Born in Northampton, Hampshire county, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Alvord
and Deborah (Stebbins) Burt
Sister of
Abigail (Alvord) Judd, Elizabeth (Alvord) Bartlett, Benjamin Alvord Jr., Experience (Alvord) Clary, Josiah Alvord and Sarah Alvord
Wife of
Abel Gunn
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Experience (Gunn) Smith
Died
at age 32
in Sunderland, Franklin, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2011
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Biography
Deborah Alvord, born in May 1698 @ Northampton, Massachusetts, was the fourth child of Deborah (Stebbins) Alvord (1672-aft.1716) & Benjamin Alvord (1658-1715) [1].
She married in 1727 Abel Gunn [b. 17 Jul 1700, son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Wyatt) Gunn of Sunderland, Massachusetts. They had 2 children:
- Experience (Gunn), b. 16 Apr 1728 [2]; married 8 Jun 1740 Nathan Smith
- Abel Gunn (15 Jan 1730 - 1748)
Per the Alvord genealogy, Deborah (Alvord) Gunn died 3 June 1730. Notably, this was on the same date as her husband, who died in Sunderland [3].
Place of death assumed by husband's and daughter.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DD9M-K3PZ : Wed Oct 25 13:53:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Deborah Alvord and Benj. Alvord.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DDMH-95T2 : Thu Oct 26 03:38:37 UTC 2023), Entry for Experience Gunn and Abel Gunn, 16 Apr 1728.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC95-GX3 : 17 January 2020), Abel Gunn, 1730.
- A Genealogy of the Descendants of Alexander Alvord an Early Settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass. (1908), no. 20: https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00alvo#page/38/mode/1up; https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00alvo#page/48/mode/1up
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WikiTree profile Alvord-89 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Deborah 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 Deborah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Deborah 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 Deborah:
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~0.39%
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John French Ph.D.
Alvord-638 and Alvord-89 appear to represent the same person because: Both represent the spouse of Abel Gunn.
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