Edward Gaskill was born on October 23, 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He was a son of Samuel Gaskill and Provided Southwick.[1][2]
He married on April 10, 1693 to Hannah Endecott born 1676 in New Jersey. Hannah was the daughter of Dr. Zerubbabel Endicott born 1635 in Salem, Massachusetts, son of Governor John Endecott.[3] Edward Gaskill was prominent in early Burlington County. He owned land in Mt. Holly in 1688. He was a native of Massachusetts and returned to that state to marry and remained several years. In Mt. Holly, he lived on Gaskills Lane near the Friends Meeting House.[4]
The Friends lot was part of a Southwick-Gaskill tract. It was conveyed by Edward Gaskill to Thomas Shinn, a prominent Quaker, in 1727. Gaskill was an enterpriser who helped in the development of Mt. Holly. This may partially explain the Endicott marriage into the Quaker faith as previously discussed.
He died in 1748 in Northampton, Burlington, New Jersey.[5]
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↑Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
↑Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
↑Ancestry.com. The historic Rancocas [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: De Cou, George. The historic Rancocas : sketches of the towns and pioneer settlers in Racocas valley. Moorestown, N.J.: s.n., 1983. Section: Chapter 12. The settlement of Mount Holly and nearby towns
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15863788/edward-gaskill: accessed 15 August 2022), memorial page for Edward Gaskill Sr. (23 Oct 1667–1748), Find a Grave Memorial ID 15863788, citing Mount Holly Friends Cemetery, Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA; Maintained by Kit and Morgan Benson (contributor 46483611).
Ancestry.com. The ancestors of Charles Clement Heacock : 1851-1914 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Heacock, Roger Lee,. The ancestors of Charles Clement Heacock : 1851-1914. Baldwin Park, Calif.: The Baldwin Park (Calif.) Bulletin, 1950.
Harmon, Gordon S. and Sanford, Teddy H. Jr. Thomas Endicott, The Pioneer Patriarch. (Springfield, Missouri: GSH Visions, 2007).
(https://archive.org/details/genealogicalbiog00gask/genealogicalbiog00gask) Genealogical and biographical notes concerning Edward Gaskill (1667-ca. 1748) : his ancestry and posterity / [by] Thomas L. Gaskill [and] Nelson B. Gaskill. : Gaskill, Thomas L. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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