1624 - 1706 (82 years)
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Name |
Captain John Gardner [1] |
Title |
Captain |
Born |
1624 [2, 3] |
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Gender |
Male |
Will |
2 Dec 1705 |
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts [4, 5] |
To wife Priscilla: life estate in all housing, lands, and cattle on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard except the following bequests; to grandson John Gardner: my house and all my lands, my one eighth part of the water mill at Salem; to grandson Jeremiah Gardner: £30 when he comes of age; to son George Gardner: half a share of land and stock on Nantucket immediately, and all the land and stock bequeathed to my wife after her decease; to daughter Priscilla Arthur: £6 per year after my wife's decease; to daughter Rachel Gardner: £40 after my wife's decease; to daughter Anne Coffin: £40 after my wife's decease; to daughter Mary Coffin: one half of all my land and stock on Martha's Vineyard and £10 after my wife's decease; to daughter Mehetable Daws: £40 after my wife's decease; to daughter Ruth Coffin: one half of all my land and stock on Martha's Vineyard and £10 after my wife's decease; wife Priscilla, executrix, with son George executor after her decease; friend James Coffin, cousin Samuel Gardner, Richard Gardner, assistants to the executors |
Died |
6 May 1706 |
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts [2, 3] |
Probate |
2 Oct 1706 |
Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts [5, 6] |
Will proved; widow Priscilla appointed executrix |
Notes |
- "In the history of those times John Gardner stands as the greatest of all men who had to do with the beginnings of Nantucket." -- William Root Bliss, "Quaint Nantucket" 1896
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Person ID |
I3673 |
Wm L Gann Ancestors |
Last Modified |
26 Dec 2017 |
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Sources |
- [S30] Probate Records of Essex Co., Massachusetts, (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1916), v. 2, pp. 423-5 (Reliability: 3), 11 Jun 2014.
- [S49] Vital Records of Nantucket, MA, The Massachusetts Vital Records Project, (The Massachusetts Vital Records Project (http://ma-vitalrecords.org)), Deaths, p. 306 (Reliability: 2), 13 Jun 2014.
- [S48] Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some of His Descendants, Frank A Gardner, MD, (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1907), 20 (Reliability: 1), 13 Jun 2014.
- [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Nantucket Co., Probate Record, 1706-1730, pp. 12-13 (Reliability: 3), 26 Dec 2017.
- [S48] Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some of His Descendants, Frank A Gardner, MD, (Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1907), 70-72 (Reliability: 1), 13 Jun 2014.
- [S112] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Nantucket Co., Probate Record, 1706-1730, p. 10 (Reliability: 3), 26 Dec 2017.
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