Section AIJ: Descendants of Thomas Stafford

David Thaler
18043 NE 132nd St, Redmond WA 98052
Send questions and corrections to: dthaler@microsoft.com

HTML generated by Issue v1.3.6 on 8 Dec. 2008
http://www.armidalesoftware.com/issue/
From Thaler_export.ged


Generation One

1. THOMAS1 STAFFORD was born in 1605 in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom[8, 10, 14], and died on 4 Nov. 1677 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island, United States[12]. He married in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts, United States, circa 1633, ELIZABETH, who was born circa 1612 in England[4], and died circa 1678 in Warwick[4]. [8, 11, 14, 15]
Came to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1626; settled in Warwick, Rhode Island. [5]
Child:
+2i.THOMAS2 JR., b. in 1634 in Plymouth, d. on 26 Jan. 1722/3 in Warwick; m. JOANNE DODGE circa 1671.


Generation Two

2. THOMAS2 STAFFORD JR. (Thomas1), son of (1) Thomas1 and Elizabeth STAFFORD, was born in 1634 in Plymouth[4], and died on 26 Jan. 1723 in Warwick[4]. He married circa 1671, JOANNE DODGE, who was born circa 1650[4]. [5, 14, 16]
Child:
+3i.WILLIAM3, b. in 1675 in Warwick, d. INT Feb. 1740 (41 ()) in Warwick; m. MARY PHILLIPS circa 1710.


Generation Three

3. WILLIAM3 STAFFORD (Thomas2, Thomas1), son of (2) Thomas2 Jr. and Joanne (DODGE), was born in 1675 in Warwick, and died in Feb. 1740 in Warwick. He married circa 1710, MARY PHILLIPS, who was born circa 1689. [4, 5, 14, 16]
Child:
+4i.WILLIAM4 JR., b. on 29 Feb. 1712/3 in Warwick, d. on 16 Nov. 1803 in Rutland Twp., Jefferson Co., New York, United States; m. (ANH-7) FREELOVE WESTCOTT circa 1750 in Rhode Island.


Generation Four

4. WILLIAM4 STAFFORD JR. (William3, Thomas2, Thomas1), son of (3) William3 and Mary (PHILLIPS) STAFFORD, was born on 29 Feb. 1712/3 in Warwick[13, 15], and died on 16 Nov. 1803 in Rutland Twp.[13, 15] He married in Rhode Island, circa 1750, (ANH-7) FREELOVE WESTCOTT[13, 16], daughter of (ANH-5) Stukeley and (ANH-6) Bethiah (WESTCOTT) WESTCOTT, who was born in 1724 in Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island[13, 16], and died on 1 April 1809 in Augusta, Oneida Co., New York[13, 16]. [9, 13, 16]
Child:
+5i.DAVID5 of Oneida Co., b. on 30 Jan. 1755; m. SALLY TWITCHEL.


Generation Five

5. DAVID5 STAFFORD (William4, William3, Thomas2, Thomas1) of Oneida Co., son of (4) William4 Jr. and (ANH-7) Freelove (WESTCOTT), was born on 30 Jan. 1755[14], and died between June 1830 and 1865. He married SALLY TWITCHEL. [3, 6, 14, 15]
Child:
+6i.POLLY LUCINDA6, b. circa 1794, d. on 24 Nov. 1866 in Bayham, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada; m. (CQ-9) SYLVESTER BALCOM.


Generation Six

6. POLLY LUCINDA6 STAFFORD (David5, William4, William3, Thomas2, Thomas1), daughter of (5) David5 and Sally (TWITCHEL) STAFFORD, was born circa 1794[7], died on 24 Nov. 1866 in Bayham[17] and was buried in Estherville Cemetery, Bayham Twp., Elgin Co.[17] She married (CQ-9) SYLVESTER BALCOM, son of (CQ-5) Jacob BALCOM, who was born circa 1803 in United States[2], and died after 1868 in New York[1]. [2, 7]
1861 Census -Vienna, Elgin, Ontario
Stafford- Perry's Death record
Record also says residence of parents was New York, 1868
From Estherville Cemetery, Bayham Twp, Elgin Co, Ontario:
White marble headstone, willow and flower motif.
In/ memory of/ Polly L./ wife of/ Sylvester BALCOM/ died/ Nov. 24, 1866/ AE 64 yrs. J. W. Smyth, London [17]
Child: See (CQ-9) Sylvester BALCOM



1. "Muskegon Co. Death Records".
2. "1861 Canadian Census".
3. Ancestry.com, "1830 United States Federal Census", [images online].
4. "Pedigree Resource File".
5. Charles Warner Stafford, "An Index of the Stafford Families of New England and their Descendants", 1967.
6. Ibid., p.11, 17.
7. Ibid., p.17.
8. Ibid., p.3.
9. Ibid., p.7, 11.
10. Henry Marvin Benedict, "A Contribution to the Genealogy of the Stafford Family in America", Albany: Joel Munsell, 1870.
11. Ibid., p.3.
12. Ibid., p.4.
13. J. Russell Bullock, "Incidents in the Life and Times of Stukely Westcote", 1886, p.73.
14. Ibid., p.74.
15. Roscoe L. Whitman, "History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott", 1932, p.179.
16. Ibid., p.38, 179.
17. "Estherville Cemetery records", http://www.elginogs.ca/cemeteries/bayham/estherville.htm.