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Generation No. 1

 

1.  WILLIAM1 GIFFORD died Abt. 1687.

     

Child of WILLIAM GIFFORD is:

2.         i.        WILLIAM2 GIFFORD.

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  WILLIAM2 GIFFORD (WILLIAM1)  He married LYDIA HATCH. 

     

Children of WILLIAM GIFFORD and LYDIA HATCH are:

3.            i.     WILLIAM3 GIFFORD, b. February 16, 1698/99; d. December 05, 1789.

              ii.     GIDEON GIFFORD, b. October 06, 1676, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

             iii.     GERSHOM GIFFORD, b. June 1679, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

             iv.     SETH GIFFORD, b. March 17, 1680/81, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

              v.     EXPERIENCE GIFFORD, b. October 07, 1685, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

             vi.     JABEZ GIFFORD, b. February 07, 1685/86, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

            vii.     MEHITABLE GIFFORD, b. July 07, 1689, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

            viii.    JUSTICE GIFFORD, b. October 12, 1691, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

             ix.    MARY GIFFORD, b. May 25, 1694, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

              x.    HANNAH GIFFORD, b. October 24, 1696, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

             xi.    TEMPERANCE GIFFORD, b. December 17, 1710, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  WILLIAM3 GIFFORD (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 16, 1698/99, and died December 05, 1789.

     

Children of WILLIAM GIFFORD are:

4.            i.     ZACCHEUS4 GIFFORD, b. April 25, 1740.

              ii.     HANNAH GIFFORD, b. March 24, 1742/43.

             iii.     ELIZABETH GIFFORD, b. March 24, 1742/43.

             iv.     MOLLY (OR MARY) GIFFORD, b. July 08, 1745.

              v.     MERIBAH GIFFORD, b. December 24, 1730.

             vi.     ANNIE GIFFORD, b. October 24, 1735.

            vii.     CONTENT GIFFORD.

 

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  ZACCHEUS4 GIFFORD (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 25, 1740.  He married SARAH SHOVE. 

     

Child of ZACCHEUS GIFFORD and SARAH SHOVE is:

5.            i.     WILLIAM5 GIFFORD, b. March 22, 1778; d. February 23, 1865.

 

4.  ZACCHEUS4 GIFFORD (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born April 25, 1740.  He married SARAH SHOVE. 

     

Child of ZACCHEUS GIFFORD and SARAH SHOVE is:

5.            i.     WILLIAM5 GIFFORD, b. March 22, 1778; d. February 23, 1865.

 

 

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

 

5.  WILLIAM5 GIFFORD (ZACCHEUS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born March 22, 1778, and died February 23, 1865.  He married REBECCA ELLIS.  She was born March 17, 1781, and died 1827 in Falmouth, Massachusetts. 

 

     

Children of WILLIAM GIFFORD and REBECCA ELLIS are:

6.            i.     SETH KENNETH6 GIFFORD, b. October 1807, West Falmouth, Massachusetts; d. January 20, 1856.

              ii.     ALBERT GIFFORD, b. August 31, 1804; d. October 09, 1852.

             iii.     MARY GIFFORD, b. March 12, 1806; d. February 10, 1895.

             iv.     PHILA GIFFORD, b. July 19, 1809; d. Abt. 1893.

              v.     WILLIAM GIFFORD, JR., b. February 05, 1811.

             vi.     REBECCA BOURNE GIFFORD, b. February 17, 1813.

            vii.     DAVID ELLIS GIFFORD, b. February 01, 1815.

            viii.    LYDIA GIFFORD, b. March 09, 1817.

             ix.    JOSHUA GIFFORD, b. March 06, 1819; d. September 29, 1820.

             x.     SARAH GIFFORD, b. June 15, 1821.

            xi.     SUSAN HOWLAND GIFFORD, b. February 21, 1826; d. March 20, 1839.
 

Generation No. 6

 

6.  SETH KENNETH6 GIFFORD (WILLIAM5, ZACCHEUS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born October 1807 in West Falmouth, Massachusetts, and died January 20, 1856.  He married MARY ELIZABETH TALBOT.  She was born June 17, 1807, and died June 1896.

 

Children of SETH GIFFORD and MARY TALBOT are:

7.            i.     CORNELIA ELIZABETH7 GIFFORD, b. January 28, 1832, Falmouth, Massachusetts; d. June 05, 1917.

              ii.     CLARENCE TALBOT GIFFORD, b. August 30, 1833.

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Generation No. 7

 

7.  CORNELIA ELIZABETH7 GIFFORD (SETH KENNETH6, WILLIAM5, ZACCHEUS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born January 28, 1832 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, and died June 05, 1917.  She married DONALD EDWARD JORDAN, son of CLEMENT JORDAN and MARY EDWARDS.  He was born December 16, 1832 in Person County, North Carolina, and died September 05, 1902 in Winnsboro, South Carolina.

 

Somewhere in Frances Durant Jordan (Horger)’s line is a C.E. Gifford (probably C. Edward Gifford), a great-great-grandfather of Claire Gifford Horger Allen.  This ancestor, C.E. Gifford, was a silversmith; and he made a silver sugar spoon (now belonging to Claire G.H. Allen), on which the front of the handle is written “C.E. Gifford,” and on the back of the handle is written "Patent 1855     Coin      Eddie Gifford."   (On the spoon there are spaces between 1855 and Coin and between Coin and Eddie.)

Children of CORNELIA GIFFORD and DONALD JORDAN are:

8.            i.     CLARENCE HENRY8 JORDAN, b. March 14, 1867, Madison, North Carolina/Madison, Rockingham Co., NC; d. July 12, 1938, Palatka, Florida.

              ii.     MARY JORDAN.

             iii.     BELLE JORDAN, b. July 19, 1885, (Date may be inaccurate).

             iv.     FANNIE TALBOT JORDAN.

              v.     WILLIAM EDWARD JORDAN, b. Abt. 1864; d. Abt. 1927.

             vi.     CLEMENT DONALD JORDAN, b. Abt. 1874; d. Abt. 1939.