Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
Sperry Park Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameSybil Sanford 3,1
Birth27 Jul 1782, Woodbridge, CT
Death13 Oct 1862
FatherStephen Sanford (1740-1790)
Spouses
Birth5 Sep 1780
Death11 Jul 1860
FatherSimeon Sperry (1738-1805)
MotherPatience Smith (1745-1819)
ChildrenLewis
 Henry Willis (1815-1885)
 Merit (1806-1863)
Notes for Sybil Sanford
Pg 273 Thomas Sanford Genealogy

1015. SYBIL« SANFORD {same descent as 1010) b. July
27, 1782, Woodbridge, Ct. ; d. Oct. 13, 1862, Sherman, N. T. ; m.
1802, Nehemiah Sperry, b. Sept. 5, 1780, Woodbridge, Ct. , d. July
11, 1860, Sherman, N. Y. They removed to Russia, N. Y.. in 1810,
and to Sherman, N. Y., in 183'4. Mr. Sperry served in the State
Militia at Sacketts Harbor, N. Y., in the War of 1812. He was an
ardent abolitionist.
They had six children, the first three all bom in Woodbridge,
Ct., and the last three in Russia, N. Y.
2418.+Leonard7 Sperry, b. Dec. 2, 1S02; d. 1893 (?); m- (1) SaUy Brigga;
m. (2) Mrs. Eunice Crane.
2419.+Merit Sperry, b. Apr. 5, 1806; d. Aug. 18, 1863; m. Beulah Bunce.
2420.+Mary Sperry, b. Apr. 23, 1808; m- Silas Woodin.
2421.+Beede Sperry, b. Apr. 9, 1810; d. Oct. 5, 1860; m. (1) David Richardson;
m. (2) David Moore.
2422. -fLewis Sperry, b. Mar. 20, 1813; d. Jan. 18, 1854; m. Emeline Sperry.
2423.+Henry Willis Sperry, b. Sept. 7, 1815; d. Jan. 13, 1885; m. Harriet
Williams.

Sybil’s siblings:
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1010. ESTHER LUCY« SANFORD {Stephen 419, David
141, Samuel 35, Ephraim 6, Thomas 1) b. July 26, 1769, Woodbridge,
Ct. ; m. Feb. 2, 1794, Jared Pitkin Sperry. In early life
Mrs.'Sperry lived in New Haven, Ct., but after her marriage went
to Russia, N. Y., where she raised a family of eight children.
Two children were
2401. AurillaT Sperry, m. Reed. Resided in Taunton, Mass.
2402. Anner Sperry-
1011. RACHEL* SANFORD {sam descent as 1010) b. Dec.
1, 1771 ; d. May 22, 1860 ; m. Zeri, son of Samuel and Sarah Downes.
Late in life Mr. Downes removed from Bethany, Ct. ; to Bethlehem,
Ct. He was a tailor.
They had ten children.
2403. Wealthy'' Downes, m. Cowles. Resided in Bethlehem, Ct.
SEVENTH GENERATION 273
2404. . Anna Downes, m. (1) Kimberly; m. (2) Sheldon Brown. Eesided in
Bethlehem, Ct.
2405. Willis Downes, b. Dec. 26, ; d. June 2, 1860; m. Mar. 13, 1822,
Millicent Guernsey, of Watertown, Ct. He was a miller. Resided
at Woodbury, Ct.
2406. Lucretia Downes, d. July 14, 1843; m. Frederick Luddington.
2407. Betsey Downes, b. 1804; d. Jan. 11, 1849.
2408. Lewis Downes, m. Louisa Buel. Eesided in Derby, Ct.
2409. Albert Zeri Downes, b. 1806; m. (1) Oct. 12, 1830, Sarah Cook
Pritchard, of Waterbury, Ct.; d. June 19, 1884, Westville, Ct.; m. (2)
May 1, 1867, Emily Evarts.
2410. Frederick Downes, m. Phebe Hawley.
2411. Brintha Downes, m. William Cash. Resided in Goshen, Ct.
2412. Henry Downes, b. 1817; d. Apr. 30, 1872; m. Fanny Gabriel.
1014. ELISHA« SANPORD {same descent as 1010) b. Mar.
30, 1779 ; d. Dee. 9, 1845 ; m. Margaret ToUes.
Mr. Tolles resided in Bethany, Ct.
They had five children.
2413. Lewis^.
2414. Stephen.
2415. Lucretia.
2416. Henry, d. early.
2417. +Henry, b. Mar. 30, 1817; d. Nov. 11, 1888; m. (1) Mary Morris; m.
(2) EUza Sharp.

1016. AMOS WHITE" SANFORD {same descent as 1010)
b. Dee. 29, 1786, Hamden, Ct. ; d. Oct. 29, 1850, Hamden, Ct. ; m.
Obedience, dau. of Samuel and Ruth (Dickerman) Atwater, b. Dec.
12, 1788, Hamden, Ct. ; d. Apr. 10, 1868, Hamden, Ct. Deacon Asa
Goodyear 's will, proved in 1811, at New Haven, Ct., devised to
Amos White Sanford a part of the homestead and ten acres,
bounded on the east by land that belonged to Mehitable, former
\^ife of Dea. Asa Goodyear. Amos W. Sanford was one of the
Executors and Lucretia Sanford one of the witnesses. {Hamden
V. S. and Tuttle Gen.)
They had eight children, all born in Hamden, Ct.
2424. Goodyear Asa^, b. June 11, 1811; d. Sept- 21, 1813.
2425.+Goodyear Asa, b. Aug. 28, 1814; m. (1) Elizabeth Bassett; m. (2)
Harriet Austin; m. (3) Sarah Goodall.
2426. Albert, b. May 1, 1818; d. Sept. 23, 1854, Eockford, 111.; m. Emily
Barnes, of Eockford, 111. A son died in infancy.
2427. +Cynthia, b. Sept. 20, 1822; d. Mar. 25, 1882; m. Julius Gorham..
2428. Eobert Amos, b. Nov. 17, 1825; d. Nov. 24, 1871, Virginia City, Mont.;
m. July, 1851, Anna Gaylord, b. 1829, Cheshire, Ct. ; no children.
Mr. Sanford was a merchant.
2429.+Samuel Dennis, b. June 20, 1827; d. Mar. 1, 1906; m. Mary Eogers.
2430.+Catherine Obedience, b. Oct. 20, 1831; d. Mar. 10, 1906; m. Jeremiah
Leek.
2431. +John White, b. Nov. 14, 1835; m. Phebe Wooding.
1017. LUCRETIA" SANFORD {same descent as 1010) b.
Oct. 27, 1789, Hamden, Ct. ; d. Feb. 27, 1880, Outville, 0. ; m. 1809,
Zina Beecher, b. Nov. 1, 1784, Bethany, Ct. They moved to Russia,
Herkimer Co., N. Y. Mr. Beecher 's father Hezekiah was an own
cousin of Henry Ward Beecher.
They had ten children.
2432.+Lucretia7 Beecher, b. May 1, 1810; d. Sept. 27, 1873; m. Eoswell
Woodin.
2433.+Beri Beecher, b. Mar. 19, 1812; d. Nov. 24, 1895; m. (1) Lucy Gray;
m. (2) Elizabeth Morehouse; m. (2) Fannie Switzer.
2434.+Amelia Beecher, b. Aug. 28, 1814; d. May 15, 1842; m. Clark Watkins.
2435.+Lyman Beecher, b. Mar. 21, 1817; d. May 21, 1888; m. (1) Jane
Willoughby; m. (2) Almeda Bloomer.
2436.+Edwin Beecher, b. Sept. 11, 1819; m. (1) Susan Wood; m. (2) Ophelia
McCall.
2437. Philo Beecher, b. Oct. 10, 1822; d. Nov. 10, 1822.
2438.+Mary Elizabeth Beecher, b. July 29, 1824; m. Josiah Wilcox.
2439. +Georgie Truman Beecher, b. Apr. 18, 1827; m. Roseann Eogers.
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2440. Charles Albert Beecher, b. Aug. 27, 1829; "d. Apr- 11, 1904; unm.
Mr. Beecher was a lawyer. In 1890 he was sent to St. Petersburg
by American capitalists to get concessions from the Russian government
to build the Trans-Siberian Railroad. He did not succeed but
Russia built the road immediately. Mr. Beecher was a personal
friend of Pres. Harrison. He was a man of wide experience and
acquaintance, well informed in history, politics and literature.
2441. +Walter Booth Beecher, b. May 23, 1S32; m. Orinda Sherwood.
{For full record of this family see Beecher Gen.)



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Sybil Sanford Sperry
BIRTH
27 Jul 1782
Woodbridge, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH
20 Oct 1862 (aged 80)
Sherman, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
BURIAL
Sherman Cemetery
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Sybil is the daughter of Stephen Sanford and his wife Sybil White. The Hale Death Notices for the New Haven Palladium issue of 10 Nov 1862, gives her date of death as 20 Oct 1862.

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Family Members
Spouse

Nehemiah Sperry
1780–1860



Children

Merit Sperry
1806–1863





Lewis Sperry
1813–1854




Henry Willis Sperry
1815–1885
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