Job STAFFORD^{[1, 2]}

1782 - 1871  (88 years)

• Name	Job STAFFORD
  Born	4 Apr 1782	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Farmer
  _UID	1C9A54C01AA486468C7618DEC638DBD9FEE3
  Died	5 Feb 1871	Willsboro, Essex Co., New York   [4]
  Buried	Lakeview Cem., Willsboro, Essex Co., New York
  Person ID	I19303	Branch 005 Josiah Stafford (Stover) 1662 ME
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2008

  
  

  Father	Joseph STAFFORD,   b. 25 Apr 1759, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 13 Mar 1855, Essex Co., New York  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Orpha SWEET,   b. 17 Mar 1758, West Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 17 Mar 1816, Essex Co., New York  (Age 58 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1779	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [4]
  Family ID	F7297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorcas COLVIN,   b. Abt 1780, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown  [4]
  Married	1 Mar 1801	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [4]
  Children	1. Henry C. STAFFORD,   b. 23 Nov 1801, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Therzy STAFFORD,   b. 4 Sep 1803, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Elhanan Winchester STAFFORD,   b. 15 Jul 1805, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 14 Mar 1856, Rochester, Sangamon Co., Illinois  (Age 50 years)   4. Roseannah STAFFORD,   b. 11 Sep 1807, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Halila STAFFORD,   b. 1 Jan 1810, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Orpha STAFFORD,   b. 23 Aug 1813, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 3 Jan 1883, Freeport, Iowa  (Age 69 years)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F7298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Clara Ann GREGORY,   d. Yes, date unknown  [5]
  Married	1817	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [5]
  Children	1. Samuel P. STAFFORD,   b. 15 Feb 1818, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F7300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth WOODRUFF,   b. Abt 1795, New York ,   d. 29 Mar 1879, Willsboro, Essex Co., New York  (Age ~ 84 years)  [4]
  Married	12 Apr 1822	Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island   [4]
  Children	1. Harriett E. STAFFORD,   b. 28 Jul 1822, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 21 Nov 1904  (Age 82 years)   2. Jerome B. STAFFORD,   b. 14 Feb 1826, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Andrew J. STAFFORD,   b. 7 Feb 1828, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. William W. STAFFORD,   b. 14 Oct 1829, Lewis, Essex Co., New York ,   d. 4 Mar 1907, Willsboro, Essex Co., New York  (Age 77 years)   5. Barbara E. STAFFORD,   b. 23 Apr 1832, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. 10 Nov 1919, Essex Co., New York  (Age 87 years)   6. Helen STAFFORD,   b. 5 Nov 1835, Coventry, Kent Co., Rhode Island ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F7301	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Job is listed in the 1850 census as a Farmer in Willsboro, Essex, NY. According to a 1943 letter from Frank Morse to John Noble also from the Willsboro archives, a local historic plaque indicates 33 British were killed or wounded in the engagement of May 13, 1814 at the mouth of the Bouquet River and mentions the following incident regarding Job Stafford. Morse is a grandson of Job Stafford who was the only militia man wounded by the British. Morse writes that Uncle Wm. took me to the place where Grand-dad stood when the cannon ball took the calf of his leg off. He saw the ball strike the sand ahead of him and jumped to one side to get out of the line and the ball hit a stump and glanced so it hit him. Grandfather was hewing timber with his broad ax when the call came to him that the British were coming up the river to burn the grist mill. He like many others dropped their tools and got their flintlock muskets and ran for the mouth of the river. They shot the British men in their row boats and they drifted out in the lake. The sloop that was firing at our men was anchored outside a piece. Grandfather drew a small pension and lived with his son Wm. till he died at the age of 88. I think he was lame and walked with a cane and had no use for the British after they killed his calf.

  
  

• Sources

  [S154] Imported GEDCOM file. [S345] Stafford Data Branch 4. [S1369] IGI-LDS, US1850NY, E-mail Don Fauss. [S520] Laban Stafford his Ancestors & Descendants. [S392] IGI-LDS.