William GIFFORD

Birth:
Chr:
30 Sep 1624
St Helens, Bishopgate, London, England
Death:
21 Dec 1687
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Marriage:
16 Jul 1683
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources:
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1974: Vol 128, Pgs. 247-250
Notes:
                   SOURCES:  1. Ancestral File
              2. IGI
NOTE:  Died 21 Dec 1687/9 Apr 1687
           Children may not be listed with the right marriage
           Listed marriage date to Elizabeth GRANT 11 Feb 1635 - William
           would have been only 11 years old.
DEATH: Ancestral file states that the will was probated 21 Dec 1687 and this date used for death date.

OTHER: Joined the Society of Friends (Quakers) shortly after arriving in Massachuttes. These Quakers suffered much.  See Joseph Besse's  "A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers."

OCCUPATION: Tailor
Mary MILLS
Birth:
26 May 1660
of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Death:
10 Feb 1734
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Father:
John MILLS
Mother:
Sarah
Sources:
1998 Ancestral File
New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1974: Vol 128, Pg. 247
Children
Marriage
1
Jonathan GIFFORD
Birth:
14 May 1684
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Death:
10 Feb 1735
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Lydia ABBOTT 
Marr:
3 Aug 1708
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachu 
Notes:
                   MARRIAGE: Mariage of Jonathan Gifford and Lydia Abbot is per Universal Genealogy's Report dated 17 May 2000.

OTHER: NEHGS has other children in its Register 1975: Vol 129, Pgs. 33-34
2
James GIFFORD
Birth:
10 Mar 1685
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Death:
20 Oct 1734
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Deborah LEWIS 
Marr:
30 Mar 1710
Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachu 
Notes:
                   IGI File has birthdates of 1885 and 1886 for James Gifford.  The ordinance dates used are from the 1885 dates, so we used the 1885 birthdate even though it is only 10 months from the birth of the previous child. (NEHGS reference uses date 1685/86)
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William Gifford - Mary Mills

William Gifford was christened at St Helens, Bishopgate, London, England 30 Sep 1624. His parents were Philip Giffard and Mary Turner.

He married Mary Mills 16 Jul 1683 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts . Mary Mills was born at of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 26 May 1660 daughter of John Mills and Sarah .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Jonathan Gifford born 14 May 1684.
James Gifford born 10 Mar 1685.

William Gifford died 21 Dec 1687 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts .

Mary Mills died 10 Feb 1734 at Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts .