Selected Families and Individuals


Thomas GARDNER [Parents] was born 4 Mar 1589/1590 in Weymouth, or, Shaerbourne county Dorset, England/Weymouth, England. He died 29 Dec 1674 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. Thomas married Margaret FRYER on 1616 in Nantucket, Mass.

Other marriages:
FRIER, Margaret

.THOMAS GARDNER (THOMAS) was born 1591 in Dorsetshire, England, and diedOctober 29, 1674 in Gardner buring ground, Salem MA (Source: ThomasGardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged byFrank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., this sourcementions the death date as given in the Town Records). He married (1)DEMARIS SHATTUCK. He married (2) MARGARET FRIER, daughter of FRANCISFRIER.
Thomas Gardner 1591-1674 Governor of Cape Ann Colony 1623 Deputy 1637,Daggett & Skiffe & Butler History of Martha's Vineyard Vol.3

Thomas Gardner and John Tilley were the chief rulers of the Cape AnnColony during the time which preceded the appointment of Roger
Conant as Governor.

Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled andarranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass

Thomas Gardner married twice. We know this from the fact that in his willhe mentions his wife as the mother-widow of his sons. The MargaretGardner, who united with the first Church in 1639, is supposed to havebeen his wife. Various writers, including Rev. Joseph B. It,have statedthat her maiden name was Fryer (or Frier), but the writer has thus farfailed to find the authority for this statement.

Rev. Charles Henry Pope, in his "Pioneers of Massachusetts" suggests thatthe Margaret who united with the Salem Church in 1639, may have been thewife of Edmund Gardner of Ipswich.

While Edmund's wife may have been named Margaret, it seems improbablethat she was the one above mentioned as uniting with the Salem church,for the following reasons: Edmund is mentioned in the Ipswich TownRecords as early as 1635, and very frequently thereafter. The Ipswichchurch was organized in 1634 and the wife of a man so prominent in localaffairs would, in all probability, have united with the "home church."

His second wife was Damaris Shattuck, a widow, who was admitted to thechurch in Salem in 1641. She had several children by her first husband,one of whom, Sarah, married Richard Gardner son of Thomas. She, like mostof her Shattuck relations, evidently favored the Friends, as she wascalled into court many times for being "present at a Quaker meeting," andfor absence from her own church. In the 9th Mo. 1667,and the 4th Mo. Inthe year following, "Old Mrs. Gardner was fined 5 shillings for absencefrom public worship. She had no children by
Thomas Gardner. The date of her death is given in the Salem Town Records,as 28, 9, 1674.

Thomas Gardner died the 29th 10th Mo. 1674, and was buried in theGardiner burying ground, a hillock described as lot III.

Margaret FRYER was born 1594 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. She died 28 Sep 1674 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. Margaret married Thomas GARDNER on 1616 in Nantucket, Mass.

They had the following children:

  M i Richard GARDNER was born 1631 and died 23 Mar 1687/1688.

John Jr COLEMAN [Parents] was born 2 Aug 1677 in Nantucket, Mass. He died 19 Mar 1762 in Nantucket, Mass. John married Priscilla STARBUCK on 1694 in Nantucket, Mass.

Priscilla STARBUCK [Parents] was born 24 Aug 1676 in Nantucket, Mass. She died 14 May 1762 in Nantucket, Mass. Priscilla married John Jr COLEMAN on 1694 in Nantucket, Mass.

They had the following children:

  M i Elihu COLEMAN was born 12 Feb 1698/1699 and died 19 Mar 1762.

Thomas GARDNER [Parents] was born 4 Mar 1589/1590 in Weymouth, or, Shaerbourne county Dorset, England/Weymouth, England. He died 29 Dec 1674 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. Thomas married Margaret FRIER on 1616 in Nantucket, Mass.

Other marriages:
FRYER, Margaret

.THOMAS GARDNER (THOMAS) was born 1591 in Dorsetshire, England, and diedOctober 29, 1674 in Gardner buring ground, Salem MA (Source: ThomasGardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled and arranged byFrank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., this sourcementions the death date as given in the Town Records). He married (1)DEMARIS SHATTUCK. He married (2) MARGARET FRIER, daughter of FRANCISFRIER.
Thomas Gardner 1591-1674 Governor of Cape Ann Colony 1623 Deputy 1637,Daggett & Skiffe & Butler History of Martha's Vineyard Vol.3

Thomas Gardner and John Tilley were the chief rulers of the Cape AnnColony during the time which preceded the appointment of Roger
Conant as Governor.

Source: Thomas Gardner Planter and Some of His Descendants, compiled andarranged by Frank A Gardner, MD, 1731, Essex Institute, Salem,
Mass

Thomas Gardner married twice. We know this from the fact that in his willhe mentions his wife as the mother-widow of his sons. The MargaretGardner, who united with the first Church in 1639, is supposed to havebeen his wife. Various writers, including Rev. Joseph B. It,have statedthat her maiden name was Fryer (or Frier), but the writer has thus farfailed to find the authority for this statement.

Rev. Charles Henry Pope, in his "Pioneers of Massachusetts" suggests thatthe Margaret who united with the Salem Church in 1639, may have been thewife of Edmund Gardner of Ipswich.

While Edmund's wife may have been named Margaret, it seems improbablethat she was the one above mentioned as uniting with the Salem church,for the following reasons: Edmund is mentioned in the Ipswich TownRecords as early as 1635, and very frequently thereafter. The Ipswichchurch was organized in 1634 and the wife of a man so prominent in localaffairs would, in all probability, have united with the "home church."

His second wife was Damaris Shattuck, a widow, who was admitted to thechurch in Salem in 1641. She had several children by her first husband,one of whom, Sarah, married Richard Gardner son of Thomas. She, like mostof her Shattuck relations, evidently favored the Friends, as she wascalled into court many times for being "present at a Quaker meeting," andfor absence from her own church. In the 9th Mo. 1667,and the 4th Mo. Inthe year following, "Old Mrs. Gardner was fined 5 shillings for absencefrom public worship. She had no children by
Thomas Gardner. The date of her death is given in the Salem Town Records,as 28, 9, 1674.

Thomas Gardner died the 29th 10th Mo. 1674, and was buried in theGardiner burying ground, a hillock described as lot III.

Margaret FRIER [Parents] was born 1594 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. She died 28 Sep 1674 in Salem, Essex, Mass.. Margaret married Thomas GARDNER on 1616 in Nantucket, Mass.

They had the following children:

  M i Richard GARDNER was born 1631 and died 23 Mar 1687/1688.

Samuel SHATTUCK was born 1594 in Dorset, england. He married Damaris SIBLEY about 1630.

Damaris SIBLEY was born 1597 in , of Salem, Essex, Mass-England. She died 28 Nov 1674 in Salem, Essex, Mass. Damaris married Samuel SHATTUCK about 1630.

They had the following children:

  F i Sarah SHATTUCK was born 1631 and died 1724.

Thomas GARDNER was born 1565 in Dorchester, Dorset, England/Dorchester, England. He died 1635 in Salem, Essex County Mass. Thomas married Elizabethe WHITE on 1610 in Oxfordshire, England.

Elizabethe WHITE was born 1564 in Stanton, St Johns, Oxon, England. She died 29 Mar 1648 in Little Bourton, Croperdy, Oxon, England. Elizabethe married Thomas GARDNER on 1610 in Oxfordshire, England.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas GARDNER was born 4 Mar 1589/1590 and died 29 Dec 1674.

FRYER Mrs was born 1578 in England.

He had the following children:

  F i Margaret FRIER was born 1594 and died 28 Sep 1674.

John BARNARD [Parents] was born 24 Apr 1670 in Nantucket, Mass. He died 4 Feb 1744/1745 in Nantucket, Mass. John married Sara MACY.

Sara MACY [Parents] died 18 May 1748 in Nantucket, Mass. She married John BARNARD.

They had the following children:

  F i Jemima BARNARD was born 14 Nov 1699 and died 25 Feb 1799.

Samuel SHUTTUCK.

He had the following children:

  F i Sarah SHUTTUCK was born 1631 and died 1724.

John COLEMAN [Parents] was born 4 Apr 1644 in Newbury, Essex, Mass. He died 17 Dec 1715 in Nantucket, Mass. John married Joanna FOLGER on 1666 in Nantucket, Mass.

Joanna FOLGER [Parents] was born 1645 in Marthas Vineyard, Dukes, Mass. She died 18 Jul 1719 in Nantucket, Mass. Joanna married John COLEMAN on 1666 in Nantucket, Mass.

They had the following children:

  M i John Jr COLEMAN was born 2 Aug 1677 and died 19 Mar 1762.

Nathaniel STARBUCK [Parents] was born 20 Feb 1633/1634 in Dover, Stratford, NH. He died 6 Jun 1719 in Nantucket, Mass. Nathaniel married Mary COFFIN on 1662 in Nantucket, Mass.

Mary COFFIN [Parents] was born 20 Feb 1644/1645 in Haverhill, Essex, Mass. She died 13 Nov 1717 in Nantucket, Mass. Mary married Nathaniel STARBUCK on 1662 in Nantucket, Mass.

They had the following children:

  M i Nathaniel STARBUCK was born 9 Aug 1668 and died 9 Jan 1753.
  F ii Priscilla STARBUCK was born 24 Aug 1676 and died 14 May 1762.

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