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Descendants of Joseph Stanford

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH¹ STANFORD¹ was born Abt. 1660 in England.

Notes for JOSEPH STANFORD:
Dr. Henry King Stanford,Jr., of Americus, GA, in a letter to Dr. E. T. Stanford, of Memphis, dated May 13, 1996 said that his forebears came from England to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1683 with three brothers sons, Jonathan, James and Robert. Enclosed in the letter was HENRY KING STANFORD GENEALOGY, as follows:\

1. Joseph Stanford, with three brothers sons Jonathan, James, and Robert, arrived on Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1683 [copied from Family Bible in1845].\

2. Jonathan Stanford was two years old when he arrived with his father in 1683

3 Joshua Stanford, born in 1740, married Mary Rooks and moved to Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia (near Augusta), after the American Revolution.

4. Levin Stanford married Elender Mc Ghee and moved to Putnam County, Georgia (about 50 miles northeast of Macon)

5. Herod King Stanford, born July 16, 1819 (imagine naming a little boy "Herod"!), married Louisa J. Weaver, and practiced medicine in Waverly Hall, Georgia (near Columbus), died April 4, 1886.

6. Edwin J. Stanford married Lula Harrison.

7. Henry King Stanford, Sr., born September 23, 1876, in Waverly Hall and died December 16, 1923 in Atlanta; married Anna Belle Callaway.

8. Henry King Stanford, Jr. (I never never used the "junior"), born April 22, 1916; married Laura Ruth King, September 19, 1936.

Note A.: Henry said there is a crossroads in Putnam County Called Stanfordville (also known as "Devil's Half Acre") but there are only two houses standing there today.

Note A: Items 1through 8, above, extracted from a copy of the cited letter, by Richard R. Orrick on 23 Apr 1999.
Note B: In an e-mail message to Hollis Stanford (chiefh@sbcglobal.net) from Monroe Jones 20 May 2002
Monroe says that he is descended from Joseph througn Joseph's oldest son

Children of JOSEPH STANFORD are:

ROBERT² STANFORD, b. Abt. 1679.

Notes for ROBERT STANFORD:
Dr. Henry King Stanford of Americus, GA, in a letter to Dr. E. T. Stanford, of Memphis, dated May 13, 1996 said that his forebears came from England to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1683 with three brothers sons, Jonathan, James and Robert.\

2.	ii.		JONATHAN STANFORD, b. 1681, Eastern Shore of MD.
	iii.		JAMES STANFORD, b. Abt. 1682.

Notes for JAMES STANFORD:
Dr. Henry King Stanford of Americus, GA, in a letter to Dr. E. T. Stanford, of Memphis, dated May 13, 1996 said that his forebears came from England to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1683 with three brothers sons, Jonathan, James and Robert. \

iv.

WILLIAM STANFORD, b. 1732, Wicomico, Sommerset, MD; d. Abt. 24 Sep 1810, Columbia County, GA.

Children of JOSEPH STANFORD are:

4.	v.	THOMAS² STANFORD, b. 1732.
	vi.	OBIDAH STANFORD.
	vii.	CONSTANCE STANFORD.
	viii.	DAVID STANFORD.
	ix.	ELIZABETH STANFORD.
	x.	SARAH STANFORD.
	xi.	MARY STANFORD.
	xii.	DAUGHTER STANFORD.

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