Christopher Gifford, II

Biography

Christopher Gifford II has English ancestors.
Christopher Gifford was born in 1698 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Christopher Gifford and Deborah Perry. Christopher married Mary Borden on 6 June 1721. They were married by Thomas Church, Justice. Christopher Gifford died in 1767 at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay. Mary died in 1786 at Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Note: Massachusetts became a State of the Union on 6 February 1788; Source: https://www.infoplease.com/history-and-government/us-history/states.... Massachusetts: Massachusetts Bay Colony 1628 - 1691, then Province of Massachusetts Bay 1691 - 1788; February 6th 1788 became State of Massachusetts

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Christopher Gifford II (1698 - 1767)

Christopher Gifford II

Born 15 Apr 1698 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of Christopher Gifford and Deborah (Perry) Gifford

Brother of Meribah (Gifford) Soule, Christopher Gifford, Audry (Gifford) Smith, Enos Gifford, Mary (Gifford) Borden and Deborah (Gifford) Wilbor

Husband of Mary (Borden) Gifford — married 6 Jun 1721 in Newport, Rhode Island Colony

Father of William Gifford, Richard Gifford, Susannah (Gifford) Cornell and Christopher Gifford III

Died 1767 at about age 68 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 25 Oct 2022 | Created 28 Nov 2011

Sources

Vital records from NEHGS website: https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx

Rhode Island Vital Extracts Vol 4, Newport County, Page 26, available through Ancestry.com

New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1975, Vol. 129, Pages 342-343.

NEHGS Register: William Gifford of Sandwich, Massachusetts; NEHGS, American Ancestors: https://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx

Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).

Weld, Hattie Borden, comp., Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants as far as Known of Richard and Joan Borden . . ., (1899), 92, Google Books (Digital Library).

Acknowledgements

Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge.