Israel Clifford (1647 - 1733)

Born 15 Apr 1647 in Hampton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Smith) Clifford — married 15 Mar 1680 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1733 at about age 85 in New Hampshire [uncertain]

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Biography

"Israel Clifford, son of John (2), married Mar. 15, 1680, Ann Smith, and settled in Hampton.

Children:

1. Ann, b. Feb 22, 1682; m. Dec. 21, 1702, John Gamage.
2. Mehetabel, b. July 9 1686.
3. Samuel b. Mar. 28, 1589, m. Sarah Dow.
4. Sarah, b. May 10 1691; prob. d. young.
5. Isaac, b. May 24, 1696; went to Ki.; then to Chester, where he m. Sarah Healey; and eventually settled in Rumney, who m. Ruth Garland of Candia. [...]
6. Richard, b. Mar 27, 1698; m. Dec. 26, 1721, Hephzibah, dau. Of Jacob Basford (1). Their son Israel, b. at Ki. In 1740, was the father of Isaac P. Clifford, of Dunbarton."^[1]

Research Notes

This comes from a privately printed family genealogy. Please verify the sources.

Israel, second son of John Clifford, was born in Hampton, April 15, 1647, and took the oath of allegience in 1678. He married March 15, 1680, Ann Smith, probably the same Ann who was alleged to be a victim of Goody Cole's witchcraft. Children: Ann, Mehetabel, Samuel, Sarah, John, Isaac and Richard.

Source: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D. - http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_clifford.htm

Israel CLIFFORD was born on 15 Apr 1647 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. He died in 1733 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. Israel married 1, 2 Ann SMITH on 15 Mar 1679/1680 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

Israel Cliford was born in Hampton 15 April 1647, married Ann Smith March 5, 1680. Ann Smith was the alleged victim of Goody Cole's witchcraft-see Whittier's poem, " The Wreck of the Rivermouth ". In October 1672 Goody Cole was arraigned for "appearing under various forms, as a woman, a dog, an eagle and a cat, to entice a young girl, named Ann Smith, to live with her." Cole, who had previously been jailed 15 years for witchcraft, was acquitted.

Source: Ancestors of Henry Somes Jackson & Mary Jane Flint - http://www.jackson-flint.org/Pedigree/jackson/aqwg309.htm

Sources

1. ↑ Dow, Joseph, Lucy Ellen Dow, eds. ‘‘History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire, from its Settlement in 1639 to the Autumn of 1892.’’ p. 639. Archive.org. https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofh02dowj/page/640/mode/2up?q=clifford. Accessed 7 Oct 2021

See also:

• Sanborn, George Freeman, Jr., and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz. Vital records of Hampton, New Hampshire : to the end of the year 1900. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016) [1]

Israell CLIFFORD

Marriage 1679

Location Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

Original Text on ye 15 march 1679:80 Israell Clifford & Ann Smith both of ::Hampton wear Joyned in mariage Before mee Sam Dalton

Spouse Ann Smith

Volume Name Hampton V.1 Page 577

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of fitzmaster032511.ged on 27 March 2011.
• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine. Compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D. - http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_clifford.htm
• Ancestors of Henry Somes Jackson & Mary Jane Flint - http://www.jackson-flint.org/Pedigree/jackson/aqwg309.htm
• Dow, Joseph. History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire (Salem, MA, 1893) Vol. 2, Page 638
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 878
• Nicely, Charlotte A.E.. The Clifford Family and A Few Allied Families (Published Privately, Dover, New Hampshire, 1973, 33 pages) - See Person No. 4, Pages 2, 3