Daniel married SANFORD, Sarah in 1712. Sarah (daughter of SANFORD, Deacon Thomas and SANFORD, Christian ()) was born on 13 Oct 1694 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA; died on 07 Nov 1772 in Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married PARTRIDGE, Deborah on 04 Apr 1681 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Deborah (daughter of PARTRIDGE, Captain John and BULLARD, Magdalen) was born on 16 Aug 1662 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; died before 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Biography/Personal History: Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; The thirty men who signed the petition to the legislature were typical of the stock upon which Bellingham was to be built. Some remained for a few years and departed for other lands. Others stayed, had families, and eventually died here. Many of their tombstones can still be seen in the various cemetaries in the town. George Partridge, in his 1919 History of Bellingham presented a brief sketch of each of the petitioners. Of some, he revealed much, of others, little. His sketches are presented here verbatim. ... XVI. DEACON THOMAS SANFORD He had sold his land here when the town was formed, and probably lived in Mendon then, and yet no one had more to do with than he. He was the son of Robert Sanford who was in the First Church of Boston in 1651, and sold land on Court Street there in 1678, but went to Swansea. He married Elizabeth Skelton, the daughter of the first minister of Salem, and the great aunt of John Marsh, who bought his Bellingham estate of Thomas Sanford in 1712. Thomas was born at Swansea in 1763, and was a town officer there at 20 years old, and later, town clerk. He was at Mendon in 1700, and bought Rawson's Farm with Hayward and Burch as has been told in 1700 and 1701. He sold a part of his share of the farm in 1702 to John Marsh and Samuel Rich, and the rest later for 300£ to Pelatiah Smith, including about 200 acres near Stall Brook "now laid to Mendon", his share of a sawmill there, and his "mansion house", which must have been something grand to need such a description. He went to live in Mendon, and was chairman of a committee ther in 1735, to oppose the formation of the East Precinct, which became the town of Milford, 45 years later. His wife's first name was Christian, and that rare name was given to one of her daughters, who was my great great great grandmother. Her sister Bathsheba or Bathshua, as they called her, married David Holmes of Woodstock, Connecticut. She was a remarkable woman and lived to a great age. She did much of the work of a country doctor, and in the great snowstorm of 1717 she left her house by a window and traveled on snow shoes with the help of a long pole carried by two men, to care for a sick woman in the next town. She was the great great grandmother of Oliver Wendell Holmes. Thomas Sanford's second wife, Tabitha, was murdered by a negro named Jeffs in Mendon about 1745 or 1750, who struck her with an axe as she stepped up from the kitchen into the main house with a basket of cheeses. He hid in a great pine tree and watched the funeral from there, the story says, but was caught when he came down. He was the first criminal executed in Worcester County, and the Mendon doctor kept his skeleton. In his old age Thomas Sanford lived with his daughters in Medway, where he died in 1764, 91 years old. The Bellingham records contain the following statement: "I Thomas Sanford resident in Medway being now in the 87th year of age testifie that in the year 1700 I purchesed one quarter and Wm Hayward one half and Thomas Burch the other quarter of 800 acres of land of Wm Rawson his wife and two sons being the N E part of 1840 acres of land lying between Sherborn, Mendon and Dedham land and in the year 1701 I with Said Wm Hayward and Thomas Burch purchased of said Wm Rawson 740 acres of land in the aforesd 1840 acres being westerly of the sd first purchase, the two purchases containing all the notheast part of the 1840 acres next to Sharborn as by Sd deed may more fully appear. That I removed on the Sd first purchase of 800 acres in the 1701, lived there 14 years.

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Text from Sanford Family Home page: Internet---Thomas married three times, first to Christian, second to Tabitha Clark in 1710 (recorded at Medway), and third to Dorothy Watson in 1745. Thomas is buried next to Obadiah and Christian Adams. His gravestone says "In Memory of Deacon Thomas Sandford who died March Ye 6th, 1764 in Ye 91 Year of his Age."

Still later Thomas moved to Mendon and became a deacon there. He was also Town Clerk 8 years from 1715-1737, Town Treasurer in 1716-1717, Representative 1721-1722, Arbitrator February 14, 1724, Leather Sealer 1720, and Selectman for eleven years.

His father moved the family from Boston to either Swansea (village) or Swanzey (township) both being in MA in 1678. Elected Fence Viewer in 1693.

One of the thirty men who signed the petition to the legislature to form the town of Bellingham

Thomas Sanford's second wife, Tabitha, was murdered by a negro named Jeffs in Mendon about 1745. He killed her with an axe as she entered the main house. He was caught and was the first criminal executed in Worcester County and a Mendon doctor kept his skeleton.

In his old age Thomas lived with his daughters in Medway.

Source: History of the Town of Bellingham.

Thomas married SANFORD, Christian () in 1694. Christian was born in 1670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Freeman: 1653

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He settled, with the other three brothers, in Medfield, Mass.; was Ensign and Selectman, and Representative of Medfield in the General Court in 1689, in 1692 and in 1702. He died in Medfield, 12 Nov., 1716, "the last of the original settlers."

Buried:
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Edward married PENNIMAN, Lydia about 1652. Lydia (daughter of PENNIMAN, James Lyon Passenger, 1631 and ELIOT, Lydia Lyon Passenger, 1631) was christened on 22 Feb 1634/5 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died about 03 Mar 1676 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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SOURCE: Henry Adams of Somersetshire by Bartlett

There is some confusion as to the identity of Edward's first wife and mother
to fourteen children. Early accounts

Notes:

Jameson-History Of Medway (Seem to have some errors ) - Holliston Historical
Society document LG 22

John was the immigrant ancestor and an original proprietor of Medfield. He
came to Medfield from Dedham with his brother William and probably his sister,
Margaret.

His house and barn with a quantity of grain and several head of cattle were
burned at the time of an Indian raid in 1676.

Source: Partridge pedigre - Holliston Historical Library

John Partridge was the 8th great grandfather of Norman W. Schuler

John married BULLARD, Magdalen on 18 Dec 1655 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Magdalen (daughter of BULLARD, John and GEORGE, Magdeline) was born on 18 Oct 1635 in Barnham, Suffolk, England; died on 27 Dec 1677 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jameson-History Of Medway (Seem to have some errors ) - Holliston Historical
Society document LG 22

Robert married SKELTON, Elizabeth in Feb 1651 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of SKELTON, Rev. Samual 1st Minister of MBC Salem and TRAVIS, Susannah) was born about 1630 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1670 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
This death is a problem and maybe not be correct but it is the best information that I have. More research needs to be done

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