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Jacob Collamer Safford 1856 – 1917 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Nov 1856

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 13 Feb 1917

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father: Truman Safford

Mother: Louisa Parker

Spouse(s): Sarah Cutter

Children(s): Howard Safford, Jacob Safford, Frederick Safford, Eleanor Safford, Myra Safford, Sara Safford, Truman Safford

In 1856, Jacob Collamer Safford entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to Truman Hopson Safford and Louisa Fuller Parker. In 1870, Jacob Collamer Safford resided in Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts. In 1880, Jacob Collamer Safford resided in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Jacob Collamer Safford married Sarah F Cutter, and had children including Howard Francis Safford, Jacob C. Safford, Frederick Oscar Safford, Eleanor Hope Safford, Myra Louisa Safford, Sara Agnes Safford, Truman Henry Safford. Jacob Collamer Safford passed away in 1917 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • In 1856, Jacob Collamer Safford entered the world in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, born to Truman Hopson Safford and Louisa Fuller Parker.
  • In 1870, Jacob Collamer Safford resided in Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
  • In 1880, Jacob Collamer Safford resided in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
  • Jacob Collamer Safford married Sarah F Cutter, and had children including Howard Francis Safford, Jacob C. Safford, Frederick Oscar Safford, Eleanor Hope Safford, Myra Louisa Safford, Sara Agnes Safford, Truman Henry Safford.
  • Jacob Collamer Safford passed away in 1917 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Truman Safford
1810 – 1880
Birth Location: Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
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Louisa Parker
1808 – 1881
Birth Location: Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont
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Spouses(s)

Sarah Cutter
1853 –
Birth Location: Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
SC

Children(s)

Howard Safford
1878 – 1958
Birth Location: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Jacob Safford
1880 –
Birth Location: Massachusetts
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Frederick Safford
1880 – 1938
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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Eleanor Safford
1882 – 1958
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts
ES
Myra Safford
1884 – 1946
Birth Location: Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Sara Safford
1886 – 1962
Birth Location: Massachusetts
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Truman Safford
1893 – 1952
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Jacob Safford's Ancestors

Self
Jacob Safford
1856 – 1917
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents
Truman Hopson Safford
1810 – 1880
Royalton, Windsor, Vermont
Louisa (Fuller) Parker
1808 – 1881
Stowe, Lamoille, Vermont
Grandparents
Nathan (M) Safford
1775 – 1828
Preston, New London, Connecticut
Anna Hopson
1766 – 1840
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Stephen (L) Parker
1780 – 1865
New Marlboro, Cheshire, New Hampshire
Lois Fuller
1783 – 1861
Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont
Great-Grandparents
John Safford
1729 – 1815
Mary Johnson
1735 – 1817
John Hopson
1741 – 1796
Abiah Hazen
1747 – 1821
Joseph Parker
1735 – 1825
Zerviah Lincoln
1746 – 1825
Seth Fuller
1757 – 1837
Olive Dutton
1761 – 1828
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Safford
1705 – 1760
Patience Yeomans
1702 – 1748
Jacob Johnson
1699 – 1738
Judith Haynes
Samuel Hopson
1684 – 1771
Anne Leete
1700 – 1747
Thomas Hazen
1719 – 1782
Ann Tenney
1726 – 1802
Joseph Parker
1700 – 1754
Mary Emery
1700 – 1734
Isaac Lincoln
1717 – 1776
Ruth Beal
1722 – 1763
Archippus Fuller
1721 – 1811
Mariah Rider
1724 – 1798
Samuel Dutton
1737 – 1813
Joanna Root
1737 – 1772

Jacob Safford's Descendants

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Jacob (Collamer) Safford (7 Nov 1856 – 13 Feb 1917) m. Sarah (F) Cutter (Dec 1853 – )
  1. 1. Howard (Francis) Safford (18 Jun 1878 – 2 Apr 1958) m. Lola (Ellsworth) Snow (abt 1881 – 25 Dec 1946)
  2. 2. Jacob (C.) Safford (May 1880 – )
  3. 3. Frederick (Oscar) Safford (14 May 1880 – 12 Apr 1938) m. Ethel (Blanche) Frazer (16 Mar 1890 – 12 Apr 1954)
  4. 4. Eleanor (Hope) Safford (7 Mar 1882 – 31 Mar 1958) m. John (Henry) Kent (14 Dec 1878 – Apr 1965) m. Clara Ripley
    1. 1. Jackson (Shaw) Kent (abt 1912 – 9 Jul 1998) m. June (Cushing) Davis m. Beulah (Mae) Hunt (6 Feb 1913 – 25 Jan 1991)
      1. 1. Patricia (Anne) Kent (1935 – )
      2. 2. Isabelle (L) Kent (abt 1943 – )
      3. 3. Jackson (S) Kent (abt 1945 – )
    2. 2. Eleanor (Hope) Kent (14 Sep 1913 – Feb 1984) m. John (F) Burns (abt 1919 – )
      1. 1. William (E) Burns (abt 1950 – )
    3. 3. Jeanette (Elsa) Kent (abt 1920 – 25 Apr 2001) m. Charles (Russell) Eddy (abt 1912 – Abt 1984)
      1. 1. Charles (R) Eddy (abt 1940 – )
      2. 2. Dana (L) Eddy (abt 1942 – )
      3. 3. Sarah (F) Eddy (abt 1944 – ) m. John Tederstrom
      4. 4. David (B) Eddy (abt 1947 – )
  5. 5. Myra (Louisa) Safford (17 Jun 1884 – 1946) m. Frank (Candlin) Goodwin (23 Mar 1886 – May 1963)
    1. 1. Everett (Safford) Goodwin (4 Nov 1908 – 30 Dec 1997) m. Amelia (Leslie) Peach (21 Nov 1907 – Jul 1995)
      1. 1. Fred (P) Goodwin (abt 1936 – )
      2. 2. Everett (C) Goodwin (abt 1937 – )
      3. 3. Leslie (A) Goodwin (abt 1940 – )
      4. 4. Joan (D) Goodwin (abt 1944 – )
    2. 2. Frank (Candlin) Goodwin (26 Nov 1910 – 30 Nov 1999) m. Barbara Prichard (7 May 1912 – 26 Jun 1982)
      1. 1. Patricia (A) Goodwin (abt 1932 – )
      2. 2. Robert (D) Goodwin (abt 1934 – )
      3. 3. Janice (L) Goodwin (abt 1935 – )
      4. 4. Truman (W) Goodwin (abt 1936 – )
      5. 5. David (A) Goodwin (abt 1938 – )
      6. 6. Frank (C) Goodwin (abt 1944 – )
    3. 3. Dorothy (Louise) Goodwin (21 Feb 1919 – 12 Oct 1996) m. Montville
    4. 4. John (Truman) Goodwin (9 Apr 1921 – 3 Nov 1980) m. Svlvia (Mav) Thorne (11 Dec 1928 – )
  6. 6. Sara (Agnes) Safford (Jun 1886 – 1962) m. Winfred (Francis) Curtis (Oct 1884 – 1958)
    1. 1. Elizabeth (F) Curtis (18 Jun 1912 – 31 May 1982)
    2. 2. Helen (L) Curtis (3 Sep 1913 – 10 Apr 2001)
    3. 3. John (Winfred) Curtis (28 Jun 1915 – 1931)
    4. 4. Edith (Marjorie) Curtis (11 Aug 1919 – 3 Jan 2005) m. Vincent (L) Townsend (19 Feb 1916 – 25 Dec 1990)
      1. 1. David (L) Townsend (abt 1944 – )
      2. 2. Barbara (L) Townsend (abt 1946 – )
      3. 3. Marjorie (E) Townsend (abt 1950 – )
  7. 7. Truman (Henry) Safford (13 Jan 1893 – 9 Dec 1952) m. Ruth (Evelyn) Leigh (Aug 1893 – 20 Aug 1979)
    1. 1. Sally (Anne) Safford (abt 1932 – )
    2. 2. Leigh (Cutter) Safford (20 Jun 1935 – 5 Dec 2020)

Jacob Safford's Timeline

6 Records

1856
7 Nov 1856
Birth of Jacob Collamer Safford in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1870
1870
Age 14
Jacob Collamer Safford resided here in Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1880
1880
Age 24
Jacob Collamer Safford resided here in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1900
1900
Age 44
Jacob Collamer Safford resided here in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1910
1910
Age 54
Jacob Collamer Safford resided here in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1917
13 Feb 1917
Age 61
Death of Jacob Collamer Safford in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Nov 1856
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [2] Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
    [3] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 561; Page: 114A; Enumeration District: 780
    [4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_622; Page: 117A
    [5] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 667; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0987; FHL microfilm: 1240667
    [6] 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_607; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 1057; FHL microfilm: 1374620
    [7] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1870
    Event Place: Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Belmont, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M593_622; Page: 117A

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1880
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; Roll: 561; Page: 114A; Enumeration District: 780

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: 667; Page: 12; Enumeration District: 0987; FHL microfilm: 1240667

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1910
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_607; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 1057; FHL microfilm: 1374620

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Feb 1917
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 14 Feb 1917; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; ,0.7766318,0.86990166,0.84155285&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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