Benjamin
Gifford
Born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Stephen Gifford
and Mary Gifford
Brother of
Stephen Gifford, Patience (Gifford) Lake, Hananiah Gifford, Susanna (Gifford) Shearman, Pricilla (Gifford) Russell, Keziah (Gifford) Soule, Abigail (Gifford) Crocker, Mary (Gifford) Petty, Ruth Gifford, Stephen Gifford and Recompence Gifford
Husband of
Mary (Pettis) Gifford
— married
30 Jul 1749 in Tiverton, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Father of
Daniel Gifford, Ruth (Gifford) Sanford, John Gifford, Nathaniel Gifford, James Gifford and Stephen Gifford
Died before
before age 90
in Westport, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Oct 2017
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Biography
Benjamin Gifford has English ancestors.
Son of Stephen Gifford and Mary Keziah NN (NOTE: Keziah "may" be her surname or her middle name - additional research needed)
Husband of Mary Pettis/Petty
Children of Benjamin and Mary, Per the following Source: Genealogy of a Part of the Wodell Family, from 1640 to 1880: With Notices of Some Other Families, Copies of Ancient Interesting Documents, and a Condensed Biography of the Author as Written by Himself:
- Ruth Gifford+ b. c 1751, d. b Dec 1798
- John Gifford+ b. 28 Aug 1754, d. 30 Sep 1835
- Nathaniel Gifford+ b. c 1757, d. bt 1803 - 1818
- James Gifford+ b. 1 Jun 1759, d. b 5 Mar 1839
- Stephen Gifford+ b. 5 Feb 1762, d. a 1810
- George Gifford+ b. 17 Feb 1772, d. 9 Jun 1849
Sources
Genealogy of a Part of the Wodell Family, from 1640 to 1880: With Notices of Some Other Families, Copies of Ancient Interesting Documents, and a Condensed Biography of the Author as Written by Himself
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=keving&id=I16870
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~0.78%
Steven Harvey
:
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Janie (Goodwin) Oickle :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
William Smith :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Keith Mosher :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Edward Sharples :
AncestryDNA
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Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz
Sandie (Schwartz) Schwarz
Gifford-2504 and Gifford-2314 appear to represent the same person because: I unknowingly created a duplicate, Gifford-2504 is the same person as Gifford-2314
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