Thomas Gatchell (abt. 1655 - 1732)

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Died 22 Jun 1732 at about age 77 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas is supposed to have been born about 1655. His parents may have been John Gatchell & "Wibera." He wasn't included in the will of Samuel Gatchell of Salisbury, Massachusetts, who had children about the same time Thomas was probably born. He was tailor, according to deeds and his will.

Spelling of last name

Although some clerks recording information about this family in the 17th and early 18th centuries spelled their last name "Gatchel" (also Getchel, Getchell, etc.), Thomas and his son John spelled the name "Gatchell" when they signed their wills.^[1] The name in the copy of the will in the probate volumes is mistranscribed as "Gatchel."^[1] The Dartmouth town clerk recording son John's birth and the deaths of his parents also spelled the name "Gatchell."^[2] A different and earlier clerk spelled it "Gatchel" when recording the birth of Priscilla.^[3] The published vital records mistakenly say that the original town records of these two births both have the spelling "Gatchel."^[4]

Children

Children of Thomas Gatchell and Sarah Brayton (called daughters-in-law in Mary (?) Gatchell's will^[5]):

i. Priscilla, b. 8 December 1680^[6]

ii. Mary

iii. Sarah

Child of Thomas Gatchell and Mary (called son in Mary (?) Gatchell's will):

iv. John, b. 5 July 1695^[2]

Death

Thomas died on 22 June 1732 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Bristol Co., MA, probate file 1043, [1] also (transcription) vol. 9:131-2. [2]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dartmouth, MA, manuscript vital records, images at Ancestry.com $ [3]
3. ↑ Dartmouth, MA, manuscript town records with some vital records with town meeting minutes, images at Ancestry.com $ [4]
4. ↑ Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850, vol. 1 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929), 90 [5]
5. ↑ Bristol Co., MA, probate vol. 9:75 [6]
6. ↑ spelled "Prescilla" by the town clerk, Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850, vol. 1 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929), 90 [7]
7. ↑ Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1850, vol. 3 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1930), 31 [8]