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Female Marrietta Melissa Gifford Click to view Marrietta Melissa Gifford in the family tree

Marrietta Melissa was born on June 20th, 1809 in Kennebec, Maine.1   Marrietta Melissa's father was Abraham Gifford and her mother was Patience Besse.  Her paternal grandparents were Peleg Gifford and Abigail Sheperd; her maternal grandparents were Jabez Besse and Margaret Norris. She had five brothers and five sisters, named Marvin, Abraham, Alexander Moore, Owen, Johnathan Burton, Prussia, Roxanna, Patience, Harriet and Mary B.  She was the second youngest of the eleven children.  She died at the age of 92 in 1901 in Nevada, Vernon County., Missouri.1 

Family Details of Marrietta Melissa's family with Wm. Benjamin Browkaw

Family Details of Marrietta Melissa's family with Robert Green

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