She is married to Encome Sanford.
They got married in the year 1750 at Rhode Island, she was 25 years old.
[[Category: Newport, Rhode Island]]
[[Category: Newport Township, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category: New England Planters]]
== Biography ==
Sarah Clarke, daughter of [[Clarke-34|Elisha Clarke]] and [[Reynolds-65|Susannah Reynolds]], was born about 1725 at North Kingston, Rhode Island, and died in Nova Scotia after 1805.Sanford, Jack Minard, 1900- . ''President John Sanford of Boston, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and descendants with many allied families, 1605-1965''… [https://archive.org/details/presidentjohnsan00sanf/page/258/mode/2up Encome Sanford, pp. 258-9] Sarah married Encome Sanford, who was born in 1721 at Newport, Rhode Island. He is the son of Capt. Ezbon Sanford (descended from John Sanford, 3rd President of the Colony of Rhode Island) and Mary Woodward]]. He passed away in 1805 at Newport, Nova Scotia.
Encome’s brother, Benjamin Sanford, born at Newport, Rhode Island in 1732, is considered the founder of the King's County Sanford family. In May, 1760, Benjamin travelled from Newport, Rhode Island in the sloop ''Sally'', Jonathan Lovatt, master, to Falmouth, Hants County, Nova Scotia. At the same time came a Joshua Sanford, and later came another Joshua, and Joseph, '''Encome''', Woodward, Esbon and Peleg Sanford.Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton, 1849-1937. ''The history of Kings County, Nova Scotia, heart of the Acadian land.'' Publisher Salem, Mass., The Salem press company. 1910. [https://archive.org/details/historyofkingsco00eato/page/808/mode/2up The Sanford Family, p. 809]The Narragansett Historical Register…State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Vol. VII. 1889. James N. Arnold, Editor. The Narragansett Historical Publishing Company. Providence, R.I. : List of Settlers brought from Newport Rhode Island to Falmouth Nov. in the Sloop Sally. Jona. Lovatt, Ma : [https://onerhodeislandfamily.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/narragansett-historical-register-v-7.pdf Benjamin Sanford & family, Joshua Sanford, pp. 102-3; Encom Sanford, pp. 124, 130.]Wright, Dr. Esther Clarke. ''Planters and Pioneers : Nova Scotia 1749 to 1775 Revised Edition.'' Justin Wentzell. Beaver Bank, NS Canada. 2007. p. 236.
Encome, his wife Sarah, and five children (Woodward, Mary, Esbon, Elizabeth, Peleg) were living in Newport, Nova Scotia in 1761. He was recorded in Nova Scotia as “Proprietor’s Clerk” on 12 Nov 1763. “Encom” Sanford was recorded in Newport on Dec. 30, 1772 and on Sept. 5, 1781.
== Sources ==
== Acknowledgements ==
* [[Mosher-475|Sara V Mosher]], Jan 2022* [[Coldwell-1 | Doug Coldwell]], firsthand knowledge. See the [http://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:NetworkFeed&who=Clarke-1562 Changes page] for the details of edits by Doug and others.>
* Falmouth A New England Township in Nova Scotia by John Duncanson
External link: https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Clarke-43
The data shown has no sources.