Joseph STAFFORD, Jr.^{[1, 2]}

1676 - 1773  (97 years)

• Name	Joseph STAFFORD
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	1676	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Blacksmith
  _UID	C1EC1F6D27B75E44A660F0FF037F80A8587C
  Died	31 May 1773	Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island   [4]
  Person ID	I18728	Branch 201 Thomas Stafford b. 1801 NC
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Joseph STAFFORD,   b. 21 Mar 1648, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 28 Jan 1731, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Sarah HOLDEN,   b. Feb 1658, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 28 Jun 1731, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	1674	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [5]
  Family ID	F7088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susannah GORTON,   b. 4 Jun 1694, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 29 Aug 1739, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 45 years)
  Married	1716	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [6]
  Children	1. Mercy STAFFORD,   b. 2 Jun 1717, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Capt. Joseph STAFFORD,   b. 16 Jan 1718/9, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 30 Jan 1791, East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 72 years)   3. Susannah STAFFORD,   b. 15 Aug 1721, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Dec 1721, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 0 years)   4. Susannah STAFFORD,   b. 10 Mar 1722/3, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 4 Jan 1809  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F7096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret HULING,   b. 1690,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1743,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F11397	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Made Freeman of Warwick, RI 1May 1718. Elected Deputy 1730-3, 1735, 1737, 1741-4, 1746. He was called first Captain, then Major, and finally Colonel. He was author of an Almanac titled "Joseph Stafford Lover of the Truth" printed by T. Fleet in Boston in 1740. Made Justice of the Peace 4 Jun 1741.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S389] Ancestral File LDS. [S796] Arnold's Vital Record of RI; Vol 12, p 63. [S3759] "New England Marriages Prior To 1700" by Gary Robe. [S392] IGI-LDS.