6752. John Warner
6760. Thomas Sanford
The will of Thomas Sanford of Milford is dated 23 September 1681, with codicil 26 September 1681; inventory was taken 21 October 1681 by John Beard and Samuell Clarke, and amounted to L450 : 18 : 03. The will reads:
"I Thomas Sanford, aforesaid, being weak in body, yet of perfect memory & sound understanding do now make this my last Will & Testament, in manner and form as followeth.
First, I comitt my soul into ye hands of God through Jesus Christ, in whom alone I hope to be saved; and my body to be decently interred, & for my wordly estate I dispose of as followeth.
Imp: I give unto my Eldest son Ezekiel Sanford twenty pounds, besides what I have already given him. / Item. I give unto my son Thomas Sanford ten pounds, besides what I have already given him. /
Item: I give unto my son Ephraim Sanford that piece of meadow, that I bought of Mr. Adam Blackman lying on an island in Stratford river, contayning seven acres, besides what he hath had already./--
Item: I give unto my daughter Sarah Shute, wife of Richard Shute of East Chester, the sum of fifty shillings, besides what I have already given her./--
Item: I give unto my daughter Elizabeth Allyn, wife of Obadiah Allyn of Middletown, the sum of five pounds, besides what I have already given her./--
Item: My Will is that my ingagement of twenty pounds, to my grandaughter Sarah Shute, should be fulfilled, by my executor, as also all ye forementioned bequests, within ye term of three years after my decease.
Item: I give unto my grandchild, Thomas Allyn, five pounds to be payd when he attains to the age of twenty one years./--
Item: I give unto my son Samuel Sanford, my dwelling house, barns, outhousing, with my home lott, & all the rest of my lands, both Arrable and meadow ground, within ye bounds of Milford, that I have not formerly disposed of, with all ye appurtenances & Priviledges thereunto belonging, to him, & his heyrs & assigns forever. And I do hereby make my sd son Samuel Sanford my whole and sole executor, of this my last Will and Testament. And I do desire & appoint the honored Major Robert Treat & Mr. Daniell Buckingham & Samuell Eells to be overseers to see this my Will fulfilled, and In wittness that this is my last Will & testament I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this three and twenthieth Day of September 168
Thomas Sanford (seal)
Signed, sealed & Delivered
In ye presence of us
Daniell Buckingham
Samuel Eells
Jonathan LawsThe above sd Thomas Sanford did further declare on ye 26th day of this instant September that it was his mind & Will that his son Ezekiel Sanford should have five pounds more out of his estate, & his Daughter Elizabeth Allon should have five pounds more out of his estate, and that Sarah Whitlock that was his mayd should have fifty shillings, & this was done in the presence of Daniell Buckingham, Samuell Eells -- Wiftnesses."
His stone on the Memorial Bridge reads:
"Thomas Sandford
Obit 1681
Sarah His Wife."
6761. Sarah
6762. William Payne
(I) Francis Browne , born in 1610 , died in 1668 , was one of the seven or eight men who passed the winter of 1637-38 on the corner of what are now College and George streets in New Haven, Connecticut , prior to the general settlement of the town in the following spring. He married Mary Edwards , who married (second) William Payne and died in 1694. Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV [database online] Provo, UT:Original data: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.