Person:John Safford (4)

John Safford
b.Abt 1631 England
m. Bef 1628
  1. Mary SaffordEst 1628 - 1676
  2. John SaffordAbt 1631 - Bef 1708
  3. Joseph SaffordAbt 1633 - 1701
  4. Elizabeth Safford1635 - 1672
  5. Abigail Safford1635 -
  • HJohn SaffordAbt 1631 - Bef 1708
  • WSarah LowAbt 1637 - Aft 1707
m. Bef 1662
  1. John SaffordAbt 1662 - 1736
  2. Sarah Safford1664 -
  3. Margaret Safford1665/66 -
  4. Rebecca SaffordEst 1667 - 1755
  5. Mercy Safford1668/69 -
  6. Elizabeth Safford1670/71 - 1754
  7. Thomas Safford1672 - 1754
  8. Joseph Safford1674 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] John Safford
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1631 England
Marriage Bef 1662 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States (probably)Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (John).
to Sarah Low
Death[1] Bef 16 Jun 1708 Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United StatesWidow Sarah and son Thomas conveyed property.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Safford, of Ipswich and Newbury, in Davis, Walter Goodwin, Compiler, and Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia (plus Thomas Haley of Winter Harbor and His Descendants). (Baltimore, Maryland, United States: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996)
    3:243-44.

    2. John2 Safford (Thomas1) was born in England about the year 1631 (his age was given in 1661 as about thirty), and was brought as a boy to Ipswich by his parents. He married Sarah Low, daughter of Thomas Low of Ipswich, who named her and her daughter, Sarah Safford, in his will in 1677, presumably in 1661, when on January 19 he bought from Anthony Potter a house and three acres in Ipswich on the north side of the river near the mill and bounded all about by highways. He was a blacksmith by trade and was interested in the small iron-works in Topsfield and Rowley village, being one of the owners of the latter in 1675. … He saw service against the Indians in the Narragansett expedition during King Philip's War. … On September 5, 1698, John and Sarah deeded to their son Thomas their dwelling-house, barn, shop, orchard and garden, standing on four acres of land in return for his care for the remainder of their lives. Thomas was to allow his sister Sarah a room in the house so long as she remained unmarried. John Safford died before June 16, 1708, when the widow Sarah, her son Thomas and Eleanor, his wife, conveyed part of the homestead to Michael Farley, jr.”