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The will of Abraham's father, JAMES Stafford, dated 1771 , Dorchester Co., MD provides:
Item: I give unto my son Abraham Safford one hundred acres of Land called "Parrish" and the said Land I have already deeded two him and if he dies without heirs or issue of his one two to his two brothers James Safford and Reavel Safford and no more of my Estate neither personally nor real.
Note: Maryland State Archives
MARYLAND INDEXES
(Assessment of 1783, Index)
1783
Caroline County
MSA S 1437
Abraham Stafford. Robinhood, pt, 190 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 56. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46
Note: The will of JAMES STAFFORD, father of Abraham (see above), mentioned a tract called "Robin Hood".
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Caroline County was created in 1773 from Dorchester and Queen Anne's counties. I believe Abraham lived in that part of Dorchester which was split off to for Caroline County.
MARYLAND INDEXES (Census, Index) 1776-1778 MSA SSI 1419-14
Stafford, Abraham
Date: 1778 Caroline County Great Choptank Hundred
Source: Land Record A, p. 264. MSA S 1419-14-15292
1774, Abraham Safford (Stafford) and Michael Todd are sureties to Mary Safford (Stafford), executrix of James Safford (Stafford), dec'd, of Dorchester County. (DCGM Vol. V #1, pg. 3, MD Accounts Lib. 70 fol. 231)
Maryland State Archives , MARYLAND INDEXES, (Assessment of 1783, Index) --1783 Caroline County MSA S 1437 (the following)
Abraham Stafford. Robinhood, pt, 190 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 56. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46
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Bef 1749 - Yes, date unknown
, d. Bef 12 Aug 1772, Dorchester Co., Maryland 