Thomas STAFFORD
1605 - 1677 (72 years)-
Name Thomas STAFFORD [1] Born 1605 Warwickshire, England 
[2] Gender Male Died 1677 Warwick, Kent County, RI [1] Person ID I03305 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Family Elizabeth Unknown, b. Abt 1614, d. Aft 1677 (Age ~ 64 years) Married Abt 1633 Children 1. Thomas Stafford, b. 1634, d. 26 Jan 1722/23 (Age 89 years) 2. Samuel STAFFORD, b. 1636, d. 20 Mar 1717/18 (Age 82 years) 3. Hannah Stafford, b. Abt 1640, d. Bef 1692 (Age ~ 51 years) 4. Sarah Stafford, b. Abt 1642, d. 1669 (Age ~ 27 years) 5. Joseph Stafford, b. 21 Mar 1647/48, Warwick, RI , d. Aft 1697 (Age > 50 years)6. Deborah Stafford, b. 1651, d. 1706 (Age 55 years) Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01240 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - See "A Line of Descent from Thomas Stafford of Warwick" in the RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 17, by A. G. Beaman. According to Beaman, Thomas came to Plymouth Colony about 1626, then to Providence, and soon afterward to Warwick where he lived the rest of his life.
Note copied by Trish Harmon, posted on RIKENT mailing list: "Thomas, father of Samuel, was in Plymouth, Massachusetts as early as 1626, of Portsmouth and Newport, Rhode Island in 1638, then of Providence, Rhode Island where he constructed the first grist mill at the mouth of the Moosausick River; he moved to Old Warwick from Providence in 1650 and at the head of Mill Cove built a grist mill for the settlers. Was admitted freeman in 1638 (source: Stukely Westcott book by J. Bullock)."
- See "A Line of Descent from Thomas Stafford of Warwick" in the RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 17, by A. G. Beaman. According to Beaman, Thomas came to Plymouth Colony about 1626, then to Providence, and soon afterward to Warwick where he lived the rest of his life.
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