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Joshua Gifford

Male 1718 - 1793  (75 years)


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  1. 1.  Joshua Gifford was born in 1718 in Manasquan River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 27 Feb 1793 in Sharkle River, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 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

    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

    Joshua married Hannah Dean on 5 Apr 1740 in , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Hannah was born in 1722 in , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died in 1796 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Annie Gifford  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jan 1742 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 14 Oct 1820 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Annie Gifford Descendancy chart to this point (1.Joshua1) was born on 7 Jan 1742 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 14 Oct 1820 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1761, , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA

    Annie married Nathan Davis on 20 Jan 1761 in , Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Nathan (son of Thomas William Davis and Tacy Crandall) was born on 9 May 1740 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA; died on 17 Oct 1814 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Joshua Gifford Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1764 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 27 Jul 1839 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 4. Stephen C Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Sep 1781 in , , New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Aug 1869 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Joshua Gifford Davis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 12 Mar 1764 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 27 Jul 1839 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1785, Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
    • Residence: 1810, , Harrison, West Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1820, , Harrison, West Virginia, USA

    Joshua married Content Davis in 1785 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Content (daughter of James Davis and Judith Maxson) was born on 27 Feb 1758 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 28 Jun 1840 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jul 1786 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 10 Jan 1842 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 6. Hannah Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Aug 1787 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 24 May 1880 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    3. 7. Content Anna "Tenty" Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jan 1797 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 10 Jan 1887 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.

  2. 4.  Stephen C Davis Descendancy chart to this point (2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 30 Sep 1781 in , , New Jersey, USA; died on 16 Aug 1869 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.

    Stephen married Nancy Fitz Randolph on 14 Apr 1802 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Fitz Randolph and Margaret Fitz Randolph) was born on 19 Feb 1781 in Piscataway, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA; died on 18 Jul 1871 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Rulana Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Aug 1820 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Feb 1867 in , Harris, Georgia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Sarah Davis Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joshua3, 2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 8 Jul 1786 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 10 Jan 1842 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA.

  2. 6.  Hannah Davis Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joshua3, 2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 7 Aug 1787 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 24 May 1880 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1860, , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA

    Hannah married Jesse Davis on 11 May 1806 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA. Jesse (son of William "Bottom Billy" Davis and Elizabeth Anna Havens) was born on 18 May 1788 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 23 Dec 1823 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. William B Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Oct 1807 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 25 Jun 1896 in Grant, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    2. 10. Anna Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Aug 1809 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 21 Mar 1893 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    3. 11. Polina S Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Feb 1812 in Greenbrier, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 3 Feb 1901 in Greenbrier, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    4. 12. Mary Josephine Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1813 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 1 Mar 1842.
    5. 13. Charlotte Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1815 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died in Apr 1891 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    6. 14. William Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1819; died in 1887.
    7. 15. Mary Ann Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Oct 1819 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 3 Mar 1906 in Cherry Camp Run, Bristol, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.
    8. 16. Content Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Sep 1820 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 5 Jun 1917 in Wallace, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    9. 17. Nathaniel Maxwell Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1821 in , , Virginia, USA; died in 1869.
    10. 18. Clementine Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1821 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died in 1869 in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, USA.
    11. 19. Charlotte Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1822.
    12. 20. Eleseph Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1822 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.
    13. 21. Margaretta Davis  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Aug 1823 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died on 4 Dec 1906 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA.

  3. 7.  Content Anna "Tenty" Davis Descendancy chart to this point (3.Joshua3, 2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 21 Jan 1797 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 10 Jan 1887 in Salem, Doddridge, West Virginia, USA.

  4. 8.  Rulana Davis Descendancy chart to this point (4.Stephen3, 2.Annie2, 1.Joshua1) was born on 4 Aug 1820 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Feb 1867 in , Harris, Georgia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA.

    Rulana married Albert H Ford on 10 Mar 1837. Albert (son of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Dye) was born on 4 Aug 1817 in , Harrison, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 Sep 1888 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Seventh Day Baptist Cemetery, Salem, Harrison, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. George Washington Ford  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Mar 1857 in , Doddridge, West Virginia, USA; died in 1949.


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