G Giffing
Single candidate:
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George Giffing, NYC, b 1726 - d 1777
1763 and 1765 deeds, NYC, carpenter
GAWP5 estimated date at early 19th C, but details of construction (wedge, chamfers, chamfer stops) match those of early pre RW NYC planemaker James Stiles.
G Giffing
Single Candidate:
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George Giffing, (1726-1771) NYC
Carpenter, in two 1763 deeds and one 1765 deed for property on Wall Street. Genealogy on the wive's family placed the Griffings at 40 Chapel St., Harlem. Revised History of Harlem, app B: The Montanye Family.
m Elizabeth Montanje in 1751, NYC. She was from a founding Dutch family.
ch Rachel b 1751. (Very little is documented for the family.)
1771 probate for George Giffing, carpenter of NYC, Elizabeth administrator.
GAWP5 estimated the date of the single known plane as early 19th C (10", beech, flat chamfers). The details of construction (wedge, chamfers, chamfer stops) match those of early pre RW NYC planemaker James Stiles. The iron is marked Dalaway, an early English saw / tool maker.
George Giffing marriage record, 1751, NYC. (Collegiate Church (Dutch Reformed Church), Manhattan.)
George Giffing 1763 deed Wall Street property, NYC, carpenter.
George Giffing 1765 deed, NYC, carpenter. (George and Elizabeth originally bought the property on June 4, 1763.)
George Giffing 1771 property ad NYC. (New-York Gazette, and Weekly Mercury 1771-01-21)
George Giffing, carpenter, 1771 probate.
G Giffing tongue plane, 10", beech.
J Stiles / New York (pre RW) hollow. Beech, 9 5/8".
