Born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Cornell
and Mehitable (Fish) Cornell
Sister of
Benjamin Cornell, George Cornell, Caleb Cornell, Rebecca (Cornell) Kirby, Joseph Cornell, Daniel Cornell, Mary (Cornell) Gifford, Rachel Cornell and Elizabeth (Cornell) Macomber
Wife of
Peleg Gifford
— married
17 Feb 1740 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Abiel Gifford, Rachel (Gifford) Sanford, Elihu Gifford, Ruth (Gifford) Mosher, Peleg Gifford and Caleb Gifford
Died
at age 85
in Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2013
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Biography
Alyse was a Friend (Quaker)
Alyse was born on 14 Mar 1726 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of William Cornell and Mehitable (Fish) Cornell.[1]
She married Peleg Gifford on 17 Feb 1740 in Massachusetts.[2]
Peleg and Alice were granted a certificate to the Saratoga monthly meeting (later known as Easton) from the Dartmouth monthly meeting on 19d of 3m 1792 [19 Mar 1792].[3] They resided in Cambridge.[3]
She died on 22 Oct 1811 in Cambridge, Washington, New York.
Children
- Children of Alyse Gifford:
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVJ-GLL : 15 January 2020), Alse Cornell, 1726.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-1BGM : 19 April 2021), Peleg Gifford and Alice Cornell, 19 Feb 1740; citing Marriage, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009329.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Monthly meeting records, Removals 1792 - 1821, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, N.Y.), p 1.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alyse 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 Alyse:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alyse 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 Alyse:
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~0.78%
Charles Gifford
:
23andMe, GEDmatch SP9546577 [compare]
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~0.78%
Donald Child :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Margaret (Munger) Furbeck :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F404256 [compare], FTDNA kit #404256
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~0.39%
David Gardner :
23andMe
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Joseph (Coffey) Wetmore :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Juan Munger :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Lucille (Woolis) Andersen :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Fr. Martin Gardner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A361857 [compare], yourDNAportal JONcc50a703, Ancestry member monkmartin
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~0.39%
Jack Bowerman :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A087088 [compare]
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Categories: Dartmouth Monthly Meeting, Dartmouth, Massachusetts | Easton Monthly Meeting, Easton, New York
To my eyes, the entry on the handwritten page from NEHGS given as establishing source for Alse clearly reads "ELSIE", right there between siblings Daniel and Mary. Thanks, Charles Gifford