Hi to all, Please take the time and read. I am asking, does anybody have any tie-in to this group of Giffords. I have been told they are fron a James Gifford B-1755 Maryland D-October 06, 1829 Wadsworth Twp., Medina Co., OH married Susannah Falconer in Washington Co., PA. Daughter of Samuel Falconer & Elizabeth Newkirk/Falconer. There might be a connection to the Peleg Gifford family from Adams County Ohio. Many of his children's names carry in this line also like the name Lafayette Gifford Descendants of John Gifford Generation No. 1 1. JOHN2 GIFFORD was born February 22, 1807 in Mason Co. Va, and died May 10, 1896 in Scioto Co. Ohio. He married AMY CAZAD September 16, 1830 in Mason Co, VA, daughter of LEVI COZART and ELIZABETH 'BETSY'. Children of JOHN GIFFORD and AMY CAZAD are: 2. i. ELIZABETH3 GIFFORD, b. July 16, 1831. 3. ii. JAMES C. GIFFORD, b. November 04, 1832, Ohio; d. May 08, 1862, Flat lick Kentucky. 4. iii. LEVI T. GIFFORD, b. June 25, 1834; d. December 16, 1899. 5. iv. LAFAYETTE GIFFORD, b. April 04, 1837. v. MARY MARGARET GIFFORD, b. 1838; m. JOHN DUTEIL. vi. MARTHA JANE GIFFORD, b. September 10, 1840; m. LEWIS DUTEIL. vii. SARAH ELLEN GIFFORD, b. November 17, 1842. 6. viii. DELSEY GIFFORD, b. September 05, 1845. ix. MALINDA ISABELLA GIFFORD, b. December 24, 1847. 7. x. ROXA JULIANN GIFFORD, b. August 04, 1850. Generation No. 2 2. ELIZABETH3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born July 16, 1831. She married CLINE. Children of ELIZABETH GIFFORD and CLINE are: i. MARY4 CLINE, b. 1849. ii. JOHN CLINE, b. 1853. iii. THOMAS CLINE, b. 1855. iv. JAMES CLINE, b. 1859. 3. JAMES C.3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born November 04, 1832 in Ohio, and died May 08, 1862 in Flat lick Kentucky. He married ELIZABETH G. SAVAGE August 25, 1852 in South Methodist Church MT. Savage Kentucky, daughter of EDWARD SAVAGE and NANCY BARRETT. Children of JAMES GIFFORD and ELIZABETH SAVAGE are: i. MARTHA A.4 GIFFORD, b. Abt. 1855, Carter Co Kentucky; d. 1859, carter Co Kentucky. ii. NANCY ELIZABETH GIFFORD, b. Abt. 1856, Carter Co Kentucky; d. 1859, Carter Co Kentucky. 8. iii. JOHN EDWARD GIFFORD, b. August 13, 1858, Carter Co. Kentucky; d. October 04, 1932, Carter Co. kentucky. 9. iv. JAMES C. GIFFORD, b. 1861, Carter Co Kentucky; d. 1952, Carter Co Kentucky. 4. LEVI T.3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born June 25, 1834, and died December 16, 1899. He married NANCY JANE HELLER. Children of LEVI GIFFORD and NANCY HELLER are: i. MARTHA ANN4 GIFFORD, b. 1858; m. JOHN BISCO. ii. HANNAK M. GIFFORD, b. June 1860; m. ELIAS THORNTON. iii. REBECCA J. GIFFORD, b. 1866. iv. JOHN JAMES GIFFORD, b. 1868; d. 1923; m. REBECCA HANEY. v. SARAH ELLEN GIFFORD, b. November 26, 1869; m. HENRY ASHLEY. vi. SARAH GIFFORD, b. 1870. vii. ROSEY C. GIFFORD, b. September 22, 1871; m. MARY HOLLAND. 10. viii. MAXIMILLION SALYEAN GIFFORD, b. July 07, 1875, Scioto County Oh; d. December 04, 1949. 5. LAFAYETTE3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born April 04, 1837. He married (1) IRENE KEENEY. He married (2) ANN E. DONNELLY. Child of LAFAYETTE GIFFORD and IRENE KEENEY is: i. FRANKLIN4 GIFFORD, b. 1853; d. 1874; m. ALICE HARTLEY. Child of LAFAYETTE GIFFORD and ANN DONNELLY is: ii. ARANAL4 GIFFORD, b. 1898. 6. DELSEY3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born September 05, 1845. She married JACOB THOMPSON. Children of DELSEY GIFFORD and JACOB THOMPSON are: i. FRANCES M.4 THOMPSON, b. September 02, 1876. ii. MAUD B. THOMPSON, b. January 09, 1881. 7. ROXA JULIANN3 GIFFORD (JOHN2, JAMES1) was born August 04, 1850. She married EGBERT (KATON) CAYTON. Children of ROXA GIFFORD and EGBERT CAYTON are: i. AMY JANE4 CAYTON, b. November 09, 1866; m. ELIAS PATTEN WEAVER. ii. MARTHA ALICE CAYTON, b. April 25, 1875; m. DEARBORN WEAVER. iii. DORA ISABELLA CAYTON, b. November 06, 1877; m. JACOB ARMBRUST. iv. JOHN CAYTON, b. March 12, 1880; m. FLORENCE CASEY. Generation No. 3 8. JOHN EDWARD4 GIFFORD (JAMES C.3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born August 13, 1858 in Carter Co. Kentucky, and died October 04, 1932 in Carter Co. kentucky. He married MARINDA E. MESSER February 10, 1876 in Carter Co. Kentucky, daughter of THOMAS MESSER and EMILY DAWSON. Children of JOHN GIFFORD and MARINDA MESSER are: i. JAMES M.5 GIFFORD, b. December 24, 1877, Carter Co Kentucky; d. April 07, 1906, Carter Co Kentucky; m. EFFIE M. SALYERS, November 12, 1899, Carter Co Kentucky. ii. THOMAS WILLIAM GIFFORD, b. October 1879, Carter Co Kentucky; d. January 19, 1931, Carter Co Kentucky; m. (1) AMANDA CAMPBELL, May 28, 1899, Carter Co Kentucky; m. (2) MAGGIE ADAMS, April 08, 1911, Carter Co Kentucky. iii. HENRY A. GIFFORD, b. 1883, Carter Co. Kentucky; d. Unknown, Carter Co. Kentucky; m. (1) LORA LAURA POPE, February 27, 1903, Carter Co. Kentucky; m. (2) MARY SALYERS, July 11, 1913, Carter Co Kentucky. 9. JAMES C.4 GIFFORD (JAMES C.3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born 1861 in Carter Co Kentucky, and died 1952 in Carter Co Kentucky. He married MILLIE MESSER June 17, 1900 in Carter Co Kentucky. Children of JAMES GIFFORD and MILLIE MESSER are: i. ROBERT5 GIFFORD. ii. JOHN GIFFORD. iii. MAGGIE GIFFORD, b. 1888; m. MR AUTHOR. iv. WILLIS GIFFORD, b. 1895. 10. MAXIMILLION SALYEAN4 GIFFORD (LEVI T.3, JOHN2, JAMES1) was born July 07, 1875 in Scioto County Oh, and died December 04, 1949. He married MARY ANN CHAMBERLAIN. Children of MAXIMILLION GIFFORD and MARY CHAMBERLAIN are: i. EDWARD WELLS5 GIFFORD, b. December 27, 1899; d. December 04, 1968; m. LENORA WHITE. ii. GOLDIE MARIE GIFFORD, b. March 27, 1903; d. June 03, 1981; m. RUSSEL L. ANDRE. iii. EDITH GIFFORD, b. 1905. iv. ESTELLE M. GIFFORD, b. September 30, 1905. v. RAYMOND HOWARD GIFFORD, b. March 20, 1908, Scioto County Oh; d. October 22, 1964, Scioto County Oh; m. IRENE RUTH. vi. BERTHA GIFFORD, b. 1910; m. RAY EMORY.