Excerpt from Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, Vol. 2: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene This is a New England fam ily, that transplanted to New York, at once took root, flourished and prospered as if on parent soil. No name is more closely interwoven with the history and prosperity of the city of Amster dam than that of Sanford. The_sanfords of Amsterdam descend from Thomas Sanford, born in England, perhaps from 1600 to 1610, as near as the date can be located. He is be lieved to have been the son of Anthony and Joane (stratford) Sanford, and a grandson of Raulf Sanford, .of Stowe, county of Glou cester, England. Thomas Sanford married about the time be left England, Dorothy, daughter of Henry Meadows, of Stowe. They came to Boston, Massachusetts, with the John Winthrop colony in 1631-33. We first find Thomas at Dor-chester, where he received an allotment of land in 1634, and again in 1635, He became a freeman, March 8, 1637. In 1639 he removed with a colony from Dor chester and 'watertown to Connecticut, -and settled in Milford, New Haven county, where his name appears in the very earliest records. He was intimately associated in organizing the town with Governor Treat, Lieutenant Governor. Lette, Buckingham, Law, and other noted men. Stratford was probably named by him for his paternal grandfather, John Stratford, father of Joane. His grandson, Thomas Sanford, was an early settler there. (1) Thomas Sanford, immigrant, was born in England, died in Milford, Connecticut, Oc tober, 1681, son of Anthony and Joane (strat ford) Sanford. He married, about 1630, Dor othy Meadows, by whom he had two children, born in Massachusetts: Ezekiel, see forward, and Sarah, wife of Richard Shute. Thomas Sanford married (secohde) Sarah born in Milford, May 14, 1681, who bore him: Mary, Samuel, Thomas, Ephraim, Elizabeth, married Obadiah Allyne. His Will-is dated September 23, 1681, and 'the estate was ap praised at about seven hundred pounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.