tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post1770214896204732471..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: The Framingham Militia [citation needed]Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-65854868428193429002007-07-13T06:55:00.000-05:002007-07-13T06:55:00.000-05:00It looks like, by that time, we had changed it to ...It looks like, by that time, we had changed it to Danford, although they may have been distant cousins. I'll have to look that up.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-43126187329352876452007-07-12T18:58:00.000-05:002007-07-12T18:58:00.000-05:00There were father and son Samuel Danforths in the ...There were father and son Samuel Danforths in the Boston area during the Revolution—perhaps in your line of descent, perhaps not. There were an <I>awful</I> lot of Samuels around then.<BR/><BR/>I wrote about the son <A HREF="http://boston1775.blogspot.com/search/label/Dr.%20Samuel%20Danforth" REL="nofollow">here</A>. I'm preparing something about the father's correspondence with Benjamin Franklin.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-46106962260013779112007-07-12T02:41:00.000-05:002007-07-12T02:41:00.000-05:00Well, I just discovered something interesting and ...Well, I just discovered something interesting and related to this post. I am direct descendant of Samuel Danforth, whose brother was Thomas Danforth. Thomas was a judge in the Salem Witch Trials (and the one Miller used in The Crucible).<BR/><BR/>And, according to wikipedia:<BR/><BR/>Danforth owned 15,000 acres about 15 miles outside of Boston known as Danforth's Farm. Danforth's Farm would later become the town of Framingham, Massachusetts, which Danforth named after his home town in England.<BR/><BR/>(Incidentally, Samuel Danforth's descendant, Peter Danford, was in the NJ militia, thus making me eligible for SOAR).Robert S. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208771657848284055noreply@blogger.com