Elihu Gifford was born at Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, NY, the son of Benjamin Gifford 1720-1761 and Abigail Wing 1735-1820. His father Benjamin was killed a few months before Elihu's birth.
"Benjamin Gifford, though a Quaker, had a liking for the good things of life, and was fond of fine horses; but they proved his undoing, for he was killed by being thrown from his sleigh when they became unmanageable. This was in February, before his son Elihu was born. The subject of our sketch, Elihu Gifford, grew up in the town of Dover, NY, and when a lad, carried supplies to Washington's camp at White Plains. He must have had patriotic tendencies, or he would not have done so, even though young, for he was of a very positive nature, as was shown by his subsequent career. Not liking the work to which he had been apprenticed, according to the custom of the times, he ran away to the coast, and enlisted on a privateer, during the Revolutionary War. This vessel was captured by a British ship of war, and he was taken to the West Indies. When anchored about three miles from shore, Gifford decided he would not serve King George any longer, and as he was a large, powerful man, he assisted a companion and they escaped, swam to shore, and succeeded in getting a ship to the States. He then came back to Dover and married tall, fair, blue-eyed Deborah Allen, and came up into Washington County to make home… Elihu Gifford was a man of sterling worth, and much thought of in the community."
From the book, "Andrew Warde and His Descendants" 1910
(Contributed by Caroline Hoag, 3rd Great Granddaughter)
Children:
Elizabeth Gifford Potter 1785 – 1850
Ira Gifford 1788 – 1867
Nathan Gifford 1790 – 1881
Allen Gifford 1792 – 1890
Jediah Gifford 1795 – 1842
Hannah Gifford Akin 1797 – 1879
Abigail Gifford Hoag 1800 – 1836
Elihu Gifford Jr. 1803 – 1891
Sarah Sally Gifford Fort 1806 – 1842
"Benjamin Gifford, though a Quaker, had a liking for the good things of life, and was fond of fine horses; but they proved his undoing, for he was killed by being thrown from his sleigh when they became unmanageable. This was in February, before his son Elihu was born. The subject of our sketch, Elihu Gifford, grew up in the town of Dover, NY, and when a lad, carried supplies to Washington's camp at White Plains. He must have had patriotic tendencies, or he would not have done so, even though young, for he was of a very positive nature, as was shown by his subsequent career. Not liking the work to which he had been apprenticed, according to the custom of the times, he ran away to the coast, and enlisted on a privateer, during the Revolutionary War. This vessel was captured by a British ship of war, and he was taken to the West Indies. When anchored about three miles from shore, Gifford decided he would not serve King George any longer, and as he was a large, powerful man, he assisted a companion and they escaped, swam to shore, and succeeded in getting a ship to the States. He then came back to Dover and married tall, fair, blue-eyed Deborah Allen, and came up into Washington County to make home… Elihu Gifford was a man of sterling worth, and much thought of in the community."
From the book, "Andrew Warde and His Descendants" 1910
(Contributed by Caroline Hoag, 3rd Great Granddaughter)
Children:
Elizabeth Gifford Potter 1785 – 1850
Ira Gifford 1788 – 1867
Nathan Gifford 1790 – 1881
Allen Gifford 1792 – 1890
Jediah Gifford 1795 – 1842
Hannah Gifford Akin 1797 – 1879
Abigail Gifford Hoag 1800 – 1836
Elihu Gifford Jr. 1803 – 1891
Sarah Sally Gifford Fort 1806 – 1842
Elihu Gifford was born at Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, NY, the son of Benjamin Gifford 1720-1761 and Abigail Wing 1735-1820. His father Benjamin was killed a few months before Elihu's birth.
"Benjamin Gifford, though a Quaker, had a liking for the good things of life, and was fond of fine horses; but they proved his undoing, for he was killed by being thrown from his sleigh when they became unmanageable. This was in February, before his son Elihu was born. The subject of our sketch, Elihu Gifford, grew up in the town of Dover, NY, and when a lad, carried supplies to Washington's camp at White Plains. He must have had patriotic tendencies, or he would not have done so, even though young, for he was of a very positive nature, as was shown by his subsequent career. Not liking the work to which he had been apprenticed, according to the custom of the times, he ran away to the coast, and enlisted on a privateer, during the Revolutionary War. This vessel was captured by a British ship of war, and he was taken to the West Indies. When anchored about three miles from shore, Gifford decided he would not serve King George any longer, and as he was a large, powerful man, he assisted a companion and they escaped, swam to shore, and succeeded in getting a ship to the States. He then came back to Dover and married tall, fair, blue-eyed Deborah Allen, and came up into Washington County to make home… Elihu Gifford was a man of sterling worth, and much thought of in the community."
From the book, "Andrew Warde and His Descendants" 1910
(Contributed by Caroline Hoag, 3rd Great Granddaughter)
Children:
Elizabeth Gifford Potter 1785 – 1850
Ira Gifford 1788 – 1867
Nathan Gifford 1790 – 1881
Allen Gifford 1792 – 1890
Jediah Gifford 1795 – 1842
Hannah Gifford Akin 1797 – 1879
Abigail Gifford Hoag 1800 – 1836
Elihu Gifford Jr. 1803 – 1891
Sarah Sally Gifford Fort 1806 – 1842
"Benjamin Gifford, though a Quaker, had a liking for the good things of life, and was fond of fine horses; but they proved his undoing, for he was killed by being thrown from his sleigh when they became unmanageable. This was in February, before his son Elihu was born. The subject of our sketch, Elihu Gifford, grew up in the town of Dover, NY, and when a lad, carried supplies to Washington's camp at White Plains. He must have had patriotic tendencies, or he would not have done so, even though young, for he was of a very positive nature, as was shown by his subsequent career. Not liking the work to which he had been apprenticed, according to the custom of the times, he ran away to the coast, and enlisted on a privateer, during the Revolutionary War. This vessel was captured by a British ship of war, and he was taken to the West Indies. When anchored about three miles from shore, Gifford decided he would not serve King George any longer, and as he was a large, powerful man, he assisted a companion and they escaped, swam to shore, and succeeded in getting a ship to the States. He then came back to Dover and married tall, fair, blue-eyed Deborah Allen, and came up into Washington County to make home… Elihu Gifford was a man of sterling worth, and much thought of in the community."
From the book, "Andrew Warde and His Descendants" 1910
(Contributed by Caroline Hoag, 3rd Great Granddaughter)
Children:
Elizabeth Gifford Potter 1785 – 1850
Ira Gifford 1788 – 1867
Nathan Gifford 1790 – 1881
Allen Gifford 1792 – 1890
Jediah Gifford 1795 – 1842
Hannah Gifford Akin 1797 – 1879
Abigail Gifford Hoag 1800 – 1836
Elihu Gifford Jr. 1803 – 1891
Sarah Sally Gifford Fort 1806 – 1842
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