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Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Robert Sanford |
| Gender |
Male |
| Christening[1] |
1 Nov 1615 |
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England |
| Marriage |
1643 |
to Ann _____ |
| Death[1][3] |
Bef 19 Jun 1676 |
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Before date of inventory. |
| Burial[4] |
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Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Estate Inventory[3] |
19 Jun 1676 |
£414-05-06. Taken by John Gilbert, William Pitkin. |
| Probate[1][3] |
7 Sep 1676 |
Administration to the widow. |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1. Robert Sanford, in Sanford, Carlton E. Thomas Sanford, the Emigrant to New England: Ancestry, Life, and Descendants, 1632-4: Sketches of Four Other Pioneer Sanfords and Some of Their Descendants in Appendix, with Many Illustrations. (Rutland, Vt.: The Tuttle Co., Printers, 1911)
2:1335.
"1. Robert Sanford (Ezechiell, Thomas, Richard) bap. Nov. 1, 1615, Stanstead Mountfitchct, Essex Co., Eng.; d. June 1676, Hartford, Ct.; m. 1643, Ann, d. 1682, Hartford, Ct. He was a brother of Thomas Sanford, the Pioneer to this country. (Savage states that this Ann was a daughter of Jeremy Adams, which statement was no doubt based on the statement in Adam's will, calling Zachary Sanford his grandson. Recent research by A. D. Hodges. Jr., of Boston, a most painstaking and able genealogist, convinces him that. Ann was not a daughter of Mr. Adams. He finds the Zachary Sanford married Sarah Willet,granddaughter of Jeremy Adams, which would account for his calling him grandson in his will. Jeremy Adams married Silence; widow of Samuel Greenhill, about 1635. There is no record or evidence of a previous marriage. Mr. Adams mentions Zachary only in his will, when there were in 1682 at least seven living children of Robert and Ann. (See Hartford Deeds, dist. 399). Zachary Sanford on May 30, 1682, petitions on the part of his wife for his share of the Greenhill property.)
Hinman in his work says that Robert was in Hartford as early as 1640. William S. Porter in his Conn. Hist. Notices 1842, p. 40, says that Robert was living on lots 61 and 62, Burr St. in 1655. Savage has him in Hartford in 1645 and the Town Records give the birth of his daughter, Elizabeth as Feb. 19, 1645. Mr. Sanford's will was proven Sept. 7, 1676. Mrs. Ann Sanford's will was proven Sept. 7, 1682, and mentions children Zachary, Robert, Ezekiel, Hannah and Abigail, and speaks of Robert, Hannah and Abigail for 'their loving care' of her."
- ↑ Robert Sanford, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
4:15.
"Robert (Sanford), Hartford 1645, d. June 1676, leav. w. Ann, d. of Jeremy Adams, wh. d. 1682. His ch. were, as in order nam. on the Pro. rec. Zachary; Eliz. b. 19 Feb. 1646, wh. m. Joseph Collier; Ezekiel, 13 Mar. 1648; Mary, w. of John Camp; Sarah; Robert; Hannah; and Abigail."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
1:231.
"Probate Records. Vol. III, 163 to 1677. Page 166-7-8.
Sandford, Robert Sen. Invt. £414-05-06. Taken 19 June, 1676, by John Gilbert, William Pitkin.
The children: Zachariah Sandford, Eldest son, Elizabeth Colier, Ezekiel Sandford, Mary Campe, Sarah, Robert, Hannah, and Abigail Sandford.
I Robert Sanford sen. doe make this my Last will and Testament as followeth: Item: The house, Ortyard and Lott that was Goodman Phillipps I give to my son Zachariah Sanford and his heirs forever, beeing about two acres of Land (that is, the Ortyard next Phillipps house and the Lot next that Ortyard), to bee his after his mother Decease, hee paying such Legacies out of it as I shall appoint. Item: My other dwelling house in Hartford with the Lot next it, and Harts hill and the (_____) pasture bought of Kellsey, and the barn and Ortyard next Gerrard Spikes lot, and the Land adjoyning to Samuel Olcotts and Specks lotts, I give, after my wives decease, to my son Robt. Sanford and his heirs for ever, hee paying such Legacies out of it as I shall appoint. Item: I give to my daughter Hannah the neck pasture which is next to Caleb Stanlys land, after her mothers decease, the best Kettle and my pistoll, and to Abigail my best skillett. Item: To my Daughter Sarah I give a Great Kettle & a Cowe, after my wive's decease. Item: to Robert Sanford the Land in Soldiers field (_____) and the Land over the Great river in Mr Crows Meadow. Item: My wood Lands I would have them Ly in common for the use of both my son Robert and Zacharyah. During my wives life time I would have her to have the whole of my Estate as it now is myne, and Robt. to Live with her and attend her, and to have my team to help her.
(Not signed.)
Mr. Will Pitkin & Sargt. Tho. Spencer did declare upon oath that they did hear Robt. Sanford declare as his Last will so far as is written.
Court Record, Page 155—7 September, 1676: Will & Invt. exhibited. Adms. granted to the Widow. Page 159—6 December, 1676: Order to Dist. the Estate to the 5 daughters, giving to each of them £20."
- ↑ Robert Sanford, in Find A Grave.
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