Christopher Gifford

Biography

Christopher Gifford III has English ancestors.
Christopher Gifford was born in 1737 at Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. He is the son of Christopher Gifford and Mary Borden.[1]

Christopher married Deborah Howland on 2 April 1756 at Dartmouth (marriage notice 26 February 1756 at New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts).[2]

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Christopher Gifford III (1737 - 1820)

Christopher Gifford III

Born 28 Aug 1737 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Son of Christopher Gifford II and Mary (Borden) Gifford

Brother of William Gifford, Richard Gifford and Susannah (Gifford) Cornell

Husband of Deborah (Howland) Gifford — married 2 Apr 1756 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Father of Audrey (Gifford) Kirby, George Gifford, Jonathan Gifford, Perry Gifford, Hannah Gifford, Peace (Gifford) Macomber, Luthan Gifford, Pardon Gifford, Warren Gifford and Abner Gifford

Died 5 Dec 1820 at age 83 in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 20 Feb 2022 | Created 16 Aug 2010

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q29G-T4CK : 5 November 2017), Christopher Gifford, 28 Aug 1737; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHCG-6Q5 : 5 November 2017), Christopher Gifford Jr. and Deborah Howland, 26 Feb 1756; citing Marriage Notice, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,885.
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1975, Vol. 129, p. 343.

NEHGS Register: William Gifford of Sandwich, Massachusetts; NEHGS: 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).

"United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRZ-5CH : accessed 28 November 2021), Christopher Gifford, Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 612, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 205,612.

Acknowledgements

Janice Hardin, firsthand knowledge.