Bathsheba (Lapham) Gifford (1720 - aft. 1763)

Born 21 May 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Gifford — married 7 Jan 1742 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

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Biography

This profile is part of the Lapham Name Study.

Bathsheba was a Friend (Quaker)

Bathsheba was the daughter of John and Mary Lapham of Dartmouth.^[1] She was born 21d 3m 1720 [21 May 1720].^[2]

She married John Gifford, son of Benjamin and Sarah Gifford of Dartmouth, on 7d 11m 1741 [7 Jan 1742].^[1]

Bathsheba and John had nine children including three sets of twins:

1. Lydia Gifford b. 14d 3m 1743 [14 May 1743],
2. Phebe Gifford b. 20d 6m 1745 [20 Aug 1745].
3. Meribah Gifford b. 6d 5m 1748 [6 Jul 1748]; twin
4. Rowland Gifford b. 6d 5m 1748 [6 Jul 1748]; twin.
5. Jesse Gifford b. 22d 7m 1750 [22 Sep 1750];
6. Benjamin Gifford b. 29d 9m 1755 [29 Sep 1755]; twin.
7. John Gifford b. 29d 9m 1755 [29 Sep 1755]; twin;
8. John Gifford b. 20d 3m 1758 [20 Mar 1758]; twin.
9. Bathsheba Gifford b. 20d 3m 1758 [20 Mar 1758]; twin.^[3]

Among the children of John Lapham IV (1677-abt.1734) & Mary (Russell) Lapham (1683-1752) is listed:

Bathsheba born 21 May 1720; married John Gifford.

Bathsheba Lapham (John 2, John 1) married 7 Nov 1741, John Gifford, who was born 17 Jan 1718, the son of Benjamin and Sarah (Thompkins) Gifford.

Bathsheba and John's children are listed as:

1. Lydia born 14 Mar 1743, died 8 Apr 1754,
2. Phoebe G. born 20 Aug 1745.
3. Meribah (twin), born 6 May 1748, died 3 Feb 1827.
4. Rowland (twin), born 6 May 1748, married Judith Sutherland.
5. Jesse born 22 Sep 1755; died young
6. Benjamin (twin), born 29 Sep 1755.
7. John 4(twin), born 29 Sep 1755.
8. John (twin), born 20 Mar1758.
9. Bathsheba (twin), born 20 Mar1758.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 315.
2. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 5.
3. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 34.
4. ↑ "Laphams in America" compiled and written by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge Victor NY 1932-1953; pp 17,27; quoting source "Ontario County N. Y. History, Vol. 11, p. 346."

• Records from NEHGS, New England Historical Genealogical Society, americanancestors.org