WALKER Family Annex
James (1) Sands , Immigrant, Capt. 1
Birth:1621-1622 in Reading, BRK, ENG
Death:13 Mar 1694/95 in New Shoreham (Block Island), RI 2
Sex:M
Father:
Mother:
  
Also Known As: James Sandys
Fact 1: 1638 Arrived Plymouth, MA
Fact 2: 1640 Moved to Block Island, called by natives "Manisses"
Fact 3: 1660 With 15 others, purchased Block Island
Fact 4: 1676 Charter obtained
Fact 5: 1642-1643 In NY with Ann Hutchinson in her exile on banks of Hudson R. 3 1
Fact 6: 1676 Commander militia company in King Philip's War. 4
Reference: SAND36*


Spouses & Children
Sarah Walker , Immigrant (Wife) b. About. 1625 in Hingham, NFK, ENG
1
Marriage: 1645 in Portsmouth, RI
 


Notes
Individual:
6 children



Sources
  1. Title: "Descendants of James Sands of Block Island"
    Author: WILSON, Malcolm Sands
    Publication: Privately Printed, 1949 (Higginson reprint)
    Call Number: @S1860@
    Media: Book
    Text: #1. Individuals from this source identified by Wilson's number in braces within name: e.g. James (1) Sands, often w/o other attribution. Lack of such identification does not necessarily indicate absen
    ce from Wilson.
  2. Title: "Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Sands Family"
    Author: DAVIS, Robert G.
    Publication: 1964, Unpublished
    Call Number: @S1958@
    Media: Manuscript
    Page: p. 4
    Text: Both James and Sarah are buried on Block Is.
  3. Title: "Long Island Genealogies"
    Author: BUNKER, Mary Powell
    Publication: Albany, NY, 1895\ http:// FTM. genealogy. com/ _glc_/ 1375/
    Call Number: @S1964@ F127.L8 B9 1988
    Media: Book
    Page: p.285
    Text: Mentions his return to R.I. in "1664", surely a misprint.
  4. Title: "Abridged Compendium", Vol 1
    Author: VIRKUS, Frederick A.
    Publication: Chicago, 1925\ http:// FTM. genealogy. com/ _glc_/ 2346/
    Call Number: @S1900@
    Media: Book
    Page: p.3523

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