Samuel STAFFORD^{[1, 2, 3]}

1636 - 1718  (82 years)

• Name	Samuel STAFFORD
  Born	1636	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Will	16 Mar 1710/1
  _UID	9B3791E5DA160C45B9F8AE7B32F5E8FC6E05
  Died	20 Mar 1718	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [5]
  Buried	Old Stafford Cem., Conabicut Pt, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
  Person ID	I18737	Branch 201 Thomas Stafford b. 1801 NC
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2010

  
  

  Father	Thomas STAFFORD, (Branch 002),   b. Abt 1605, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 4 Nov 1677, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth RIPPON,   b. 1614, Warwickshire, England ,   d. 1677, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 63 years)
  Married	Abt 1633  [6]
  Family ID	F7089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mercy WESTCOTT,   b. Abt 1632/3, Yeovil, Somersetshire, England ,   d. 25 Mar 1700, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age ~ 67 years)  [6]
  Married	24 Feb 1660	Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [6]
  Children	1. Stukley Wescott STAFFORD,   b. 7 Nov 1661, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 1661   2. Capt. Amos STAFFORD,   b. 8 Nov 1665, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 8 Oct 1760, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island  (Age 94 years)   3. Mercy STAFFORD,   b. 8 Jul 1668, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 3 Jun 1725, Rehoboth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts  (Age 56 years)   4. Sarah STAFFORD,   b. 18 Apr 1671, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Samuel STAFFORD,   b. 19 Nov 1673, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Abt 1675, died young  (Age 1 years)   6. Patience STAFFORD,   b. 1675,   d. 23 Oct 1721  (Age 46 years)   7. Freelove STAFFORD,   b. 1677, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 1711, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island  (Age 34 years)   8. Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 1680, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Capt. Thomas STAFFORD,   b. 1682, Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 18 Nov 1765, Conventry, Kent County, Rhode Island  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F7101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Stafford and family joined the Quaker Church and the birthdate of Mercy Stafford is from the Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Before 1692.Volume 4 . Listed under Stafford. By James Savage. Quaker Records of Newport. Likewise the record of her death and or marriage should also be there. I am not in a position to research this any further. Quakers were given the right not to publish data of vital records in public records by government Rhode Island Genealogical Record Abstract of Will of Samuel Stafford . Stafford, Samuel, being aged. will dated 16 MAR 1710/11, proved 16 Apr 1718, pgs 135-136. Mentions: Sons Amos Stafford eldest & Thomas Stafford youngest. Daughters Sarah Scranton eldest, Patience Howland 2nd, Freelove Tillinghast 3rd, & Elizabeth Note: There is no mention of his daughter Mercy b.1688. There is no mention of Edward Thurber -son of Mercy and Richard Thurber. Samuel Stafford was admitted freeman in Will: Rhode Island Genealogical Record Abstract of Will of Samuel Stafford . Stafford,Samuel,od Wa,being aged. will dated 16 MAR 1710/11,proved 16 Apr 1718,pgs 135-136. Mentions: Sons Amos Stafford eldest & Thomas Stafford youngest. Daughters Sarah Scranton eldest,Patience Howland 2nd,Freelove Tillinghast 3rd,& Elizabeth Devotion 4th. Granddaughters Marcy Thurber & Mary Stafford. Note: There is no mention of his daughter Mercy b.1688. There is no mention of Edward Thurber -son of Marcy and Richard Thurber.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S395] "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families" by Gary Rob. QUAY 1 [S392] IGI-LDS. [S400] Vital Records of RI 1636-1850 by James N. Arnold. [S418] New England Marriages prior to 1700 by Torrey.