Robert Giffen (1743 - 1829)

Born 1743 in Kildavie, Southend Parish, Argyllshire, Scotland

Husband of Mary (Bane) Giffen — married 1768 in Argyll, Scotland

Descendants

Died 17 Aug 1829 at about age 86 in Ohio, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Robert Giffen was born in Scotland.

Robert Giffen performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Robert Giffen is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045011.

Robert Giffen is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 165829
Rank: Private/Patriotic Service

Robert was born about 1743 in Kildavie, a small village in the southern part of the Kintyre Peninsula in Argyllshire, Scotland. He passed away in 1829 in Ohio County of what was then Virginia but is today the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

Robert Giffen was born, in 1743, at Kildave, Southend of Argyll county, Scotland. Robert married Mary Bane, in Scotland and they became the parents of three children, born in Scotland:

• Daniel Giffen, christened February 8, 1769, in Southend, Argyll, Scotland ^[1]

• Jane Giffen was born in Argyll ca. 1770 but no record of registration could be found. Robert’s will mentions these three eldest children.

• John Giffen was born on 02 Nov 1772 in Kildavie and died December 21, 1856 in Belmont Co, Ohio, found on the United States census of 1850 ^[2]

Robert and Mary, with three small children, and another one on the way, left Scotland with Robert's sister Jane, and immigrated to America. ^[3] On the way, their daughter Margaret was born on June 28, 1776. The family landed in New York and settled first at Big Springs, Pennsylvania. ^[4]

Mary's brothers, John and William may have made the trip with them, or may have gone before them, but purchased four hundred acres of land in Brooke county, Virginia, which they called "Windy Hill Farm." Robert and Mary moved to this area in 1787.

• "In the spring of 1787 Robert with his sons Daniel and John made a trip over the Allegheny mountains to a point known as Wheeling, in the state of Virginia. Here they built a cabin and put in a 'patch' of corn near what was later known as the Steenrod place two miles east of Wheeling. This was then a wild and wooly wilderness^[5]

Robert died August 17, 1829, in Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia and is buried there in the Old Tent Cemetery.^[6]

Source

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJ9-L8W : 10 February 2018), Robert Giffen in entry for Daniel Giffen, ; citing Southend, Argyllshire, Scotland, reference - 2:16BGWH5, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,076
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSR-9RV : 12 April 2016), John Giffen, Colerain, Belmont, Ohio, United States; citing family 1872, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)
3. ↑ Giffen Genealogic Family History of Descendents of Robert Giffen & Mary Bane Giffen by Rev. J. W. Giffen. D.D., Cleveland, Ohio, 1927
4. ↑ The Clan MacBean in North America, Volume III, Second Edition, Revised 1995, by Joseph S. Bean, page 872
5. ↑ http://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/giffenfam.htm
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30063073/robert-giffen

• Source: S165 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; Repository: #R1
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• The Thomas Taylor Family Genealogy, Dr. Wallace Taylor, 1920 - The News Printing Co., Oberlin, Ohio, Ohio County (WV) Public Library.
• Giffen: Genealogic Family History Of Descendents Of Robert Giffen and Mary Bane Giffen: Settlers At Big Spring, Pa., in 1777, Removed To Wheeling, Virginia, 1787, J. W. Giffen D.D., - Central Pub. House – 1927, (170 pages)
• The Thomas Taylor Family Genealogy, Dr. Wallace Taylor, 1920 - The News Printing Co., Oberlin, Ohio, p. 101, Ohio County (WV) Public Library.
• Giffin: Giffin, A Genealogical History of Descendants of John Giffin and Margaret Shaw Giffin: Settlers at Wheeling, WV, 1838, Removed to Lee’s Summit, MO, 1869, Walter C. Giffin, The Mission Press, Merriam, KS, 1972, (95 pages).
• Bowman: Scotland - Search for Giffen, Joanne M. Bowman, Ph.D., - self published -, 1996.