Ancestry of Mark Sanford

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Mark Sanford should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Mark Sanford
1 Marshall Clement Sanford Jr ("Mark"), b. Fort Lauderdale, Fla., 28 May 1960, Governor of South Carolina 2003-current
PARENTS
2 Marshall Clement Sanford, b. ... , N. C., ... 1914, d. ...
m.
3 Margaret Pitts, b. ... , d. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 Rufus Brown Sanford, b. Mocksville, N. C., 26 Feb. 1877, d. ... 7 July 1965
m.
5 Adelaide Gaither, b. Davie Co., N. C., 12 Dec. 1881, d. Davie Co., N. C., 22 Nov. 1943
6 ... Pitts, b. ... , d. ...
m.
7 ... , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
8 Calvin Cowles Sanford, b. Davie Co., N. C., 15 Oct. 1843, d. Mocksville, N. C., 6 March 1929
m. Mocksville, N. C., 11 Jan. 1872
9 Mary Denny Brown, b. Mocksville, N. C., 2 Feb. 1844, d. Mocksville, N. C., 5 July 1909
10 Ephraim Lash Gaither, b. Davie Co., N. C., 30 April 1850, d. Davie Co., N. C., 10 Feb. 1943
m. ... 1880
11 Florence Adelaide Clement, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16 Amos Baker Sanford, b. Woodbridge, Conn., 18 June 1798, d. Jonesville, N. C., 9 July 1873
m.
17 Mary Cornelia Lunn, b. ... , N. C., 3 April 1805, d. Iredell Co., N. C., 1 July 1872
18 Thomas Brown, b. ... 1807, d. ... 1881
m.
19 Margaret Brinegar, b. ... 1809, d. ... 1876
20 Ephraim Gaither, b. Rowan Co., N. C., 13 Dec. 1808, d. ...
m.
21 Sarah Hall Johnston, b. ... , N. C., 5 Jan. 1811, d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
32 Abel Sanford, b. Woodbridge, Conn., 22 March 1763, d. Marion, N. Y., 10 Sept. 1843
m. Woodbridge, Conn., 14 Oct. 1784
33 Deborah Sperry, b. ... 28 Dec. 1758, d. Wallingford, Conn., 8 Nov. 1817
40 Gassaway Gaither, b. ... , d. ...
m.
41 Mary Margaret Smoot, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
64 Thomas Sanford, b. Newtown, Conn., 3 March 1732, d. ... 24 March 1814
m. New Haven, Conn., ... 1755
65 Lydia Clark, b. ... , d. ...
66 Nathaniel Sperry, b. New Haven, Conn., 29 Dec. 1727, d. ... 1776
m. New Haven, Conn., 3 Jan. 1750
67 Dorothy Tolles, b. New Haven, Conn., 17 Sept. 1731, d. ...








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