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  NATIONAL REGISTER 
OF THE 
SOCIETY 
OF THE
  SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION


 
 
 
 Matthew Logan, Jr., the grandson of this John Logan, born at Washington, married Laura SANFORD. daughter of Sergeant Strong SANFORD. a soldier of the Revolution and the son of a soldier of the Revolution, as well as of the Colonial Wars, Elihu SANFORD.
 

FREDERICK SANFORD ATWATER, died, 1901 (11083). Son of William Olmstead and Ellen W. (Sanford) Atwater; grandson of William W. and Mary Elizabeth (Olmstead) Atwater; great-grandson of Ira and Roxanna (Buckingham) Atwater; great2-grandson of Amos Alwater, private Fifth Battalion Wadsworth's Brigade; grandson of Abraham and Ella R. (Whipple) SANFORD: great2-grandson of Elihu SANFORD, Sergeant Conn. Continental Foot.
 

THOMAS DEWITT BARLOW, Waterbury, Conn. (7775). Son of Joel and Deborah (SANFORD) Barlow; grandson of Daniel and Sallie (Diamond) Barlow; great-grandson of Aaron Barlow, Ensign Fourth Conn. Militia.
 
 GEORGE STANLEY BURNHAM, Winsted, Conn. (10301). Son of Hiram and Hannah Clarene (SANFORD) Burnham; grandson of Strong SANFORD, Sergeant Conn. Line.
 
 JOHN NEWTON CHAMPION, New Haven, Conn. (9434). Son of John Newton and Cordelia Eliza (SANFORD) Champion; grandson of Elias and Esther (Strong) Champion; great-grandson of Reuben and Silence (Ely) Champion; great-grandson of Reuben Champion, Surgeon Continental Army, died in service at Ticonderoga in 1777.
 
 WALTER SETH LOGAN, New York City (13863). Son of Seth S. and Abigal (Holister) Logan; grandson of Sherman and Polly (Nettleton) Holister; great2-grandson of Gideon Holister, Member of Conn. General Assembly; grandson of Matthew and Laura (SANFORD) Logan; great-grandson of Strong SANFORD, Sergeant Fifth Conn. Line, pensioned
 

LOREN DWIGHT PENFIELD. New Britain, Conn. (10306). Son of Harvey and Lucy Ellen (SANFORD) Penfield; grandson of Phineas and Ruth (Heart) Penfield; great-grandson of Phincas Penfield, private Conn. Militia, pensioned 
ELIAS STARR SANFORD, Danbury, Conn. (9288). Son of Charles H. and Mary (Emmons) SANFORD; grandson of Elias Starr and Betsey (Wilcox) SANFORD; great-grandson of Elijah and Betsy (Starr) SANFORD; great2-grandson of SANFORD, Ensign Fourteenth Conn. Militia, Member of General Assembly.
  
CALVIN DUVALL COWLES, U. S. Army (1953). Son of Calvin Josiah and Martha Temperance (Duvall) Cowles; grandson of Josiah and Deborah (SANFORD) Cowles; great-grandson of Calvin and Miriam (Atwater) Cowles; great2-grandson of Josiah Cowles, Member of Southington, Conn., Committee of Inspection; grandson of Alvin Simpson and Nancy Caroline (Carson) Duvall; great-grandson of Andrew (and Temperance Young) Carson, Captain North Carolina Militia; great2-grandson of Thomas Young, Commissary North Carolina Partisan Troops; great-grandson of Alvin and Martha (Houston) Duvall; great2-grandson of Christopher Houston, Captain North Carolina Rangers.
  
PLYMMON SANFORD HAYES, deceased (1454). Son of Justin and Julia A. (Haven) Hayes; grandson of John and Julia (SANFORD) Haven; great-grandson Samuel and Rhoda (Attwater) SANFORD; great2-grandson of Samuel SANFORD, Captain Conn. Line.
 NATHANIEL ANSON MERRELL, died December 21, 1896 (4747). Son of Seth and Mabel (SANFORD) Merrell; grandson of Nathaniel Merrill, private Conn. Line.
  
WEBSTER BRUCE, Cumberland, Md. (1006). Son of Daniel Cresap and Ann (Frost) Bruce; grandson of William and Phoebe (Cresap) Bruce; great-grandson of Joseph (and Sidney SANFORD) Cresap, Lieutenant First Battalion Maryland Rifles; great2-grandson of William SANFORD, Captain Second Virginia Line and Provincial troops; great2-grandson of Daniel and Ruth. (Van Swearingen) Cresap; great3-grandson of Thomas Cresap, Member of Frederick Committee of Observation, Delegate to Maryland Convention.
  
JAMES CEPHAS CRESAP. U. S. Navy, deceased (1008). Son of Daniel John and Elizabeth (Campbell) Cresap; grandson of Joseph (and Sidney SANFORD) Cresap, Second Lieutenant First Battalion Maryland Rifles; great-grandson of William SANFORD, Captain Second Virginia Line, and Provincial troops; great-grandson of Daniel and Ruth (Van Swearingen) Cresap; great2-grandson of Thomas Cresap, Member of Frederick Committee of Observation, Delegate to Maryland Convention.
  EDWARD SANFORD ATWATER, Elizabeth, N. J. (6097). Son of Lyman Hotchkiss and Susan (SANFORD) Atwater: grandson of Lyman and Clarissa (Hotchkiss) Atwater: great-grandson of Medad Atwater, private Conn. Militia; great2-grandson of David Atwater, Lieutenant Conn. Militia.
  EDWARD ROLLIN SANFORD, JR., St. Paul, Minn. (3906). Son of Edward Rollin and Julia Adelaide (Wright) SANFORD; grandson of George and Louise Cornelia (Gibbs) SANFORD; great-grandson of David and Amy (Hartwell) SANFORD; great2-grandson of Zachariah SANFORD, Member of Recruiting Committee of New Milford, Conn.; grandson of Rial and Anne (Gray) Wright; great-grandson of Preserved and Jemima (King) Wright; great2-grandson of Solomon Wright, Sergeant Conn. Militia; great-grandson of David Gray, private New York Militia; great2-grandson of William Gray, private Sixteenth, or Cambridge New York Regt; great2-grandson of William King, Lieutenant Mass. troops; great-grandson of Leonard and Betsy (Robards) Gibbs; great2-grandson of William Robards, private New Jersey troops; great2-grandson of Isaac Gibbs, private Conn. troops
  GEORGE B. RAYMOND, Morris Plains, N. J. (9302). Son of Benjamin Curtis and Lois (Mather) Raymond; grandson of Jacob and Anna (SANFORD) Raymond; great-grandson of Benjamin Raymond, private Ninth Conn. Militia. Married June 14, 1901, to Anna Grace Wyckoff, daughter of Peter G. and Sarah Elizabeth SANFORD Wyckoff, of Plainfield, N. J., at New York City, by Rev. Edgar Tilton, Jr., and Rev. Joachim Elmendorf.
  
DAVID HENDERSON GREGORY, Cooperstown, N. Y. (7139). Son of Dudley SANFORD and Ann Maria (Lyon) Gregory; grandson of Benjamin and Abigail (SANFORD) Gregory; great-grandson of Ezekiel and Abigail (Starr) SANFORD; great3-grandson of Lemuel SANFORD; great3-grandson of Ezekiel SANFORD, Major First Conn. Line.
 HOLLISTER LOGAN, New York City (14485). Son of Walter S. and Eliza Preston (Kenyon) Logan; grandson of Seth S. and Abigail (Hollister) Logan; great-grandson of Sherman and Polly (Nettleton) Hollister; great2-grandson of Sherman Preston Hollister; great3-grandson of Gideon Holister, private. Sloper's Company Sheldon's Light Horse; great-grandson of Matthew and Laura (SANFORD) Logan; great2-grandson of Strong SANFORD, Sergeant Conn. Continental Line, pensioned.
 
 WALTER SETH LOGAN, New York City (4138). Son of Seth S. and Abigail (Hollister) Logan; grandson of Matthew and Laura (SANFORD) Logan; great-grandson of Strong SANFORD, Sergeant Conn. troops; grandson of Sherman and Polly (Nettleton) Hollister; great-grandson of Sherman Preston Hollister; great2-grandson of Gideon Holister, private Sloper's Company Sheldon's Light Horse.
  
WILLIAM SPENCER, Erie, Pa. (11602). Son of Judah Colt and Lavinia Stanley (SANFORD) Spencer; grandson of William and Deborah (Selden) Spencer; great-grandson of Israel Selden and Temma (Brockway) Spencer; great2-grandson of Israel Spencer, Captain Conn. troops and Major New York Militia.
 LE ROY SPRAGUE SANFORD, Providence, R. I. (7959). Son of Alexander Griswold and Harriet Bradford (Pearce) SANFORD; grandson of John Sprague and Mary Le Baron (Bradford) Pearce; great-grandson of John and Jemina (Wardwell) Bradford; great2-grandson of William Bradford, Member of Continental Congress, Major-General, Deputy Governor of Rhode Island.
 
 JUSTIN O. SANFORD, Stamford, Vt. (14208). Son of William and Lucy Rice SANFORD; grandson of Samuel SANFORD, Captain Eighth and Fifth Conn. Continental Line.
  
HENRY ORSON WHEELER, Burlington, Vt. (2834). Son of Orville Gould and Aurelia M. (SANFORD) Wheeler; grandson of Sheldon and Abigail (Foote) Wheeler; great-grandson of Peter Wheeler, private, killed in Wyoming Massacre; grandson of Esbon and Mary (Bradley) SANFORD; great-grandson of Solomon N. SANFORD, private Seventeenth Conn. Militia; great2-grandson of Joseph SANFORD, private Eighth Conn. Line.
  
BYRON BRADBURY BLAKE, Racine, Wis. (9462). Son of Lucius Sawyer and Caroline (Elliott) Blake; grandson of Levi and Mary (SANFORD) Blake; great-grandson of Bradbury and Sarah (Hilton) Blake; great2-grandson of Thomas Blake, Paymaster and Lieutenant, Cilley's New Hampshire Regt.
 HERBERT SCOTT BLAKE, Racine, Wis. (9463). Son of Byron Bradbury and Elizabeth (Tapley) Blake; grandson of Lucius Sawyer and Caroline (Elliott) Blake; great-grandson of Levi and Mary (SANFORD) Blake; great2-grandson of Bradbury and Sarah (Hilton) Blake; great3-grandson of Thomas Blake, Paymaster and Lieutenant, Cilley's New Hampshire Regt.
  

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