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William Josephus Stafford (1781-1823), also known as William S. Stafford and Jose Guillermo Estifano, was a sea captain and privateer during the War of 1812 and afterward. == Biography == William Josephus Stafford was born September 12, 1781, probably in Frederick County, Virginia, the oldest of ten children born to Richard Stafford and Catharine Brobeker Stafford.〔Family Record, p. 1〕 He married Mary Whipple October 1, 1805, in Baltimore, Maryland.〔Family Record, p. 2〕〔''Maryland Marriages 1655-1850''〕 Mary was born about 1785 and was said to be the daughter of a William Whipple, and granddaughter of Abraham Whipple.〔SAR Register, p. 153〕 William and Mary Stafford had two sons—William Whipple Stafford born in 1806,〔Family Record, p. 1〕 and Francis Asbury Stafford born in 1808 〔Maryland Births〕—and raised their family in Baltimore. Mary died July 22, 1809 in Baltimore.〔Family Record, p. 5〕 William married secondly Mary Lauderman Jun 5, 1811 in Baltimore.〔Family Record, p. 2〕〔''Maryland Marriages 1655-1850''〕 William Josephus Stafford died February 24, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina.〔Baltimore Patriot〕 He is listed as William Josephus Stafford in the Bible record of his parents, and William J. Stafford in the estate records of his parents, chancery court records, and the census. Transcribed records for Baltimore show his name variously as William Josephus Stafford, William J. Stafford, William S. Stafford, and William L. Stafford. Historical reports of the Battle of the Rappahannock refer to him as William S. Stafford, but the research of Feliciano Gamez Duarte shows that he used that as an alias, as well as Joseph Stafford and Jose Guillermo Estifano. After his father died in 1808, William administered the estate and purchased 6 steers and a black boy from it.〔Richard Stafford Estate, p. 7〕 Thomas W. Griffith filed a mortgage foreclosure on a piece of property in Baltimore City in Chancery County against William J. & Mary Stafford in 1817.〔MD Chancery Court〕 In 1820, he was named as a defendant with his brothers and sister in a lawsuit filed by their brother Joseph S. Stafford in the Frederick County, Virginia, Chancery Court.〔VA Chancery Court〕 Court proceedings continued through at least 1834, with no resolution given in court papers. William J. Stafford was recorded in the 1820 Census for Baltimore, Maryland.〔1820 Census〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Josephus Stafford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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