Born in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Benjamin Gifford
and Sarah (Tompkins) Gifford
Sister of
Hannah (Gifford) Fish, Experience (Gifford) Brownell, John Gifford and Rest (Gifford) Wood
Wife of
Eleazer Smith
— married
after 21 Jan 1740 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Smith) Wilcox, Ruth Smith, Elijah Smith, Reuben Smith, Benjamin Smith and Major Smith
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Meribah was a Friend (Quaker)
Meribah was born on 30 Jun 1722 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Benjamin Gifford and Sarah (Tompkins) Gifford.[1]
She married Eleazer Smith on 21 Jan 1740 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.[2]
Children
- Children of Elezer Smith and Meribah Gifford:
- Sarah Smith, born 27d 2m 1741 [27 Apr 1741].[3]
- Ruth Smith, born 27d 11m 1744 [27 Jan 1745].[3]
- Elijah Smith, born 14d 5m 1748 [14 Jul 1748];[3] died 2d 7m 1768 [2 Jul 1768].
- Reuben Smith, born 3d 1m 1750 [3 Mar 1750].[3]
- Benjamin Smith, born 20d 10m 1753 [20 Oct 1753].[3]
- Major Smith, born 17d 5m 1755 [17 May 1755].[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZZ6-9WY : 15 January 2020), Mearribe Gifford, 1722.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCP-1BLB : 19 April 2021), Eleezer Smith and Meribah Gifford, 7 Feb 1739; citing Marriage, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009329.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 67.
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