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Thomas Gandy (abt. 1670 - aft. 1721)

Thomas Gandy
Born about in Gravesendmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 14 May 1694 in Gravesend, King's County, New Yorkmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died after after about age 51 in Province of New Jerseymap
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Biography

Thomas Gandy was born about 1670.[citation needed] He died about 1725.[citation needed]

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?

  1. Samuel Gandy (?) land conveyance 4 Jan 1730
  2. 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]
  • Thomas Gandy and Rev Nathaniel Jenkins (1678-1754) inventoried the Cape May estate of John Townsend on 8 Dec 1721.[12]

Death and Legacy

Research Notes

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
  • http://gandybooks.com/thomasgandy.html
  • 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.

Sources

  1. Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. (New York: S. W. Green's Son, 1881), 122
  2. 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
  3. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites Book A (WJ Surveys) : Folio 64 (PWESJ004). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  4. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites L (WJ) : Folio 41 (SSTSE023). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  5. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites G-H (WJ) : Folio 166 (SSTSE023). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  6. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites G-H (WJ) : Folio 194 (SSTSE023) . https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  7. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites G-H (WJ) : Folio 162 (SSTSE023). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  8. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites G-H (WJ) : Folio 164 (SSTSE023). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  9. New Jersey State Archives. Early Land Records, 1650-1840. Database cites A-C (WJ) : Folio 476 (SSTSE023). https://wwwnet-dos.state.nj.us/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx
  10. https://archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer00newj#page/22/mode/2up
  11. https://archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer00newj#page/310/mode/2up
  12. https://archive.org/stream/calendarofnewjer00newj#page/468/mode/2up

See also:

  • Joiner, Darrell and Sallyann, Cary Family History. PO Box 131, Lincoln, ME 04457 -- ©Joiner documents and records. [source: Title: "The Traveling Joiners: A Genealogy of the Joiner Family and Other Related Families (Cary and Gandy)"; privately pub 1971, 39 pages; by Rev. Dr. Darrell and Sallyann Joiner. 4 works in 6 publications in 1 language and 32 library holdings since 1971. All rights reserved. For personal use only.]

Acknowledgements

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