Thomas Gardner (bef. 1645 - 1695)

Born before 25 Mar 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Porter) Gardner — married 22 Apr 1669 in Salem, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Nov 1695 after age 50 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

The published Salem vital records indicate a Thomas Gardner, son of Thomas (no mother's name) born in 1645. This would make him the right age to be the Thomas Gardner who married 22 Apr 1669 Mary Porter, likely she, dau of John, bapt in Salem 12 Oct 1645.

Children (from Salem VR http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Salem/aBirthsG.shtml):

1. Mary, 14 Feb 1669/70
2. Thomas, 25 Oct 1671 [cand. for “Thomas Jr.” who m. 4 Apr 1695 (in Salem) Mrs. Mary Higginson]
3. Habakkuk, Feb 25, 1674
4. Joseph, 29 Aug 1677
5. Hapcott, 22 Jul 1679

Sources

• Gardner, Frank Augustine. Thomas Gardner, Planter (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907

• Marriage: Massachusetts Marriages 1695-1910.

• Marriage, and offspring Mary, Thomas, and Habakkuk (image of original handwritten record): "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-W7SV?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DH-MNT%3A353349401%2C353664501%2C1006149502 : 13 July 2016), Essex > County wide > County court births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795 > image 226 of 610; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.

• Death: Massachusetts Deaths & Burials 1795-1910

• Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to 1849

• Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson (Privately Printed, 1910) Page 12

• Moriarty, G. Andrews. Hannah, First Wife of Thomas Gardner, Jr. of Salem, Mass., The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 108. Baptism date: March 25, 1645.