Hannah was the daughter of:
Charles G. Gifford [b. in Westport, Mass.; son of Jonathan and Hannah (Case) Gifford]
~~and~~
Nancy (Bacon) Gifford [b. in Barre, Mass.; dau. of Ephraim and Mary (White) Bacon]

Charles and Nancy were married on Sept. 1, 1816, in Barre, Massachusetts where Hannah was born.

Hannah was the sister of:
Charles G. Gifford (1822–1876)
Mary E. (Gifford) Dwyer
Ira J. Gifford
Caroline R. (Gifford) Kittredge
Isabella L. Gifford
Nancy J. Gifford
Margaret A. Gifford
John Owen Gifford
Laura S. (Gifford) Gray

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..."Hannah Gifford went to Westport to visit her father's relations and stayed a year and there she found a husband. She come home in October 1841 and was married at her father's in December and then went back to Westport. Her husband's name is William Gifford but none akin to her father's family."...

...Excerpt from a letter written by Hannah Gifford's maternal grandmother, Mary (White) Bacon, to her sister, Nancy (White) Turner, (who was living in Ohio), dated June 5, 1843. (Transcription found on Ancestry.com; original in possession of Nancy (White) Turner's descendants.)

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Hannah was married to William Gifford on
Dec. 22, 1841 in Barre, Massachusetts. Early in their marriage, William and Hannah lived in Maine for a short time. They lived in Dartmouth, Mass., Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Westport, Mass. until her death from "Consumption" in 1869, just two years after the death of her husband.

William & Hannah had eight children.
In addition to those listed below,
they had a son Daniel Gifford,
b. Dec. 17, 1847 and d. Mar. 3, 1852.

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U.S., Massachusetts, 1850 Federal Census:
Gifford, William, 36, abt. 1814, Male
Gifford, Hannah W., 31, abt. 1819, Female
Gifford, Charles, 6, abt. 1844, Male
Gifford, Nancy J., 5, abt. 1845, Female
Gifford, Daniel, 2, abt. 1848, Male
Gifford, Isabella, 1, abt. 1849, Female

U.S., Rhode Island, 1860 Federal Census:
Gifford, William, 46, abt. 1814, Male
Gifford, Hannah W., 41, abt. 1819, Female
Gifford, Charles, 16, abt. 1844, Male
Gifford, Nancy J., 15, abt. 1845, Female
Gifford, Isabella, 11, abt. 1849, Female
Gifford, William H., 9, abt. 1851, Male
Gifford, Abby S., 5, abt. 1855, Female
Gifford, John I., 1, abt. 1859, Male

U.S., Massachusetts, 1870 Federal Census:
Gifford, Wm. H., 18, 1851, Male
Gifford, Isabella L., 21, 1849, Female
Gifford, John, 11, 1859, Male
Gifford, Joshua, 8, 1863, Male

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