STAFFORD IMMIGRANTS

William Stafford immigrated to Jamestown,Virginia on ship Furtherance from England in 1622.

Thomas Stafford immigrated to Plymouth, Massachusetts from Warwickshire, England in 1626.

Ann Staford immigrated to Maryland in 1668. Source: "The Early Settlers of Maryland" by Gust Skordas.

John Stafford age 15 immigrated from Somersetshire, England to Maryland Dec. 19-26, 1774 on ship "Sally" as indentured servant.

Thomas Stafford, son of John Stafford, immigrated from England and settled in Giles Co. Virginia Abt. 1804.

James Stafford immigrated to U.S. Abt. 1842/44 from England settled in ILL.

Katherine Stafford immigrated to U.S. from Roscommon Co. Ireland in 1855, at age 6 with Father & 3 sisters.

Song: Flow Gently Sweet Afton

The music is by
Alexander Hume.
The poem was
presented
by Robert Burns to
Mrs. General
Stewart of Slair.
The Mary probably
refers
to Mary Campbell,
who Burns
courted in 1786, the
year the
song was written.

Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang
thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song
in thy praise;
My Mary's asleep by thy
murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb
not her dream.

Thou stock dove whose echo
resounds thro' the glen,
Ye wild whistly blackbirds in yon
thorny den,
Thou green crested lapwing thy
screaming forbear,
I charge you, disturb not my
slumbering fair.

How lofty, sweet Afton, thy
neighboring hills,
Far mark'd with the courses of
clear winding rills;
There daily I wander as noon
rises high,
My flocks and my Mary's sweet
cot in my eye.

How pleasant thy banks and
green valleys below,
Where, wild in the woodlands,
the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild evening weeps
over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades
my Mary and me.

Thy crystal stream, Afton, how
lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my
Mary resides;
How wanton thy waters her
snowy feet lave,
As, gathering sweet flowerets,
she stems thy clear wave.

Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang
thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river, the
theme of my lays;
My Mary's asleep by thy
murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb
not her dreams.

Lyrics from Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland
and Wales.

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