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Governor Peleg Sanford

Governor Peleg Sanford

Male 1639 - 1701  (61 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Peleg Sanford  [1, 2
    Prefix Governor 
    Birth 10 May 1639  Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Feb 1701 
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Person ID I76650  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 10 Aug 2009 

    Father John Sanford, Sr,   b. Abt 1605, Alford, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1653, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother Bridget Hutchinson,   b. 15 Jan 1618, Alford, Alford Parish, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1698, Saco, Maine, Or Boston, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1636 
    Family ID F31337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Brenton   d. 1674 
    Marriage 1673 
    Family ID F78292  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2001 

    Family 2 Mary Coddington,   b. 16 May 1654, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1692 (Age 37 years) 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1674 
    Children 
    +1. Ann Sanford,   b. Abt 1675, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1736 (Age 61 years)
    +2. Elizabeth Ann Sanford,   b. Abt 1677, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1762 (Age 85 years)
     3. Bridget Sanford,   b. Abt 1680, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Jan 1766 (Age 86 years)
     4. Peleg Sanford, Jr,   b. Abt 1685, New York, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1702, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 17 years)
    +5. Governor William Sanford,   b. Abt 1690, Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Apr 1721 (Age 31 years)
     6. NN Sanford   d. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Charles Skiff Sanford   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F78293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Feb 2001 

  • Notes 
    • 1. Peleg and Mary Brenton had no children.

      2. Peleg was one of the most prominent men of the Colony of Rhode Island, and held at different times about every office, both civil and military, in the gift of the Governmen. He was Judge of the Court of Admiralty, deputy Assistant for seven years, Governor of Rhode Island 1680 to 1683, and was sent to England twice as agent of the Colony on important business.

  • Sources 
    1. [S585] Anna Chesebrough Wildey, Genealogy of the Descendants of William Chesebrough, (New York: Press of T. A. Wright 1903), pages 534 - 535 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S593] G. Robert Anderson, Colonial Massachusetts and Maine Genealogies, (1999).



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