Thomas Sanford

Abt 1608 - 1681  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas Sanford
  Birth	Abt 1608	Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	From 23 Sep 1681 to 21 Oct 1681	Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Person ID	I7875	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Ezekiel Sanford,   c. 20 FEB/FEB 1585/1586, Much Hadham, Hertsfordshire, England d. Aft 1632, of Margaretting, Essex, England (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Rose Warner,   b. Abt 1585, Of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England
  Marriage	Abt 1607	Of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England
  Family ID	F3479	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah,   b. Bef 1617, , , England d. 14 May 1681, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age > 64 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1637	Of Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F3493	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. "The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth," edited by Donald L. Jacobus, p. 84: "Thomas1 Sanford, born about 1608, came with some of his brothers to New England, following their uncle Andrew Warner. Thomas settled in Dorchester about 1634, and probably married there. About 1640 he removed to Milford, Conn., where he was admitted to the church, 9 Jan. 1641/2. His wife Sarah was admitted 15 Dec. 1642. She died 14 May 1681, and he died the following Autumn. His will, dated 23 Sept. 1681, named eldest son Ezekiel; sons Thomas, Ephraim, and Samuel; daughters Sarah wife of Richard Shute of Eastchester, and Elizabeth wife of Obadiah Allyn of Middletown; grandchildren Sarah Shute and Thomas Allyn; gave a legacy to Sarah Whitlock that was his maid. His inventory was taken 21 Oct. 1681. Children, all except the first two baptized at Milford: i. Ezekiel 2, b. abt. 1637. ii. Sarah, b. abt. 1639; m. Richard Shute, of Eastchester, N. Y. iii. Mary, bapt. 16 Jan. 1641/2; d. y. iv. Samuel, bapt. 30 Apr. 1643; d. at Milford, 27 Nov. 1691; m. 16 Aug. 1674, Hannah Bronson, dau. of Richard of Farmington. v. Thomas, bapt. Dec. 1644; d. at New Haven, after 1721; m. at New Haven, 11 Oct. 1666, Elizabeth Payne. vi. Ephraim, bapt. 17 May 1646; d. at Milford in 1687 (estate inventoried 12 June 1687); m. at New Haven, 18 Nov. 1669, Mary Powell, dau. of Thomas, bapt. 20 July 1645; she m. (2) Nathaniel Baldwin. vii. Elizabeth, bapt. 27 Aug. 1648; m. at Milford, 26 Oct. 1669, Obadiah Allyn."