Joseph SAFFORD

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29 August 1631 , Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

29 August 1701 , Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Thomas SAFFORD Elizabeth SUTTON

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Born: 29 August 1631 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Thomas SAFFORD

Mother: Elizabeth SUTTON

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Joseph married Mary BAKER 6 March 1661 in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony . The couple had (at least) 9 children.
Mary BAKER was born 29 September 1637 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Mary died 6 September 1683 in Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was the child of John BAKER and Elizabeth UNKNOWN.

Joseph SAFFORD died 29 August 1701 in Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Joseph Safford was the son of Thomas Safford (b: Abt 1605 in England) and Elizabeth Sutton (b: 1603 in England). He was a freeman at Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1682.

Mary Baker was the daughter of John Baker (b: 1598 in Norwich,County Norfolk,England) and Elizabeth (b: Abt 1612 in England)

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Joseph SAFFORD married

Mary BAKER
Marriage date: 6 March 1661
Marriage place: Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Mary BAKER was the child of John BAKER and Elizabeth UNKNOWN

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(AMERICAN MARRIAGES BEFORE 1699 [DATABASE ONLINE]) -- ALSO MASSACHUSETTS VITAL RECORDS TO 1850 "SAFFOURD (SEE ALSO SAFFORD), JOSEPH, AND MARY BAKER, MAR. 6, 1660. CT. R."

Children of Joseph SAFFORD and Mary BAKER

Mary Ann SAFFORD

Born: 20 February 1661, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 12 December 1740, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Joseph SAFFORD

Born: 11 August 1664, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Married: Hannah CHALLIS 1695

Sarah SAFFORD

Born: 20 March 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 22 January 1732, Wenham, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Caleb KIMBALL 16 April 1693 Place: Newbury, Massachusetts, USA

Elizabeth SAFFORD

Born: 3 August 1670, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 19 January 1739, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: John BROWN 1696 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

John SAFFORD

Born: 12 March 1672, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 12 August 1739, Lisbon, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Thomas SAFFORD

Born: June 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Samuel SAFFORD

Born: 1 July 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 24 November 1728, Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Hannah UNKNOWN 1709 Place: , Massachusetts, USA

Hannah SAFFORD

Born: 11 January 1681, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: 24 November 1728, Preston, Crown Colony of Connecticut

Married: James TYLER 8 October 1705 Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Mehitable SAFFORD

Born: abt. 1683, Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: March 1754, Bradford, Province of Massachusetts Bay*

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Birth — 1631
29 August 1631
Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Joseph SAFFORD - TITLE THE VINTON MEMORIAL: COMPRISING A GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN VINTON OF LYNN, 1648: ALSO, GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF SEVERAL ALLIED FAMIL

TITLE THE VINTON MEMORIAL: COMPRISING A GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN VINTON OF LYNN, 1648: ALSO, GENEALOGICAL SKETCHES OF SEVERAL ALLIED FAMILIES ... WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE BRAINTREE IRON WORKS, AND OTHER HISTORICAL MATTER
PUBLISHER S.K. WHIPPLE AND COMPANY, 1858
ORIGINAL FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY
DIGITIZED NOV 3, 2006
LENGTH 534 PAGES

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1661 Marriage / Partner
Joseph SAFFORD and Mary BAKER 6 March 1661, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

He was 29 years old.

1661 Birth of Child
Mary Ann SAFFORD was born 20 February 1661, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 29 years old.

1664 Birth of Child
Joseph SAFFORD was born 11 August 1664, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 32 years old.

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1666 Birth of Child
Sarah SAFFORD was born 20 March 1666, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 34 years old.

1670 Birth of Child
Elizabeth SAFFORD was born 3 August 1670, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 38 years old.

1672 Birth of Child
John SAFFORD was born 12 March 1672, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 40 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Thomas SAFFORD was born June 1676, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 44 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Samuel SAFFORD was born 1 July 1678, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 46 years old.

1681 Birth of Child
Hannah SAFFORD was born 11 January 1681, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

Joseph was 49 years old.

1683 Death of Spouse/Partner
Mary BAKER died 6 September 1683, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA

1693 Marriage of Child
Sarah SAFFORD married 16 April 1693, Newbury, Massachusetts, USA to Caleb KIMBALL

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

1701
Ipswich, Massachusetts -- 'SAFFORD Joseph, Aug. 29, 1701, in his 70th y.'
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2007).

Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts
Safford Joseph, Aug. 29, 1701, in his 70th y.
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Death — 1701
29 August 1701
Ipswich, Province of Massachusetts Bay
He died at the age of 70.

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