Unknown (Unknown) Gaylord (abt. 1589 - 1657)

Born about 1589 in Somerset, England [uncertain]

Wife of William Gaylord Sr — married 1614 in Dorset, England

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1657 at about age 68 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony

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Unknown (Unknown) Gaylord migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

The name of the wife of William Gaylord was not known.

Many have said her name was Mary Walters, but Anderson proved that the Mary Gaylord buried in 1657 is clearly listed as the wife of Walter Gaylord, his son.^[1] The confusion comes from the fact that his wife and Mary, the wife of his son, died within a couple of months of each other.^[1]

The Palisado Cemetery inscription reads:

Mary ye Wife of Walter Galeb (Lord) died June 29 1657.^[1]

The inscription for William Gaylord, Sr's wife who died in 1657 simply reads:

ye wife of william gaylr snr^[1]

Tom, look at new data I added to William Gaylord's profile, which includes 1982 research by Benjamin Gaylord, and Charles Anderson's Great Migration Begins summations. Gaylord found no gravestone for Mary Walters Gaylord-- apparently the only source for her name-- and neither of them mentioned a Sarah. -- Jillaine (Smith-32867) 00:56, 1 May 2013 (EDT))

"The wife of William Gailo^r sen^r dyed June 20. 1657.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert Charles. The Wives of William Gaylord and Walter Gaylord of Dorchester MA and Windsor CT: A Reprise. The American Genealogist. Volume 61. 1985. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) pg 95 $
2. ↑ Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1898) p. 43