Person:Gershom Gifford (2)

   From website entitled Descendants of Thomas Bowerman and Hannah (Annable) Bowerman at: http://bowermangenealogy.net/html/p3.htm#i53
   Gershom Gifford (M)
   b. 10 Jun 1679, #67

   Gershom Gifford died in Quaker Hill, Dutchess Co., NY, New England. He was born on 10 June 1679 in Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA, New England.
   Gershom, age 25, married Deborah Bowerman, daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Harper, on 11 June 1704 in Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA, New England.1 Gershom and Deborah Bowerman have also been reported to have married on 11 August 1704 at Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA, New England. Gershom Gifford lived at Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA, New England, on 11 June 1742.

   Last Edited=28 May 2002

   Children of Gershom Gifford and Deborah Bowerman:
   Benjamin Gifford (c 1705)
   Elizabeth Gifford (c 1707 - a 15 Jan 1787)
   Joseph Gifford (c 1711)

   [S65] A. L. Bowerman, BFH, Pg. 37; "Robert was still living in August 1704 when he signed the marriage certificate of his granddaughter, Deborah (Bowerman) Gifford..

   From the internet December 16, 2002:
   Rogers-Cushing-Stiles-Carroll
   Entries: 24283 Updated: Sun Dec 8 12:39:17 2002 Contact: Bob Carroll
   ID: I7225
   Name: Gershom GIFFORD
   Sex: M
   Birth: 10 JUN 1679 in Falmouth Barnstable MA 1

   Father: William GIFFORD b: 1654 in Sandwich MA
   Mother: Hannah

   Marriage 1 Deborah BOWERMAN b: 1681
   Married: 11th d 6 mo 1704 in Falmouth Barnstable MA
   Note: 11 Aug 1704 2
   Children
   Elizabeth GIFFORD
   Benjamin GIFFORD b: 1705

   Sources:
   Text: New Engl Hist & Genealogical Register; NEHGS; on-line images at www.newenglandancestors.org
   Text: 128:241 William Gifford of Sandwich
   Text: Vital Records of Sandwich Mass to 1885, compiled by Caroline Kardell & Russell Lovell, Jr, NEHGS Boston 1996. 3 vols. [copy in REC library]
   Text: Sandw. Quaker recs p 80 Gershom s of William and Deborah d of Thomas of Falmouth in Falmouth

   From Ray Wing:
   Married: 1 3 11 AUG 1704 in Falmouth, Barnstable, MA
   Note:
   Gershom Gifford of Falmouth Husbandman Son of WIlliam Gifford and
   Deborah Bowerman Daughter of Thomas Bowerman of Falmouth . . . . [were
   married] [at Falmouth][CI:1514:?4:CI] Eleventh Day of ye Sixth month
   Going According to the English Acctt one thousand Seven hundred & four
   1704[CI:711:?4:CI]

   1. Title: The Owl published Quarterly from 1899-1934, annually from 1939
   Publication: Wing Family of America, Inc.
   Abbrev: WFA, Owl
   Type: Book, Multi-Volume
   Date: 30 DEC 1998
   Note: MAR 1916, p. 1528 NOTE
   2. Title: Internet World Wide Web site
   Abbrev: Internet web site
   Type: Manuscript
   Date: 30 DEC 1998
   Note: http://users.aol.com/jhstevenso/fam00427.htm
   3. Title: Caroline Lewis Kardell & Russell A. Lovell, Jr. Vital Records of Sandwich, Massachusetts to 1885
   Publication: 3 Vols. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1996
   Abbrev: Sandwich, MA, Published VRs
   Type: Vital Rec., N.Eng.
   Date: 28 APR 1999
   Note: II:1251 [Sandwich Monthly Meeting I:80] 

Father: WILLIAM GIFFORD b: 1654 in Sandwich, Massachusetts Mother: HANNAH

Marriage 1 DEBORAH BOWERMAN b: ABT 1681 in Barnstable, Massachusetts

   * Married: 11 JUN 1704 in Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Children

  1. Has No Children Benjamin Gifford b: 1705
  2. Has Children ELIZABETH GIFFORD b: 1707 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
  3. Has No Children Joseph Gifford b: 1711

1. ↑ Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Falmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Warwick, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1976)
   52.

   GIFFORD, Girshum, s. of William, b. 10 Jun 1679