Note: the birth year is a fairly close approximation based on a possible marriage date for the parents (1635/6), his being the oldest son, and the sequencing of his siblings. The death year given is the year his will was dated and proved.
John was the son of William Gifford. He was married c. 1665 to Eishua Crowell, b. c. 1647, living in 1708, the daughter of Yelverton and Elizabeth Crowell. John may have been born in England, shortly before the family immigrated to New England, settling in Sandwich, Mass. John's father became a Quaker as missionaries from England began to spread their message in the late 1650s. The group immediately became persecuted by the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts, who put pressure on the Plymouth colony to fine, harass, and evict the Quakers for their "religious heresies".
The family appears to have left Sandwich about 1660 and gone to New Jersey, then under Dutch control, but John was back in Sandwich by 7 March 1664/5 when he served on a coroner's inquest. Being the oldest son, John only received 20 shillings from his father"s will, having been given his share of the estate prior to his father"s death in 1687. John's will, dated 9 April 1708, was proved on 17 May 1708 when witnesses made oath on the instrument, naming wife Elishua and children. Children, births recorded in the Sandwich vital records:
* Elizabeth, b. "25 of 12 mo. 1665/6" (25 Feb 1666, which conflicts with the next child, so must have been 25 Feb 1665), d. 19 Oct 1701, and m. c. 1691 Israel TUPPER, b. Sandwich 22 Sep 1666, son of Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew. She was called deceased in her father's 1708 will. Israel m. (2) Barnstable, MA 31 March 1704 Elizabeth Bacon. Israel was called living in 1730, according to Torrey's New England marriages, and likely living in 1734 when Israel Tupper, Jr. m. Mary Bourn in Sandwich. Web sources say he died in 1745, but I see no basis for this.
* Samuel, b. 12 March 1666, d. at Sandwich 24 April 1738, and m. Sandwich 2 Nov 1699 Jane Loring, b. Hingham, Mass. 9 Aug 1663, d. Sandwich 24 Nov 1744, the daughter of Josiah Loring and Elizabeth Prince. Jane was named Jane Gifford in her father's 1712 will. Samuel and Jane had only one child of record: Josiah, b. 12 Feb 1700/1.
* John, b. 12 June 1668, d. Rochester, Plymouth, Mass. 1750, and m. Sandwich 24 Nov 1696 Desire Sprague, b. c. 1670, the daughter of John-2 Sprague (Francis-1) and Ruth Basset of Duxbury, Mass. John appears with brother Samuel on a list of Sandwich freemen on 25 June 1702. By 1712, John was living in Falmouth, and called a weaver of that place in a 1742 deed. Soon thereafter he was living in Rochester, Mass., and he was of that place when he wrote his will on 26 Aug 1749, which was proved 10 July 1750. He and Desire had only three known children, b. 1697-1705, with births recorded in the Falmouth records.
* Mary, b. 9 Oct 1669, d. Plymouth, MA 2 Oct 1689, m. Plymouth 21 Feb 1686 Joshua RANSOM, b. Sandwich c. 1665, the son of Robert and Susannah Ransom. Before her death, Mary had two children, Robert and Mary Ransom, who were named in her father's 1708 will, and apparently were brought up in the household of their uncle Yelverton Gifford in Rhode Island. Following Mary's death, Ransom m. Plymouth, MA 10 March 1691/2 Susanna Garner, who d. Halifax, MA 6 Feb 1735, and they had three known children together. Joshua Ransom was of Plymouth, Plympton, N. Kingstown, RI, and Colchester, CT. Various web sources give his death year as 1713, but I find no source.
* Grace, b. 17 Aug 1671, living in 1714 when her last child was born, but dead by 1740 when her husband remarried. She m. c. 1695 Gideon HOXIE, b. Sandwich 25 Feb 1672[/3?], living in 1740, the son of Lodowick Hoxsie and Mary Presbury. Grace and Gideon had eleven known children, born 1696 to 1714. He m. (2) in 1740 Hannah Allen.
* William, b. "7 of 3 mo. 1673" (7 May 1673), d. Falmouth, Mass. 1733, m. (1) Sandwich, MA 13 March 1701/2 Elizabeth Wheaton, b. say 1680, d. by 1726 when her husband remarried; he m. (2) 7 Nov 1726 Experience (Bowerman) Claghorn, b. c. 1683, living in 1740, the daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Harper of Falmouuth, and widow of James Claghorn with whom she had four children. William was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his uncle William. William was a Quaker, and called of Falmouth in his will, dated 7 Nov 1726, and proved 27 Nov 1733. William had three children with his first wife, births recorded in Sandwich, and had one or two children with his second wife.
* Yelverton, b. 22 April 1676, m. Ann NORTHUP and lived in N. Kingstown, RI.
* Josiah, b. 17 Feb 1681, living in Falmouth, MA in 1733, m. 11 March 1714/5 Mercy Chadwick. He was named as the executor of his father's 1708 will, and coexecutor of the will of his brother William in 1726 (proved 1733). He was likely living in 1742 when named as a parent in his son's marriage record. Josiah and Mercy had seven children whose births were recorded in the Sandwich town records from 1715/6 to 1732.
John was the son of William Gifford. He was married c. 1665 to Eishua Crowell, b. c. 1647, living in 1708, the daughter of Yelverton and Elizabeth Crowell. John may have been born in England, shortly before the family immigrated to New England, settling in Sandwich, Mass. John's father became a Quaker as missionaries from England began to spread their message in the late 1650s. The group immediately became persecuted by the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts, who put pressure on the Plymouth colony to fine, harass, and evict the Quakers for their "religious heresies".
The family appears to have left Sandwich about 1660 and gone to New Jersey, then under Dutch control, but John was back in Sandwich by 7 March 1664/5 when he served on a coroner's inquest. Being the oldest son, John only received 20 shillings from his father"s will, having been given his share of the estate prior to his father"s death in 1687. John's will, dated 9 April 1708, was proved on 17 May 1708 when witnesses made oath on the instrument, naming wife Elishua and children. Children, births recorded in the Sandwich vital records:
* Elizabeth, b. "25 of 12 mo. 1665/6" (25 Feb 1666, which conflicts with the next child, so must have been 25 Feb 1665), d. 19 Oct 1701, and m. c. 1691 Israel TUPPER, b. Sandwich 22 Sep 1666, son of Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew. She was called deceased in her father's 1708 will. Israel m. (2) Barnstable, MA 31 March 1704 Elizabeth Bacon. Israel was called living in 1730, according to Torrey's New England marriages, and likely living in 1734 when Israel Tupper, Jr. m. Mary Bourn in Sandwich. Web sources say he died in 1745, but I see no basis for this.
* Samuel, b. 12 March 1666, d. at Sandwich 24 April 1738, and m. Sandwich 2 Nov 1699 Jane Loring, b. Hingham, Mass. 9 Aug 1663, d. Sandwich 24 Nov 1744, the daughter of Josiah Loring and Elizabeth Prince. Jane was named Jane Gifford in her father's 1712 will. Samuel and Jane had only one child of record: Josiah, b. 12 Feb 1700/1.
* John, b. 12 June 1668, d. Rochester, Plymouth, Mass. 1750, and m. Sandwich 24 Nov 1696 Desire Sprague, b. c. 1670, the daughter of John-2 Sprague (Francis-1) and Ruth Basset of Duxbury, Mass. John appears with brother Samuel on a list of Sandwich freemen on 25 June 1702. By 1712, John was living in Falmouth, and called a weaver of that place in a 1742 deed. Soon thereafter he was living in Rochester, Mass., and he was of that place when he wrote his will on 26 Aug 1749, which was proved 10 July 1750. He and Desire had only three known children, b. 1697-1705, with births recorded in the Falmouth records.
* Mary, b. 9 Oct 1669, d. Plymouth, MA 2 Oct 1689, m. Plymouth 21 Feb 1686 Joshua RANSOM, b. Sandwich c. 1665, the son of Robert and Susannah Ransom. Before her death, Mary had two children, Robert and Mary Ransom, who were named in her father's 1708 will, and apparently were brought up in the household of their uncle Yelverton Gifford in Rhode Island. Following Mary's death, Ransom m. Plymouth, MA 10 March 1691/2 Susanna Garner, who d. Halifax, MA 6 Feb 1735, and they had three known children together. Joshua Ransom was of Plymouth, Plympton, N. Kingstown, RI, and Colchester, CT. Various web sources give his death year as 1713, but I find no source.
* Grace, b. 17 Aug 1671, living in 1714 when her last child was born, but dead by 1740 when her husband remarried. She m. c. 1695 Gideon HOXIE, b. Sandwich 25 Feb 1672[/3?], living in 1740, the son of Lodowick Hoxsie and Mary Presbury. Grace and Gideon had eleven known children, born 1696 to 1714. He m. (2) in 1740 Hannah Allen.
* William, b. "7 of 3 mo. 1673" (7 May 1673), d. Falmouth, Mass. 1733, m. (1) Sandwich, MA 13 March 1701/2 Elizabeth Wheaton, b. say 1680, d. by 1726 when her husband remarried; he m. (2) 7 Nov 1726 Experience (Bowerman) Claghorn, b. c. 1683, living in 1740, the daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Harper of Falmouuth, and widow of James Claghorn with whom she had four children. William was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his uncle William. William was a Quaker, and called of Falmouth in his will, dated 7 Nov 1726, and proved 27 Nov 1733. William had three children with his first wife, births recorded in Sandwich, and had one or two children with his second wife.
* Yelverton, b. 22 April 1676, m. Ann NORTHUP and lived in N. Kingstown, RI.
* Josiah, b. 17 Feb 1681, living in Falmouth, MA in 1733, m. 11 March 1714/5 Mercy Chadwick. He was named as the executor of his father's 1708 will, and coexecutor of the will of his brother William in 1726 (proved 1733). He was likely living in 1742 when named as a parent in his son's marriage record. Josiah and Mercy had seven children whose births were recorded in the Sandwich town records from 1715/6 to 1732.
Note: the birth year is a fairly close approximation based on a possible marriage date for the parents (1635/6), his being the oldest son, and the sequencing of his siblings. The death year given is the year his will was dated and proved.
John was the son of William Gifford. He was married c. 1665 to Eishua Crowell, b. c. 1647, living in 1708, the daughter of Yelverton and Elizabeth Crowell. John may have been born in England, shortly before the family immigrated to New England, settling in Sandwich, Mass. John's father became a Quaker as missionaries from England began to spread their message in the late 1650s. The group immediately became persecuted by the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts, who put pressure on the Plymouth colony to fine, harass, and evict the Quakers for their "religious heresies".
The family appears to have left Sandwich about 1660 and gone to New Jersey, then under Dutch control, but John was back in Sandwich by 7 March 1664/5 when he served on a coroner's inquest. Being the oldest son, John only received 20 shillings from his father"s will, having been given his share of the estate prior to his father"s death in 1687. John's will, dated 9 April 1708, was proved on 17 May 1708 when witnesses made oath on the instrument, naming wife Elishua and children. Children, births recorded in the Sandwich vital records:
* Elizabeth, b. "25 of 12 mo. 1665/6" (25 Feb 1666, which conflicts with the next child, so must have been 25 Feb 1665), d. 19 Oct 1701, and m. c. 1691 Israel TUPPER, b. Sandwich 22 Sep 1666, son of Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew. She was called deceased in her father's 1708 will. Israel m. (2) Barnstable, MA 31 March 1704 Elizabeth Bacon. Israel was called living in 1730, according to Torrey's New England marriages, and likely living in 1734 when Israel Tupper, Jr. m. Mary Bourn in Sandwich. Web sources say he died in 1745, but I see no basis for this.
* Samuel, b. 12 March 1666, d. at Sandwich 24 April 1738, and m. Sandwich 2 Nov 1699 Jane Loring, b. Hingham, Mass. 9 Aug 1663, d. Sandwich 24 Nov 1744, the daughter of Josiah Loring and Elizabeth Prince. Jane was named Jane Gifford in her father's 1712 will. Samuel and Jane had only one child of record: Josiah, b. 12 Feb 1700/1.
* John, b. 12 June 1668, d. Rochester, Plymouth, Mass. 1750, and m. Sandwich 24 Nov 1696 Desire Sprague, b. c. 1670, the daughter of John-2 Sprague (Francis-1) and Ruth Basset of Duxbury, Mass. John appears with brother Samuel on a list of Sandwich freemen on 25 June 1702. By 1712, John was living in Falmouth, and called a weaver of that place in a 1742 deed. Soon thereafter he was living in Rochester, Mass., and he was of that place when he wrote his will on 26 Aug 1749, which was proved 10 July 1750. He and Desire had only three known children, b. 1697-1705, with births recorded in the Falmouth records.
* Mary, b. 9 Oct 1669, d. Plymouth, MA 2 Oct 1689, m. Plymouth 21 Feb 1686 Joshua RANSOM, b. Sandwich c. 1665, the son of Robert and Susannah Ransom. Before her death, Mary had two children, Robert and Mary Ransom, who were named in her father's 1708 will, and apparently were brought up in the household of their uncle Yelverton Gifford in Rhode Island. Following Mary's death, Ransom m. Plymouth, MA 10 March 1691/2 Susanna Garner, who d. Halifax, MA 6 Feb 1735, and they had three known children together. Joshua Ransom was of Plymouth, Plympton, N. Kingstown, RI, and Colchester, CT. Various web sources give his death year as 1713, but I find no source.
* Grace, b. 17 Aug 1671, living in 1714 when her last child was born, but dead by 1740 when her husband remarried. She m. c. 1695 Gideon HOXIE, b. Sandwich 25 Feb 1672[/3?], living in 1740, the son of Lodowick Hoxsie and Mary Presbury. Grace and Gideon had eleven known children, born 1696 to 1714. He m. (2) in 1740 Hannah Allen.
* William, b. "7 of 3 mo. 1673" (7 May 1673), d. Falmouth, Mass. 1733, m. (1) Sandwich, MA 13 March 1701/2 Elizabeth Wheaton, b. say 1680, d. by 1726 when her husband remarried; he m. (2) 7 Nov 1726 Experience (Bowerman) Claghorn, b. c. 1683, living in 1740, the daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Harper of Falmouuth, and widow of James Claghorn with whom she had four children. William was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his uncle William. William was a Quaker, and called of Falmouth in his will, dated 7 Nov 1726, and proved 27 Nov 1733. William had three children with his first wife, births recorded in Sandwich, and had one or two children with his second wife.
* Yelverton, b. 22 April 1676, m. Ann NORTHUP and lived in N. Kingstown, RI.
* Josiah, b. 17 Feb 1681, living in Falmouth, MA in 1733, m. 11 March 1714/5 Mercy Chadwick. He was named as the executor of his father's 1708 will, and coexecutor of the will of his brother William in 1726 (proved 1733). He was likely living in 1742 when named as a parent in his son's marriage record. Josiah and Mercy had seven children whose births were recorded in the Sandwich town records from 1715/6 to 1732.
John was the son of William Gifford. He was married c. 1665 to Eishua Crowell, b. c. 1647, living in 1708, the daughter of Yelverton and Elizabeth Crowell. John may have been born in England, shortly before the family immigrated to New England, settling in Sandwich, Mass. John's father became a Quaker as missionaries from England began to spread their message in the late 1650s. The group immediately became persecuted by the Puritan authorities in Massachusetts, who put pressure on the Plymouth colony to fine, harass, and evict the Quakers for their "religious heresies".
The family appears to have left Sandwich about 1660 and gone to New Jersey, then under Dutch control, but John was back in Sandwich by 7 March 1664/5 when he served on a coroner's inquest. Being the oldest son, John only received 20 shillings from his father"s will, having been given his share of the estate prior to his father"s death in 1687. John's will, dated 9 April 1708, was proved on 17 May 1708 when witnesses made oath on the instrument, naming wife Elishua and children. Children, births recorded in the Sandwich vital records:
* Elizabeth, b. "25 of 12 mo. 1665/6" (25 Feb 1666, which conflicts with the next child, so must have been 25 Feb 1665), d. 19 Oct 1701, and m. c. 1691 Israel TUPPER, b. Sandwich 22 Sep 1666, son of Thomas Tupper and Martha Mayhew. She was called deceased in her father's 1708 will. Israel m. (2) Barnstable, MA 31 March 1704 Elizabeth Bacon. Israel was called living in 1730, according to Torrey's New England marriages, and likely living in 1734 when Israel Tupper, Jr. m. Mary Bourn in Sandwich. Web sources say he died in 1745, but I see no basis for this.
* Samuel, b. 12 March 1666, d. at Sandwich 24 April 1738, and m. Sandwich 2 Nov 1699 Jane Loring, b. Hingham, Mass. 9 Aug 1663, d. Sandwich 24 Nov 1744, the daughter of Josiah Loring and Elizabeth Prince. Jane was named Jane Gifford in her father's 1712 will. Samuel and Jane had only one child of record: Josiah, b. 12 Feb 1700/1.
* John, b. 12 June 1668, d. Rochester, Plymouth, Mass. 1750, and m. Sandwich 24 Nov 1696 Desire Sprague, b. c. 1670, the daughter of John-2 Sprague (Francis-1) and Ruth Basset of Duxbury, Mass. John appears with brother Samuel on a list of Sandwich freemen on 25 June 1702. By 1712, John was living in Falmouth, and called a weaver of that place in a 1742 deed. Soon thereafter he was living in Rochester, Mass., and he was of that place when he wrote his will on 26 Aug 1749, which was proved 10 July 1750. He and Desire had only three known children, b. 1697-1705, with births recorded in the Falmouth records.
* Mary, b. 9 Oct 1669, d. Plymouth, MA 2 Oct 1689, m. Plymouth 21 Feb 1686 Joshua RANSOM, b. Sandwich c. 1665, the son of Robert and Susannah Ransom. Before her death, Mary had two children, Robert and Mary Ransom, who were named in her father's 1708 will, and apparently were brought up in the household of their uncle Yelverton Gifford in Rhode Island. Following Mary's death, Ransom m. Plymouth, MA 10 March 1691/2 Susanna Garner, who d. Halifax, MA 6 Feb 1735, and they had three known children together. Joshua Ransom was of Plymouth, Plympton, N. Kingstown, RI, and Colchester, CT. Various web sources give his death year as 1713, but I find no source.
* Grace, b. 17 Aug 1671, living in 1714 when her last child was born, but dead by 1740 when her husband remarried. She m. c. 1695 Gideon HOXIE, b. Sandwich 25 Feb 1672[/3?], living in 1740, the son of Lodowick Hoxsie and Mary Presbury. Grace and Gideon had eleven known children, born 1696 to 1714. He m. (2) in 1740 Hannah Allen.
* William, b. "7 of 3 mo. 1673" (7 May 1673), d. Falmouth, Mass. 1733, m. (1) Sandwich, MA 13 March 1701/2 Elizabeth Wheaton, b. say 1680, d. by 1726 when her husband remarried; he m. (2) 7 Nov 1726 Experience (Bowerman) Claghorn, b. c. 1683, living in 1740, the daughter of Thomas Bowerman and Mary Harper of Falmouuth, and widow of James Claghorn with whom she had four children. William was called "Jr." to distinguish him from his uncle William. William was a Quaker, and called of Falmouth in his will, dated 7 Nov 1726, and proved 27 Nov 1733. William had three children with his first wife, births recorded in Sandwich, and had one or two children with his second wife.
* Yelverton, b. 22 April 1676, m. Ann NORTHUP and lived in N. Kingstown, RI.
* Josiah, b. 17 Feb 1681, living in Falmouth, MA in 1733, m. 11 March 1714/5 Mercy Chadwick. He was named as the executor of his father's 1708 will, and coexecutor of the will of his brother William in 1726 (proved 1733). He was likely living in 1742 when named as a parent in his son's marriage record. Josiah and Mercy had seven children whose births were recorded in the Sandwich town records from 1715/6 to 1732.
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