Stephen GIFFORD

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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]

1. Ruth GIFFORD died after 1756.