Richard Clifford

M, (27 March 1698 - after 1762)
Father-Biological*Isreal Clifford b. 1647, d. 1733
Mother-Biological*Ann Smith b. 1663, d. 1733
Last Edited=2 Aug 2026
     Richard Clifford was born on 27 March 1698 at Hampton, Colony of New Hampshire.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Isreal Clifford and Ann Smith.

Richard married first on 26 December 1721 at Hampton, Colony of New Hampshire, Hephzibah Basford, at age 22, daughter of Jacob Basford and Elizabeth Clifford. She was born on 28 June 1699 at Hampton, New Hampshire.
Children:
1. Elizabeth Clifford (1731-____)
2. Jonathan Clifford (1735-____.)1,2


On 1738, he signed a petition to create a new parish in the eastern part of Kingston.1 He and Judith Woodman filed marriage intentions on 17 December 1741 at Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.5,6,7,8,9,10

Richard Clifford, age 43, married Judith Woodman, age 36 , daughter of Deacon Archelaus Woodman and Hannah Swett, on 1 January 1741/42 at Newbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Children:
1. Richard Clifford (1742/43-1809)
2. Hannah Clifford (1744-1824)
3. Israel Clifford (1746-1834)
4. Tirzah Clifford (1747-____.)5,6,7,8,9,1,11,12,13


Richard Clifford died after 1762.1

Citations

  1. Hosier, Kathleen. Kingston, New Hampshire Early Families Patriots & Soldiers. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1993.
  2. Dow, Joseph. History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire from its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892. 1894. 1897. Reprint Hampton, New Hampshire: Peter E. Randall, 1977.
  3. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Index, 1659-1900. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
  4. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  5. Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. volume I. Providence, Rhode Island: Snow & Farnham, 1897.
  6. Woodman, J. H. A List of the Descendants of Mr. Joshua Woodman, who settled at Kingston, N.H., about 1736,. Brunswick, Maine: J. Griffin, 1856.
  7. Shaffer, Marion K. Archelaus Woodman (1672-1766). Salt Lake City, Utah: by the author, 1947.
  8. Woodman, John A.. Genealogy and History of the Descendants of Mr. Edward Woodman who settled at Ould Newbury Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1635. Ocala, Florida: by the author, 1995.
  9. Essex Institute. Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849. Volume II Marriages and Deaths. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
  10. Holbrook Research Institute. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.
  11. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage and Divorce Records, 1659-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2013.
  12. Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2005.
  13. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. New Hampshire, U.S., Marriage Records Index, 1637-1947. Provoi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, 2011.