Enos Gifford (1693 - 1769)

Born 1 Feb 1693 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Phillis (Allen) Gifford — married 1724 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died May 1769 at age 76 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of England

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Biography

Enos Gifford + (#20 GG, 30 NEHGR)

Birth: 1 Feb 1693 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Great Britain

Death: May 1769 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Great Britain

His will is dated 5 January 1764 and proved 6 June 1769 in Little Compton, Rhode Island.^[1] His inventory was taken on 25 May 1769.^[1]

Timeline

Birth

1693 1 Feb Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, Colony of England

Marriage

Phillis Allen 1724 Age: 31 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Great Britain

Residence

1747 Age: 54 Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Great Britain

Death

1769 May Age: 76 Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Great Britain

Family Members

Parents

Christopher Gifford + (#4 GG, 6 NEHGR) 1658 – 1748 Deborah Perry 1665 – 1724

Spouse

Phillis Allen 1702 – 1764

Children

Deborah Gifford 1725 – 1728

Rachel Gifford 1727 – 1763

Elijah Gifford (#35 GG, 76 NEHGR) 1729 – 1814

Canaan Gifford (#36 GG, # 77 NEHGR) 1731 – 1789

Phillis Gifford 1734 – 1819

Dorcas Gifford + 1736 – 1781

Enos Gifford (#37 GG, #78 NEHGR) 1740 – 1820

Joseph Gifford 1742 – 1811

Research Notes

Barnstable County

Formed as part of the Plymouth Colony on 2 June 1685, including the towns of Falmouth, Sandwich, Monomoit, and others lying to the east and north on Cape Cod. Plymouth Colony was merged into the Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691.

Charter Colonies of England and Great Britain

Massachusetts, Providence Plantation, Rhode Island, Warwick, and Connecticut were charter colonies (Plymouth Colony was a land patent). The Massachusetts charter was revoked in 1684 and was replaced by a provincial charter that was issued in 1691. Charter governments were political corporations.

British America 1607 to 1776 - (Colonies of England 1607–1707); then (Colonies of Great Britain 1707–1776)

Land Patent for Plymouth Colony

The Pilgrims obtained a land patent from the London Virginia Company in June 1619. This land patent allowed them to settle in the Colony of Virginia near the mouth of the Hudson River; however, “contrary winds carried them northward to Cape Cod”.

A land patent is an exclusive land grant made by a sovereign entity with respect to a particular tract of land. Most such patents were permanently granted. Those patents are still in force; the United States government honors those patents by treaty law; and, as with all such land patents, they cannot be changed.

Plymouth Colony was unchartered and existed without a formal charter from its founding in 1620.

Little Compton

In 1746-47, two towns, Little Compton and Tiverton, were acquired from Province of Massachusetts Bay, Colony of Great Britain and annexed to Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9079/images/007649137_00312). Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line], image 311-224, Newport, Little Compton, Book 2 page 142-146. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth
• Ancestry Family Trees. This citation provides evidence for Enos Gifford + (#20 GG, 30 NEHGR)
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth
• Rhode Island, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890; 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Residence

* U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900; 3 citations provide evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage