ATT: ALL STAFFORDS. I HAVE JUST RUN ACROSS A LOT OF INFO RE:STAFFORD ANCESTRY. LINKS RUN FROM MICHIGAN TO:OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THEY'RE ALL INTERCONNECTED. SOME CAME OVER ON THE SHIP, THE "FURTHERANCE". IT HAS NOW BEEN TRACED BACK TO THE 1st BARON de STAFFORD IN 1066, NAMED ROBERT. HIS SON NICHOLAS MARRIED ANASTASIA OF NORTHUMBERLAND. THEIR DAUGHTER (NO SONS) MARRIED HARVEY BAGOT WHO CHANGED HIS NAME TO STAFFORD IN ORDER TO CARRY ON THE TITLE