His name was also listed as Elisha. His Occupation: Blacksmith.
According to NEGH Register, Col 133, January 1979, page 50..
93. Lewis Gifford (Thomas3, James2, William1, was born April 21, 1757 and died December 14, 1843 (Dartmouth Vital Records). This is HEG's branch No. 9, page 72.
He married first on October 26, 1777, Jedidah Tabor, daughter of Peter4 Tabor (Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1756. Descendants of this marriage can trace a line back to Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
He married secondly on September 26, 1799, Susanna (Ashley) Allen, she is the widow of William Allen (Dartmouth Vital Records).
Lewis Gifford served in the Revolution , enlisting as a private April 17, 1776, stationed at Dartmouth on duty to guard the seacoast. He enlisted again in 1780 (see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 6:403). He petitioned for a pension August 30, 1832, stating that he was "born at Dartmouth and aged 75 last April." Abner B. Gifford, J.P. took his deposition. Among the character witnesses were: Joseph Gifford, Esq., Adam Gifford and William Gifford (National Archives, Revolutionary Pension File, S-15, 501).
Gifford, Lewis (also given Elisha). List of men who marched from Dartmouth to camp under command of Captain Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there February 15, 1776; also, Private, Captain Benjamin Dillingham's Company; enlisted April 17, 1776; service, 7 months, 13 days; company stationed on seacoast at Dartmouth; roll dated Dartmouth; also, Captain George Claghorn's Company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's (Bristol Co.) regiment; enlisted July 31, 1780; discharged October 31, 1780; service, 3 months, 2 days; regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army.
Military record taken for Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume I Page 311. Volume 6, Page 403.
"Luis" Gifford was baptized Sunday July 1, 1787, at Long Plain, Dartmouth. He and his family were members of the church of Elder Daniel Hix (See S.M. Andrews, A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix, with the history of the First Christian Church in Dartmouth, Massachusetts (New Bedford, 1880), 57.)
DAR INDEX, p 267
He is the son of Thomas Gifford b: April 28, 1728 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and Content Borden
His children with Jedidah Tabor ~~~
Dinah Gifford Bolles b: 1778 in Rochester d: 1868 in Fairhaven
Rebecca Gifford Allen b: 1780 d: 1863
Peter Gifford b: January 21, 1782 Dartmouth d: 1863 New Bedford
Keturah "Catherine" Gifford Spooner b: 1784 d: 1863 in Dartmouth
Barjonah Gifford b: ABT 1787 in Dartmouth
David Gifford b: 1789 in Dartmouth d: in Mattapoisett
William Gifford b: 1794 d: 1852 in Dartmouth
Stephen Gifford b: 1797
His children with Susanna Ashley ~~~
Lewis Gifford b: 1801
Taber Ashley Gifford b: 1804
Thomas Gifford b: July 26, 1808
This stone was cleaned, repaired and stood back up by J. King
According to NEGH Register, Col 133, January 1979, page 50..
93. Lewis Gifford (Thomas3, James2, William1, was born April 21, 1757 and died December 14, 1843 (Dartmouth Vital Records). This is HEG's branch No. 9, page 72.
He married first on October 26, 1777, Jedidah Tabor, daughter of Peter4 Tabor (Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1756. Descendants of this marriage can trace a line back to Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
He married secondly on September 26, 1799, Susanna (Ashley) Allen, she is the widow of William Allen (Dartmouth Vital Records).
Lewis Gifford served in the Revolution , enlisting as a private April 17, 1776, stationed at Dartmouth on duty to guard the seacoast. He enlisted again in 1780 (see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 6:403). He petitioned for a pension August 30, 1832, stating that he was "born at Dartmouth and aged 75 last April." Abner B. Gifford, J.P. took his deposition. Among the character witnesses were: Joseph Gifford, Esq., Adam Gifford and William Gifford (National Archives, Revolutionary Pension File, S-15, 501).
Gifford, Lewis (also given Elisha). List of men who marched from Dartmouth to camp under command of Captain Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there February 15, 1776; also, Private, Captain Benjamin Dillingham's Company; enlisted April 17, 1776; service, 7 months, 13 days; company stationed on seacoast at Dartmouth; roll dated Dartmouth; also, Captain George Claghorn's Company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's (Bristol Co.) regiment; enlisted July 31, 1780; discharged October 31, 1780; service, 3 months, 2 days; regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army.
Military record taken for Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume I Page 311. Volume 6, Page 403.
"Luis" Gifford was baptized Sunday July 1, 1787, at Long Plain, Dartmouth. He and his family were members of the church of Elder Daniel Hix (See S.M. Andrews, A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix, with the history of the First Christian Church in Dartmouth, Massachusetts (New Bedford, 1880), 57.)
DAR INDEX, p 267
He is the son of Thomas Gifford b: April 28, 1728 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and Content Borden
His children with Jedidah Tabor ~~~
Dinah Gifford Bolles b: 1778 in Rochester d: 1868 in Fairhaven
Rebecca Gifford Allen b: 1780 d: 1863
Peter Gifford b: January 21, 1782 Dartmouth d: 1863 New Bedford
Keturah "Catherine" Gifford Spooner b: 1784 d: 1863 in Dartmouth
Barjonah Gifford b: ABT 1787 in Dartmouth
David Gifford b: 1789 in Dartmouth d: in Mattapoisett
William Gifford b: 1794 d: 1852 in Dartmouth
Stephen Gifford b: 1797
His children with Susanna Ashley ~~~
Lewis Gifford b: 1801
Taber Ashley Gifford b: 1804
Thomas Gifford b: July 26, 1808
This stone was cleaned, repaired and stood back up by J. King
His name was also listed as Elisha. His Occupation: Blacksmith.
According to NEGH Register, Col 133, January 1979, page 50..
93. Lewis Gifford (Thomas3, James2, William1, was born April 21, 1757 and died December 14, 1843 (Dartmouth Vital Records). This is HEG's branch No. 9, page 72.
He married first on October 26, 1777, Jedidah Tabor, daughter of Peter4 Tabor (Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1756. Descendants of this marriage can trace a line back to Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
He married secondly on September 26, 1799, Susanna (Ashley) Allen, she is the widow of William Allen (Dartmouth Vital Records).
Lewis Gifford served in the Revolution , enlisting as a private April 17, 1776, stationed at Dartmouth on duty to guard the seacoast. He enlisted again in 1780 (see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 6:403). He petitioned for a pension August 30, 1832, stating that he was "born at Dartmouth and aged 75 last April." Abner B. Gifford, J.P. took his deposition. Among the character witnesses were: Joseph Gifford, Esq., Adam Gifford and William Gifford (National Archives, Revolutionary Pension File, S-15, 501).
Gifford, Lewis (also given Elisha). List of men who marched from Dartmouth to camp under command of Captain Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there February 15, 1776; also, Private, Captain Benjamin Dillingham's Company; enlisted April 17, 1776; service, 7 months, 13 days; company stationed on seacoast at Dartmouth; roll dated Dartmouth; also, Captain George Claghorn's Company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's (Bristol Co.) regiment; enlisted July 31, 1780; discharged October 31, 1780; service, 3 months, 2 days; regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army.
Military record taken for Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume I Page 311. Volume 6, Page 403.
"Luis" Gifford was baptized Sunday July 1, 1787, at Long Plain, Dartmouth. He and his family were members of the church of Elder Daniel Hix (See S.M. Andrews, A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix, with the history of the First Christian Church in Dartmouth, Massachusetts (New Bedford, 1880), 57.)
DAR INDEX, p 267
He is the son of Thomas Gifford b: April 28, 1728 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and Content Borden
His children with Jedidah Tabor ~~~
Dinah Gifford Bolles b: 1778 in Rochester d: 1868 in Fairhaven
Rebecca Gifford Allen b: 1780 d: 1863
Peter Gifford b: January 21, 1782 Dartmouth d: 1863 New Bedford
Keturah "Catherine" Gifford Spooner b: 1784 d: 1863 in Dartmouth
Barjonah Gifford b: ABT 1787 in Dartmouth
David Gifford b: 1789 in Dartmouth d: in Mattapoisett
William Gifford b: 1794 d: 1852 in Dartmouth
Stephen Gifford b: 1797
His children with Susanna Ashley ~~~
Lewis Gifford b: 1801
Taber Ashley Gifford b: 1804
Thomas Gifford b: July 26, 1808
This stone was cleaned, repaired and stood back up by J. King
According to NEGH Register, Col 133, January 1979, page 50..
93. Lewis Gifford (Thomas3, James2, William1, was born April 21, 1757 and died December 14, 1843 (Dartmouth Vital Records). This is HEG's branch No. 9, page 72.
He married first on October 26, 1777, Jedidah Tabor, daughter of Peter4 Tabor (Joseph3, Thomas2, Philip1), born about 1756. Descendants of this marriage can trace a line back to Francis Cook of the Mayflower.
He married secondly on September 26, 1799, Susanna (Ashley) Allen, she is the widow of William Allen (Dartmouth Vital Records).
Lewis Gifford served in the Revolution , enlisting as a private April 17, 1776, stationed at Dartmouth on duty to guard the seacoast. He enlisted again in 1780 (see Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, 6:403). He petitioned for a pension August 30, 1832, stating that he was "born at Dartmouth and aged 75 last April." Abner B. Gifford, J.P. took his deposition. Among the character witnesses were: Joseph Gifford, Esq., Adam Gifford and William Gifford (National Archives, Revolutionary Pension File, S-15, 501).
Gifford, Lewis (also given Elisha). List of men who marched from Dartmouth to camp under command of Captain Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there February 15, 1776; also, Private, Captain Benjamin Dillingham's Company; enlisted April 17, 1776; service, 7 months, 13 days; company stationed on seacoast at Dartmouth; roll dated Dartmouth; also, Captain George Claghorn's Company, Colonel Abiel Mitchell's (Bristol Co.) regiment; enlisted July 31, 1780; discharged October 31, 1780; service, 3 months, 2 days; regiment raised to reinforce Continental Army.
Military record taken for Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume I Page 311. Volume 6, Page 403.
"Luis" Gifford was baptized Sunday July 1, 1787, at Long Plain, Dartmouth. He and his family were members of the church of Elder Daniel Hix (See S.M. Andrews, A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix, with the history of the First Christian Church in Dartmouth, Massachusetts (New Bedford, 1880), 57.)
DAR INDEX, p 267
He is the son of Thomas Gifford b: April 28, 1728 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts and Content Borden
His children with Jedidah Tabor ~~~
Dinah Gifford Bolles b: 1778 in Rochester d: 1868 in Fairhaven
Rebecca Gifford Allen b: 1780 d: 1863
Peter Gifford b: January 21, 1782 Dartmouth d: 1863 New Bedford
Keturah "Catherine" Gifford Spooner b: 1784 d: 1863 in Dartmouth
Barjonah Gifford b: ABT 1787 in Dartmouth
David Gifford b: 1789 in Dartmouth d: in Mattapoisett
William Gifford b: 1794 d: 1852 in Dartmouth
Stephen Gifford b: 1797
His children with Susanna Ashley ~~~
Lewis Gifford b: 1801
Taber Ashley Gifford b: 1804
Thomas Gifford b: July 26, 1808
This stone was cleaned, repaired and stood back up by J. King
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