Joshua Gifford

1718 - 1793  (75 years)

• Name	Joshua Gifford  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	1718	Manasquan River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1740	, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Residence	1779	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Residence	1780	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  Residence	1789	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Residence	21 Dec 1790	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [8]
  Death	27 Feb 1793	Sharkle River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Person ID	I22552	Master
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Hannah Dean,   b. 1722, , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 1796, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1740	, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  Children	+ 1. Annie Gifford,   b. 7 Jan 1742, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA d. 14 Oct 1820, Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F6101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1718 - Manasquan River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1740 - , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Marriage - 5 Apr 1740 - , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1779 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1780 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 1789 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Residence - 21 Dec 1790 - Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 27 Feb 1793 - Sharkle River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Gifford, Joshua MARRIAGE Historical & Genealogical Misc Vol1 Parish Register of Christ Church Shrewsbury
  		will abstract_Gifford, Joshua_1790

  
  

• Notes

  Joshua GIFFORD is placed as a son of William because he named his oldest son William, and because he had at least one grandson named Benjamin, and because Jonathan of Little Egg Harbor (grandson of William) named one of his sons Joshua. Joshua was a very rare name in early Monmouth County. Joshua GIFFORD was listed in 1748 as a freeholder in Shrewsbury Tp, Monmouth Co, NJ. On 24 Nov 1750, Joshua and Hannah GIFFORD were baptized as adults into Christ Church in Shrewsbury. Also baptized at the same time were 3 of their children: Ann (age 8 years and 10 months), William (age 7 years and 5 months), and Joseph (age 1 year and 7 months). Their 4th child, Annaniah, was baptized on 23 Sep 1755, presumably as an infant. At that time, the family was listed as living in Shark River, probably near the present-day town of Belmar. Joshua GIFFORD was not listed in not 1755 as a freeholder in Monmouth Co, NJ. Joshua GIFFORD witnessed the will of Annaniah GIFFORD dated 25 Mar 1753 Shrewsbury Tp, Monmouth Co, NJ. Joshua GIFFORD witnessed the will of Hugh JACKSON dated 16 Apr 1760. He filed an inventory of the estate of Hugh JACKSON on 30 May 1760 Monmouth Co, NJ. Joshua GIFFORD appeared in the tax ratables for Shrewsbury Tp, Monmouth Co, NJ, between 1779 and 1789 (50 acres of improved land). Joshua GIFFORD left a will dated 21 Dec 1790 (the will mentioned wife Hannah, daughter Anne Davis, sons William, Joseph, Annaniah, three sons were named as executors). An inventory of the estate of Joshua GIFFORD was filed on 26 Feb 1793 in Monmouth Co, NJ, by Benjamin JACKSON and Annaniah GIFFORD. The earliest ancestor of whom there is any record was William Gifford, who lived on the banks of "Shirk" (or Shark) river, Momnouth county, and died there in 1683. His son, Ananias Gifford. married at Long Branch, in 1687 or 1688, and their son, Joshua Gifford, married Hannah Dean. Ananias Gifford, "baptized September 23. 1755, was their son. His son, Ananias Gifford, born about 1785. married in 1808, Elizabeth Brewer, born April 15. 1776, daughter of Eleazerus Brewer, born 1716, died 1820, aged one hundred and four, granddaughter of Adam Brewer, died 1769. great granddaughter of Jacobus Brewer, died 1783, and great-great-granddaughter of Adam Brewer, who came to New York from England in 1642. The Ananias Gifford last above mentioned was a judge of the common pleas court of Monmouth county in 184=;. He and his wife, Elizabeth Brewer, were the parents of five children : Hannah Maria, mentioned above, wife of Benjamin Hance Fielder : John В.: Joshua: Samuel; and Ann Jeannette. 1718 Birth of Joshua Manasquan River, Monmouth Co., NJ 1740 April 5, 1740 Age 22 Marriage of Joshua to Hannah Gifford Monmouth Co., NJ 1742 January 7, 1742 Age 24 Birth of Anna "Annie" Davis (Gifford) Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ 1743 1743 Age 25 Birth of William Gifford 1748 1748 Age 30 Birth of Annaniah Gifford 1748 Age 30 Birth of Joseph Gifford 1793 February 1793 Age 75 Death of Joshua Sharkle River, Monmouth Co., NJ Burial of Joshua

  
  

• Sources

  [S724] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S723] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S725] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S725] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 3). NAME: Joshua Gifford RESIDENCE: Monmouth SPOUSE: Hannah Dean MARRIAGE DATE: 5 Apr 1740 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NJMarriages&h=41060&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t76317514_p38343974026_kpidz0q3d38343974026z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid [S724] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc) (Reliability: 3). NAME: Joshua Gifford STATE: NJ COUNTY: Monmouth County TOWNSHIP: Shrewsbury Townshiptx YEAR: 1779 RECORD TYPE: January Tax List PAGE: 008 DATABASE: NJ Early Census Index http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=njcen&h=18942808&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t76317514_p38343974026_kpidz0q3d38343974026z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid [S724] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc) (Reliability: 3). NAME: Joshua Gifford STATE: NJ COUNTY: Monmouth County TOWNSHIP: Shrewsbury Township YEAR: 1780 RECORD TYPE: February Tax List October Tax List PAGE: 008 DATABASE: NJ Tax Lists Index 1772-1822 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=njcen&h=18931000&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t76317514_p38343974026_kpidz0q3d38343974026z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid [S724] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc) (Reliability: 3). NAME: Joshua Giffoard STATE: NJ COUNTY: Monmouth County TOWNSHIP: Shrewsbury Township YEAR: 1789 RECORD TYPE: July/August Tax List June Tax List PAGE: 023 DATABASE: NJ Early Census Index http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=njcen&h=18930896&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t76317514_p38343974026_kpidz0q3d38343974026z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid [S723] Ancestry.com, New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.) (Reliability: 3). NAME: Joshua Gifford RESIDENCE DATE: 21 Dec 1790 RESIDENCE LOCATION: Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NJWillsAbstracts&h=26628&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t76317514_p38343974026_kpidz0q3d38343974026z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid