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Subject: [GIFFORD-L] Re: Unidentified subject!
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 13:27:01 EST
I have that WILLIAM GIFFORD arrived in the New World ca 1642 but I do not have
the name of the ship he arrived on. He was born ca 1615 prob. in England and
it is possible that he was the son of Phillip Gifford and his wife Mary Turner
Gifford; another source states that he may have been the son of an Anthi
Gifford of Dublin Ireland. William and his family were Quakers; he was a
tailor by trade. William married twice 1) Patience Russell and 2) Mary Mills,
dau of John Mills and his wife Sarah (----). *see note below.
William Gifford and his wife Mary Mills were married 16 July 1683. William's
children were:
Possibly by 1st wife Patience Russell
John - 1642-1708 marr. Elishua Crow(ell)
Patience - 1644-1675 marr. Richard Kirby
Hannaniah - 1646-1709 marr Elizabeth (----)
It could be that the following children were by an unknown wife
*see note below
William - 1654-1739 marr 1) Hannah (----) 2) Lydia Hatch
Robert - 1656-1730 marr 1) Sarah Wing 2) Elizabeth Cornell
Christopher - 1658-1730 marr 1) Meribah (---) 2) Deborah Perry
Children by Mary Mills
Mary
Jonathan - 1684-1734-5 marr Lydia Abbott
James - 1685-6-1734 marr Deborah Lewis
Sources:
"Our Yeoman Ancestors" pg 77-79
"Ancestral Lines Revised" by Carl Boyer
"New England Hist. and Gen. Register" V 128 p 241-250
NOTE; Carl Boyer states that William was married three times and that Mary
Mills was his third wife.
Hope this helps
Helen Stevenson
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