Mary Sanford

     Mary was born on Sunday, 28 September 1670 in New Haven County, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Ephraim & Mary [Powell] Sanford. She married first in 1688, Eleazer Holt and then married second, in 1690, Joseph Ashburn. Both marriages were in Milford, New Haven County. Mary married 3rd Joshua Hotchkiss, son of Samuel Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Cleverly, after 17 February 1719. Mary's husband, Joshua, died before 1 October 1722 in New Haven, leaving her a widow. Mary departed this life on Wednesday, 26 August 1750 at age 79 years, 10 months and 29 days.