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Joseph Safford 1705 – 1760 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Jan 1705

Birth Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut

Death Date: 8 Feb 1760

Death Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut

Father: John Safford

Mother: Hannah Newman

Spouse(s): Patience Yeomans, Martha Coates, Ann Longbottom

Children(s): John Safford, Joseph Safford, Hannah Safford, Sarah Safford, Lucretia Safford, Jonathan Safford, David Safford, Anna Safford, Elizabeth Safford, Samuel Safford, Abigail Safford, Joseph Safford, David Safford, Sarah Safford, Lucy Safford, Esther Safford, Jacob Safford, Solomon Safford

In 1705, Joseph Safford entered the world in Preston, New London, Connecticut, born to John Safford and Hannah Newman. Joseph Safford married Patience Yeomans, Martha Coates, Ann Longbottom, and had children including John Safford, Joseph Safford, Hannah Safford, Sarah Safford, Lucretia Safford, Jonathan Safford, David Safford, Anna Safford, Elizabeth Safford, Samuel Safford, Abigail Safford, Joseph John Safford, David Safford, Sarah Hannah Safford, Lucy Safford, Esther Safford, Jacob Safford, Solomon Safford. Joseph Safford passed away in 1760 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.

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Biography

  • In 1705, Joseph Safford entered the world in Preston, New London, Connecticut, born to John Safford and Hannah Newman.
  • Joseph Safford married Patience Yeomans, Martha Coates, Ann Longbottom, and had children including John Safford, Joseph Safford, Hannah Safford, Sarah Safford, Lucretia Safford, Jonathan Safford, David Safford, Anna Safford, Elizabeth Safford, Samuel Safford, Abigail Safford, Joseph John Safford, David Safford, Sarah Hannah Safford, Lucy Safford, Esther Safford, Jacob Safford, Solomon Safford.
  • Joseph Safford passed away in 1760 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Safford
1662 – 1736
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex Massachusetts
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Hannah Newman
1666 –
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
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Spouses(s)

Patience Yeomans
1702 – 1748
Birth Location: Stonington, New London, Connecticut
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Martha Coates
Birth Location: –
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Ann Longbottom
1711 – 1780
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Children(s)

John Safford
1729 – 1815
Birth Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut
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Joseph Safford
1730 – 1795
Birth Location: Preston, New London, Connecticut
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Hannah Safford
1732 – 1808
Birth Location: Connecticut
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Sarah Safford
1734 –
Birth Location: –
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Lucretia Safford
1737 – 1781
Birth Location: Groton, New London, Connecticut
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Jonathan Safford
1738 –
Birth Location: –
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David Safford
1741 –
Birth Location: –
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Anna Safford
1730 – 1817
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Elizabeth Safford
1734 –
Birth Location: –
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Samuel Safford
1737 – 1813
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Abigail Safford
1739 – 1805
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
AS
Joseph Safford
1741 – 1808
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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David Safford
1744 – 1831
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Sarah Safford
1746 – 1810
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Lucy Safford
1748 – 1828
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Esther Safford
1750 – 1843
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Jacob Safford
1752 – 1833
Birth Location: –
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Solomon Safford
1754 – 1837
Birth Location: Norwich, New London, Connecticut
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Joseph Safford's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Safford
1705 – 1760
Birth Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
Parents
John Safford
1662 – 1736
Ipswich, Essex Massachusetts
Hannah Newman
1666 –
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Grandparents
John Safford
1631 – 1701
England
Sarah Lowe
1637 – 1708
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Thomas Newman
1640 – 1702
Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Hannah Morse
1642 – 1680
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
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
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Richard Safforde
1585 –
Anne Marshall
1580 – 1616
John Lowe
1586 – 1630
Ellen Revett
1590 – 1623
Ananias Todd
Anthony Morse
1588 – 1621
Mary Morse
Ambrose Cox
1580 – 1679
Alice Heale
1573 – 1646

Joseph Safford's Descendants

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Joseph Safford (18 Jan 1705 – 8 Feb 1760) m. Patience Yeomans (26 Jan 1702 – 3 Mar 1748) m. Martha Coates m. Ann Longbottom (3 May 1711 – 28 Nov 1780)
  1. 1. 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)
        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 – )
      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)
        2. 2. Eleanor Safford (10 Mar 1838 – 11 Apr 1910) m. Henry (M) Richardson (31 Aug 1837 – 20 Nov 1904)
        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)
        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 – )
        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)
        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 – )
  2. 2. Joseph Safford (8 Feb 1730 – 12 May 1795) m. Lydia Ensworth m. Mary Chase
    1. 1. Jesse Safford (9 Feb 1755 – )
    2. 2. Eleanor Safford (23 Oct 1757 – )
    3. 3. Martha Safford (11 Jun 1759 – )
    4. 4. Joseph Safford (22 Jun 1760 – )
    5. 5. Mary Safford (4 Apr 1763 – )
    6. 6. Challis Safford (6 Feb 1765 – )
    7. 7. Lucinda Safford (8 Jan 1771 – 8 Feb 1773)
  3. 3. Hannah Safford (26 Nov 1732 – 27 Feb 1808) m. James (P) Rix (1723 – )
  4. 4. Sarah Safford (3 Mar 1734 – )
  5. 5. Lucretia Safford (1 May 1737 – 6 January 1781) m. Thomas Miner
  6. 6. Jonathan Safford (21 Sep 1738 – ) m. Susannah Brooks
  7. 7. David Safford (21 Sep 1741 – ) m. Mary Choate
  8. 8. Anna Safford (11 Dec 1730 – 31 Dec 1817) m. Henry Wallbridge (23 Jan 1727 – 17 Sep 1809)
    1. 1. Asa Walbridge (11 Apr 1751 – 23 Jun 1752)
    2. 2. Asa Walbridge (8 Jun 1753 – 10 Feb 1755)
    3. 3. Solomon Walbridge (8 Jan 1755 – 15 Sep 1814)
    4. 4. Anna Walbridge (2 Oct 1756 – 1800) m. Jonathon Fiske (17 May 1748 – 1797)
      1. 1. Asa Fisk (2 Dec 1779 – 8 May 1863) m. Hanna Fassett (4 Oct 1785 – 27 Feb 1833)
        1. 1. Almerine Fisk (16 May 1807 – 5 Jun 1883) m. Samantha Burdick
        2. 2. Julius Fisk (13 Sep 1809 – 19 Dec 1884) m. Harriet Hunnawell
        3. 3. Asa Fisk (30 May 1811 – ) m. Olive Mathews
        4. 4. Maria Fisk (7 Mar 1813 – 21 Oct 1853)
        5. 5. Cassius Fisk (10 Apr 1815 – 1852)
        6. 6. Edwin (R) Fiske (1818 – 5 Feb 1896) m. Ruth Brown (1 May 1825 – )
        7. 7. Marion Fisk (13 Oct 1819 – 20 Feb 1893)
        8. 8. Rosamund Fisk (21 May 1821 – 27 Aug 1849)
        9. 9. Uel (Merrill) Fisk (16 May 1823 – 28 Jan 1911) m. Ruth (Annette) Hollister (30 Jan 1828 – 19 Oct 1863) m. Lillie Crittenden (25 Dec 1834 – 11 Oct 1885)
      2. 2. Jonathan (Burrell) Fiske (abt 1794 – 29 Apr 1844) m. Betsy Robinson (1795 – 28 Nov 1852)
        1. 1. Joseph (Ira) Fisk (1824 – 18 May 1906) m. Julia (Ann) Lovely (1835 – 12 Sep 1898)
        2. 2. Henry (H) Fisk (abt 1827 – 3 Aug 1846)
        3. 3. Charles (Grosvner) Fisk (July 1832 – ) m. Mary (Ann) Place (Jan 1835 – 22Aug 1917) m. Louisa Fisk (abt 1837 – )
    5. 5. Silas Walbridge (17 Jun 1759 – 12 May 1840)
    6. 6. Lucy Walbridge (10 Feb 1764 – )
    7. 7. Asa Walbridge (12 Oct 1766 – 15 Jan 1850) m. Relief Dickinson (May 1766 – Apr 1867)
      1. 1. Sapho (Nisbia) Walbridge (1787 – 1872)
      2. 2. Benjamin (Franklin) Wallbridge (1789 – 27 Feb 1875)
      3. 3. Lavinia (Laura) Walbridge (27 Jan 1794 – 23 Aug 1889) m. Charles (Pratt) Lowry (abt 1794 – 20 Oct 1868)
        1. 1. Alonzo (Walbridge) Lowry (abt 1818 – 2 Nov 1891) m. Sarah (Ann) Bradley (15 Jun 1838 – 28 Feb 1920) m. Mary (Ann) Meigs (abt 1819 – 26 Jul 1860)
        2. 2. Albert Lowry (abt 1825 – ) m. Jane Lowry (abt 1825 – )
        3. 3. Esther Lowry (abt 1831 – )
        4. 4. Platt Lowry (abt 1833 – )
        5. 5. Solon Lowry (1837 – )
      4. 4. Lamoille Wallbridge (15 Oct 1799 – 18 Dec 1868) m. Silas Grow (12 Mar 1795 – 29 Aug 1862)
        1. 1. Milo (Walbridge) Grow (28 Mar 1825 – 24 Jan 1864) m. Sarah (Katherine) Baughn (19 Mar 1835 – 13 Oct 1923)
        2. 2. David (Richardson) Grow (2 Jun 1829 – 28 Sep 1879)
        3. 3. Lamaille (Amanda) Graw (2 Apr 1835 – Aug 1926)
        4. 4. Jane Grow
      5. 5. Buel Walbridge (11 Feb 1801 – 5 Oct 1868)
      6. 6. Alonzo Walbridge (abt 1809 – ) m. Mary Walbridge (abt 1803 – )
        1. 1. Alonzo (F) Walbridge (1839 – ) m. Delilah (Mary) Mick (1835 – )
        2. 2. Ose Walbridge (abt 1842 – )
        3. 3. Edward Walbridge (abt 1844 – )
      7. 7. Esther Whitney ( – 23 Jan 1873)
      8. 8. Ora Walbridge ( – 14 May 1895)
    8. 8. Esther Walbridge (14 Jul 1768 – )
    9. 9. David Walbridge (25 May 1769 – )
    10. 10. Sarah Walbridge (10 Apr 1772 – ) m. Elias Fassett
    11. 11. Mary Walbridge (1773 – )
  9. 9. Elizabeth Safford (21 Dec 1734 – )
  10. 10. Samuel Safford (27 Apr 1737 – 14 Mar 1813)
  11. 11. Abigail Safford (14 Aug 1739 – 16 Oct 1805) m. Jonathan Scott (28 Jan 1735 – 23 Nov 1784)
    1. 1. Lemuel Scott (1764 – 14 Apr 1821) m. Zuriah Branch (7 Feb 1763 – 17 Dec 1842)
      1. 1. Jonathan Scott (28 Oct 1787 – 20 Mar 1839)
      2. 2. Lemuel Scott (4 Jan 1790 – 7 Nov 1878)
      3. 3. Seth Scott (Feb 1792 – 4 Aug 1868)
      4. 4. Jefferson Scott (abt 1804 – 11 Nov 1868)
      5. 5. Wait Scott (13 Feb 1805 – 13 Feb 1859) m. Eliza (Melissa) Newton (Dec 1820 – 10 Jan 1907)
        1. 1. Edward (P) Scott (4 Jan 1837 – )
        2. 2. Newton Scott (13 Jun 1840 – )
        3. 3. Jonathan (W) Scott (11 Oct 1842 – )
        4. 4. Zachary (Taylor) Scott (17 Feb 1852 – )
        5. 5. Merton (Bullard) Scott (15 Jun 1852 – Jan 1944) m. Allwida (May) Crookus (16 Apr 1864 – 26 Oct 1898) m. Helen Anderson (18 Feb 1872 – 25 Dec 1959)
    2. 2. Sarah Scott (1766 – )
    3. 3. Martin Scott (23 Dec 1768 – 25 Sep 1812)
    4. 4. Levi Scott (17 Dec 1770 – 7 Jul 1828)
    5. 5. Melatiah Scott (1772 – )
    6. 6. Anna Scott (1776 – )
    7. 7. Abigail Scott (3 Sep 1779 – 8 Sep 1859)
    8. 8. Ira Scott (18 Oct 1782 – 21 Jul 1832)
  12. 12. Joseph (John) Safford (1 Dec 1741 – 4 Jan 1808) m. Plum
  13. 13. David Safford (19 Feb 1744 – 10 Aug 1831) m. Anna Brewster
  14. 14. Sarah (Hannah) Safford (2 Mar 1746 – 19 Apr 1810)
  15. 15. Lucy Safford (Jun 1748 – 4 Apr 1828)
  16. 16. Esther Safford (15 Sep 1750 – 30 Sep 1843)
  17. 17. Jacob Safford (1752 – 27 May 1833)
  18. 18. Solomon Safford (19 Feb 1754 – 23 Jun 1837) m. Rosina Cady

Joseph Safford's Timeline

4 Records

1705
18 Jan 1705
Birth of Joseph Safford in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Preston, New London, Connecticut
1706
14 Jul 1706
Age 1
Joseph Safford was baptized in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Preston, New London, Connecticut
1760
8 Feb 1760
Age 55
Death of Joseph Safford in Preston, New London, Connecticut
Preston, New London, Connecticut
1775
15 Jun 1775
Age 70
Death of Joseph Safford in Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
Bennington, Bennington, Vermont

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Jan 1705
    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] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870
    [3] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [4] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 089 : 1911
    [5] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 105 : 1913
    [6] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 14 Jul 1706
    Event Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source: Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1761
    Event Place: Bennington, Bennington, Vermont

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1775
    Event Place: Bennington, Bennington, Vermont
    Record Source:
    [1] Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 089 : 1911
    [4] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 105 : 1913

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 8 Feb 1760
    Event Place: Preston, New London, Connecticut
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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