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Edward Gascoigne (bef. 1603 - abt. 1690)

Edward Gascoigne aka Gaskill, Gaskell
Born before in Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1636 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died about after about age 87 in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Edward Gascoigne migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 127)
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Disputed Origins

According to Anderson's The Great Migration Directory, Edward's origins are unknown. No reliable sources in the profile show he was the son of Edward Gascoigne (1547-1657) and Sarah Fearns (1581-1601) (who was dead before his birth per her profile); these parents have been disconnected.

Biography

Edward Gascoigne was born about 1602 in England. He died about 1690 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

Edward Gaskill arrived n New England in 1636; his origns are unknown. He lived in Salem.[1]

Name

Edward Gaskill[2][3][4][5][6]

Birth

1603, possibly in New Gate, Yorkshire, England[2][3][5][6]

Marriage

1636, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts[5][6]

Event

Immigrated to New England arriving in Salem in 1636.[4]

Death

1690 at age 87, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts[5][6]


Sources

  1. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory, published 2015, Reference page 127, citing STR 1:23, 102; SChR 8, 17; Snow-Estes 2:67-71; Gusie Esther Gaskll, The Gaskill Family: ne Line of Descendants of Edward Gaskill of Salm, Massachusetts. Since 1636
  2. 2.0 2.1 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Ancestry.com Operations Inc; 2004; Page: Source number: 2250.024; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
  3. 3.0 3.1 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Source number: 61.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JB3
  4. 4.0 4.1 U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; 2010; Page: Place: Salem, Massachusetts; Year: 1636; Page Number: 119
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Heritage Consulting. Millennium File Ancestry.com Operations Date: 2003;

GMD sources: STR 1:23, 102; SChR 82; RBOP 1; MBCR 8, 17; Snow-Estes 2:67-71; Gussie Esther Gaskill, "The Gaskill Family: One Line of the Descendants of Edward Gaskill of Salem, Massachusetts, Since 1636." (n.p. 1986)

  • New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
  • New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011.
  • Nora E. Snow, The Snow-Estes ancestry, published 1939. Reference pages 67-71




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I've cleaned up the gedcom code and added the PGM Needs Biography Category. Note a number of the sources from the gedcom are not PGM reliable sources, but I've left them on in case their useful to whoever works on the biography.
posted by M Cole
PGM added as co-manager based on arrival in 1636
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Gaskill-167 and Gascoigne-440 appear to represent the same person because: a lot of similarities, some research needs to be done
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I have Edward Gaskill/Gascoigne, Huguenot, shipwright being granted land in Salem in 1637
posted by Frank Gay