Daniel T. Rogers(b. 1943) - all my relatives - pafc3119 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File

Daniel T. Rogers(b. 1943) - all my relatives

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William Gifford

1Paul Gifford, Identifying William Gifford's Origins: Fraudulent, Fictitious and Failed Attempts.
URL = https://home.comcast.net/~pgifford11/WilliamGiffordsOrigins.htm

This work states that the names Giffard and Gifford have been confused for many centuries and thus no conclusions can be drawn from the printed literature. This shows that his father is not the Philip Giffard widely quoted in the literature. There is also no known evidence for his wife being Patience Russell.

2Almon E. Daniels and Maclean W. McLean, William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687), NEHGR Vol. 128, pp. 241, 247, 250 (Oct 1974).
"The families of some of the pioneer settlers of Sandwich have received little attention from genealogists; the opposite is true of the New England Gifford families. Harry E. Gifford published, in 1896, his Gifford Genealogy which gives an account of the descendants of this William1 Gifford of Sandwich. But the compiler of that work was handicapped by what was evidently an inability to search thoroughly in original records, and the enormous size of the family caused confusion, for he was not able to connect several branches to the family tree.
. . .
We find no birth date of Mary Mills, but she certainly was some years younger than her husband. She was living 21 Jan. 1718/19 (see below) and the Friends records indicate that she was still living in 1734. She died intestate. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Mills of Blackpoint, Mass. (now Scarborough, Me.).
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Children (the first three probably born in England, or at least before the father came to America):
2. i. JOHN2, b. ca. 1642 as his first child was b. in 1665.
ii. PATIENCE, b. ca. 1644; d. perhaps in childbirth, about 1675; mar. Dartmouth, 19 Oct. 1665, RICHARD2 KIRBY (spelled also Kerbee), b. ca. 1633, d. testate, at Dartmouth, 8 March 1719/20, son of Richard1 Kirby who bought the other half of the Dartmouth tract sold by the widow Sarah Warren in 1670. These Kirby's were active in the Sandwich and dartmouth Friends' meetings. All five of patience (Gifford) Kirby's children are named in William Gifford's will and also in that of their own father. Children (surname Kirby): 1. sarah, b. 1 May 1667; mar. Samuel Merihew. 2. Temperance, b. 5 May 1670; d. 15 feb. 1763. Her father's will gives to this "daughter Temperance Kerbee", Dartmouth lands, 30 Jan. 1707/8. She pribably mar. 22 March 1721, George Pierce, of Little Compton. 3. Experience (twin), b. 5 may 1670; mar. 5 march 1692 John Mosher of Dartmouth. Seven children. 4. John, b. 2 March 1672; d. testate, at Dartmouth 1727; mar. ca, 1694 Rebecca Mosher, dau. of Hugh and Rebecca (Horndell) Mosher of Newport, R. I. Ten children. 5. Robert, b. 10 March 1673/4; d. testate at Dartmouth 1757; mar. ca. 1699 Rebecca Potter, b. ca. 1678, d. testate at Dartmouth 1773, dau. of Nathaniel Potter. Eight children.
3. iii. HANNANIAH, b. ca. 1646 (his first child b. about 1672). Children (? by a second wife---no record found).
4. iv. WILLIAM, b. ca. 1654 (his first child b. 1676).
5. v. ROBERT, b. ca. 1656 (his first child b. 1685).
6. vi. CHRISTOPHER, b. "in July anno: 1658, son of Wm Gifford" (Sandwich VRs---May. Desc., 29:33 (1931)).
vii. MARY,--- There is no way to know the date of her birth. Her father's will, 1687, calls her "my daughter Mary", so she may have been married by that date, or she she may have been single, though not a widow with children, as none are mentioned. She may have been older than several of her brothers, or it is possible that she was born as late as 1683.
Children (by last wife, Mary (Mills), from Sandwich Town Records):
7. viii. JONATHAN, b. 4 May 1684.
8. ix. JAMES, b. 10 March 1685/6."

The name of his first wife isn't known, but it is retained here as Patience Russell because everyone is quotes it in the literature.