53 ANCESTORS #3: JOHN SAFFORD OF IPSWICH, MA.

John Safford is my 8x great grandfather. Here is what Ellery Bicknell Crane wrote about him.

"John Safford, son of Thomas Safford,, was born about 1633, probably in England. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He had a share of Plum Island. He gave land to his son Thomas for the maintenance of his wife  and daughter by deed dated September 5, 1698. The children of John and Sarah Safford were: John Jr., of whom later; Sarah, born July 14, 1664, died July 21, 1712; Margaret, February 26, 1665-6;  Rebecca, August, August 30, 1667; Mercy or Mary, born February 26,  1669-70; Elizabeth, February 27, 1670-1; Thomas, October  7 1672, married Eleanor Shatswell or Setchwell, widow of Richard Setchwell and daughter of Daniel Cheney; married (second) at Rowley June 29, 1725, Sara Scott"-p93
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity · Volume 1 Lewis Publishing 1907

I have hia wife as Sarah Low. Their son Thomas is my 7x great grandfather.