Margaret STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

1799 - 1869  (70 years)

• Name	Margaret STAFFORD
  Born	1799	Albany, Albany Co., New York
  Gender	Female
  BAPM	First Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York
  _UID	F0364D31165DF244AEC248EDA503DA83F79F
  Died	21 Jun 1869	St Augustine, St. Johns Co., Florida   [3, 4]
  Buried	St. Augustine National Cem., St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., Florida
  Person ID	I18872	Branch 220 James Stafford 1809 DE
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Col. John STAFFORD,   b. 16 Oct 1768, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 12 Oct 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Margaret DENNISTON,   b. 18 Jul 1769, Catskill, Greene Co, New York ,   d. 17 Apr 1799, Albany, Albany Co., New York  (Age 29 years)
  Married	24 Jun 1793	New York   [5]
  Family ID	F7138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Major Gen. William Jenkins WORTH,   b. 1 Mar 1794, Hudson, Columbia Co., New York ,   d. 7 May 1849, San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas  (Age 55 years)
  Married	18 Sep 1818	New York
  Children	1. Mary WORTH,   b. 1822, West Point, Orange Co., New York ,   d. 6 Nov 1876, St. Augustine, St. Johns Co., Florida  (Age 54 years)   2. Margaret WORTH,   b. 1828, New York ,   d. Aft 1904  (Age > 77 years)   3. Josephine WORTH,   b. 1831, Albany Co., New York ,   d. 31 Aug 1920  (Age 89 years)   4. Brevit Brig. Gen. William Scott WORTH,   b. 6 Jan 1840, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F7139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Stafford was the daughter of  Col. John Stafford b. 16 Oct. 1768 of Cheshire, Mass. d. 12 Oct. 1819 Albany, N.Y. and Margaret Denniston 18 July 1769 of Catskill, N.Y. d. 17 Albany, N.Y. Margaret Stafford was the granddaughter of Col. Joab (Job) Stafford of Warwick, Rhode Island and Susannah Spencer b. 10 Sept. 1729 of Greenwich R.I. and d. 1 Sept. 1795. Joab was an experienced militia officer in Rhode Island, is said to have been wounded at the battle of Bennington in 1777. Margaret Stafford was married to Breveted Major General William Jenkins Worth 1818 in Albany, N.Y. he was of an old seafaring family of Edgartown, Mass. He was the son of Capt. Thomas Worth of Marthas Vineyard b. 1765 d. 29 May 1812 in Marthas Vineyard and Abigail Jenkins of Newburyport b. 7 May 1770 d. 1807 Hudson, N.Y..  William J. Worth inlisted into the military when the war of 1812 began, wounded and permanently lamed at the battle of Lundy's Lane. Was made cooandant of cadets, West Point. Transferred to Florida where he successfully ended the unpopular Seminole War. He participated in the battle of Monterey, led the first troops ashore in the amphibious landing at Veracruz in March 1847, captured Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City Sept. 1847. He received the sword of honor from congress and promoted to Major General. Gen. Worth contracted cholera from his troops and died 7 May 1849 in San Antonio. The city of New York reinterred his remains in a public monument and tomb located at Broadway and 5th Avenue. William and Margaret's son William Scott Worth b. 6 Jan. 1840 in New York, served during the Civil War and Spanish-American War. Appointed Brigadier General Oct. 29th, 1898.  Their daughter Mary Worth b. 1822 West Point N.Y. d. 1876 Saint Augustine, Fl., married Brevet Brig. Gen. John Titcomb Sprague, her father's aid during the Seminole War. Mary is buried next to her mother at Saint Augustine National Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S442] Genealogy of the Stafford Family by H. M. Benedict. [S428] Genealogy of the Stafford Family by Henry Benedict. QUAY [S3787] LtrMS,Hist & Gen of Stukely Westcott.