Thomas "Ghaudy" married "May 14, 1694, Rebecca Daws, as per Gd rc."[1]
Life in Cape May
Thomas and Rebecca moved to Cape May sometime after their 1694 marriage and before 1709 when he witnessed a will. This was a common migration in this time period, as land was newly available on the Cape.
Thomas built his home in Upper Township circa 1708; the house still stands today and was recently restored, with many of its period details intact.[2]
Children?
Samuel Gandy (?) land conveyance 4 Jan 1730
John Gandy (?) land conveyance 16 Jan 1734
Surveys and Land Transfers
10 May 1701, "Thomas Gande" had a survey conducted of 65 acres of "swamp and marsh" in Cape May County. Surveyor: Timothy Brandreth[3]
22 Apr 1721, lands in Cape May County granted to Thomas Gandy and Joseph Ludlam by the West New Jersey Society[4]
4 Nov 1725, West Jersey Proprietors conveyed land to Thomas Gandy in Cape May County.[5]
16 Oct 1727, West New Jersey Society conveyed land to Thomas Gandy in Cape May County[6]
4 Jan 1730, Thomas Gandy conveys land to Samuel Gandy in Cape May County[7]
16 Jan 1734, Thomas Gandy conveys land to John Gandy in Upper Precinct, Cape May County.[8]
This last transfer is for a later Thomas Gandy (son of Samuel?)
2 Mar 1761, Samuel Gandy conveys land to Thomas Gandy in Upper Cape May County.[9]
Witnessing Wills and Conducting Inventories
Thomas Gandy witnessed the will of Joseph Badcock of Cape May on 30 Aug 1709.[10]
Thomas Gandy witnessed the will of William Mason of Cape May on 22 Feb 1714/5.[11]
Although 1725/6 is sometimes used as a date of death, there is no will abstract for Thomas Gandy in this period. There are the mentions of him in others' wills 1709-1721. The earliest extant will for anyone named Thomas Gandy is the one written in 1748 naming ten living children. Several sources have concluded this is the will of the settler, who owned significant land and would most certainly have needed a will to distribute it.
Sources/websites that have him as dying in 1748
descendant chart posted on the Brouwer genealogy blog
Berkey, Joan. Early Architecture of Cape May County New Jersey: The Heavy Timber Frame Legacy. (Cape May Court House, NJ: Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society, 2008)
Sources that have him dying in 1725/6
FindAGrave -- which has a family tree that is completely bogus and befuddled
Wikitree (currently) -- which has the 1748 man as a son of Thomas and Rebecca, who's represented by Gandy-54.
What leaves me puzzled is the abstract of the 1748 will, which states that three of his daughters were "to be bound out to learn trades". Does this mean they were underage?
We know his (first?) wife Rebecca was born in 1672, so in 1748 she would be 76. If these daughters are children, she could not be their mother. He mentions a "wife" in his will, so one was still living in 1748--either Rebecca or Wife #2.
Any other sources are welcome; I will continue to attempt to source but have limited time to do so.
↑ Berkey, Joan. Early Architecture of Cape May County New Jersey: The Heavy Timber Frame Legacy. (Cape May Court House, NJ: Cape May County Historical and Genealogical Society, 2008), pages 146-148
This person was created through the import of Spurlock 20110318.ged on 19 March 2011.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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