Josiah Gaskill (1678 - bef. 1761)

Born 11 Sep 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Lippincott) Gaskill — married 5 Jun 1704 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died before 13 Oct 1761 before age 83 in Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey

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Josiah was a Friend (Quaker)

Biography

Josiah Gaskill was born on September 11, 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He is a son of Samuel Gaskill and Provided Southwick.^[1]

Josiah married Rebecca Lippincott on June 5, 1704 in New Jersey. Children of Josiah Gaskill and Rebecca Lippencott:

1. Jacob (1708- ) m Susanna Budd
2. Josiah (1711- ) m Amy Shreve
3. Jonathan m Jane Shinn
4. Thanet m Absalom Evan
5. daughter m Robert King

Rebecca apparently died before 1748 for in that year Josiah Gaskill married Mary Griffith, who survived him. The will of his son, Josiah, probated in 1761, mentions his wife Mary, and his children, with the exception of JONATHAN GASKILL who died before his father, but Jonathan's son Joshua, and Joshua's son Jonathan are mentioned. Jonathan's own will shows that he had one other son, Josiah, and six daughters, Livinia, Mary, Hope, Rachel, Patience, and Charity. His wife was Jane Shinn, and they were married in 1732.^[2]

Josiah married Mary Griffith on August 19, 1754 in Monmouth, New Jersey.^[3]

He died in Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey by October 13, 1761 when his will went to probate.^[4]

Will

Josiah Gaskill Sr. of Northampton in Burlington County West New Jersey being of sound and disposing mind and memory do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

Item: I give to my son Jacob Gaskill 5 shillings and no more. Item: I give to my son Josiah Gaskill 5 shillings and no more.

Item: I give to my beloved wife Mary all the [????] provisions in my house and fields and I will that they be not appraised, such corn and provisions as are there at the time of my decease. I also give to my said wife cast bed and furniture, one of my horse creatures at her choice which and her saddle and bridle, one cow, one pair of chest of drawers and all her pewter. All these I give her to be her own property.

Item: I give to my grandson Joseph Carter two acres of land to be laid off my plantation as follows To begin at a Black Oak tree by the Great Road side South-eastward from my house then to bound along the Great Road eastward so far as will make two acres on a breadth of ten rods wide to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever.

Item: I give to my grandson Aaron Gaskill, son of Jacob Gaskill all that four acres of meadow lying near Lott Ridgeway’s be the same more or less, to enjoy the same as my wife Mary does, either marry or depart this life, for that time forward to hold to him his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give to my granddaughter, Tamar Ewan one good cow, and one feather bed, two sheets, one blankett, one coverlet and the bedstead and a bolster.

Item: I give to my beloved wife Mary the hole use and benefit of my plantation and the balance of that meadow as above given to Aaron Gaskill during the time she remains my widow reserving to Joseph Carter his two acres to enjoy at my decease. And my will is that my wife while she enjoys my plantation cut wood and timber for her own use only, not cut to sell.

I give to my grandson David Ewan all my homestead, plantation and dwelling house with all the appurtenances, Joseph Carter’s two acres excepted to enjoy when my wife either marries or departs this life on condition that he David Ewan pay out of it fifty pounds proclaimed money as follows; to wit: My will is that he pay five pounds to Benjah King, son of Robert King, my grandson when the said Benjah King attains the age of twenty-one years; and that he pays five pounds to Jonathan Gaskill, son of my grandson Josiah Gaskill dec’d, when the said Jonathan attains the age of twenty one years, and if either or both of my great grandchildren die in minority without issue I will that the share of such deceased shares remain to the said David Ewan; the remaining forty pounds, I will he pay it equally amongst all my grandchildren that are living in New Jersey at the time of my decease. Each one to receive their share at mature age. Those of my grandchildren who have something given them as above mentioned are excepted in this division. To hold to him my grandson David Ewan his heirs and assigns forever on the conditions above said.

Item: After all my just debts and funeral charges are paid if there be any remainder of my personal estate my will is that my beloved wife have the use of it during her widowhood without demolishing the principal and that after her decease it be divided as the forty pounds above mentioned is divided.

I appoint my beloved wife Mary and my friend, Joseph Lippincott Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

In witness &c this 15th day of the ninth month in the year of our Lord 1761. Witnesses: James Budd, Jacob Powell, John Woolman.

Proved by John Woolman, Quaker, 13th day of October 1761.

Mary Gaskill sole Executrix qualified. Inventory 10- 21- 1761

Research Notes

Josiah Gaskill's will mentions his grandson, Joseph Carter.

A lot of published genealogies for the Gaskill family show that Josiah Gaskill had a daughter Mary who married Joseph Carter.

This is incorrect!

Mary Gaskill who married Joseph Carter was the daughter of Josiah Gaskill's son Johnathon and his wife Jane Shinn. This is proven by a note on the back of their marriage certificate. The note is an affidavit signed by Mary Gaskill stating that the paper she supplied from her mother Jane Gaskill giving her permission to marry Joseph Carter was signed by her mother. (Mary was under age.)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQDQ-PJD : accessed 04 Apr 2014), Josiah Gaskell, 11 Sep 1678; citing SALEM,ESSEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0874031, 0874032, 874033.
2. ↑ Heacock, Roger Lee, The Ancestors of Charles Clement Heacock, Baldwin Park Bulletin, California, 1950
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1683-1802 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Volume XXII, Marriage Records 1665-1800.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New Jersey State Archives. New Jersey, Published Archives Series, First Series. Trenton, New Jersey: John L Murphy Publishing Company. Volume XXXIII, Abstracts of Wills, 1761-1770

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