Ruth GIFFORD

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Stephen Gifford and Hannah Gallup

Family/Spouse: Capt Jeremiah FITCH. Jeremiah (son of Rev James FITCH and Priscilla MASON) was born about 1671; died on 22 May 1736 in Coventry, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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STEPHEN GIFFORD WAS PROBABLY BORN IN ENGLAND. AT THIS TIME HIS BIRTH PARENTS ARE NOT IDENTIFIED. HE WAS MARRIED TWICE AND HAD CHILDREN BY BOTH. HE IN BURIED IN NORWICHTOWN, CONNETICUT, at the COLONIAL Cemetery, next to his second wife. It is a very well kept cemetery. Hugh Calkins, John Calkins and Stephen
Gifford were founders of the town.
HE IS THE ANCESTOR OF FRANK NEWTON GIFFORD, THE HUSBAND OF KATHIE LEE GIFFORD. THERE ARE TWO BRANCHES OF GIFFORDS. STEPHEN WAS ONE AND WILLIAM THE OTHER. WILLIAM CAME TO THE UNITED STATES IN ABOUT 1643. IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT WILLIAM MIGHT BE THE FATHER OF STEPHEN. NOT DOCUMENTED. WILLIAM DIDNOT LIST STEPHEN AS A CHILD IN HIS WILL.

Stephen married Hanah GALLUP on 18 Jun 1672 in Stonington New London Co., Connecticut. Hanah (daughter of John GALLUP and Hannah LAKE) was born on 14 Sep 1644 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 20 Jan 1724 in Connecticut; was buried in Old Norwich Town Cemetery, Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]