This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4FFBAIB/976.1 Message Board Post: Thanks to fine records received from Sandie Gage, and Elroy Sanford, the 'Direct line of ancestry of Nathan SANFORD is through Robert Sanford 'The Immigrant': 1. Ezekiell Sanford, spouse - Rose Warner 2. Robert Sanford, b. 1615, Stanstead, Eng. (brother of Thomas Sanford #1). 3. Ezekiel Sanford, b. 1646/47, Hartford, CT. 4. Thomas Sanford, b. 1689, Bridgehampton, Suffolk, LI, NY. 5. Thomas Sanford, b. 1715, Bridgehampton, NY. 6. Nathan Sanford, b. 5 Nov 1777, U. S. Senator from Bridghampton, NY. For others who also wished to know the answer. I thank Sandie Gage, and Elroy Sanford, for superb records. John Sanford.