Enos and his son William rest in NorthEast, Erie CO PA . Enos was captured by the British in the war of 1812 . Perhaps he was assumed dead at that time , since he didn't come straight back home . Gordon Walk On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:32:43 -0800 tmjlljj@juno.com writes: >Hi Myrtice, >I hope you had a great Thanksgiving Day. >I have reread your summary notes on William Gifford (Rev. Vet.) and >have a question regarding: >"1820: Affidavit (dated 14 Sep 1820) given by Sgt. John Price >regarding William Gifford says William is age 70, resides Luzerne NY, >has a wife age 72 and three grandchildren (ages 8, 10, and 10) whose >father died in the war with Great Britain." >This would place the births of the three children at about 1810-1812. >I presume the father would have died in the War of 1812 (1812-1815) >and wonder why the delay in filing the Affidavit. Do you know who >might have a copy of the Affidavit? >I don't believe Enos Gifford (son of William) could have been the >father as he is said to have died in Iowa. If Sylvenus Gifford (son >of William) were the father, we need to correlate that fact with the >following data given to me several years ago by Gordon Walk. Could >Sylvenus have been the father of a son born on Dec. 14, 1816? Do you >have any ideas. Perhaps the date of birth is not correct and the two >unnamed children were the twins in question. >Best regards, >David > > > >Following was given to me several years ago by Gordon Walk, but I not >verified: > 1 Sylvenus Gifford b: Abt. 1790 in ? d: >Unknown in ? No. of Children: 3 > +Desire Burdick b: Unknown in ??? d: >Unknown in ??? m: Unknown in ??? No. of Children: 3 > 2 William Sylvenus Gifford b: Dec 14, >1816 in New York d: Unknown in ??? No. of >Children: 7 > +Sally Cole b: Feb 03, 1816 in ??? d: >Unknown in ??? m: Sep 12, 1836 in ??? No. of Children: 7 > 2 child 2 Gifford b: Unknown > 2 child 3 Gifford b: Unknown >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, >and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: >http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.