John Sanford^{[1, 2]}

1605 - 1653  (48 years)

• Name	John Sanford  [1, 2]
  Birth	1605	Alford, Lincolnshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Web Link	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sanford_(governor)
  Death	22 Jun 1653	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I342223140095	Tripp Family Genealogical Website

  
  

  Father	Samuel Sanford
  Mother	Ellenor (-) Sanford
  Family ID	F39536	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Webb,   b. Salisbury, Wilts County, England
  Marriage	1631	Boston, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
  Children	1. John Sanford,   b. 4 Jun 1633, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 25 Jan 1687, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 53 years)   2. Samuel Sanford,   b. 14 Jul 1635, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA d. 18 Mar 1713, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F28473	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Bridget Hutchinson,   b. 15 Jan 1618, Alford, Lincolnshire, England d. 1698, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1635	Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Eliphalet Sanford,   b. 09 Dec 1637, Rhode Island, USA d. 18 Jan 1694, Rhode Island, USA (Age 56 years)   2. 10th Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Peleg Sanford,   b. 10 May 1639, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA d. 28 Feb 1701, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 61 years)   3. Endcome Sanford,   b. 23 Feb 1640, Rhode Island, USA   4. Restcome Sanford,   b. 29 Jan 1642, Rhode Island, USA d. 1667 (Age 24 years)   5. William Sanford,   b. 04 Mar 1644, Rhode Island, USA   6. Esbon Sanford,   b. 25 Jan 1646, Rhode Island, USA d. 06 Oct 1682, Rhode Island, USA (Age 36 years)   7. Frances Sanford,   b. 09 Jan 1648, Rhode Island, USA d. Rhode Island, USA   8. Elisha Sanford,   b. 28 Dec 1650, Rhode Island, USA   9. Ann Sanford,   b. 12 Mar 1652, Rhode Island, USA d. 26 Aug 1654 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F29680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Gov. John Sanford
  		John Sanford, b.1605 d.1653
  		Wikipedia entry for John Sanford, Governor of Rhode Island
  		Governor Sanford

  
  

• Notes

  Following is a resume of John Sanford from the Rhode Island Genealogical Register published by the Rhode Island Families Association. The Editor is Nellie M. C. Beaman. The address is : Lucille BB. Beaman P.O. Box 585 East Princeton, Massachusetts 01517 Early Rhode Island Settlers Mildred Mosher Chamberlain, C.G. John Sanford was born in England about 1605 but where he was born and whwho his parents were is unknown. He died between 22 June 1653, the date of his will, and 20 November 1653, when his will was filed. He was serving as President of the Rhode Island Colony at this time, being the fifth man to hold this high office. He married 1st Elizabeth Webb, sister of Henry Webb, who was a prominent merchant of Boston and came from Salisbury, County Wilts, England. The date of her death is unknown but probably occurred shorly after the birth of her second son Samuel. He married 2nd Bridget Hutchinson, daughter of William and Ann (Marbury) Hutchinson, who was baptized Alford, Linolnshire, England 15 January 1618\19. She married 2nd William Phillips, as his third wife a vintner and prominent merchant of Boston and later of Saco Maine. She died in 1698. John Sanford arrived in Boston on the ship Lyon, Captain Peirce,on the 3rd or 4th of November 1631. He had been in the employ of the Winthrop household in 1629 and between then and 1631 he was one of their most important servants, often acting as purchasing agent for John Winthrop. in 1631 he was a member of the church and on 3 April 1632 both he and Mr. John Winthrop, Junior were made Freemen. he served for several years as a member of committees chosen by the General Court of Legislature of the Colony, or of the town of Boston. He was one of those disarmed because "the opinions and revelations of Mr. Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson have seduced and led into dangerous errrors many of the people here in new England on 20 November 1637 and about the middle of March he left Boston with the other Antinomian leaders and proceeded to Pprovidence and then to Aquidneck, signing the Portsmouth Compact 7 March 1638. One o8. One of the first rules set up by this new colony was, "Noe person within the said Colonye, at any time hereafter, shall be in any wise molested, punished, disquieted, or called in question on matters of religion--so long as he keep the peace". He became a Freeman in 1641 and during his years in Portsmouth filled many posts including Assistant 1647 to 1649; Town Magistrate on 29 April, 1650; member of the Town Council on 2 June 1650; Head Magistrate on 3 June 1651 and in May 1653 President of the Rhode Island Colony.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1250956828] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1250898917] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: A genealogy and history of the Hute [i e Chute] family in America : with some account of the family.