William Josephus STAFFORD

1781 - 1830  (38 years)

• Name	William Josephus STAFFORD
  Born	12 Sep 1781	of Frederick Co., Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Name	William S. Stafford
  _UID	B841A4C6A317084595EF83E96BDAE5C74B4E
  Died	Between 1820 and 1830
  Person ID	I84832	Branch 009 Richard Stafford 1750 VA
  Last Modified	25 May 2011

  
  

  Father	Richard STAFFORD, Branch 009,   b. Abt 1755, Co. Wexford, Ireland ,   d. 7 Apr 1808, Hampshire Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Catherine BROBECKER,   b. Abt 1760,   d. 5 Sep 1810, Hampshire Co., Virginia  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	15 Mar 1780	probably Virginia
  Family ID	F12514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary WHIPPLE,   b. Abt 1785,   d. 22 Jul 1809, Baltimore City, Maryland  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1805	Baltimore City, Maryland
  Children	1. William Whipple STAFFORD,   b. 18 Nov 1806, Baltimore City, Maryland ,   d. Between 1850 and 1860, Baltimore City, Maryland  (Age 43 years)   2. Francis Asbury STAFFORD,   b. 1 Nov 1808,   d. Aft 1820  (Age > 13 years)
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F29067	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary LAUDERMAN,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	5 Jun 1811
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2021
  Family ID	F36117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in parent's estate papers. More proof is needed that this William J. Stafford is the one that married Mary Whipple. Per Casey Stafford. If the research I have done has led me to the correct conclusion, William Stafford is the same man identified in history as Captain William S. Stafford, an American privateer from Baltimore who led the naval Battle of the Rappahannock in 1813. He was defeated and the British took him captive and turned his flagship Dolphin into the HMS Dolphin. He was later returned to Baltimore. According to the research of Feliciano Gamez Duarte (2007), William J. Stafford was known by the aliases William S. Stafford, Joseph Stafford, John Forbes, and Jose Guillermo Estifano, and continued his career as a privateer raiding the English under the Spanish flag after the War of 1812 ended. Born: Later Hampshire Co., and now Mineral Co., Virginia.