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• Hij is geboren BET 04-03-1589/90 in Dorset, England.
• Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 7 oktober 1989 in Seattle Washington Temple, Seattle, King, Washington, Verenigde Staten.
• (Marriage) tussen 1614 en 1615 in England.
• Hij is overleden op 29 oktober 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Gezin van Thomas Gardner

Hij is getrouwd met Damaris Lyon.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1668 te Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.

Notities over Thomas Gardner

!Thomas came on the "Phenix" 1624 to Cape Ann. Went to Sal em 1626/7.

!His wife came from England to Salem in 1628.

!"The American Genealogist" Vol. 30, #3, July 1954, p. 157-8

!Thomas was an early settler of Salem. He may have come i n 1623 as head of the
Dorset. Company.

!Thomas was a rep. in the General Court of MA in 1637. H e was also Governor of
Cape Ann and a distinguished merchant.

!Admitted a Freeman in 1637 at Salem, MA.

!"Gardner History" in NEHGS.

!"Pioneers of MA" by Charles Henry Pope, p. 182 states:

!In 1623-4, superintendent of the planting of the colony se nt out by the
Western Adventurers of Dorchester, Eng. He spent the follo wing summer and
winter at Cape Ann, having 13 men under him. He was succee ded at the close of
the year by ROGER CONANT, who also held office only one yea r, when the
undertaking was abandoned. He settled at Salem to which Co nant and others had
removed in 1626; appears in the earliest records extant a s proprietor. Juryman
27 (7) 1636; freeman May 17, 1637; town officer; deputy t o Gen. Court. He
deeded land 6 Dec. 1671, acknowledged 13 (1) 1672-3. Firs t wife's name
unknown, (unless she be the Margaret, mentioned above wit h Edmund. (?)) He m.
after 15 (3) 1642, Damaris, widow of _______ Shattuck, wh o was prominent among
the Quakers of the town. She d. 28 (9) 1674. Children: T homas, George (a
father in 1644), Richard, Samuel (b. about 1627, per depos. ), Joseph, John,
Sarah (m. _____ Balch), Seeth b. 25 (10) 1636, (m. _____ Gr afton), Miriam (m.
John Hill). Joseph Pope calls George, Richard and Joseph " brothers".
"He d. 29 (10) 1674. Will dated Dec. 7, 1668, probate d March 29, 1675, beq.
to wife, whom he calls the "mother-in-law" (step-mother) o f his son Thomas; to
sons Thomas, Thomas of Salem, Woburn, prop. 1648. He Georg e, Richard, Samuel,
Joseph and John; to daus. Sarah Balch, Seeth Grafton and Mi riam Hill, with the
two daus. of the latter, namely Miriam and Susanna (see th e Planter's Plea, by
Rev. John White in Young's Chronicles and Hubbard.) Geneal ogy in preparation
by Frank Augustine Gardner, M.D."

!p. 230, Vol. II, "Gen. Dict. of New Eng." by J. Savage
Margaret (who may have been his first wife) rec. of th e Church, 1639.

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