Brief Life History of Malachi
When Malachi Sanford was born on 27 January 1763, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Ezra Sanford, was 27 and his mother, Martha Barker, was 28. He married Martha "Patty" Rathbun on 5 October 1788, in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died in August 1804, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States, at the age of 41.
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Sources (8)
- Malicai Sanford, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Malachi Sanford, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Malachi Sanford, "Find A Grave Index"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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