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Thomas Sanford Genealogy c., 1911, pp. 60-82 Thomas Sanford arrived in the colonies with his younger brother Andrew and his uncle, Andrew Warner, in 1632 at Dorchester, Massachusetts. He sailed on the ship Arabella as part of the Winthrop Fleet. Many ships over many months came as a part of that activity. He, one brother and their uncle, traveled as single men. He married Dorothea Meadows in Dorchester and they had two children. She died shortly after. He married Sarah Meadows and they set out for Hartford, Connecticut, where some of his relatives had settled, then went on to Milford, Connecticut, where they made their home and had more children. They became an important part of that community by owning property and being very active in both church and civic affairs. They were considered among the founders of Milford, Connecticut. All but the first two children were born at Milford and the parents were buried there. He was married to Sarah Meadows in 1641 in Dorchester. There are no stones marking their graves. The oldest stone marker is 1726, Mrs. Samuel Sanford. Maid Sara Whitlock is mentioned in his will. (Source: Elizabeth Wallace) The first record of Thomas in America is in Dorchester, Massachusetts in the year 1634 (possibly as early as 1632.) In both 1634 and 1636 he was employed in the tending of the cows of that town; taking them out to the pasture each morning and returning them each evening. America's First Families Ancestor Roll Of Honor THOMAS ANDREW SANFORD CONNECTICUT (1607/08-1681) Thomas SANFORD, progenitor of his line in America was born in 1607/08 at Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Thomas settled in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where he was granted a four-acre tract of land 22 Nov. 1634, and sixteen acres, 4 Jan. 1635. These two plots were "on the west side of the way by Mr. Hawthorne's by the brooke on Roxbury boundes" and on 18 Feb. 1635, he was allotted two acres in the fresh marsh nearest the town. Thomas was married 1636-37 to Sarah, maiden name unknown, at Dorchester, Massachussets. She died May 14, 1681 at Milford, CT. Her name is not mentioned in her husband's will who died in the following Oct. He was added to the First Church of Milford Jan 9, 1642 and she Dec. 16, 1642. Thomas and Sarah were the parents of seven children. An interesting document in Dorchester, Massachussets, records, entered April 17, 1635, reveals that Thomas THORNTON and Thomas SANFORD were to keep the cows for seven months for which they were to receive 5s.3d. a cow if there were six cows; if the herd were less they would receive less payment. The two men promised to collect the cows each morning an hour after sunrise, and to drive them across the bridge on their return trip at evening. This routine was followed each week day, and by one man on Sunday. The following year, 1636, it was further ordered by the court that all cows must be placed in the care of keepers in a common pasture from April 17th to Nov 15th, and Mathias SENSION was to assist Thomas SANFORD in herding them. Thomas was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Mar 9,1636/37, in Dorchester, Massachussets. Thomas SANFORD removed to Milford, CT, and the birth in Jan 1641, of his daughter Mary is recorded in the annals of the First Church of Milford, which indicates that he was residing there then. He was admitted to the church Jan 9, 1642 Thomas acquired various tracts of land in Milford and served on town committees. On the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of founding the town the citizens of Milford erected a stone bridge over the stream, which had formerly been difficult to cross when entering the town. This bridge built in 1889, in memory of the founders, contains heavy stones on the battlements in which the names of the pioneers are cut. The memorial inscription to Thomas SANFORD follows: Thomas Sanford Obit 1681 Sarah His Wife Died, in Oct, 1681, in Milford, CT. His will made Sep 23, 1681, and his estate was valued upon appraisal, Oct 21, 1681, at L450 18s. 3d. Submitted by John David Sanford The Children of Thomas SANFORD and Sarah SANFORD were. 1. Ezekiel b.1636, d1683, m.1665 Rebecca WHELPLEY 2. Sarah b.1639, d1683, m.Richard SHUTE 1656. 3. Mary b.1642, d. unmarried 4. Samuel b.1643, d.1691, m.1674 Hannah BRONSON 5. Thomas b.1644, d.1721, m.1 1666 Elizabeth PAYNE 6. Ephraim b.1646, d.1787, m.1669 Mary POWELL 7. Elizabeth b.1648, d.1687, m. 1669 Obediah ALLYN
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