 His eldest brother, John Sands (1737-1811), served as a colonel during the Revolutionary War and was also a member of the New York State Assembly for Queens County, 1784 to 1785.His younger brother, Comfort Sands (1748-1834), also served on the side of the colonists during the Revolutionary War.The Sands family was one of the original three families that settled in and owned what is now Sands Point, New York.