Elizabeth Sanford

Elizabeth married Caleb Cooley on 6 May 1784. Caleb (son of Benjamin4 Cooley and Mary Needham) was born on 20 Feb 1762 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 13 Feb 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Feb 1813 in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Cooley was born on 22 Jun 1785 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont; died on 23 Feb 1864 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont.
2. Margaret Cooley was born on 8 Mar 1787 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont; and died.
3. Catherine Cooley was born on 22 Nov 1789 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont; died on 2 Feb 1869.
4. Betsey Cooley was born on 5 Nov 1791 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; and died.
5. Sarah Cooley was born on 27 Oct 1793 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; died on 4 Aug 1853.
6. Ruth Cooley was born on 21 Jun 1795 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; died on 5 Dec 1873 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont.
7. John Cooley was born on 19 Mar 1797 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; and died.
8. Caleb Cooley was born on 16 Aug 1799 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; died on 2 Mar 1867 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont.
9. Ann Cooley was born on 10 May 1810 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; and died.

Notes:

Caleb and family lived in Weybridge Vermont according to the Cooley Genealogy.
According to Carleton E. Sanford, author of Thomas Sanford, the Emigrant to New England. Ancestry, Life and Descendants. 1632-4_Vol 2, there is only circumstantial evidence that the Thomas Sanford born in Hartford CT in 1736 is the same Thomas Sanford of Weybridge VT but the evidence is substantial enough, in his view, to render the separate Thomases as the same man. Accordingly, the following anecdote is presented from the above named volume page 1348 of Vol II: "On November 8, 1778, a squad of British soldiers with some Indian allies rushed into Weybridge, burning cabins, killing stock, etc., taking defenseless farmers prisoners and leaving the mothers and younger children without shelter or food. Among the prisoners were Thomas Sanford and his eldest son Robert who were taken to Quebec and put in prison. Mrs. Sanford with three or four other women and their young children, in great terror, found a shelter in an open cellar, which they managed to cover over, where they hid and lived for some days. Some American scouts found them and took them to Pittsford. Thomas Sanford managed to escape from prison in 1779. He wended his way through the forests of Maine and New Hampshire eventually reaching Pittsford. He gathered his family and went back to his farm at Weybridge.

Thomas married Lucy Kellogg. Lucy and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]