Mary Gifford

Biography

Mary was the daughter of William and Hannah (Peach) Waters

She married Robert Giffords/Gifford, on 2 Oct 1685 at Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts - parents of Alice, Mary, Hannah, Robert, Elizabeth, William, Ann, Jean, Deborah and Sarah Gifford

1652 -- Hannah Peach Bradstreet was arrested on suspicion of witchcraft, but was released. [1]

1660 -- John Bradstreet, Hannah Peach's first husband, died

Circa 1661 -- widow Hannah Peach Bradstreet and William Waters married at Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [2]

Hannah Peach was a daughter of John and Alice ( ) Peach (191-A), and widow of John Bradstreet, son of the Humphrey Bradstreet of Rowley. [3]

After 1664 -- Mary Waters was born at Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [4]

1684 -- William Waters died probably at Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony. [5]

November 19, 1684 -- inventory of William Waters's estate taken and filed by William Waters's eldest son William Waters, Jr., (192). The inventory mentioned son Thomas, daughter Hannah, and daughter Mary, as “being all the children of the late deceased.” In the division of William Waters's estate the eldest son William had a double portion in the house and lands in Marblehead. [6]

The birth dates of William Waters's children have not been found so their birth order is unknown. [7]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Waters-3104

Mary (Waters) Gifford (aft. 1664)

Mary Gifford formerly Waters aka Giffords

Born after 1664 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Daughter of William Waters Sr. and Hannah (Peach) Waters

Sister of Thomas Waters, Hannah Waters and William Waters Jr.

Wife of Robert (Giffords) Gifford — married 2 Oct 1685 in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts

Mother of Alice (Gifford) Bray, Mary (Gifford) Dennis, William Giffords, Deborah Gifford and Sarah (Gifford) Grant

Died [date unknown] in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 18 Oct 2021 | Created 25 Aug 2015

Sources

↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, page ??
↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, page ??
↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, page ??
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↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, page ??
↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, pages 191 & 326.
↑ Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, pages 191 & 326.
Noyes-Gilman Ancestry: Being a Series of Sketches, with a Chart of the ... 1907
Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, Supplement
1 citation provides evidence for Custom Event

Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1638-1840
1 citation provides evidence for Custom Event, Residence

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
1 citation provides evidence for Name, Death, Marriage

Acknowledgements

Wilfred Vasile, firsthand knowledge