Person:William Gifford (5)

William Gifford
  • HWilliam Gifford1615 - Bef 1687/88
  • WMary MillsEst 1642 -
m. 16 Jul 1683
  1. James Gifford
  2. Jonathan Gifford1684 - 1734/35
  1. Mary Gifford
  2. Hannah Gifford
  3. John Gifford1640 - Bef 1708
  4. Patience Gifford1644 - 1678
  5. Hananiah GiffordAbt 1646 - 1709
  6. William Gifford1654 - 1739
  7. Robert GiffordAbt 1656 - Bef 1730
  8. Christopher Gifford1658 - 1748
Facts and Events
Name William Gifford
Gender Male
Birth? 1615 London, England
Marriage 16 Jul 1683 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United StatesSandwich Monthly Meeting
to Mary Mills
Marriage to Unknown (1247)
Will[1] 9 Apr 1687 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Alt Death? Abt 16 Feb 1688 Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Death[1] Bef 9 Mar 1687/88 Barnstable, Massachusetts, United StatesWill proved
Nothing found to definitely prove English ancestry of Sandwich Giffords, according to NEGHR vol. 128, p. 241.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Hinckley, Gustavus Aldolphus. Barnstable, Mass., Probate Records 1685-1789. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    p. 17.

    WILL: Dated April 9, 1687; proved March 9, 1687/8. Names wife Mary, executrix; sons: John, Hannaniah, William, Christopher, Robert, Jonathan & James; daughter Mary; granddaughter Temperance, Experience & Sarah Kirby; grandsons: John & Robert Kirby; overseers of will: Jacob Mott, the elder of RI, Edward Perry & William Allen. Witnesses: John Easten, Samuel Perry & Edward Perry.

  2.   Identified as taylor when purchased land of Sarah Warren Nov. 7, 1670.