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Ted Danson

Ancestry of
Ted Danson

TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”


    John Sanford

    View famous kin of John Sanford

    • 9th Great-grandfather of Ted Danson — 12th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 2652 
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    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1608 
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    • Death Date:
    • from 22 Jun 1653 to 15 Nov 1653 
    • Death Location:
    • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF 1637 
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    • Children:

    • Eliphal Sanford

      Peleg Sanford (Ahnentafel No:1326 )

      Endcome Sanford

      Restcome Sanford

      William Sanford

      Esbon Sanford

      Frances Sanford

      Elisha Sanford

      Ann Sanford

    • Notes: 
    • Governor of Newport and Portsmouth, Rhode Island

      Gov. John Sanford was not the son of Samuel and Eleanor Sanford of Alford, Lincolnshire, England.

  • Additional marriages for John Sanford


    • Spouse:
    • Elizabeth Webb
    • Marriage Date:
    • BEF 1633

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  • Sources for John Sanford

    • 2 Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
    • 4 Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 2, Reverend Francis Marbury and Five Generations of . . ., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004), 4, 9-11, incorrectly gives John's death year as 1655 (inventory 15 NOV 1653).

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