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Samuel Sanford 1677 – 1738 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Oct 1677

Birth Location: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Death Date: 3 September 1738

Death Location: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Father: John Sanford

Mother: Mary Gorton

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Samuel Sanford Sr was born in 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, the child of John Archer Sanford and Mary Elizabeth Gorton. Samuel Sanford Sr passed away in 1738 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Biography

  • Samuel Sanford Sr was born in 1677 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, the child of John Archer Sanford and Mary Elizabeth Gorton.
  • Samuel Sanford Sr passed away in 1738 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island.

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Samuel Sanford's Ancestors

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Samuel Sanford
1677 – 1738
Birth Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Parents
John Archer Sanford
1633 – 1687
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Mary (Elizabeth) Gorton
1643 – 1732
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Grandparents
John Sanford
1608 – 1653
England
Elizabeth Sanford
– 1635
Wiltshire, England
Samuel Gorton
1592 – 1667
Manchester, Lancashire, England
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

Samuel Sanford's Timeline

2 Records

1677
5 Oct 1677
Birth of Samuel Sanford Sr in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
1738
3 September 1738
Age 61
Death of Samuel Sanford Sr in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 5 Oct 1677
    Event Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 3 September 1738
    Event Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Non-Burials, Burials at Sea, and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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