Catherine Gifford

Warning

Not the same as Catherine Lippitt who married John Lippitt. This Catherine married William Gifford. The same detailed birth and death dates are incorrectly given in some web trees; these are Catherine Gifford's dates.

Origins

Catherine Taylor was a granddaughter of Quaker immigrant Edward Taylor, who settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey. She was born probably in Middletown, Monmouth Co, NJ. Web trees assume she was the daughter of Edward Taylor of Middletown. However, none of her known descendants have the given name Edward. There are at least three other Catherine Taylors who are also granddaughters of the immigrant Edward Taylor as well, and which Catherine is the daughter of which son of Edward is tricky to determine.

These granddaughters all married different people, for example Robert Fitzrandolph and William Gifford. Interestingly, we have an unexplained autosomal DNA match between a descendant of William Gifford and a descendant of Robert Fitzrandolph's brother Richard. This DNA relationship can be explained if William Gifford married the daughter of John Taylor and Sarah Hartshorne, because Richard Fitzrandolph is the son of Sarah's sister Katherine. The reverse arrangement does not provide a DNA match. The book upon which much of the Taylor of Monmouth County genealogy is based hypothesizes no parents for Catherine Gifford at all. See Historical and genealogical miscellany : data relating to the settlement and settlers of New York and New Jersey, by John Edwin Stillwell:

• https://archive.org/details/historicalgeneal05instil/page/84/mode/2...

I have therefore changed the Geni tree accordingly, and swapped Catharine Gifford and Catherine Fitzrandolph versus their historical treatment. See:

• Catherine Fitzrandolph

Pedigree

This excellent pedigree includes Catherine.

• https://www.ourfamtree.org/descend.php/Edward-Taylor/432394

Family

From http://swarling.mywebcommunity.org/gifford/monmouth0001.htm#id42 (Steven J. Warling, August 2011):

7. William3 GIFFORD (William2, Annaniah1) was born in the very late 1690s or very early 1700s in Shrewsbury Tp, Monmouth Co, NJ. He and Hannah ASHMORE obtained a marriage license on 8 May 1727 in Burlington, NJ.40 He and Catharine TAYLOR obtained a marriage license on 16 May 1734 in Burlington, NJ.40 He died in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ.

William GIFFORD moved south, probably not too long after the death of his father. He settled in Little Egg Harbor Township, Burlington (now Ocean) County. A number of other Monmouth County families also moved to that area.

William GIFFORD probably married twice. William GIFFORD of New Jersey, yeoman, and Hannah ASHMORE of New Jersey, spinster, obtained a marriage license on 8 May 1727. William GIFFORD of Little Egg Harbor, Burlington County, yeoman, and Catherine TAYLOR of [not listed], spinster, obtained a marriage license on 16 May 1734. Both of these marriage licenses were recorded in Burlington by the same Governor's Secretary (Samuel BUSTILL). Burlington was where all marriage bonds from West Jersey were recorded. The NEHGR article has Hannah ASHMORE as the widow of John ASHMORE of Hunterdon, but she was called a 'spinster' on the 1727 marriage license.40

There were no known children of William3 GIFFORD and Hannah ASHMORE.

Known children of William3 GIFFORD and Catharine TAYLOR were as follows:

• 18. i. Mary4 GIFFORD was born between 1735 and 1737 in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. She married Jacob PETTIT on 20 Dec 1759. She died probably in Tuckerton, Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ.
• 19. ii. Jonathan GIFFORD was born on 26 Apr 1739 in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. He married Hannah JENNINGS, daughter of Thomas JENNINGS and Ann BORTON/BURTON, on 20 Dec 1759 in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ, (20da 12mo 1759). He died on 29 Jul 1825 in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ, at age 86.
• iii. Timothy GIFFORD was born in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. Timothy is placed as a son of William because William's son Elisha named a son Timothy. Timothy GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for (Great) Egg Harbor Tp, Gloucester Co, NJ, between 1773 and 1782 (near Joseph and James).42 Timothy GIFFORD served in the Revolutionary War as a Private in the Gloucester County Militia.43 Timothy GIFFORD was not listed in the Gloucester tax ratables from 1783 through 1791. Did he go to Pennsylvania like his probable brother James GIFFORD? Timothy GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for (Great) Egg Harbor Tp, Gloucester Co, NJ, between 1792 and 1794 (this could be a son or nephew).42 Timothy GIFFORD has not been found yet in the 1793 census (this was a military census of males between the ages of 18 and 45 ... could pay to be exempt).
• iv. Abraham GIFFORD was born in New Jersey. He married Catharine FUREY, bond posted on 16 Oct 1771 in Burlington Co, NJ.40 Abraham GIFFORD is listed as a son of William only because he lived in Little Egg Harbor. Abraham GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington Co, NJ, in 1773.44 Abraham GIFFORD was listed on a 5 Oct 1776 muster roll in Capt. Isaac Andrews' Little Egg Harbor Company of the Burlington Militia.35 The Abraham GIFFORD who served in the Revolutionary War from Little Egg Harbor could be the same person as the Abraham GIFFORD who served from Monmouth County and died in 1777.
• 20. v. Benjamin GIFFORD was born before 1748 in New Jersey. He married Mary JOHNSTON, daughter of Joseph JOHNSTON and Sarah, bond posted on 16 Jun 1774 in Gloucester Co, NJ. He died shortly before 18 Mar 1799 in Port Republic, Galloway Tp, Gloucester (now Atlantic) Co, NJ.
• vi. Elizabeth GIFFORD was born in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. She married John MOTT.45 She died maybe in Nova Scotia, CAN.45
• 21. vii. James GIFFORD was born in 1755 in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. He married (first) ? He married (second) Susanna (FALCONER) JOHNSTON, daughter of Samuel FALCONER and Elizabeth NEWKIRK, as her second husband on 8 Oct 1805 in Canfield Tp, Trumbull (now Mahoning) Co, OH. He died on 16 Oct 1829 in Wadsworth Tp, Medina Co, OH, (maybe 6 Oct).
• viii. Joseph GIFFORD was born in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. Joseph is placed as a son of William because Timothy is placed as a son of William. Joseph GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for (Great) Egg Harbor Tp, Gloucester Co, NJ, between 1780 and 1782 (near Timothy and James Jr).42 Joseph GIFFORD appeared in the 1793 NJ census in Egg Harbor Tp, Gloucester Co, NJ, (this was a military census of males between the ages of 18 and 45 ... could pay to be exempt). Joseph GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for Millville Tp, Cumberland Co, NJ, in Aug 1810. The Joseph in Millville Tp may not be the same as the earlier Joseph in Egg Harbor Tp.
• 22. ix. Elisha GIFFORD was born in Little Egg Harbor Tp, Burlington (now Ocean) Co, NJ. He married (first) ? He married (second) Anna JONES on 26 Nov 1794 in Mason Co, KY. He married (third) Priscilla (LOEW or LEE) on 10 Dec 1810 in Mason Co, KY. He died in 1816 in Mason Co, KY.

References

• New Jersey Marriage Records, 1665-1800. edited by William Nelson. Page 156. GoogleBooks