Abraham Gifford

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Abraham Gifford

Abraham was born in 1755 in Massachusetts.¹ Abraham's father was Peleg Gifford and his mother was Abigail Sheperd. His paternal grandparents were Jonathan Gifford and Lydia Abbott; his maternal grandparents were Daniel Shepard and Mary Sherman. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Peleg, Daniel, Christopher, Noah, Levi, Abigail, Tamar, Mariah and Mary. He was the fourth youngest of the ten children. He died at the age of 87 in 1842 in Morgan County, Ohio.¹

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- William Gifford
  - b.~  1615 in England d.09 Apr 1687 in Sandwich, Massachusetts
  
  Jonathan Gifford
  - b.04 May 1684 in Sandwich, MA d.10 FEB 1734/35 in Sandwich, MA
  
  John Mills
  - b.~  1632 d.WFT Est. 1664-1723
  
  Mary Mills
  - b.WFT Est. 1615-1672 in Blackpoint, Massachusetts, (now Maine) d.>  1734
  
  Sarah Gregory
  - b.~  1636 d.WFT Est. 1664-1730
  
  Peleg Gifford
  - b.14 Aug 1711 in Sandwich, Massachusetts ? d.Jul 1802 in Conway, Adams, Massachusetts
  
  John Abbott
  - b.~  1647 d.1710 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  
  Lydia Abbott
  - b.~  1686 in Sandwich, MA d.10 FEB 1734/35
  
  Abraham Gifford
  - b.1755 in Massachusetts d.1842 in Morgan County, Ohio
  
  Daniel Shepard
  - b.29 JAN 1687/88 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island d.WFT Est. 1728-1779 in Massachusetts
  
  Abigail Sheperd
  - b.24 FEB 1724/25 in Dartmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d.24 Jan 1808 in Conway, Adams, Massachusetts
  
  Mary Sherman
  - b.28 May 1694 in Dartmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts d.WFT Est. 1728-1789

Details of Abraham's family with Patience Besse

¹ 1987.ftw
Further source/citation:
World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #1987