Thomas Gardner

Abt 1592 - 1674  (~ 82 years)

• Name	Thomas Gardner  [1]
  Born	Abt 1592  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	7 Dec 1668	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  	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
  Died	29 Dec 1674	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Probate	4 Jan 1674/5	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [3]
  	Estate inventory taken; estate valued at £274.16.00
  Probate	29 Mar 1675	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [1, 3]
  	Will proved; administrators appointed
  Person ID	I3668	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret
  Children	1. Thomas Gardner,   b. England ,   d. 1682   2. George Gardner,   b. England ,   d. 20 Aug 1679   3. Richard Gardner,   d. 23 Jan 1688, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts + 4. Sarah Gardner,   d. 5 Apr 1686, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts   5. John Gardner,   b. 1624,   d. 6 May 1706, Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts  (Age 82 years)   6. Samuel Gardner,   b. 1627,   d. 3 Oct 1689 - 10 Oct 1689  (Age 62 years)   7. Mirian Gardner   8. Joseph Gardner,   d. 19 Dec 1675   9. Seeth Gardner,   c. 25 Dec 1636,   d. 17 Apr 1707  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1647	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Damaris,   d. 28 Nov 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
  Married	Y  [1]
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1648	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Probate Records of Essex Co., Massachusetts, (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1916), v. 2, pp. 423-5 (Reliability: 3), 11 Jun 2014. [S48] Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some of His Descendants, Frank A Gardner, MD, (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1907), 3 (Reliability: 1), 11 Jun 2014. [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Essex Co., Probate Records, vol. 301, pp. 62-3 (Reliability: 3), 21 Dec 2017. [S14602] Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to 1849, Essex Institute (Salem, Massachusetts), (Salem, Mass. : Essex Institute, 1916-1925), 273 (Reliability: 2), 11 Jun 2014.