Birth
Name: Ruth Gifford
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 29 Jun 1756
BirthPlace: LITTLE COMPTON,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND
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Father's Name: Canaan Gifford
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Mother's Name: Abigail
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50099-1
System Origin: Rhode_Island-ODM
GS Film Number: 908270
Reference ID:
'Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F87V-DS4 : 10 February 2018), Canaan Gifford in entry for Ruth Gifford, 29 Jun 1756; citing LITTLE COMPTON,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
Gender: Female
Christening Date:
Christening Place:
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1756
BirthPlace: LITTLE COMPTON,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Canaan Gifford
Father's BirthPlace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Abigail
Mother's BirthPlace:
Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50099-1
System Origin: Rhode_Island-ODM
GS Film Number: 908270
Reference ID:
'Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:F87V-DS4 : 10 February 2018), Canaan Gifford in entry for Ruth Gifford, 29 Jun 1756; citing LITTLE COMPTON,NEWPORT,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.
The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)
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