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Daniel Gaines (1700 - aft. 1790)

Daniel Gaines
Born in Hartford, Connecticutmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 31 Jul 1741 in Sheffield, MAmap
[children unknown]
Died after after age 90 in Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Daniel was born in Hartford, Connecticut, between 1700 and 1705. He was the son of Daniel Gaines (1678-) and his first wife Mary Forbes.[1]

Daniel married first Eunice Gillett on 3 December 1728. Eunice died at Simsbury, Connecticut on 24 May 1740. Daniel married secondly Elizabeth (Hoskins) Gaines (abt.1721-) on 31 July 1741. The couple soon moved to Sheffield, Massachusetts.

Children, born in Simsbury, Connecticut:

  1. Eunice, b. 20 Jul 1729[2]
  2. Zerviah, b. 9 Feb 1731[3]
  3. Daniel, b. 5 Sep 1732[4]
  4. William, b. 1734
  5. Moses, b. 1735
  6. Jude, born and died May 1740
  7. Jude, b. 1742, probably in Sheffield, Massachusetts

The last record for Daniel is the 1790 census for Sheffield, Massachusetts. He and his wife are listed.[5]

Sources

  1. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) "Henry Gaines of Lynn, Mass., And Some of His Descendants"; Volume 85 (1931) Pages 46-47 https://www.americanancestors.org/DB202/rd/11698/30/236557334
  2. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-F6T : 7 January 2020), Daniel Gaines in entry for Eunice Gaines, 1729.
  3. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WN-FYH : 7 January 2020), Daniel Gaines in entry for Zeruiah Gaines, 1731.
  4. "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74L-84R : 7 January 2020), Daniel Gayns in entry for Daniel Gayns, 1732.
  5. "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKG-ZV5 : accessed 5 October 2021), Daniel Gains, Sheffield, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 596, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.




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