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Samuel Gardner, Sr.[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Male Abt 1629 - 1689  (~ 60 years)


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  • Name Samuel Gardner 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1629  [1, 4, 6
    Gender Male 
    Occupation mariner  [4]
    Will 7 Dec 1668  [2, 4, 7


    • 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
    • Role: Executor
    Death Oct 1689  [1
    Person ID I22684  Duane's Ancestors
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2020 

    Father Thomas Gardner, Jr.,   b. Abt 1592   d. 29 Dec 1674, Salem Towne, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Mother Margaret Fryer   d. Aft 1659 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1617  Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8, 9, 10
    Family ID F7328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1.  1.  [S593] One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, 101, 00406.

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

    3.  3.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 25:49, 00390.

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

    5.  5.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 154:217, 00390.

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

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

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

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

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