Clara B. Sanford

Barnum married Julia R. Andrus on 10 Feb 1835. Julia was born on 4 Dec 1812 in Danby, Rutland County, Vermont; died on 19 Mar 1878 in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The "History of Rutland County, Vermont" says that sometime before April 1783 Capt. Eleazer Dudley and Abijah Peet, both from Woodbury, Connecticut settled in the Town of Westhaven. Timothy Lindsley and others came the same year from Connecticut, and were closely followed by Heman Barlow, Cornelius Brownson, David Sanford, Samuel Lee, Amos and John McKinstry and others.
He was a farmer and hotel keeper at Castleton, Vermont. His first deed of purchase there is dated 12 July 1796. During the War of 1812 he was Captain of a Company, 30th Regiment U. S. Infantry.
On 7 May 1842, dower was set to Lucretia Sanford, widow of David. Partition was made 15 July 1843 to Louisa Andrus, Barnum D. Sanford, Lucy Drake, Harriet E. Everett, Charles Sandford, Charlotte Sandford, Albert S. Tuttle; the heirs of Persis S. Sanford each to have one eighth. (Castleton Provate 19:4, 29)

David married Abigail Sturtevant before Sep 1789. Abigail was born about 1769; died on 19 Feb 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1777, Oliver served in the Connecticut Militia in the Revolutionary war. He was captured by the British at the time of the Danbury raid, April 1777, and carried to New York. (Connecticut Men in Revolution, p. 493)
After the war he sold his tannery and removed to Poultney, Vermont, where he purchased a farm. He owned one right in the Susquehannah Purchase as an original proprietor. (Milford Land Record Book 24, pp. 363, 561).

Oliver married Phebe Newton. Phebe was born about 1748 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Sanford genealogy incorrectly calls Phebe Newton the daughter of Joseph Newton; she was the daughter of Jonah Newtown and Phebe Platt. The error is based upon a misinterpretation of a deed: "All the children united in a deed conveying their rights in the estate and lands of Joseph Newton, late of Milford, Feb. 10, 1808, to Jonah Newton (Milford Land Record 24:363 & 561)." Joseph Newton, who died at Milford 11 November 1807, was Phebe's brother, not her father, and the Jonah Newton to whom the land was transferred was probably her other brother.