The will of "John Gifford of Sandwich", dated 9 April 1708, ... gives: "unto my loving wife Elishua, the benefit and use of all my estate in Sandwich, both Real and personale for her comfort and support and maintance during her continuing my widow and, when she ceaseth so to be, my son Josiah Gifford shall have and enjoy my whole Estate, both Real and Personale, to him and his heirs forever ... unto my eldest son, Samuel Gifford, besides what I have heretofore done for him, one hundred acres of my lands in the Colony of Connecticutt, which I desire him to give unto his son, as a token of my love for him ... unto my grandson Robert Ransom, two hundred acres of my lands in ... Connecticutt and ... any remainder of sd lands ... shall go and remain unto my son Yelverton Gifford, to him and his heirs ... my two sons, John and William Gifford shall have and enjoy, equally between them all my lands in Falmouth, alias Saconnessett, to them and their heirs, forever, only that my two sd sons to pay £5 unto my daughter Grace Hoxie and £5 unto my grand daughter Mary Ransom and 40 shillings unto ye children of my daughter Elizabeth Tupper, deceased".
Son Josiah sole executor.
Witnesses: Mary Hiller, Ebenezer Nye and Roland Cotton, who made oath to the will 17 May 1708, except Mary Hiller who was a Quaker and could not take an oath.
