Quoted directly from Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England by James Savage, Boston, 1860-1862 Vol IV, pp. 13-16. Select abbreviations for futher definition by Savage.
SANFORD, oft. SAMFORD, or SANDFORD, ANDREW, Hartford 1651, freem. 1657, rem. to Milford 1667, and there d. 1684, leav. ch. Andrew; Mary, wh. d. unm. 1689; Ezekiel; Hannah; Martha; Eliz.; Abigail; and Sarah. One d. had d. bef. her f. ANDREW, Milford, s. of the preced. m. 8 Jan. 1668, Mary, d. of Henry Botsford, had Mary, bapt. Nov. 1668; Samuel, 1672, d. soon; Andrew, 16 July 1673; Samuel, again, 1675; and Esther, 1677. He was liv. in 1700, and date of d. is unkn. EPHRAIM, Milford, s. of Thomas of the same, m. 1669, at New Haven, Mary Powell, prob. d. of Thomas of the same, had Mary, b. there, but he d. at M. In Nov. 1692 his est. was div. to wid. Mary and ch. Mary, Samuel, Ephraim, Thomas, Nathaniel, and Zechariah. EZEKIEL, Fairfield, freem. 1669, was eldest s. of Thomas, as is thot.; had good est 1670, and d. late in 1683, leav. wid. Rebecca s. Ezekiel, and Thomas, ds. Sarah, w. of Cornelius Hull; Mary, w. of Theophilus Hull, Rebecca, w. of John Seely, beside Martha, and Eliz. then unm. as by agreem. 1697, for partitn. of est. we learn. EZEKIEL, Milford, s. of the first Andrew, d. 1685 or 6, leav. wid. and, perhaps, one ch. HENRY, Charlestown, m. 23 Jan. 1677, Mary, d. of John Long. JAMES, Boston, m. 1656, Eliz. d. of Francis Smith of the same, wh. had first liv. at Roxbury. He d. 2 Nov. 1661. §±JOHN, Boston 1631, wh. is No. 115 on the list of ch. memb. was sw. freem. 3 Apr. 1632, and the same yr. made cannoneer at the fort; had John, bapt. 24 June 1632; Samuel, 22 June 1634; Eliphal, Dec. 1637, when he was disarm. as a support. of Wheelwright. He went with Coddington, Hutchinson, and others, to purch. R. I. and liv. at Portsmouth, the N. end of the isl. is in the list of freem. there 1655, was constable, treasr. Secr. Assist. 1647, and chos. head of the Colo. as Presid. in May 1653. One or more of his ch. were tak. by the Ind. when they k. Mrs. Hutchinson, it is said; and the friend. visit from a distance of a hundred and thirty miles, shows the intimacy the poor wid. kept up with old acquaint. When he d. is not beard. JOHN, Boston, by w. Bridget had Ann, wh. d. 26 Aug. 1654, as prob. the f had good time bef. and the wid. m. lieut. William Phillips of B. who gave security, 10 Mar. 1657, to four ch. of said John, for portions of his est. in conform. with his will. But wh. those ch. were, is not ascertain. JOHN, Portsmouth, R. I. eldest s. of the first John, m. 17 Apr. 1663, Mary, d. of Samuel Gorton, wid. of Peter Greene, as is thot. by wh. he had Mary, b. 3 Mar. foll.; Eliphal, 20 Feb. 1656; John, 18 June 1670; and Samuel, 5 Oct. 1677; but he had been adm. freem. 1653, and m. 8 Aug. 1654, Eliz. eldest d. of Henry Spatchurst of Bermuda, wh. d. 6 Dec. 1660, and had, as the Portsmouth rec. tells, Eliz. b. 11 July 1655; Mary, 18 Aug. 1656; Susanna, 31 July 1658; and Rebecca, 23 June 1660. JOHN, Boston, the seh.master, wh. I rejoice to say, taught writ.; m. 19 Feb. 1657, Sarah, wid. of Robert Potter, was, perhaps, the freem. of 11 Oct. 1670, and d. 10 Feb. 1677. His will, of 19 Jan. preced. pro. 24 Apr. foll. ment. no ch. but gives all est. to w. Sarah for life, and aft. devise to the third ch. his sch.ho. and Id. adj. one half of other est. to childr. of his br. Robert, they to pay aft. entry upon d. of the wid. X£20. to Hannah Potter, if she liv. with her until 18 yrs. old, and other half to childr. of Edward Turner of Middletown, they to pay, as soon as they, rec. and enter upon it X&10. to John Potter of R. 1. and X&10. to Stephen Coppock of L. I. The excors. were nam. w. Sarah and capt. Timothy Wheeler, but he renounce the office. Wh. Coppock was, or how he or Turner were relat. to testator is unkn. but I hazard the conject. that he was br. of Turner's w. NATHANIEL, Hartford 1655, d. 1687, leav. good est. to wid. Susanna, wh. m. John Buttolph of Wethersfield, and only ch. Mary, wh. many yrs. bef. had m. Phineas Wilson. §PELEG, Newport, s. of the first John, Gov. of the Col. 1680-2, call. by Gov. Brenton, in his will, s.-in-law, as he m. Mary, d. of B. bef. 1665. His ch. were Ann, Bridget, and Eliz. He declin. reelect. in 1683, but was oft. honor. with commiss. from Eng. as judge in the admiralty, and was liv. 1699. RICHARD, Boston 1640, laborer, whose w. Margery d. that yr. was adm. of the ch. 30 Jan. 1641, and freem. 2 June foll. had possib. s. John and Robert, and certain. d. Mary, wh. m. 25 Oct. 1656, Edward Turner. ROBERT, Hartford 1645, d. June 1676, leav. w. Ann, d. of Jeremy Adams, wh. d. 1682. His ch. were, as in order nam. on the Pro. rec. Zachary; Eliz. b. 19 Feb. 1646, wh. m. Joseph Collier; Ezekiel, 13 Mar. 1648; Mary, w. of John Camp; Sarah; Robert; Hannah; and Abigail. ||ROBERT, Boston, br. of the third John, freem. 1652, ar. co. 1661, by w. Eliz. had John, wh. d. 23 Nov. 1654; Eliz. 5 Dec. 1655; Bathshua, 6 Jan. 1659; Sarah, 23 Nov. 1661; Mary, 22 Sept. 1664; Robert, 15 Apr. 1667; Richard, 27 Mar. 1670; and Thomas, 27 Apr. 1673. At Scarborough, in 1663, may have been one of this name, unless erron. giv. in Geneal. Reg. V. 264, as may well be suspect. from the many mistakes in that list. ROBERT, Hartford, prob. youngest s. of Robert of the same, had a fam. but details have not reach. me. SAMUEL, Milford, s. of Thomas, propound. for freem. 1669, d. 1691, leav. wid. Hannah, and ch. Hannah, aged 16; Samuel, 12; Sarah, 9; Mary, 6; and Thomas, 4; as on the inv. return. 18 Dec. SAMUEL, Portsmouth, R. I. prob. s. of John of the same, m. Oct. 1662, Sarah, d. of William Waddel, had Eliz. b. 3 Oct. 1663; John; Jane, 1668; Bridget, 27 June 1671; and Mary, 27 Apr. 1674. THOMAS, Dorchester 1634, freem. 9 Mar. 1637, aft. few yrs. rem. prob. to Milford a. 1639, was a householder 1646, there, and freem. bef. 1669; by w. Sarah he had, bef. rem. from Mass. Ezekiel, and Sarah, and at Milford had Samuel, b. Apr. 1643; Thomas, Dec. 1644; Ephraim, 1646; and Eliz. 1648; beside Mary, bapt. Feb. 1642, wh. prob. did not live to be nam. as all the others were, in his will. His w. d. 14 May 1681, and he d. in Sept. or Oct. foll. His d. Sarah m. 14 Aug. 1656, Richard Shute; and Eliz. m. 28 Oct. 1669, Obadiah Allyn of Middletown. THOMAS, New Haven, perhaps s. of the preced. m. 11 Oct. 1666, Eliz. Paine, perhaps d. of John, had Samuel, b. 13 Sept. 1668; Eliz. Sept. 1671; Thomas, 13 Oct. 1673, d. soon; Ann, 19 Feb. 1675; Thomas, again, 25 May 1677; William, 29 Nov. 1679; Sarah, 26 Nov. 1682; and, perhaps, more; was freem. 1669, and a propr. contin. 1685. THOMAS, Scarborough 1663, subject to the same suspic. as attach. to the name of Robert there. *ZACHARY, Saybrook 1651, was, perhaps, first at Hartford, m. a d. of John Rockwell of Windsor, had Zachary, b. 1653, d. young; Hannah, 1656; Ruth, 1659; Ezekiel, 1663; Deborah, Jan. 1666; Sarah and Rebecca, tw. Nov. 1668; was freem. 1658, rep. 1657 and 8, and d. 23 Dec. 1668. His wid. was inhab. there 1672; d. Hannah m. 16 Jan. 1680, Abraham Chalker; and Ruth m. 17 Apr. 1684, Samuel Bushnell. ZACHARY, Hartford, s. of Robert the first, freem. 1669, m. Sarah, d. of Nathaniel Willet, had Sarah, b. 15 Nov. 1681; Zachary, 26 Apr. 1686; Ann and Rebecca, tw. 27 Aug. 1689; and Abigail, 11 Oct. 1692. He kept that inn, where the Cts. sat, and d. early in 1714, leav. only ch. Sarah, and Abigail. This name is spell. with much variat. in early days the first syl. was Samp, and aft. d was the end of that syl. Farmer found at the N. E. coll. sixteen gr. in 1828 half at Yale, three at Harv.
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