Thomas Gage III (1678 - 1742)

Born 2 Nov 1678 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Smith) Gage — married 10 Dec 1697 in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts Province

Descendants

Died 1742 at about age 63 in Essex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

November 2, 1678 -- Thomas Gage was born at Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, a son of Lieutenant Thomas Gage and Sarah Unknown Gage.^[1]

March 15, 1685 -- Christened

December 10, 1697 -- Thomas Gage and Mary Smith married ^[2] at Essex County, Massachusetts. They first settled on a piece of land in Rowley called "Hobson's Close". About 1718 he removed with his family to Milford, Massachusetts.

1699 - 1721 -- Thomas and Mary Smith Gage had 10 children: six daughters (Sarah, Hannah, Mary, Mehitable, Mercy, and Elizabeth) and three sons (John, Moses, and Samuel). They also had one infant who died whose gender is not given.^[1]

May 25, 1723 -- Thomas Gage bought Seth Chapin's farm of 80 acres (in Milford, on Sherborne Road).^[1][3]

1742 -- Thomas Gage died then was buried at the Ancient Burying Ground, Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts Province. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Early Settlers of Rowley, page 120-121.
2. ↑ Early Settlers of Rowley, pages 120 & 345.
3. ↑ History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Part II, by Adin Ballou, Boston, 1882| Gage Family Page 758
4. ↑ Thomas Gage [1680 - 1742]. Find A Grave. [1].

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-PQV3 : 13 July 2016), Thomas Gage, 1678; citing Birth, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 760,604.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGQ-M5MY : 13 December 2015), Thomas Gage, 1742; Burial, Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ancient Burying Ground; citing record ID 111584413, Find a Grave, http://

George Brainard Blodgette and Amos Everett Jewett. Early Settlers of Rowley, Massachusetts. 1933. Reprinted by the New England History Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire. 1981

Gage, Clyde Van Tassel. Thomas Gage of Yarmouth, Mass., and His Descendants: An Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Record, as Developed from Sources Explained Herein. Worchester, New York, 1963| Thomas Gage of Yarmouth.