George Gardner

- 1679

• Name	George Gardner  [1]
  Born	England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Will	21 Jul 1679	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  	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
  Died	20 Aug 1679  [5]
  Probate	1 Sep 1679	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts   [3, 4]
  	Will proved
  Probate	17 Oct 1679	Essex Co., Massachusetts   [6]
  	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   [7]
  	The will proved at Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, is accepted and approved by the court at Hartford
  Probate	4 Mar 1679/80	Hartford, Connecticut   [7]
  	Estate inventory filed; total value of this inventory £3001.00.06
  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
  Person ID	I3672	Wm L Gann Ancestors
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Gardner,   b. Abt 1592,   d. 29 Dec 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Margaret
  Family ID	F1647	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Eliza Horne
  Married	Y  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1655	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth
  Married	Y  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1656	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth Allen,   d. 17 Jun 1681 - 3 Jan 1681/2
  Married	Y  [2]
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F1658	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

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