Lieut Thomas GARDNER

Abt 1617 - 1682  (65 years)

• Name	Thomas GARDNER
  Prefix	Lieut
  Birth	Abt Mar 1617	Sherborne, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Gardner Of Salem
  Reference Number	1399018
  Reference Number	1422480
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Gardner-611
  Death	29 Nov 1682	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I526	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas GARDNER,   b. Abt 1592, Sherborne, Dorset, England d. 29 Dec 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Margaret FRYER,   b. Abt 25 Jun 1598, Sherborne, Dorset, England d. Aft 1636, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Age > 39 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1617	Sherborne, Dorset, England
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah UNKNOWN,   b. 1620   d. Aft 1664 (Age > 45 years)
  Marriage	1641	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth HORNE,   b. Abt 1634   d. Bef 15 Apr 1695 (Age < 61 years)
  Marriage	1665	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos		Thomas Gardner, Planter; page 20
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  		His daughter Bethiah, born 1654 has been proven to not be the wife of Samuel Gaskill Jr. See: Delory, Janet Ireland. John Woodin, Brickmaker, of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and South Carolina, Tracking an Itinerant Ancestor in: The American Genealogist, Vol. 64, New Haven, Connecticut, 1989, p. 64-74 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org.…

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category: Salem, Massachusetts]] [[Category:Puritan Great Migration Minor Child]] {{Puritan Great Migration}} '''NOTE:''' This profile is protected by the Puritan Great Migration Project, thank you for researching and updating this profile. Please contact the project through the comments prior to initiating any changes to the Data Fields and wait for a response before proceeding. Thanks. Note: Do not merge the Gardner family of Roxbury with the Gardner family of Salem. If there is a connection between these two families, it is England, not in America. == Biography == {{PGM Minor Child}} There is a baptismal record of Thomas Gardner son of Thomas on 8 Mar 1617 in Sherborne, Dorset, England. Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SH:RE1/1 Thomas GardnerGreat Migration Begins, pp 733-734; Thomas, b say 1615 (adult 1637 when he received a grant from Salem [STR 1:52]; eldest son with a double share in his father's will); m1 by 1643 ____ Hapscott[?] (TAG 26:108, 30:157-58); m2 by an unknown date Elizabeth Horne, daughter of John Horne (TAG 26:108, 30:158-99). arrived in 1624 aboard the ship Zouch Phoenix http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/ships.html , settling in Cape Ann and removing to Salem by 1626. Thomas was first mentioned in the Town Records of Salem in 1637 when "it is ordered that Tho. Garner Junor shall have 5 acres of land for a great Lot." Over the course of his life, he received many land grants from the town.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-1 page 21] Thomas became a member of the First Church in Salem in 1639. He was admitted as Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on Jun. 2, 1641.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-1 page 21] === Civic Duties and Other Court Documents === In 1649, he along with his brothers, George, Samuel and Joseph, were ordered to survey and measure from the meeting house to a meadow along the river Westerly from Salem and were allowed a portion of the meadow "for theire paynes."Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-2 page 22] In 1670, he was chosen to serve on the "Jury of Trials" and in the following year, he was a member of the Grand Jury.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-2 page 22] In 1671, Thomas bought a dwelling house from John and Hannah Buttolph which bordered land owned by Joseph Gardner and Samuel Gardner.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-2 page 22] On May 3, 1672, Thomas Gardner, "cordwinder," bought of John Grafton and Seeth, his wife (sister of Thomas Gardner, Jr.) for 10 pounds, a piece of land containing 26 rods.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-3 page 23] There are many land transactions made by Thomas Gardner, Junior (see the Essex Registry of Deeds, books 3 & 4) as well as appearing in the County Court Papers as a witness to land records and administration of wills. Thomas Gardner, Junior, made his home on a lane known as Higginson Square which was situated on the east side just off the Main Street. The estate was occupied by his widow after his death and later by his son, David.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-4 page 24] Thomas kept a merchandise store and the 10 pages of inventory made at his death show that he also sold shoes which would account for his being referred to as "shoemaker" and "cordwinder" in the records. He also owned a ketch (The John Bonneyventure) which he used in the cod-fishing industry`and was valued at 80 pounds..Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-5 page 25] === The Death of Lieut. Thomas Gardner, Junior. === Thomas died in 1682County Court Records, Case No. 25. and the "worshipfull William Browne and Bartholomew Gedney Esq. and assistants, Granted power of the administration of all & singular, the chattels goods & estate of Mr. Thomas Gardner deceased who dyed intestate unto Mrs. Elizabeth the relict & widow of the said Thomas Gardner & to his Sonn Mr. Thomas Gardner, whoe are to bring an inventorye of the estate soe farr as they cann" etc. They gave bonds to the amount of 500 pounds.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-5 page 25] The following document was presented to the court on the "28th, 9mo. 1682:" "Whereas Mr. Thomas Gardner is returned to this court, and joined with his mother in law Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner, administrator to the estate of his father Mr. Thomas Gardner deceased his estate & both bound in 500 pounds bond, to administer according to law ct. & it sufficiently appeering, to this court, that the said Thomas Gardner did object agst his standing any further obliged, by bond then to returne an inventory to this court, which accordingly he have don upon his oath given (together with the sd Elizabeth): this court doe free the said Thomas Gardner from his said bond ct."Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-5 page 25] As the estate was found to be "insolvent & not sufficient fully to satisfy the creditors" the following action was taken, "And this court doe desire & Impower Mr. John Hathorne & Mr. Hilliard Veren that as Elizabeth ye relict & administratrix of Mr. Thomas Gardner deceased, may stand in need of necessary supply for time to com till the court doe setle the estate or take further order she may by the advice of the aforenamed Hathorne & Veren, have releife & necessary supply out of the said estate."Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-6 page 26] The inventory, as mentioned, contained a large quantity of dry goods, books, clothes, etc., and included his dwelling house and land and his ketch, totaling 464:11:00. Debts were enumerated amounting to 439:05:00 and funeral expenses 22:05:00. The inventory was sworn to in court at Salem on "28, 9mo. 1683" before Hilliard Veren, Clerk and was witnessed by Jno Pilgrim and Wm. Hirst.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-6 page 26] === Thomas Gardner Family === Thomas married twice. His first wife was named HannahG. Andrews Moriarty, in "Hannah, First Wife of Thomas Gardner Jr. of Salem, Mass.," in ''The American Genealogist,'' 26:108 says, without citing a source, that this Thomas Gardner "Jr" died before 29:9:1682 (29 Nov 1682). and she is found in the records when she united with the First Church in Salem in 1649. Their children were; Mary, Thomas, Eliza or Elizabeth, Abigail, Bethia, Hannah and Jonathan.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-7 page 27] His second wife was named Elizabeth and it is believed that her maiden name was Horne. Their children were; David, Susanna and Dorcas. Elizabeth, widow of Thomas, died intestate and although she lived in the home once owned by her husband, she did not own it at the time of her death as no real estate was included in the inventory, returned by John Horne and Henry West. The estate was settled on April. 15, 1695.Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; [http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-611-7 page 27] == Sources == * "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 May 2016, 09:28), entry for Thomas Gardner(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:9SB7-6VX); contributed by various users.*Gardner, Frank Augustine. [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304239;view=1up;seq=1 Thomas Gardner, Planter] (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907 See also: *Salem Town Records *First Church of Salem records *Felt's Annals, v. I., p. 173 *Records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony *NEHGR, v. III, p. 188 *Essex Registry of Deeds, books 3, 4 & 7 *County Court Papers, book 25, 26, 27 *Essex Probate Records, books 303, leaf 102 & book 305, leaf 8