Category Archives: Sanford

Happy Birthday Samuel Wolcott, III

April 13 Brown-Sanford-Parsons-Wolcott Line By Don Taylor Today, I remember my 7th great-grandfather, Samuel Wolcott. He is the son of Samuel Wolcott whose birthday was last Monday.. He was born on 13 April 1713 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony. Samuel … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Samuel Wolcott, Jr.

Brown-Sanford-Parsons-Wolcott Line April 11 Today, I remember my 8th great-grandfather Samuel Wolcott. He was born on 11 April 1676 in Wethersfield Hartford County, Connecticut. Samuel married Abaigail Collins on 27 December 1705. Captain Wolcott commanded a company during the French … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Grover Buel

Brown-Sanford-Parsons-Maben-Rowley-Buel Line April 4 Today, I remember my 7th great-grandfather, Grover Buel. He was born on 4 April 1732 in Killingworth, New London County, Connecticut Colony[i]. Grover married Jerusha Buck on 15 February 1758 in New Milford, Litchfield County Connecticut … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday William.

Brown-Sanford Line Today, I remember my third-great-grandfather, William M. Sanford. He was born in New York on 30 March 1823. He moved west to Michigan, again west to Indiana, and once more west to North Dakota. He returned to Michigan … Continue reading

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Gateway and Immigrant (Original) Ancestors

By Don Taylor My local Genealogy Group[i] recently met via Zoom and discussed “Gateway Ancestors” and “Immigrant Ancestors.” A Gateway Ancestor is one that you find that can be the individual that, once you have a direct connection to that … Continue reading

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