Born about in Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Gaither
— married
1642 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England
Descendants 
Mother of
John Gaither II
Died after
after about age 32
in Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland
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Disambiguation: Distinguishing John Gaithers
NOTE -- JOHN GAITHER PROFILES ARE CURRENTLY BEING RE-EDITED AND THIS DISAMBIGUATION IS BEING EMPLOYED TO TRACK UPDATES.Day-1904 14:53, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
Various persons named John Gater or Gaither have been confused or conflated in order to provide an English pedigree for an American Gaither family. No Trans-Atlantic connection has been found between the Gaters of Lamberhurst, Kent, England, and the Gaithers of Virginia and Maryland, North America. John was a popular name in more than one Gaither family. They will be designated as follows in the biographical narratives of each profile:
- !John Gaither I (Gaither-179), born 1599, Immigrant to Virginia and Maryland with wife Joan. Arrived on the Assurance. Married Mary Walters. Father of Captain John Gaither. Both died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- !Mary Walters (Walters-11973) Mary Walters, born Chelsea, 1620. Married John Gaither. Updated 7 Dec 2023.
- John Gater, age 21, arrived Virginia on the "George", 1620. Listed as resident of James City, 16232/4 [1]
- !John Gater, Sr of Lamberhurst (Gater-7). Was Gaither-277. John Gater, Sr., born 1604. No connection with the Gaithers who crossed the Atlantic. Same as John Gater Sr, baptized in Lamberhurst, Kent, England February 16, 1604 and died in Lamberhust about 1652. Wife Mary, Their children Elizabeth, John, baptized March 5, 1634, and William were baptized in Lamberhurst. John Gater of Lamberhurst was still in Lamberhurst in 1638, while John Gaither, Immigrant, was in Virginia by 1635. (fzs link needed)
- !Mary Unknown (Unknown-229350) born 1617 Wife of John of Lamberhurst. Possibly needs to be merged with Mary Walter.
- John Gaither, the Shipmate Youth. Aged 15 (born 1620) when came to Virginia on the Assurance. Not the child of John and Joan, who were also on the Assurance. No further record in Virginia.
- !John Gather (Gather-3), born Lamberhurst, Kent, England 1635. Currently no parents, spouse or children. Previously son of John Gater, Sr. (born 1604) and Mary Unknown. Previously married Mary Waters. Parents of John Gaither of Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland
- !John Gater, Jr (Gater-125) John Gater Jr, born 1635,Lamberhurtst, Kent. Son of John Gater, Sr (Gater-7) and married to M ary Unknown (Unknown-229350), born 1617. (Was Gaither-276)
- !Mary Waters. Parents of John Gaither of Severn River, Annapolis, Maryland. Was Gater-125 and Gaither-276.
- Captain John Gaither (Gaither-151) who died in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
- John Gaither II (Gaither-3), b. 1646, Captain. born Virginia 1646, son of John Gaither, born 1599, and his wife Mary.
- John Gaither III (Gaither-4), born 1677, son of John Gaither II. Married Jane Buck and Elizabeth DuVall.
- John Gaither IV (Gaither-16) born 1720. son of John Gaither III. Married Anne Ruley. CURRENTLY BEING RE-EDITED. TWO ANNE RULERS TO BE MERGED.
- John Gaither V (Gaither-47), born 1741, son of John Gaither IV. Married Anne Jacob, moved to North Carolina.
Biography
1620 Birth and Family
Mary Walters was likely in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, the town where she was later married to John Gaither. Nothing is known of her specific birth date, or the names of her parents.
Birth Year Estimation
Since she was married in 1642 and probably her first marriage, assume she was aged no more than 22 at the time, hence born, say, 1620.
Sibling
She was probably the sister of Henry Walters of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia, who died in 1646. (see below)
1642 Marriage to John Gaither
The register of St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, England records that "John Gather and Mary Walter was married ye last of October Anno 1642." [2][3]
By September 1642, appointing Thomas Marsh as his attorney in his absence, John Gaither had returned to England. [3]
John Gaither had previously been married to Joane/Jane, who is presumed to have died prior to Gaither's return to England. [4]
No record of John and Mary's return trip to Virginia has been found. [4]
1646 Death of Henry Walters
In 1646 as John Geather he was administrator as "brother-in-law" of the estate of Henry Waters/Walters. [5]
1649 Consents to Land Transfer; Move to Maryland
1949 John Gaither and his family joined other Virginia Puritans in relocating to new lands in Maryland which they named Providence, and later became Anne Arundel County.
On 12 July 1649 Mary Gater, wife of John Gater, consented to the transfer of land to John Godfrey. [6]The land, consisting of 800 acres, was transferred from John Godfrey to Thomas Dadford on 16 January 1653/1654 and stated to have been originally granted to John Gather by patent on 26 July 1638. The 1638 grant included land granted to Gaither for transporting his wife Joan, confirming that it was the same John Gaither who married first Joan and then Mary.
1652 Deaths
On 24 Nov 1652, in Anne Arundel Co, MD, letters of administration were issued on John Gaither's estate to his widow Mary. [7]
No record has been found of Mary's death, which would have taken place some time after 1652, presumably in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Children
John had one known child, born in the mid 1640's and therefore the son of Mary. That he was the son of Mary and not Joan is supported by his naming a daughter Mary, and at least four of his children did the same. [4]
- John Gaither, born by 1646, in Virginia (9). Married Ruth Beard (98) He was buried 12 November 102 at All Hallows Parish Anne Arundel County Maryland [8]
Sources
- ↑ Newman, 353
- ↑ Church of England, St. Luke's Church, Chelsea, Middlesex, England, 1559-1652 Register, p. 29. Cited by Fredric Z. Saunders, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jones and Simpson, p. 14
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fredric Z. Saunders, Midvale Utah. Genealogy of Gaither Family of Virginia to Maryland Accessed 7 December 2023. jhd
- ↑ Lower Norfolk Co., VA Orders, Deeds, and Wills B, pp. 43-43a. 4 Dec. 1646 Inventory of Henry Walters by John Geather, administrator. Cited by Fredric Z. Saunders, 2023
- ↑ Lower Norfolk Co., VA Orders, Deeds, and Wills, C, p. 73. Cited by Fredric Z. Saunders, 2023
- ↑ Archives of Maryland 10:194-195, cited by Fredric Saunders, Gaither Genealogy.
- ↑ All Hallows Parish Records, p. 23 [image 32/227] 12 Nov. 1702 Cited by Fredric Z. Saunders, 2023
Bibliography of Frequently Cited Works.
- Jones, Nancy and Simpson, Mary Jane. A Documented Account of John Gaither I, II and III in America. Unpublished Manuscript. The Society of John Gaither Descendants, 2020.
- Wright, F. Edward. Anne Arundel County Church Records of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Westminster, Maryland: Family Line Publications. No date.
Acknowledgments
- Thank you to Philip Tripp for creating WikiTree profile Waters-1523 through the import of Tripp9Feb2013.ged on Feb 9, 2013.
- WikiTree profile Waters-1072 created through the import of Fortune Family Tree.ged on Feb 27, 2012 by Steven Fortune. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Steven and others.
- This person was created through the import of Rodney Timbrook Ancestors and Relatives_2010-09-10.ged on 10 September 2010. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.
- Thanks to Jeff Gray for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Jeff and others.
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In late 1645 "Henry Water" of Lower Norfolk County, Virginia died "intestate leaving an estate of divers goods rights and creditts. In care whereof John Geather hath made [16 February 1645 (old style)] humble suite to the County Court... that a Commission of Administration ~ might be granted unto heirs of his said estate as brother in law to the said deceased." John Geather thereby claimed that he was one of multiple heirs of Henry Water. On 16 October 1646, Gov. Berkeley did "give and grant unto the said John Geather the administration of all and singular the goods rights and creditts of the estate of the said deceased."
As is typically the case, the record leaves something to the genealogist to deduce. To do so one must rely on sound reasoning including the Law of Parsimony or "Occam's Razor" in common parlance; vis: "entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity" oft paraphrased as "the simpler explanation is more likely to be correct than the complex one." So, the two possible explanations based on the record are that John Geather had 1) a sister married to Henry Water or 2) a wife whose brother was Henry Water. The first possibility should be dismissed employing Occam's Razor as it adds unnecessary complexity to the explanation in that it requires creation of a fourth person - John's sister - who is not in the instant or broader record. It should also be dismissed because John would not be an heir to his sister's husband's estate as he claimed in his suit. That leaves the simple explanation afforded by the record that John Geather was heir-at-law to Henry Water's estate as the husband of Mary Water, Henry's sister and natural heir.
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