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John Safford 1729 – 1815 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Mar 1729

Birth Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut

Death Date: 8 Apr 1815

Death Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut

Father: Joseph Safford

Mother: Patience Yeomans

Spouse(s): Mary Johnson

Children(s): Nathan Safford

John Safford was born in 1729 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, the child of Joseph Safford and Patience Yeomans. In 1759, John Safford resided in Preston. John Safford married Mary Johnson, and had children including Nathan M Safford. John Safford passed away in 1815 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • John Safford was born in 1729 in Preston, New London, Connecticut, the child of Joseph Safford and Patience Yeomans.
  • In 1759, John Safford resided in Preston.
  • John Safford married Mary Johnson, and had children including Nathan M Safford.
  • John Safford passed away in 1815 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

John Safford's Ancestors

Self
John Safford
1729 – 1815
Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
Parents
Joseph Safford
1705 – 1760
Preston, New London, Connecticut
Patience Yeomans
1702 – 1748
Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Grandparents
John Safford
1662 – 1736
Ipswich, Essex Massachusetts
Hannah Newman
1666 –
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Samuel Yeomans
1655 – 1704
Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Mary (Ann) Ellis
1654 – 1704
Massachusetts
Great-Grandparents
John Safford
1631 – 1701
Sarah Lowe
1637 – 1708
Thomas Newman
1640 – 1702
Hannah Morse
1642 – 1680
Edward Yeomans
1630 – 1706
Mary Button
1633 – 1694
Edward Ellis
1625 – 1695
Sarah Blott
1631 – 1711
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Safford
1599 – 1666
Elizabeth Sutton
1603 – 1670
Thomas Lowe
1605 – 1677
Margaret Todd
1597 –
Thomas Newman
1615 – 1674
Sarah Maddox\Maddock
1624 – 1679
Anthony Morse
1606 – 1686
Ann Cox
1604 – 1679
Matthias Button
1607 – 1672
Lettyce Teagle
1611 – 1638
Robert Blott
1582 – 1665
Susanna Selbee
1584 – 1659

John Safford's Descendants

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John Safford (31 Mar 1729 – 8 Apr 1815) m. Mary Johnson (11 Nov 1735 – 11 Aug 1817)
  1. 1. Nathan (M) Safford (1 Feb 1775 – 2 Dec 1828) m. Anna Hopson (20 Jan 1766 – 1 Mar 1840)
    1. 1. Charlotte Safford (10 Mar 1808 – 19 Mar 1892) m. Erastus (Polydore) Williams (26 Jun 1809 – 11 Nov 1844)
      1. 1. Persis (Anna) Williams (25 May 1836 – 1 Apr 1922) m. Franklin (Alexander) Preston (27 Jan 1818 – 16 Dec 1900)
      2. 2. Elizabeth (Mary) Williams (8 Nov 1839 – 16 Oct 1887) m. Jasper (Hide) Orcutt (28 Feb 1824 – 1896)
        1. 1. Carlos (Jasper) Orcutt (abt 1874 – 27 Aug 1874)
        2. 2. Mary (C) Orcutt (Dec 1875 – 29 May 1933) m. William (Clarence) Thompson (11 May 1881 – 26 May 1952)
      3. 3. Laura (Charlotte) Williams (11 Dec 1841 – 19 Jan 1901)
      4. 4. Carlos (Dutton) Williams (29 Sep 1843 – 16 Dec 1921) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Woodbury (28 May 1848 – 29 Mar 1876) m. Ellen (M) Thayer (Mar 1852 – )
        1. 1. Charlotte (C) Williams (Abt 1872 – 24 Dec 1943)
        2. 2. George (Carlos) Williams (Abt 1875 – 8 Jan 1941) m. Olive (Enitta) Nichols (1876 – 7 May 1927) m. Florence Williams (abt 1892 – )
        3. 3. Carey (Persia) Williams (11 May 1880 – 29 Jan 1964) m. Edith (Celeste Mary) Lynch (abt 1889 – 15 Jun 1972)
    2. 2. Truman (Hopson) Safford (28 Mar 1810 – 7 Nov 1880) m. Louisa (Fuller) Parker (Oct 1808 – 31 Aug 1881)
      1. 1. Truman (Henry) Safford (6 Jan 1836 – 13 Jun 1901) m. Elizabeth (Marshall) Bradbury (15 Aug 1834 – 3 Jun 1919)
        1. 1. John (Henry) Safford (Jun 1861 – 13 Aug 1938) m. Florence (Cornell) Hunt
        2. 2. Walter (Bradbury) Safford (Dec 1864 – 27 Apr 1943)
        3. 3. Arthur (Truman) Safford (Abt 1867 – 3 Apr 1951) m. Gertrude (Martha) Bell (abt 1869 – Mar 1940)
        4. 4. Charles (Louis) Safford (19 Nov 1870 – 18 Jul 1952) m. Laura Tappan (11 May 1889 – Feb 1977)
        5. 5. Clarence (Edwin) Safford (Mar 1874 – 3 Apr 1943) m. Grace (Pillsbury) Smythe (18 Nov 1880 – Feb 1964)
        6. 6. Alice (Elizabeth) Safford (Abt 1876 – 14 May 1938) m. Francis (Edward) Dewey (29 Nov 1873 – 11 May 1931)
      2. 2. Eleanor Safford (10 Mar 1838 – 11 Apr 1910) m. Henry (M) Richardson (31 Aug 1837 – 20 Nov 1904)
        1. 1. Henry (M) Richardson (24 Sep 1863 – 13 July 1943) m. Ruth (A E) Johnson (Jan 1865 – 5 Feb 1944)
        2. 2. Anna (L) Richardson (Sep 1865 – 1929) m. William (Thomson St Claire) Macurdy (Jul 1865 – 1932)
        3. 3. Mary (B) Richardson (May 1868 – 1952)
        4. 4. Frances (S) Richardson (Aug 1870 – )
        5. 5. William Richardson (27 Jun 1873 – ) m. Grace (Mills) Foster (Abt 1876 – 6 Oct 1919)
        6. 6. Robert Richardson (Abt 1876 – 21 Aug 1880)
        7. 7. Eleanor (F) Richardson (1 Jul 1878 – 15 Aug 1933) m. George (Louis) Foster (5 Jul 1878 – 7 Aug 1960)
        8. 8. Persis (Maude) Richardson (Mar 1881 – 26 Jan 1966)
        9. 9. James (Madison) Richardson (17 Jun 1884 – 24 May 1950) m. Christina (Maud) Lamont (25 Jul 1886 – )
      3. 3. DeForest Safford (17 Mar 1840 – 7 Jul 1914) m. Mary (Aann) Smith (19 Nov 1841 – 31 Mar 1876) m. Cordelia (A) Loveland (3 Sep 1853 – 19 Jun 1924)
        1. 1. Mabel (F) Safford (Abt 1873 – 1955) m. John (Maryatt) Wilder (29 Apr 1872 – )
        2. 2. Edith (B) Safford (Jul 1875 – 1975) m. Watson (T) Parker (abt 1874 – )
        3. 3. Maud (L) Safford (19 Oct 1877 – 19 Feb 1911) m. James (A) Boudreau (abt 1872 – )
        4. 4. Maurice (Stark) Safford (9 May 1879 – 7 Jul 1939) m. Florilla (Harriet) Campbell (14 Sep 1878 – 7 Aug 1981)
        5. 5. Emily (Lila) Safford (12 Jul 1881 – 19 Jun 1969)
        6. 6. De (Forrest Lawrence) Safford (21 Nov 1883 – 13 Apr 1965) m. Mary (D) Goodhue (1887 – 1912) m. Helen (M) Corthell (abt 1886 – )
        7. 7. William (H) Safford (15 Dec 1884 – 8 Jun 1916)
        8. 8. Harry (Richardson) Safford (17 Oct 1890 – 18 Dec 1898)
        9. 9. Robert (F) Safford (16 Mar 1893 – 28 Nov 1914)
        10. 10. Clifford (H) Safford (23 Jul 1895 – )
      4. 4. Edward (A) Safford (29 Mar 1842 – 14 Dec 1916) m. Julia (Maria) Parker (abt 1848 – 4 Jan 1883) m. Marilla (Hannah) Tasker (Mar 1852 – )
        1. 1. Lois (Maria) Safford (May 1869 – )
        2. 2. Edward (A) Safford (31 May 1871 – 22 Aug 1872)
        3. 3. Infant (Female) Safford ( – 6 Dec 1872)
      5. 5. Robert (B) Safford (abt 1844 – 23 Oct 1891) m. Abby (Clementine) Fletcher (17 Nov 1844 – 22 May 1910)
      6. 6. Frederick (Marcy) Safford (26 Aug 1847 – 17 May 1884) m. Mary (W E) Safford (7 Sep 1845 – 15 Jan 1924)
        1. 1. Helen (Webster) Safford (1 Sep 1875 – 14 Jul 1897) m. Herbert (W) Paine (20 Nov 1870 – 14 Apr 1910)
        2. 2. Mary (Louisa) Safford (18 Jul 1877 – 25 Apr 1914)
        3. 3. Truman (Everett) Safford (5 Mar 1879 – 27 Mar 1937)
        4. 4. Herbert (W) Safford (19 Mar 1882 – 1 Oct 1906)
      7. 7. Frank (Francis) Safford (28 May 1851 – Oct 1879)
      8. 8. 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
        5. 5. Myra (Louisa) Safford (17 Jun 1884 – 1946) m. Frank (Candlin) Goodwin (23 Mar 1886 – May 1963)
        6. 6. Sara (Agnes) Safford (Jun 1886 – 1962) m. Winfred (Francis) Curtis (Oct 1884 – 1958)
        7. 7. Truman (Henry) Safford (13 Jan 1893 – 9 Dec 1952) m. Ruth (Evelyn) Leigh (Aug 1893 – 20 Aug 1979)

John Safford's Timeline

3 Records

1729
31 Mar 1729
Birth of John Safford in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Preston, New London, Connecticut
1759
Abt 1759
Age 30
John Safford resided here in Preston
Preston
1815
8 Apr 1815
Age 86
Death of John Safford in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Preston, New London, Connecticut

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 31 Mar 1729
    Event Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 35
    [2] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
    [3] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
    [4] American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 152
    [5] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Abt 1759
    Event Place: Preston
    Record Source: Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55; Publication Date: 1994-2002; Volume: 35

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1815
    Event Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934
    [2] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source:
    [1] Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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