William was born about Dec. 1637 based on his baptism on the 24th of that month in the Anglican Church of Hamburg, Germany. He was the son of Thomas Sandford and Elizabeth Kingsland, who belonged to the English merchants' settlement in Hamburg and were married at the same church noted above on 20 July 1630.
The name of William's first wife or partner, with whom he had a daughter Nedemiah, is not known. He married (perhaps second) to Sarah Whartman on 27 Mar. 1667 aboard the pink [narrow-sterned sailing vessel] Susannah on the River Surinam. They had five known children.
Much has been discovered about William's origins and family thanks to recent scholarship (see references below). His life events are summarized briefly as follows:
As a child, William relocated with his mother and siblings to the island of Barbados to join his uncle Nathaniel Kingland and aunt Mary Kingsland Mandeville. In the 1650s, William and his older brother Robert Sandford settled in the colony of Surinam, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. William probably managed their uncle's plantation there at this time. In 1661, the brothers opposed and publicly challenged the authority of the local governor, William Byam. This ultimately led to Robert's banishment from Surinam and William's trial for sedition. (William was discharged with the condition that he not "come near" his banished brother.)
In 1664, William was leasing his uncle Nathaniel Kingsland's Surinam plantation. However, the property was seized by the Dutch after their take-over of Surinam in early 1667. After a sojourn to the island of Nevis, William participated in the English recapture of Surinam in Oct. 1667, as a "private soldier." Even so, he was not not able to recover his uncle's lands because Nathaniel was an absentee owner.
While Nathaniel petitioned the crown for restoration of his property in Surinam (unsuccessfully), William received authority to establish a new settlement in the nascent colony of New Jersey. On 4 July 1668, New Jersey Governor Philip Carteret issued William a patent for over 15,000 acres between the Hackensack and Passaic rivers. William secured an Indian deed for this land. Subsequent transactions indicate that this was or became a joint acquisition with uncle Nathaniel Kingsland. Ultimately, William held a third of the acreage for himself. He named his settlement "New Barbadoes." It included the present-day municipalities of Kearny, Harrison, and East Newark, in Hudson Co., NJ.
William served as a justice of the peace, president of the county court of Elizabeth-Town and Newark (later named Essex County), justice of the provincial Court of Common Right, member of the Governor's Council, and provincial attorney general. Though already called "captain" at his arrival in New Jersey, he was commissioned as such for the Newark company of militia on 15 July 1675 and then as major in Dec. 1683.
He died between 2 Jan. 1690/91 (the date of his will) and 23 Mar. 1690/91 (when his estate was inventoried). He is presumed to have died at his residence in New Barbadoes, in or near present-day Kearny. In his will, he directed that his remains be buried on his plantation without pomp or ceremony.
Note: The introduction to "Hudson County Gravestones: Sandford Burying Ground, Kearny" by Mrs. A. S. Vilardi and Richard W. Cook, in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey [GMNJ] 34 (1959): 85, states the following with regard to the final resting place of William and Sarah Whartman Sandford:
"Presumably he [William] was buried on his own land as was his wife Sarah who died in 1719, which plot continued in use as a family burying ground for several generations."
The GMNJ article--which is apparently the source for the other memorials that have been created in this burial place--was based in large part on a listing of inscriptions done by Dr. J. F. Condit about 1848. It reports that Dr. Condit noted about 100 rough stone markers in addition to the inscribed stones. Considering this and the burial reference in William's will, memorials for him and his wife are placed here with confidence.
For more information on William Sandford and his family, see the excellent series of articles by Sharon Olson and Chris Schopfer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey, Revisited," now being published in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 91 (2016): 66-76 & 166-183, 92 (2017): 36-49, 99-115 et seq. This series expands upon a previous article by Janet T. Riemer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey," in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 82 (2007): 18-26.
The name of William's first wife or partner, with whom he had a daughter Nedemiah, is not known. He married (perhaps second) to Sarah Whartman on 27 Mar. 1667 aboard the pink [narrow-sterned sailing vessel] Susannah on the River Surinam. They had five known children.
Much has been discovered about William's origins and family thanks to recent scholarship (see references below). His life events are summarized briefly as follows:
As a child, William relocated with his mother and siblings to the island of Barbados to join his uncle Nathaniel Kingland and aunt Mary Kingsland Mandeville. In the 1650s, William and his older brother Robert Sandford settled in the colony of Surinam, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. William probably managed their uncle's plantation there at this time. In 1661, the brothers opposed and publicly challenged the authority of the local governor, William Byam. This ultimately led to Robert's banishment from Surinam and William's trial for sedition. (William was discharged with the condition that he not "come near" his banished brother.)
In 1664, William was leasing his uncle Nathaniel Kingsland's Surinam plantation. However, the property was seized by the Dutch after their take-over of Surinam in early 1667. After a sojourn to the island of Nevis, William participated in the English recapture of Surinam in Oct. 1667, as a "private soldier." Even so, he was not not able to recover his uncle's lands because Nathaniel was an absentee owner.
While Nathaniel petitioned the crown for restoration of his property in Surinam (unsuccessfully), William received authority to establish a new settlement in the nascent colony of New Jersey. On 4 July 1668, New Jersey Governor Philip Carteret issued William a patent for over 15,000 acres between the Hackensack and Passaic rivers. William secured an Indian deed for this land. Subsequent transactions indicate that this was or became a joint acquisition with uncle Nathaniel Kingsland. Ultimately, William held a third of the acreage for himself. He named his settlement "New Barbadoes." It included the present-day municipalities of Kearny, Harrison, and East Newark, in Hudson Co., NJ.
William served as a justice of the peace, president of the county court of Elizabeth-Town and Newark (later named Essex County), justice of the provincial Court of Common Right, member of the Governor's Council, and provincial attorney general. Though already called "captain" at his arrival in New Jersey, he was commissioned as such for the Newark company of militia on 15 July 1675 and then as major in Dec. 1683.
He died between 2 Jan. 1690/91 (the date of his will) and 23 Mar. 1690/91 (when his estate was inventoried). He is presumed to have died at his residence in New Barbadoes, in or near present-day Kearny. In his will, he directed that his remains be buried on his plantation without pomp or ceremony.
Note: The introduction to "Hudson County Gravestones: Sandford Burying Ground, Kearny" by Mrs. A. S. Vilardi and Richard W. Cook, in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey [GMNJ] 34 (1959): 85, states the following with regard to the final resting place of William and Sarah Whartman Sandford:
"Presumably he [William] was buried on his own land as was his wife Sarah who died in 1719, which plot continued in use as a family burying ground for several generations."
The GMNJ article--which is apparently the source for the other memorials that have been created in this burial place--was based in large part on a listing of inscriptions done by Dr. J. F. Condit about 1848. It reports that Dr. Condit noted about 100 rough stone markers in addition to the inscribed stones. Considering this and the burial reference in William's will, memorials for him and his wife are placed here with confidence.
For more information on William Sandford and his family, see the excellent series of articles by Sharon Olson and Chris Schopfer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey, Revisited," now being published in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 91 (2016): 66-76 & 166-183, 92 (2017): 36-49, 99-115 et seq. This series expands upon a previous article by Janet T. Riemer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey," in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 82 (2007): 18-26.
William was born about Dec. 1637 based on his baptism on the 24th of that month in the Anglican Church of Hamburg, Germany. He was the son of Thomas Sandford and Elizabeth Kingsland, who belonged to the English merchants' settlement in Hamburg and were married at the same church noted above on 20 July 1630.
The name of William's first wife or partner, with whom he had a daughter Nedemiah, is not known. He married (perhaps second) to Sarah Whartman on 27 Mar. 1667 aboard the pink [narrow-sterned sailing vessel] Susannah on the River Surinam. They had five known children.
Much has been discovered about William's origins and family thanks to recent scholarship (see references below). His life events are summarized briefly as follows:
As a child, William relocated with his mother and siblings to the island of Barbados to join his uncle Nathaniel Kingland and aunt Mary Kingsland Mandeville. In the 1650s, William and his older brother Robert Sandford settled in the colony of Surinam, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. William probably managed their uncle's plantation there at this time. In 1661, the brothers opposed and publicly challenged the authority of the local governor, William Byam. This ultimately led to Robert's banishment from Surinam and William's trial for sedition. (William was discharged with the condition that he not "come near" his banished brother.)
In 1664, William was leasing his uncle Nathaniel Kingsland's Surinam plantation. However, the property was seized by the Dutch after their take-over of Surinam in early 1667. After a sojourn to the island of Nevis, William participated in the English recapture of Surinam in Oct. 1667, as a "private soldier." Even so, he was not not able to recover his uncle's lands because Nathaniel was an absentee owner.
While Nathaniel petitioned the crown for restoration of his property in Surinam (unsuccessfully), William received authority to establish a new settlement in the nascent colony of New Jersey. On 4 July 1668, New Jersey Governor Philip Carteret issued William a patent for over 15,000 acres between the Hackensack and Passaic rivers. William secured an Indian deed for this land. Subsequent transactions indicate that this was or became a joint acquisition with uncle Nathaniel Kingsland. Ultimately, William held a third of the acreage for himself. He named his settlement "New Barbadoes." It included the present-day municipalities of Kearny, Harrison, and East Newark, in Hudson Co., NJ.
William served as a justice of the peace, president of the county court of Elizabeth-Town and Newark (later named Essex County), justice of the provincial Court of Common Right, member of the Governor's Council, and provincial attorney general. Though already called "captain" at his arrival in New Jersey, he was commissioned as such for the Newark company of militia on 15 July 1675 and then as major in Dec. 1683.
He died between 2 Jan. 1690/91 (the date of his will) and 23 Mar. 1690/91 (when his estate was inventoried). He is presumed to have died at his residence in New Barbadoes, in or near present-day Kearny. In his will, he directed that his remains be buried on his plantation without pomp or ceremony.
Note: The introduction to "Hudson County Gravestones: Sandford Burying Ground, Kearny" by Mrs. A. S. Vilardi and Richard W. Cook, in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey [GMNJ] 34 (1959): 85, states the following with regard to the final resting place of William and Sarah Whartman Sandford:
"Presumably he [William] was buried on his own land as was his wife Sarah who died in 1719, which plot continued in use as a family burying ground for several generations."
The GMNJ article--which is apparently the source for the other memorials that have been created in this burial place--was based in large part on a listing of inscriptions done by Dr. J. F. Condit about 1848. It reports that Dr. Condit noted about 100 rough stone markers in addition to the inscribed stones. Considering this and the burial reference in William's will, memorials for him and his wife are placed here with confidence.
For more information on William Sandford and his family, see the excellent series of articles by Sharon Olson and Chris Schopfer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey, Revisited," now being published in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 91 (2016): 66-76 & 166-183, 92 (2017): 36-49, 99-115 et seq. This series expands upon a previous article by Janet T. Riemer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey," in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 82 (2007): 18-26.
The name of William's first wife or partner, with whom he had a daughter Nedemiah, is not known. He married (perhaps second) to Sarah Whartman on 27 Mar. 1667 aboard the pink [narrow-sterned sailing vessel] Susannah on the River Surinam. They had five known children.
Much has been discovered about William's origins and family thanks to recent scholarship (see references below). His life events are summarized briefly as follows:
As a child, William relocated with his mother and siblings to the island of Barbados to join his uncle Nathaniel Kingland and aunt Mary Kingsland Mandeville. In the 1650s, William and his older brother Robert Sandford settled in the colony of Surinam, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. William probably managed their uncle's plantation there at this time. In 1661, the brothers opposed and publicly challenged the authority of the local governor, William Byam. This ultimately led to Robert's banishment from Surinam and William's trial for sedition. (William was discharged with the condition that he not "come near" his banished brother.)
In 1664, William was leasing his uncle Nathaniel Kingsland's Surinam plantation. However, the property was seized by the Dutch after their take-over of Surinam in early 1667. After a sojourn to the island of Nevis, William participated in the English recapture of Surinam in Oct. 1667, as a "private soldier." Even so, he was not not able to recover his uncle's lands because Nathaniel was an absentee owner.
While Nathaniel petitioned the crown for restoration of his property in Surinam (unsuccessfully), William received authority to establish a new settlement in the nascent colony of New Jersey. On 4 July 1668, New Jersey Governor Philip Carteret issued William a patent for over 15,000 acres between the Hackensack and Passaic rivers. William secured an Indian deed for this land. Subsequent transactions indicate that this was or became a joint acquisition with uncle Nathaniel Kingsland. Ultimately, William held a third of the acreage for himself. He named his settlement "New Barbadoes." It included the present-day municipalities of Kearny, Harrison, and East Newark, in Hudson Co., NJ.
William served as a justice of the peace, president of the county court of Elizabeth-Town and Newark (later named Essex County), justice of the provincial Court of Common Right, member of the Governor's Council, and provincial attorney general. Though already called "captain" at his arrival in New Jersey, he was commissioned as such for the Newark company of militia on 15 July 1675 and then as major in Dec. 1683.
He died between 2 Jan. 1690/91 (the date of his will) and 23 Mar. 1690/91 (when his estate was inventoried). He is presumed to have died at his residence in New Barbadoes, in or near present-day Kearny. In his will, he directed that his remains be buried on his plantation without pomp or ceremony.
Note: The introduction to "Hudson County Gravestones: Sandford Burying Ground, Kearny" by Mrs. A. S. Vilardi and Richard W. Cook, in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey [GMNJ] 34 (1959): 85, states the following with regard to the final resting place of William and Sarah Whartman Sandford:
"Presumably he [William] was buried on his own land as was his wife Sarah who died in 1719, which plot continued in use as a family burying ground for several generations."
The GMNJ article--which is apparently the source for the other memorials that have been created in this burial place--was based in large part on a listing of inscriptions done by Dr. J. F. Condit about 1848. It reports that Dr. Condit noted about 100 rough stone markers in addition to the inscribed stones. Considering this and the burial reference in William's will, memorials for him and his wife are placed here with confidence.
For more information on William Sandford and his family, see the excellent series of articles by Sharon Olson and Chris Schopfer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey, Revisited," now being published in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 91 (2016): 66-76 & 166-183, 92 (2017): 36-49, 99-115 et seq. This series expands upon a previous article by Janet T. Riemer, "The Early Sandford Family in New Jersey," in The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 82 (2007): 18-26.
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