William GIFFORD

Abt 1615 - 1687  (72 years)

• Name	William GIFFORD  [2]
  	According to the Tallman family records, by William M. Emery: William Gifford, a member of the Society of Friends, is found at Sandwich in 1650. Although he suffered the persecutions visited upon the Quakers of that time, he prospered in material affairs and became a large land owner. It is supposed that he was the William Gifford who in 1647 or earlier was ordered by the court at Stanford to be whipped and banished. He lived at Sandwich until his death 9 April 1687. he was there except for the years 1665-1670, when he and others became proprietors of Monmouth County, New Jersey, by purchase of land from the Indians. In a deed by his son Christopher he was described as a tailor. On 10 Nov. 1670 Mr. Gifford bought of mistress Sarah Warren of Plymouth, widow of richard Warren, one half her share in the land at Dartmouth, which be deed 6 May 1683 he gave equally to his sons Christopher and Robert. He also owned land in Sandwich, Falmouth, and Rhode Island. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1615	London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Apr 1687	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I24972	Main Tree
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2022

  
  

  Family 1	unknown
  Children	1. Hannaniah GIFFORD  [Birth]   2. John GIFFORD,   b. Between 1639/40, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Between 1707/08, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)  [Birth]   3. William GIFFORD, Jr.,   b. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 1738  [Birth]   4. Christopher GIFFORD,   b. Jul 1658, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts d. 22 Nov 1748, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Age 90 years)  [Birth]   5. Robert GIFFORD,   b. 1660, Sandwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts d. Bef 21 Apr 1730, Dartmouth, Massachusetts (Age < 70 years)  [Birth]   6. Patience GIFFORD   d. 1673, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts  [Birth]
  Family ID	F29002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Mary MILLS   d. 10 Feb 1734
  Marriage	16 Jul 1683	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Children	1. James GIFFORD,   b. Between 10 Mar 1685 and 1686  [Birth]   2. Jonathan GIFFORD,   b. 14 May 1684   d. 10 Feb 1734 (Age 49 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F08892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 May 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S5366] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families" Vol. I, Little Compton, Rhode Island. [S02388] Harry E. Gifford, Gifford Genealogy 1626-1898, (Name: Name: Pinkham Press;;).