An open question has been how our great grandfather Edward Sandford, who was born, raised, and enlisted in Maine, came to serve in the First Cavalry Regiment of the District of Columbia during the Civil War? I had presumed that it had something to do with his arriving late to the party, having been onContinue reading “The First Cavalry Regiment of the District of Columbia”
Category Archives: Sandford
Another Remarkable Crossing of Family Paths in Colonial Connecticut
The ancestors of Janelle’s maternal grandfather Arthur Wright, have been in New England since the early 17th century, circulating between Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. A summary of what we can figure out about Janelle’s New England roots New England is shown below. (As a reminder, there is no known connection between these Wrights andContinue reading “Another Remarkable Crossing of Family Paths in Colonial Connecticut”
Ontario History: Railroads, Water, Land, Orchards, Electricity and the Contributions of Earl Richardson
Let’s step back and review what we’ve learned about the history of Ontario, California. Here is a summary… Date Event 1876 Southern Pacific Railroad is built through future Ontario region Late 1870s-Early 1880s George and William Chaffey arrive from Canada and engineer irrigation system for Ontario 1879 Thomas Edison develops a reliable light bulb 1880sContinue reading “Ontario History: Railroads, Water, Land, Orchards, Electricity and the Contributions of Earl Richardson”
The Founding Wrights of the Connecticut Colonies
Having discussed Sandford and Tuttle origins in early colonial Connecticut, we now turn to another founding family, the Wright branch of Janelle’s family. The ancestors of her maternal grandfather, Arthur Wright, came to New England as early as the mid 1630s, establishing homesteads in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. (As a reminder, there is noContinue reading “The Founding Wrights of the Connecticut Colonies”
Researching Our Gelston Roots: In Vain Pursuit of More Hartford Founders and a Mayflower Ancestor
Each of us has 64 fourth great grandparents. By the time we work back to the 17th century we are in the realm of eighth and ninth great grandparents, of which each of us has 1024 and 2048, respectively. There are a lot of places to look for interesting ancestors. Further fueling this math isContinue reading “Researching Our Gelston Roots: In Vain Pursuit of More Hartford Founders and a Mayflower Ancestor”
Judge Hugh Gelston of Southampton
We have previously discussed the lives of our 4th great grandparents Captain Thomas Sandford (1744-1811) and Jerusha Gelston Sandford (1748-1837), both born on Long Island and moved to Portland, Maine before the Revolution. Recall that Jerusha was first married to Arthur Howell, of whom Thomas Sandford was a business associate, and that she married SandfordContinue reading “Judge Hugh Gelston of Southampton”
Senator Nathan Sanford of New York
Among the prominent historical figures found in our family tree is Nathan Sanford (1777-1838), a lawyer and politician who served twice as a United States Senator from New York, and once ran for Vice President as Henry Clay’s running mate. Nathan Sanford was of the same generation as our fourth great grandfather Captain Thomas SandfordContinue reading “Senator Nathan Sanford of New York”
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”
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 