Brief Life History of William
When William Sands was born in 1687, in Mayfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Sands, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Baker, was 34.
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- Legacy NFS Source: William Sands - Church record: birth-name: William Sands
Parents and Siblings
1650–1704 Male
1654–1687 Female
Siblings (6)
1676– Male
1679–1735 Male
1685– Female
1685–1755 Female
1686– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (1)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 114
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English sandes ‘sands’, for someone who lived at or near a sandy place, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Sands in Carlisle (Cumberland) or Sands Cottages in West Hoathly (Sussex). See Sand , of which Sands may sometimes be a plural form or a variant, with excrescent -s. Compare also Sandes and Sandys .
History: Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James Sand(y)s (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester County, NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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