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1. "The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth," edited by Donald L. Jacobus, pp. 84-85:
"Robert 1 Sanford was baptized at Stanstead Mountfitchet, co. Essex, Eng., 1 Nov. 1615, and settled early in Hartford, Conn., although not an original proprietor. His wife was named Ann, who was not a daughter of Jeremy Adams, as sometimes stated. The only clue to her identity is the statement made by Winthrop in 1667 that Robert Sanford’s wife was sister of Thomas Skidmore’s wife of Fairfield. This refers to Joanna, who married successively Richard Westcott, Nathaniel Baldwin, and Thomas Skidmore, all of Fairfield. With Westcott she lived first in Wethersfield, so she and her sister Ann were probably members of one of the families that founded the three Connecticut River towns.
Robert Sanford seems to have been in Hartford by 1645, but had no lands recorded until 1655. He was a chimney inspector, 1651/2, a leather sealer, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1662, 1666, 1667, 1668, 1671 and 1672; and a fence viewer, 1662 to 1674 inclusive except 1672.
Robert made a will which apparently he did not live to complete, as it is undated and unsigned. It gives to his son Zachariah the house and orchard that had belonged to Goodman Phillips, to be his after his mother’s decease, and to his son Robert his other dwelling house in Hartford. Legacies were given to his daughters Hannah, Abigail and Sarah. He desired his wife to have the whole of his estate for life. He died shortly before 19 June 1676, when his estate was inventoried. The probate records name the children as Zachariah Sandford (eldest son), Elizabeth Colyer, Ezekiel Sandford, Mary Campe, and Sarah, Robert, Hannah, and Abigail Sandford. The court ordered £21 to be paid to each of the five daughters.
The will of Ann Sanford, dated 12 July 1682, proved 7 Sept. 1682, directed her son Robert to pay the portions of her sons Zachary and Ezekiel and her married daughters, and gave specific legacies to her daughters Hannah and Abigail, who were apparently unmarried.
Children of Robert and Ann (--) Sanford, two recorded at Hartford:
i. Zachariah 2 , b. abt. 1644; d. at Hartford, in 1714; Ensign, north Hartford Trainband, Sept. 1689, and Lieutenant, Oct. 1697; m. Sarah Willett, daughter of Nathaniel Willett and granddaughter of Jeremy Adams.
ii. Elizabeth, b. 19 Feb. 1645/6; d. 6 Feb. 1695/6; m. in 1667, Joseph Collier.
iii. Ezekiel, b. 13 Mar. 1647/8; he was probably the Ezekiel who settled in Southampton, L. I., whose will dated 9 Dec. 1715 was proved 30 Mar. 1716; m. Hannah --.
iv. Mary, b. abt. 1650; d. between 9 July 1726 (date of will) and 28 Feb. 1726/7 (date of inventory); m. John Camp.
v. Sarah, b. perhaps 1652.
vi. Robert, b. abt. 1656; d. at Hartford, 19 June 1728 ae. 72 (g.s.); m. Mary Pratt, dau. of Daniel2 and Hannah (Warner) Pratt.
vii. Hannah.
viii. Abigail.
Sources:
a. Carleton E. Sanford, Thomas Sanford Genealogy (1911), 1:24-52; 2:1399-
b. New Haven Probate Records, vol. 1, part 2, p. 82.
c. Carleton E. Sanford, Thomas Sanford Genealogy (1911), 1:67-83, 86-89; D. L. Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield (1930-4), 1:515-516; Milford Church Records; New Haven County Court Records, 1:196; 2:46, 286.
d. The American Genealogist, 24:108, 114.
e. Frank Farnsworth Starr, Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines, 1:71-76.
f. Manwaring’s Digest, 1:231, 347, 429; 2:287, 481; Conn. Hist. Society Collections, 14:576, 579; Carleton E. Sanford, Thomas Sanford Genealogy, 2:1335.
g. Colonial Records of Connecticut, 2:83.
h. Manwaring’s Digest, 1:40.
i. Fairfield Probate Records, 3:187; 4:142.
j. Carleton E. Sanford, Thomas Sanford Genealogy, 1:91-92; D. L. Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield (1930-4), 1:518-520."
2. "The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth," edited by Donald L. Jacobus, pp. 259-60:
"JOSEPH1 Collier, probably of the family located at Southwark, co. Middlesex, England, died at Hartford, Conn., 16 Nov. 1691; married in 1667 Elizabeth2 Sanford, born at Hartford, 19 Feb. 1645/6, buried there 31 Dec. 1695, daughter of Robert and Ann (-) Sanford.
Joseph Collyer the elder, citizen and grocer of London, dwelling in the parish of St. Saviour’s, Southwark, in his will of 21 Aug. 1648, proved 28 Sept. 1649, named his brother Abel Collyer; niece Elizabeth Bourne, daughter of his sister Elizabeth Bourne; sister Judith Warner and her daughter Susan; sister Rhoda Dorton; sister Mary Browninge in New England; sister Dorcas Slingsby; sister Rachell now the wife of Richard Parnell of Epsham; his own sons Samuel, Joseph, Abel, Benjamin and Nathaniel; and his daughter Elizabeth Savage and her daughters Hannah and Elizabeth.
The sister Mary may well have been the wife of Thomas Browning (ca. 1587-1671) of Salem, Mass. This New England connection, the Puritan names of the children, and the fact that Joseph had both a brother and a son named Abel, suggest that Joseph Collier of Hartford, who gave the name of Abel to a son, may have been a grandson or nephew of the testator of 1648.
According to Savage, the Hartford settler had been in Salisbury, Mass., where he had a daughter Mary born 9 Apr. l662. b This is an error, and it was a Mary Fletcher who was born at Salisbury on that date. Nothing is known of Joseph Collier before he settled at Hartford, and he married a Hartford girl after his arrival. He was chosen a chimney-viewer [an office similar to fire warden] in 1668, 1675 and 1676.° He entered 13 Mar. 1670/1 a record of lands bought of William Williams, and made further purchases.
Administration on his estate was granted, 2 Dec. 1691, to his widow Elizabeth, who by the wish of her husband was to have the whole estate during her life. The Court ordered the movables at her death to go to the daughters, and the housing and lands to the sons. The children were listed as "Josep Collier ye Eldest son,” aged 23; "mary Phelpes,” 22; Hannah, 20; Sary Collier, 18; Elizabeth Collier, 16; Abell, 14; John Collier, 12; Abigaill Collier, 9; Susannah Collier, 7; and Ann Collier, 4.
The will of Elizabeth Collyer, dated 27 Dec. 1695, proved 21 Feb. 1695/6, mentioned her sons Joseph, Abel and John, her daughter Mary Phelps of Simsbury, and other children unnamed; and desired Hon. Col. John Allyn and "my Loveing Brother Ensigne Zechariah Sandford and my Brother Robert Sandford” to be overseers of her estate.
Children of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sanford) Collier born at Hartford:
i. Joseph2, b. abt. 1668; d. at Hartford, 25 Sept. 1738; m. 15 Apr. 1695, Sarah Forbes.
ii. Mary, b. abt. 1669; m. before Oct. 1689, Joseph Phelps of Simsbury, where the following is entered under the record of their children: "these children abouesd was born to him by his wife Mary who was daughter to Joseph Collyer of hartford and sd marys mothers name was sanford. or sister to Zechry sandford.”
iii. Hannah, b. abt. 1671.
iv. Sarah, b. abt. 1673; d. 20 Nov. 1730; m. 22 July 1697, Joseph3 Pratt.
v. Elizabeth, b. abt. 1675; living 1691.
vi. Abel, b. abt. 1677; bur. 1 Aug. 1697, unm. The inventory of his estate was taken 9 Nov. 1697 and was exhibited by Zachary Sanford. Distribution was ordered to the brothers and sisters; Lt. Sanford and Robert Sanford distributors.
vii. John, b. abt. 1679; d. at Hartford, 2 Aug. 1730; m. at Simsbury, 4 July 1705, Elizabeth Humphrey, b. at Simsbury, 22 Apr. 1684, dau. of Ens. Samuel and Mary (Mills) Humphrey.
viii. Abigail, b. abt. 1682; d. at Middletown, Conn., 28 Oct. 1742; m. at Hartford, 6 Mar. 1700/1, Samuel Peck, b. [say 1674], d. at Middletown, 9 Dec. 1765,
son of Paul and Hannah (Baisie) Peck.
ix. Susannah, b. abt. 1684; d. before 1727; m. (recorded at Wallingford, Conn.), 10 Apr. 1706, Stephen Peck, b. at Wallingford, 4 Aug. 1681, son of Eleazer and Mary (Bunnell) Peck.
x. Ann, b. abt. 1687; m. 30 Jan. 1706, Henry Bracy, of Hartford.
Sources:
a. Henry F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England (1901), 1:722-3.
b. Genealogical Dictionary of New England, 1:433.
c. Conn. Hist. Society Collections, 6:157, 158, 173-176.
d. Manwaring’s Digest, 1:430, which omits the daughter Hannah; Frank Farnsworth Starr, Goodwin and Morgan Ancestral Lines, 1:65-66, which gives a literal transcription including Hannah, but
curiously Mr. Starr omits Hannah in his own list of children.
e. Ibid., 1:429; Starr, 1:66.
f. Albert C. Bates, Simsbury Records, 25.
g. Manwaring’s Digest, 1:547."
3. The book "Robert Sandford and his wife Ann Adams Sandford, with some of their descendants, 1615-1930," by Josephine Grozier Sandford Ware(Rutland, VT: Tuttle company, 1930):
"ELIZABETH2 SANDFORD (Robert1), born Feb. 19, 1645, at Hartford, Conn., and died there Feb. 6, 1695. She married, about 1667, JOSEPH COLLIER, as his second wife. He came to Hartford from Salisbury, Conn., and died Nov. 16, 1691. Children, born in Hartford:
i. Joseph Collier, 1668-1735; m. Apr. 15, 1695, Sarah Forbes.
ii. Mary Collier, 1669-1697; m. 1689, Joseph Phelps, Jr. Three children.
iii. Sarah Collier, b. 1673; m. July 22, 1697, Joseph Pratt of Hartford.
iv. Elizabeth Collier, b. 1675.
v. Abel Collier, b. 1677; d. 1697.
vi. John Collier, b. 1679; m. July 5, 1705, Elizabeth Humphrey. Five children.
vii. Abigail Collier, b. 1682; m. Mar. 6, 1701, Samuel Peck.
viii. Ann Collier, b. 1684.
ix. Susannah Collier, b. 1687; m. Jan. 30, 1706, Henry Brace."
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
1615 - Bef 1676 (~ 60 years)
