Bassett Family Association Database
Sarah Sanford
1755 - 1798 (43 years)-
Name Sarah Sanford Born 1755 of, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 
Christened 2 Apr 1775 First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Gender Female Also Known As Sarah Sauford _UID 9F6693AEB8530149A59B3A9C92BC82F576D8 Died 17 Feb 1798 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Notes - 3B325. Edward Bassett, son of Josiah and Alice (Canfield) Bassett , was born in 1727 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Sarah Sanford in 1772. Sarah was born in 1755 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was baptized 2 Apr 1775 at the First Congregational Church in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She died 17 Feb 1798 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. They lived in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Christenings for the children are all from the Milford First Congregational Church records.
BIRTH: Year of birth (1755) calculated from age listed when she died. See death details below.
MAIDEN NAME: Listed as Sanford with a ? in Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, (Baltimore, MD: Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p.64 (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a). Other records list her name as Sauford.
CHRISTENING: Milford First Congregational Church Records, Vol.1, p.96 (FHL film #1012263): Chr. 2 Apr 1775 Sarah the wife of Edward Bassit & Sarah their dau."
Also see Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, (Baltimore, MD: Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p.64 (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a).
DEATH: Susan Woodruff Abbott, comp., FAMILIES OF EARLY MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, (Baltimore, MD: Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., 1979), p.64 (FHL US/CAN 974.67/M2 D2a): ". . . Sarah . . . died 17 Feb 1798 ae 43."
See also Index to Milford Vital Records, Vol. 4, p.48 (FHL film #1428120 item 1).
Person ID I640 3B Thomas Bassett of Connecticut Last Modified 4 Oct 2012
Family Edward Bassett, b. 1727, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Married 1772 Children 1. Sarah Bassett, b. 21 Dec 1774, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 2. Edward Bassett, b. 13 Mar 1776, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 3. Mehitable Bassett, b. 24 Apr 1778, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut + 4. Elias Bassett, b. 17 Mar 1780, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 1857, Bennington, Wyoming, New York (Age 76 years)5. Josiah Bassett, b. 10 Mar 1782, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 5 May 1782, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age 0 years)6. Josiah Bassett, c. 25 Sep 1785, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut , d. 6 Sep 1863, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut (Age ~ 77 years)7. Elizabeth Bassett, c. 25 Sep 1785, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 8. Mary Bassett, c. 17 Aug 1788, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 9. Lucy Bassett, c. 24 Oct 1790, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 10. Phamelia Bassett, c. 10 Jun 1792, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 11. Asenath Bassett, c. 17 May 1795, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 12. Julia Bassett, c. 9 May 1798, First Cong. Ch., Milford, New Haven, Connecticut Last Modified 27 May 2015 Family ID F190 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- 3B325. Edward Bassett, son of Josiah and Alice (Canfield) Bassett , was born in 1727 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He married Sarah Sanford in 1772. Sarah was born in 1755 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She was baptized 2 Apr 1775 at the First Congregational Church in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She died 17 Feb 1798 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. They lived in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Christenings for the children are all from the Milford First Congregational Church records.