Researching John Sanford
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 558 people with the Sanford surname? In that year Sanford was ranked number 3021 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Sanford on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Sanford and the Sanford Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 878 people with the Sanford surname in the UK? Sanford is now ranked number 3215 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called John Sanford
John Sanford (governor)
John Sanford (c. 1605 – 1653) was an early settler of Boston, Massachusetts, an original settler of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and a governor of the combined towns of Portsmouth and Newport in the Rhode Island colony, dying in office after serving for less than a full term. He had some military experience in England, and also was an employee of Massachusetts magistrate John Winthrop's household prior to sailing to New England in 1631 with Winthrop's wife and oldest son. He lived in Boston for six years and was the cannoneer there.
A divisive religious controversy arose in Boston, and Sanford was disarmed for supporting his mother-in-law Anne Hutchinson, who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was then compelled to leave Massachusetts as well; he and many others signed an agreement to form a government, then settled on Rhode Island. Here he became a lieutenant, assistant, chief magistrate of Portsmouth, then governor of the two island towns of Portsmouth and Newport in 1653 following the repeal of William Coddington's commission to govern the island. During his administration, the two island towns slowly negotiated a reunion with the two mainland towns of Providence and Warwick.
Source: John Sanford (governor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Sanford (author)
John Sanford or John B. Sanford, born Julian Lawrence Shapiro (May 31, 1904 – March 6, 2003), was an American screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books. The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature describes him as, "Perhaps the most outstanding neglected novelist." A one-time member of the Communist Party, after he and his wife Marguerite Roberts refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee, they were blacklisted and unable to work in Hollywood for nearly a decade.
Sanford wrote half of his books after he was 80. He published a 5-volume autobiography, for which he received a PEN/Faulkner Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement Award. He left three unpublished novels and was writing up until a month before his death at 98.
Source: John Sanford (author), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sanford
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