate birth	1732	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [3]
  Birth	9 Jul 1733	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 4 Jun 1828 and 25 May 1829	Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I23770	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Capt. Esbon Sanford,   b. 30 Oct 1693, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island d. 12 Aug 1743, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Mary Woodward,   b. Abt 1700   d. 28 Aug 1745, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Age ~ 45 years)
  Marriage	27 Sep 1716	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [3, 5]
  Family ID	F14268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Bentley,   b. 14 Jun 1734   d. Bef Oct 1804, Nova Scotia (Age < 70 years)
  Marriage	28 Feb 1754	St. Paul's, Narragansett, Washington, Rhode Island   [2]
  Children	1. Mary Sanford,   b. 1 Feb 1756, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island d. 30 Nov 1826, Grand Pré, Kings, Nova Scotia (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F14266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  He removed from Rhode Island to Nova Scotia in May 1760 on the sloop Sally, Jonathan Lovatt, master, presumably with his wife and his in-laws. He bought property in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia in 1763.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3192] The Descendants of Stephen Loomer of New London, Connecticut by Addie E. Loomer-Shepard. Allison, Iowa, 1991. [S6071] A History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island, Including a History of Other Episcopal Churches in the State by Wilkins Updike. Volume 2. 2nd edition, ed. Daniel Goodwin. Boston: D. B. Upsike, The Merrymount Press, 1907. [S3185] G. Andrews Moriarty, "Notes: Historical Intelligence." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 104:72, Jan 1950. [S3208] President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1605-1965, and His Descendants, with Many Allied Families by Jack Minard Sanford. East Aurora, New York, 1965. [S3208] President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1605-1965, and His Descendants, with Many Allied Families by Jack Minard Sanford. East Aurora, New York, 1965., date only.