NameJames Sands (Sandys)
Birth1622, Reading, Berkshire, England
Death13 Mar 1695, Block Island, Rhode Island
Spouses
Birthca 1626, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Death24 Nov 1700, Plymouth Massachusetts
BurialBlock Island, Rhode Island
Marriage1645, Plymouth, MA or Portsmouth, RI?
Notes for James Sands (Sandys)
With wife and family moved from Reading, Berkshire County, England to Plymouth, MA in 1658 (or 1638 and in Portsmouth, RI 1640) during Cromwell usurpation.
Along with 15 others in 1660 purchased Block Island, RI from natives and moved there from Taunton, MA in 1661, owning 1/16th of the island.
Capt. John Sandys, 1622-13. March. 1695, m. 1645, Saarah, dau. of John Walker & Catharine, dau. of Edward Hutchinson.