George Gardner

Other Events:

• Probate: 1 Sep 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Will proved
• Probate: 17 Oct 1679, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory taken (filed 30 Jun 1680), covering only the estate "in this colony", noting more would be filed "at the court at Hartford"; total value on this inventory £1621.14.02
• Probate: 4 Dec 1679, Hartford, Connecticut; The will proved at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, is accepted and approved by the court at Hartford
• Probate: 4 Mar 1679/80, Hartford, Connecticut; Estate inventory filed; total value of this inventory £3001.00.06
• Will: 21 Jul 1679, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; To wife Elizabeth Gardner: during her life the "incum" (sic.) of my part in the mills of Salem, rent income from certain lands, two cows and calves, three swine, "use of household stuff in my house"; to son Samuel Gardner: a house and land (in which Samuel now dwells), with certain land and the aforementioned share of mills after Elizabeth's decease; to son Ebenezer: houses and land at Hartford, Windsor, and Simsbury after his mother's decease, certain other land, an acre of salt marsh "I had of my father"; to daughter Buttolph: £300 of debt "owing me at conetticott, when they are gotten" (that is to say, in addition to the aforementioned lands in Hartford, Windsor, and Simsbury, Connecticutt, George Gardner was also owed the very significant amount of £300, which, when collected, is to be given to this unnamed daughter); to son Buttolph: forgiveness of a £30 debt; to daughter Turner: the house and land "they now live" (presumably this bequest includes a son-in-law unnamed), on condition they only give it to "one or more of her children", £300 of debt owed in "coneticott, as it can be got in"; to daughter Hathorne: £300 of debt in Connecticut as it is collected; in case son Ebenzer "dy before he be marryed" (sic.) his estate to be divided among my other children; to brother Thomas Gardner: £20 "in provisions"; to cousins Mirriam Hascall and Susana Hill, at her marriage: £5 each in "household stuff" to be "layed out" by my sister Grafton; to sons Samuel Gardner and Ebenezer Gardner, executors: any remaining estate to them, two parts to Samuel and one to Ebenezer; to my servant Arrah (likely to have been a Native American slave): £5 after he serves son Samuel five years, "& then his time to be out"; to "my loving frend" Capt. John Allen of Hartford, overseer of my will: £5; to the two daughters of my friend Caleb Stanley of Connecticut, overseer of my will: 50s each; brothers Thomas & Samuel Gardner, overseers of my will in Salem

Notes:

At the end of his life he appeared to have been a resident of Hartford, Connecticut, though he still had significant estate in Essex Co., Massachusetts

George — Eliza Horne. [Group Sheet]

George — Ruth. [Group Sheet]

George — Elizabeth Allen. Elizabeth died 17 Jun 1681 - 3 Jan 1681/2. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Probate: 4 Jan 1674/5, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory taken; estate valued at £274.16.00
• Probate: 29 Mar 1675, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; Will proved; administrators appointed
• Will: 7 Dec 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; To wife Damaris: £8, on condition she relinquishes her dower rights; to daughter Sarah Balch: £15; to daughter Seeth Grafton: £15; to daughters of my daughter Mirian (sic.) Hill, Miriam Hill and Susana Hill: £5 each at age 18 or at their marriage; to sons George and John Gardner: land to be equally divided; to sons Samuel and Joseph Gardner: land to be equally divided; all remaining estate to be divided into equal shares, with two shares to son Thomas Gardner and one share each to sons George Gardner, Richard Gardner, John Gardner, Samuel Gardner, and Joseph Gardner on the condition they pay 23s annually per share to their "mother in law," meaning Damaris; sons George and Samuel Gardner, executors

Thomas — Margaret. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
"Various writers, including Rev. Joseph B. Felt, have stated that her maiden name was Fryer (or Friar)..."