Sarah Stafford

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Stafford was born in 1823, in New York, United States, her father, David Irwin Stafford, was 26 and her mother, Phebe Pierce, was 27. She lived in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

David Irwin Stafford
1797–1868
Phebe Pierce
1796–1883
Walter Tabor Stafford
1820–1896
David Stafford
1831–
Eliza A Stafford
1837–
Sarah Stafford
1823–
Rebecca Stafford
1825–
Mary Stafford
1829–
George Cromwell Stafford
1834–
Peleg Tabor Stafford
1836–1910

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  • Sarah Allen in household of G Cromwell Stafford, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name principally from Stafford (Staffordshire), but occasionally from other places with similar names, such as Stafford House in Ifield (Sussex), possibly East and West Stowford in East Down (Devon), and three minor places in Devon called Stafford, in Dolton, Broadhembury, and Colyton parishes. The places are all named with Old English ford ‘ford’ as the final element, but have different initial elements. The Staffordshire placename has Old English stæth ‘river bank, shore’; Stafford in Colyton (Devon) has Old English stān ‘stone, rock’; the Sussex placename has Old English stēor ‘steer, bullock’; East and West Stowford (Devon) have Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’; Stafford in Dolton and Stafford in Broadhembury (Devon) may have Old English stæth, stān, or stæf.

Irish (Wexford): variant of Stocker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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