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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Stephen Gifford was born 30 Jan 1711/12, MA (son of Stephen GIFFORD and Mary Unknown); died 25 Feb 1711/12, MA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Stephen GIFFORD was born Abt 1687 (son of Robert GIFFORD and Sarah WING); died Aft Dec 1748.

    Notes:

    The birth dates for his first 10 children were found in the Massachusetts birth records.

    Stephen married Mary Unknown Abt 1711. Mary was born Abt 1791; died Aft 3 Apr 1738. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Unknown was born Abt 1791; died Aft 3 Apr 1738.
    Children:
    1. 1. Stephen Gifford was born 30 Jan 1711/12, MA; died 25 Feb 1711/12, MA.
    2. Patience Gifford was born 16 Dec 1712, MA.
    3. Hananiah Gifford was born 20 Aug 1714, MA.
    4. Susannah Gifford was born 24 May 1716, MA.
    5. Priscilla Gifford was born 17 Jun 1718, MA.
    6. Keziah GIFFORD was born 27 Feb 1719/20, Dartmouth, MA; died Sep 1768, Tiverton, RI.
    7. Abigail Gifford was born 4 Nov 1721, MA.
    8. Mary Gifford was born 12 Aug 1723, MA.
    9. Ruth Gifford was born 5 Oct 1725, MA.
    10. Benjamin Gifford was born 2 Feb 1727/28, MA; died Abt 1817, Westport, MA.
    11. Recompense GIFFORD was born Abt 1732.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert GIFFORD was born Abt 1656, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA (son of William GIFFORD and Elizabeth GRANT); died Between 1724 and 1730, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.

    Notes:

    Robert & Sarah had about 9 children.

    Robert married Sarah WING 1680, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA. Sarah (daughter of Stephen WING and Sarah BRIGGS) was born 5 Feb 1658/59, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA; died Between 1720 and 1724, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah WING was born 5 Feb 1658/59, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA (daughter of Stephen WING and Sarah BRIGGS); died Between 1720 and 1724, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    Children:
    1. Jeremiah Gifford was born Abt 1681, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; died Abt 1770, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    2. Mary Gifford was born Abt 1683; died 12 Jan 1772, Dartmouth, MA.
    3. Benjamin GIFFORD was born Abt 1685; died 6 Mar 1754, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    4. 2. Stephen GIFFORD was born Abt 1687; died Aft Dec 1748.
    5. Rebecca Gifford was born Abt 1689.
    6. Timothy Gifford was born Abt 1691.
    7. Ann Gifford was born Abt 1693.
    8. Lydia Gifford was born Abt 1695.
    9. Simeon Gifford was born Abt 1697.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William GIFFORD

    William — Elizabeth GRANT. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth GRANT

    Notes:

    There is some uncertainly as to whether Elizabeth was the wife of William, and therefore whether she is the mother of Robert.

    Children:
    1. 4. Robert GIFFORD was born Abt 1656, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA; died Between 1724 and 1730, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.

  3. 10.  Stephen WING was born Abt 1621, Sandwich, Kent, England (son of John WING and Deborah BACHILER); died 24 Apr 1710, Spring Hill, Sandwich, Barnstable Co., MA.

    Notes:

    (All of the following notes are from Rootsweb genealogy of Raymond T. Wing.)

    "Stephen . . . was three years old in 1624 when his mother embarked from England with him and his older sister Deborah for Holland. Stephen, like his brothers, spent the first years of his life at Flushing and at The Hague, and came to New England with his mother when nine years old."

    "He married Osheah Dilingham sometime in the Fall of 1646 being at that time twenty-five years of age. Then followed an event possible
    only under the strict code of morals . . . of the Pilgrims . . . young Stephen was before the Plymouth Court, March 2, 1647, and fined because of the fact that a child was born to his wife at an unseasonable time after their marriage. The Court records the 'the said Wing coming into the face of the Court, freely acknowledging, he was according to order of the Court fined and discharged.' Governor Bradford signed the record."

    "Stephen Wing, son of the Rev. John and Deborah Wing, settled in Sandwich in 1637 . . . He was a member of the first Friends Meeting in America, established at Spring Hill in 1658, and suffered a great persecution at the hands of the Plymouth Government in the cause of Religious Liberty. He died in 1710 and is buried at Spring Hill."

    "He was probably one of the last, if not the very last, of the original settlers of Sandwich [Plymouth Colony] to survive. He lived 63 years in Sandwich after the date of the first settlement in 1637."

    Stephen died at age 88.

    "Stephen committed 'my body to Decent Buruall at our friends Burieng place att Spring Hill until when God shall please to call me Hence.' Unquestionably he lies there among the unmarked graves."

    "Will dated Dec. 2, 1700, proved July 13, 1710. Sons Ebenezer and Matthew executors; mentions sons Nathaniel, Elisha, John, Ebenzer,
    Matthew, daughters Sarah Gifford, Abigail and grandson Jeremiah Gifford. Inventory shows personal estate,

    Stephen married Sarah BRIGGS 7 Jan 1654/55, Sandwich, MA. Sarah was born Abt 1630; died 26 Mar 1689, Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, MA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah BRIGGS was born Abt 1630; died 26 Mar 1689, Sandwich, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    Children:
    1. Stephen Wing was born 2 Sep 1656, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    2. 5. Sarah WING was born 5 Feb 1658/59, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA; died Between 1720 and 1724, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    3. John Wing was born 25 Sep 1661, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    4. Abigail Wing was born 1 May 1664, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    5. Elisha Wing was born 2 Feb 1668/69, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    6. Ebenezer Wing was born 11 Jul 1671, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.
    7. Matthew Wing was born 1 Mar 1673/74, Sandwich, Plymouth Colony, MA.