Surname Saturday - GIFFORD (England > colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  

I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #717, who is Rebecca GIFFORD (1689-1747) [Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three generations in this GIFFORD family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

88.  Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89.  Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)

178.  David Kirby (1740-1832)
179.  Martha Soule (1743-1828)

358.  Benjamin Soule (1719-1803)
359.  Meribah Waite (1720-1803)

716.  Jacob Soule, born about 1687 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died Abt. February 1747 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1432. Nathaniel Soule and 1433. Rose Thorn.  He married 22 January 1710 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
717.  Rebecca Gifford, born 1689 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died Bef. 1747 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Jacob Soule and Rebecca Gifford are:
*  Joseph Soule (1711-1793), married (1) 1736 Mary Davis (1710-????); (2) 1758 Dinah Tripp (1716-????).
*  Elizabeth Soule (1712-1781), married 1735 Caleb Tripp (1714-1781)
*  Oliver Soule (1714-1715).
*  Rebecca Soule (1715-1747), married 1735 Reuben Waite (1713-1754).
*  Nathaniel Soule (1718-1769), married 1741 Jane Potter (1717-1807).
*  Benjamin Soule (1719-1803), married 1742 Meribah Waite (1720-1803)
*  Rosamond soule (1723-1801), married 1744 Nathaniel Potter (1719-1801).
*  Stephen Soule (1727-1789), married 1746 Sarah Potter (1724-1789).

1434.  Robert Gifford, born 1660 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died before 04 April 1730 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. He married July 1680 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.
1435.  Sarah Wing, born 05 February 1659 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died 26 August 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2870. Stephen Wing and 2871. Sarah Briggs.

Children of Robert Gifford and Sarah Wing are:
*  Jeremiah Gifford (1681-1771), married 1703 Mary Wright (1683-????).
*  Marcy Gifford (1683-1772), married 1704 Nathan Soule (1677-1736).
*  Benjamin Gifford (1685-1754), married Sarah Tompkins (1689-????).
*  Stephen Gifford (1687-1748), married 1711 Mary --?-- (1690-????)
*  Rebecca Gifford (1689-1747), married 1710 Jacob Soule (1687-1747)
*  Timothy Gifford (1691-1780), married 1717 Hannah Tompkins (1695-1773)
*  Ann Gifford (1693-????0, married 1717 William Swan.
*  Lydia Gifford (1695-????0, married 1723 Nathaniel Soule.
*  Simeon Gifford (1697-1749), married 1725 Susannah Jenkins (1695-1749).

2868.  William Gifford, born about 1620 in England; died before 30 January 1688 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1640 in England.
2869.  unknown, born about 1620 in England; died before 1683 in probably Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of William Gifford and unknown are:
*  John Gifford (1642-1708), married 1665 Elishua Crowell (1643-1708).
*  Patience Gifford (1644-1674), married 1665 Richard Kirby (1633-1720).
*  Hananiah Gifford (1646-1709), married Elizabeth --?-- (1646-1729).
*  William Gifford (1655-1738), married (1) 1675 Hannah --?-- (????-1711), (2) 1711 Lydia Hatch (1685-????).
*  Christopher Gifford (1658-1748), married (1) Meribah --?-- (????-1684); (2) 1684 Deborah Perry (1665-1724).
*  Robert Gifford (1660-1730), married (1) 1680 Sarah Wing (1659-1720); (2) 1720 Elizabeth Cornell.

Published resources available for the researcher on this Gifford family include:

1)  Almon E. Daniels and MacLean W. MacLean, "William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass. (d. 1687)," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 128, Number 4 (October 1974).

2)  Raymond L. Olson, Ancestors of Elihu B. Gifford and Catherine Sandow Barrows (Baltimore, Md. : Gateway Press, Inc., 1989)

3)  Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, Calif. : the author, 1998).

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