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Thomas Gardner, Jr.

Thomas Gardner, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]

Male Abt 1592 - 1674  (~ 82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Gardner 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth Abt 1592  [4, 6, 7, 8, 21] 
    Gender Male 
    Migration 1623  From Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 11, 19, 22, 23] 
    To Cape Ann
    aboard the Fellowship 
    • Role: Family2
    • Banks says sons Richard and Joseph also came on the voyage, but they weren't born yet.
    Removed to 1626  Naumkeag Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    From: Cape Ann
    Property 1636  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    was granted one hundred acres in the freeman's land
    Freeman 17 May 1637  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 22, 24] 
    Property 25 Dec 1637  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    was granted one acre of marsh
    Property 15 May 1639  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    was granted a bank of upland near Strongwater Brook, paying 5s. an acre
    Property 20 Mar 1642/3  [7] 
    was granted half a three-quarter acre lot on land near the gate leading to the old mill
    • This was shared with Obadiah Homes.
    Property 8 Feb 1643/4  Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    was granted ten acres for a house near the old mill
    Property 31 Aug 1649  [7] 
    was granted one acre of meadow on the north side of his farm
    Administration 29 Nov 1659  [7, 25] 
    for Joshua Conant's estate
    • Role: Administrator
    Deposition 26 Nov 1661  [7, 8] 
    gave his age as about 69 years
    Will 7 Dec 1668  [3, 7, 17] 


    • Weighing the vncertainty of man's life, I do therefore in the time of my health, make this my last will as followeth: first I leaue vnto my wife Damaris, all the estate shee brought with her according to ower agreement: likewise I giue vnto her eight pounds, by the year during her life, to be pd her by my six sonns out of that estate I shall leaue with them, which eight pounds I giue on this condition, that shee giue vp to them her right to the third pt of my housing & lands during her life 2 I giue to my daughter Sara Balch fifteene pounds. 3 I giue to "my daughter Seeth Grafton fifteene pounds. 4 I giue to my daughter Mirian Hills two daughters, miriam Hill, & Susana Hill to each of them fiue pounds, to be pd to them, when they shall accomplish the age of eighteene yeares, or at theire mariage 5 I giue vnto my sons George & John Gardner that pt of my Salt meddow, lying on the west side of Capt. George Corwin's meddow, which I value at twenty pounds. 6 I giue vnto my sonns Samuell & Joseph Gardner, the other part of my Salt meddow, lying on the east side of Capt. Corwin's meddow, wch: I doe likwise value at twenty pounds
      my will is further that my houseing, with the rest of my lands & goods, & estate with the medow before mentioned shall be deuided into seauen equall pts: yf don with agreement elce, the meddow before mentioned, only excepted shall be sould (& with the meddow as I have valued it) shalbe deuided in to seauen equall pts: which I doe giue to my six sons as followeth: first I giue to my son thomas two pts of ye seauen, he paying his mother in law forty six shillings by the yeare, during her life: (2ly:) I giue to my son George Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life: 3ly I giue to my son Richard Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law, 23s by the yeare, duering her life: 4ly I giue to my son John Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: 5ly I giue to my son Samuell Gardner one pt of the seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare duering her life. 6ly I giue to my son Joseph Gardner one pt of ye seauen, he paying to his mother in law 23s by the yeare during her life: I doe appoynt my sons George & Samuell Gardner, to be the executors of this my will & doe desire my loueing friends, Mr Joseph Grafton ||Sen||& Deacon Horne to bee my ouer seers to see this my will pformed

      Thomas Gardner
      the 7: 10: 68
      Witness: Robert Pease, Samuell Golthrite
    Property 6 Dec 1671  Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    for a valuable consideration received thirteen years earlier, two acres in the North Field
    Death 29 Dec 1674  Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 22, 23, 26] 
    Inventory 4 Jan 1674/5  [7, 27, 28] 
    totalling £274 16s
    • It including real estate valued at £201: "an old dwelling house with about 10 acres of land adjoining with the orchard, fences &c.," £31; ten acres of ground in the Northfield, £27; about 100 acres of upland and meadow, £100; about 20 acres of land lying in the woods, £3; and about 2 3/4 acres of salt marsh lying above the mill," £40. The inventory also included "2 old barrels of guns" valued at 5s.
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    Occupation husbandman & innkeeper  [3, 7]
    Probate 29 Mar 1675  [3, 7, 29, 30] 
    Burial Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 23] 
    Cemetery:
    Harmony Grove Cemetery
    Person ID I21314  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2020 

    Father Thomas Gardner, Sr.,   b. 1565, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. BY 1635, Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Mother ________ ________ 
    Marriage 1591  [31] 
    Family ID F7883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Fryer   d. Aft 1659  [13, 14, 15, 20, 32, 33, 34, 35] 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1617  Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6, 7] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Gardner,   b. Abt 1614   d. 1684 (Age ~ 70 years)
    +2. Lt. George Gardner,   b. Abt 1615/6   d. 20 Aug 1679, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 63 years)
     3. John Gardner,   b. Abt 1624   d. 6 May 1706, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Sarah Gardner,   b. Abt 1627   d. 5 Apr 1689, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 62 years)
     5. Samuel Gardner, Sr.,   b. Abt 1629   d. Oct 1689 (Age ~ 60 years)
     6. Capt. Joseph Gardner,   b. Abt 1630   d. 19 Dec 1675, Pettaquamscutt Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
     7. Richard Gardner,   b. Abt 1632   d. 23 Jan 1688/9, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 57 years)
     8. Miriam Gardner,   b. Abt 1635   d. 1664 (Age ~ 29 years)
    +9. Seeth Gardner,   b. Dec 1636, Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1707, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 70 years)
    Family ID F7328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2020 

    Family 2 Damaris ________   d. 28 Nov 1674  [2, 35] 
    Marriage Aft 15 May 1642  [2, 3, 4, 7, 26] 
    Family ID F7881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Apr 1617 - Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMigration - To Cape Ann,aboard the Fellowship  - 1623 - Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRemoved to - From: Cape Ann - 1626 - Naumkeag Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted one hundred acres in the freeman's land - 1636 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFreeman - 17 May 1637 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted one acre of marsh - 25 Dec 1637 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted a bank of upland near Strongwater Brook, paying 5s. an acre - 15 May 1639 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - was granted ten acres for a house near the old mill - 8 Feb 1643/4 - Salem, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - for a valuable consideration received thirteen years earlier, two acres in the North Field - 6 Dec 1671 - Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Dec 1674 - Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Cemetery:
    Harmony Grove Cemetery - - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Coats of Arms
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  • Notes 

    • Thomas Gardner, the Planter, is remembered as the primary leader of the Cape Ann Colony of Massachusetts. He founded the English fishing station at Gloucester in 1623-1624. By some sources, he first sailed over on the ship Charity, and was later joined by his three sons George, Richard and Joseph who came over on the Zouch Phoenix.
      Gardner was chief-in-charge of a mostly male fishing station and saltworks at Cape Ann before Roger Conant came in and moved the operation here to Naumkeag. English records show Conant was a professional salter (or salt manufacturer or dealer), needed for the fishing industry, before he sailed west to Massachusetts. From overseas, Rev. John White also helped the colony transition to Naumkeag/Salem.

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S940] First Settlers of New England, Vol. 2, 230, 00191.

    2.  2.  [S593] One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, 100, 00406.

    3.  3.  [S30] The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 182, 00540.

    4.  4.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 25:48, 00390.

    5.  5.  [S576] TGMSP, Roger Conant, 00516.

    6.  6.  [S482] Torrey 1st, 294, 00395.

    7.  7.  [S576] TGMSP, Thomas Gardner, 00516.

    8.  8.  [S880] TAG 30-32, 30:155, 00876.

    9.  9.  [S882] Conant Family, 136, 00878.

    10.  10.  [S576] TGMSP, John Balch, 00516.

    11.  11.  [S1137] Planters of the Commonwealth, 58, 00988.

    12.  12.  [S867] TAG, 71:26, 00863.

    13.  13.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 52419429, 00974.

    14.  14.  [S838] Hale, House & Related Families, 518, 00834.

    15.  15.  [S635] Grafton Family, 19, 00242.

    16.  16.  [S965] Roger Conant, 49, 00918.

    17.  17.  [S1434] Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, 2:423-4, 01158.

    18.  18.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 18694, 00974.

    19.  19.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 79, 01171.

    20.  20.  [S1253] NYGBR, 17:8, 01097.

    21.  21.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 6:339, 00390.

    22.  22.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 93:290, 00390.

    23.  23.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 24962425, 00974.

    24.  24.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 80, 01171.

    25.  25.  [S1434] Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, 1:303, 01158.

    26.  26.  [S880] TAG 30-32, 30:156, 00876.

    27.  27.  [S1217] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Cases 10000-11999; 10667:3, 01062.

    28.  28.  [S1434] Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, 2:424-5, 01158.

    29.  29.  [S1217] Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881, Essex Cases 10000-11999; 10667:1-3, 01062.

    30.  30.  [S1434] Essex County, MA: Early Probate Records, 1635-1681, 2:424, 01158.

    31.  31.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 71327090, 00974.

    32.  32.  [S576] TGMSP, Simon Bradstreet, 00516.

    33.  33.  [S867] TAG, 74:174, 00863.

    34.  34.  [S635] Grafton Family, 14, 00242.

    35.  35.  [S1448] Early Settlers of Nantucket, 81, 01171.