Girshum
Gifford was born on 10 June 1679 in Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA, New England.
1,2 As of 10 June 1679, Gershom was also known as Girshum Gifford [Birth Record].
2 Research Note: BFH 40 [citing NEHGR 128:255] states that Gershom was the son of William Gifford and Lydia Hatch. Examination of this reference does not mention Gershom at all... the article clearly states that the mother of Gershom is unknown. Lydia Hatch, b. 1685, would only have been 9 years old at his birth. He was the son of
William Gifford.
1 Gershom, age 25, married
Deborah Bowerman, daughter of
Thomas Bowerman and
Mary Harper, on 11 June 1704 at Falmouth, Barnstable Co., MA, New England, ; , married at the home of William Gifford [SMM; VRS 2:1251], both were of Falmouth.
3,4,5 He lived in Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA, New England, on 11 June 1742.
6 Gershom Gifford removed to Quaker Hill, Dutchess Co., NY after 1742 from Wareham, Plymouth Co., MA, New England.
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