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The Gifford surname

The Gifford name in Orange County Indexed: 22 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1790 to 1826 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Deeds 1791–1815
  • Court minutes 1800–1816
  • Wills 1804–1826
  • Marriages 1808–1819
In the chronology
1801 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (5), Wells Creek (2), Wells Old Saw Mill (1)
Married into
Courtner 1, Ellis 1, Marshall 1, Robins 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Wells 8, Piggott 2, Albright 2
Spellings to try
Gilford, Gifferd
Search beyond these records

Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 1 person

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In the historical records 22 records

7 deeds, 4 marriages, 8 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 2 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Gifford marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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1820s

Undated

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