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Elizabeth Robinson (Starbuck) Gifford (1800 - 1882)

Elizabeth Robinson Gifford formerly Starbuck
Born in Easton, Washington County, New Yorkmap
Ancestors ancestors
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Wife of — married Jul 1817 in Saratoga, New Yorkmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 82 in Hudson, Columbia County, New Yorkmap
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Biography

Daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Starbuck of Easton, Washington Co., New York.

"Elizabeth married Elihu Gifford. They may have been married in July of 1817 at Saratoga, New York. They had eleven children and moved to Hudson, New York at some point. One of their children was the famous artist Sanford Robinson Gifford who is also buried at the same cemetery along with his wife whom he married in later years about three years before his death."

"Elizabeth Robinson Gifford was a founder of the Hudson Orphan Asylum. Elizabeth and Elihu were the parents of eleven children, six sons and five daughters, all of whom have come to respectable positions in society. The daughters were educated at the Hudson Female Academy, under the direction of Rev. John B. Hague. Mrs. Gifford has been an early and prominent member of the Baptist church, of which also several of her children are members. She has been for many years first directress of the Hudson Orphan Asylum, being the successor of Mrs. McKinstry, who, with Mrs. T. G. Freeman, founded the institution. Sanford R. Gifford, one of the sons, is a distinguished landscape painter, and has pursued his art studies in Italy and various parts of Europe." http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/bios/gifford_elihu.htm

Children:

Charles R. Gifford 1819–1861

Elizabeth Starbuck Gifford Cook 1818–1854

Frederick Augustus Gifford 1820–1865

Sanford Robinson Gifford 1823–1880

Maria M Gifford 1824–Deceased (infant)

William Henry Gifford 1825–1898

James Gifford 1829–1904

Edward Gifford 1832–1863

Mary Gifford 1836–1904

Cornelia Gifford 1837–Deceased

Julia Gifford 1839–1904

Louise Gifford 1850–Deceased

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #55430441 Eliza Robinson Gifford

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/bios/gifford_elihu.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Almshouse

https://genealogy.nha.org/getperson.php?personID=I37045&tree=barney





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