Seeth (Gardner) Grafton (1636 - 1707)

Born 25 Oct 1636 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of Joshua Conant — married before 1657 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of John Grafton — married 1 Dec 1659 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 17 Apr 1707 at age 70 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.

Seeth was born 25 Oct 1636.^[1] She was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Gardner.^[1]

Joshua Conant, a sea captain, and Seeth Gardner were married before 15 Apr 1657 which was the date that their son Joshua Jr. was born in Salem. ^[2] Joshua Jr. was baptized 4 June 1657. At the time they were living in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Joshua Sr. died in England in 1659 and the inventory of his estate was taken on May 28, 1659 (see Joshua's profile).

After the death of her first husband, Seeth married John Grafton on 1 Dec 1659.^[3] Their children were Mary^[4], Seeth^[5], Abigail^[6], Jehoadam^[7], Margaret^[8]. and Nathaniel^[9]

Death

Seeth Grafton died on 17 April 1707. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Find A Grave: Memorial #52419429
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-6H2 : 15 January 2020), Leeth in entry for Joshua Connant, 1657.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH1L-645 : 24 January 2020), Seeth in entry for John Grafton, 1659.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDS-RL9 : 15 January 2020), Seeth in entry for Mary Grafton, 1660.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-5ZF : 15 January 2020), Seeth in entry for Seeth Grafton, 1665.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD3-MNR : 15 January 2020), Seeth in entry for Abigaile Grafton, 1667.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDS-NRW : 15 January 2020), Seeth in entry for Jehoadan Grafton, 1669.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCY4-C4T2 : 9 November 2020), Seeth in entry for Margeret Graften, 24 Jan 1671; citing Birth, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-Y8D : 15 January 2020), Seeth in entry for Nathaniell Graften, 1672.

Browne, Foster and related families

Statement of Responsibility: compiled by Florence A. Browne

Authors: Browne,; Florence A. (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film

Language: English

Publication: West Hartford, Connecticut : F.L. Browne, 1967

Physical: iii, 154 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., geneal. tables, ports.

Subject Class: 929.273 B816

Ancestries of John Moran Foy and Samuel Calvert Foy & their wives Louisa Macy and ::Lucinda Macy, all of southern California

Statement of Responsibility: compiled by Ella Foy O'Gorman (Mrs. Michael Martin ::O'Gorman)

Authors: O'Gorman, Ella Foy, b. 1862 (Main Author)

Format: Manuscript/Manuscript with Film

Language: English

Publication: 1935

Physical: 245 leaves

Subject Class: 929.273 F838

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 873157 Item 6

The Gardner family : pioneer settlers in Salem, Massachusetts; Nantucket Island; Vassalborough, Maine; Paulus Hook, (Jersey City) N.C. ...

Statement of Responsibility: Walter Pennett Gardner

Authors: Gardner, Walter Pennett, b. 1869 (Main Author)

Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film

Language: English

Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988

Physical: on 1 microfilm reel. : ill., geneal. tables, maps, ports. ; 35 mm.

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 1571763 Item 9

Genealogy of the Gardner family

Statement of Responsibility: by Benjamin Hard Gardner

Authors: Gardner, Benjamin Hard, b. 1881 (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Film

Language: English

Publication: Washington [District of Columbia] : L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1988

Physical: on 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 1550788 Item 3

The triumphant Captain John and Gardners and Gardiners : twelve colonial founders of families

Statement of Responsibility: by Will Gardner

Authors:

Gardner, Will (William Edward), b. 1872 (Main Author)

Gardner, Thomas, 1592-1674 (Subject)

Gardner, John, 1624-1706 (Subject)

Format: Books/Monographs

Language: English

Publication: Nantucket Island, Massachusetts : Whaling Museum Publications, c1958

Physical: vii, 104 p. [4] p. of plates : ill.

Subject Class: 921.73 G174

SLC, UT FHL

Family history of Oliver and Helena Gardner of New Bedford, Massachusetts

Statement of Responsibility: compiled by George O. Gardner

Authors: Gardner, George O. (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book on Film

Language: English

Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1971

Physical: on microfilm reel

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 873161 Item 4

Chapman and allied families

Statement of Responsibility: by Lena E. Sweet

Authors: Sweet, Lena E. (Lena E. Bartlett), 1922- (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film

Language: English

Publication: Saranac, Michigan : L.E. Sweet, 1980

Physical: 203 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.

Subject Class: 929.273 C366

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Genealogy of Kathryn Emily (Lamb) Boosted

Statement of Responsibility: Kathryn Irene (Boosted) Bobko

Authors: Bobko, Kathryn Irene Boosted, 1951- (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film

Language: English

Publication: Chicago, Illinois : K.I.B. Bobko, 1984

Physical: 176 leaves : geneal. tables, ports.

Subject Class: 929.273 B644

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 1321055 Item 11

Gardner memorial : Thomas Gardner, planter, Cape Ann, 1624; Salem (Naumkeag), 1626-1674 through his son Lieut. George Gardner

Statement of Responsibility: compiled by Frank A. Gardner

Authors: Gardner, Frank A. (Frank Augustine), b. 1859 (Main Author)

Format: Books/Monographs/Book with Film

Language: English

Publication: Salem, Massachusetts : Newcomb and Gauss, 1933

Physical: vi, 295 p. : coats of arms, ports.

Subject Class: 929.273 G171

SLC, UT Family History Library United States & Canada Film 982110 Item 1

• A biographical and genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter : Cape Ann, 16
• Flack, Jessie Gordon. Genealogy of the Gordon-Macy, Hiddleston-Curtis and allied families, Tulsa, Oklahoma : J.G. Flack, 1967, 326 pgs.
• Anderson, Robert Charles. "Pilgrim Village Families Sketch," New England Historic Genealogical Society, website New England Ancestors.org. Page: Sketch of Roger Conant
• Conant, Frederick Odell. A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America. Portland, Maine, Privately Printed, 1887; page 136.
• Gardner, Frank Augustine, http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015002304239;view=1up;seq=1 Thomas Gardner, Planter, (Cape Ann, 1623-1626; Salem, 1626-1674) and Some of Descendants: Salem, Massachusetts, Essex Institute, 1907; http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gardner-159-21 page 21.
• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, database and digital images, "Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850," AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/ : accessed 29 November 2020); citing Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1924, Vol. 3, pg. 438, https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7793/438/0.
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:MBK7-HTF : accessed 16 October 2018), entry for Seeth GARDNER, cites sources; file (2:2:2:MM9T-SCP), submitted 24 April 1999 by RichardEddy34 [identity withheld for privacy].