Joseph Abbott … m. by 1700 Anna Sanford (probably), daughter of Thomas Sanford (eldest child b. East Haven 15 August 1700 (FOOF 1:7); in 1721 Thomas Sanford deeded land to his sons Samuel and John and grandson William, with a provision that son John "pay at my death to daughter Anna Abbot £4" [Carlton E. Sanford, Thomas Sanford … (Rutland, Vermont, n.d.), p.93]).