Benjamin Sanford

1733 - 1829  (94 years)

• Name	Benjamin Sanford  [1, 2]
  Alternate birth	1732	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [3]
  Born	9 Jul 1733	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Between 4 Jun 1828 and 25 May 1829	Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I23770	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  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)
  Married	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)
  Married	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)
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F14266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.