Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Jonathan Gifford
1684 - 1735 (50 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Jonathan Gifford was born on 4 May 1684 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (son of William Gifford and Mary Mills); died on 10 Feb 1735 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 14 May 1684
Jonathan married Lydia Abbott on 3 Aug 1708 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Lydia (daughter of John Abbott and Lydia Wing) was born about 1687 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died after 25 Jan 1772. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Peleg Gifford was born on 14 Aug 1711 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Jul 1802 in Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
2. William Gifford was born about 1626 in England; died between 9 Apr 1687 and 9 Mar 1688 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 9 Apr 1687, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
- Alternate death: Bef 9 Mar 1688, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Notes:
"He may have left Sandwich temporarily to escape heavy fines for refusing to take the Oath of Fidelity, the first being £5 on 2 Oct. 1658, due to his Quaker practices. In Oct. 1660 he was fined the huge sum of £57 for his continuing refusal to take the Oath of Fidelity and for attending Quaker Meeting. He owned land in Sandwich, Falmouth and Dartmouth, and was styled as a 'taylor" in deeds from 1670." [Ancestral Lines, citation details below]
William married Mary Mills on 16 Jul 1683 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Mills and Sarah) was born about 1642; died after 1733. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Mills was born about 1642 (daughter of John Mills and Sarah); died after 1733. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 10 Feb 1734
Children:
- 1. Jonathan Gifford was born on 4 May 1684 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died on 10 Feb 1735 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
Generation: 3
6. John Mills was born about 1610; died before 8 Mar 1664 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. Notes:
Arrived 1633; first at Richmond Island, then at Scarborough, Maine. ("Black Point, Massachusetts" then is Scarborough, Maine now.) May have been present in 1626-27 on a fishing or trading expedition.
John married Sarah before 1642. Sarah was born in of Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Sarah was born in of Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine. Children:
- 3. Mary Mills was born about 1642; died after 1733.