Born Saturday, May 7, 1892 (129 years ago) in Twin Lakes, California. Edward Joseph Sandford, Grandfather Died Sunday, May 10, 1992 (29 years ago) in Redlands, California. J. Gordon Hynes, Grandfather Died Saturday, May 16, 1863 (158 years ago) in Greensboro, Vermont. George Smith, 3rd great grandfather, father of Elizabeth Walker Smith Married Thursday, MayContinue reading “May Commemorations”
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Family Paths Crossing in Connecticut
Having tracked the Sandford and Tuttle family branches back to the origins of colonial Connecticut in the 1630s, a compelling question arises: did the two families know each other? The Sandford(Sanford) brothers, Thomas, Robert and Andrew came to America in the 1630s and participated in the founding of Hartford and Milford before our ancestor EzekielContinue reading “Family Paths Crossing in Connecticut”
The Hartford Witch Panic of 1662-1663
We have discussed that the Sandford brothers, Thomas, Robert, and Andrew came to America in the mid 1630s with their uncle Andrew Warner. Thomas settled in Milford, Connecticut to form the family branch detailed in Carlton E. Sanford’s Thomas Sanford, The Emigrant to New England, Ancestry Life and Descendants. Robert (our direct ancestor) settled inContinue reading “The Hartford Witch Panic of 1662-1663”
April Commemorations
Died Thursday, April 1, 1847 (174 years ago) in Topsham, Maine. Dorothy Young Burton, 2nd great grandmother, mother of Edward Thomas Sandford Born Monday, April 4, 1836 (185 years ago) in Sharon, Ohio. James Burroughs Swan, 2nd great great grandfather, father of Henry Edson Swan Born Saturday, April 5, 1800 (221 years ago) in Pennsylvania.Continue reading “April Commemorations”
The Sandford Origins in America
Before Ontario, Chino, Corona, Eureka, St. Johnsbury, Topsham, Portland, Bridgehampton and Hartford, the Sandford family first made the voyage to America in the mid-to-late 1630s. Three brothers Robert, Thomas, and Andrew Sandford, along with their uncle Andrew Warner, arrived at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Mayflower crossing had taken place nearly two decades earlier (1620) and newContinue reading “The Sandford Origins in America”
Bridging the Silences 