Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Yelverton Crowell
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Crowell
Sister of
John Crowell, Edward Crowell, Samuel Crowell, Elizabeth (Crowell) Matthews, Thomas (Crow) Crowell, Yelverton Crowell and Mary (Crowell) Allen
Wife of
John Gifford
— married
about 1664 (to before 17 May 1708) in Sandwich, Plymouth Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Elizabeth (Gifford) Tupper, Samuel Gifford, John Gifford, Mary (Gifford) Ransom, Grace (Gifford) Hoxie, William Gifford, Yelverton Gifford and Josiah Gifford
Died after
after about age 58
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Jun 2011
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Biography
According to some sources, she was the daughter of Yelverton Crow or Crowell and granddaughter of John Crowell. "There is an article on her background in the 1972 volume of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register."[1]
Sources
- ↑ Eddy, Robert L. Queensbury's Heritage: Notes & Quotes on Queensbury's History & Picturesque and Historic Homes of Queensbury by Robert L. Eddy, USA Self-Published 1991 (1986), page 191. A letter written by John Austin, Warren County, NY, magistrate, local historian and member of the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
- Gifford, Stephen W., Yelverton Crowell of Yarmouth, Mass., NEHGR (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1971) Vol. 125, Page 236.
- Crowell, Levi. John Crowe and His Descendants (Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, 1903) Page 21. Shows different parents.
- Daniels, Almon E and MacLean, W. Maclean. William Gifford of Sandwich, Mass (d. 1687). New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 128 October 1974, p 251. (Page image on Ancestry.com)
- Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 1, Page 614.
- GIFART, John (-1708) & [Elishua CROWELL]; by 1665; Sandwich
- {Reg. 99:61; MD 14:111; Gifford 1; Crowell 19 or 21; Green (,7) 99; Hamlin 122; Falmouth Hist. 423; Gen. Adv. 4:11; Bassett-Preston 73; Barnstable Co. Prob. 4:112}
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elishua by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elishua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elishua by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elishua:
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~0.39%
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My formatting for the superscripts to show family placement got dropped off, so the numbers after names are meant to indicate that information and are correctly shown in the original source. Thanks!
Great Migration uses the name as Crow in their profile of John Crow: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, pp 245-248 by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
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