First Governor of Massachusetts Thomas 'The Planter' Gardiner

First Governor of Massachusetts Thomas 'The Planter' Gardiner

Male 1592 - 1694  (102 years)

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  • Name Thomas 'The Planter' Gardiner  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Title First Governor of Massachusetts 
    Birth 1592  Sherborne, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5, 7
    Baptism 4 Aug 1597  Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1624  Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    (Cape Ann, New England)Margaret and Thomas departed Weymouth aboard Good Ship Zouch Phenix 
    Occupation Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Overseer of first Cape Ann Plantation 
    Death 1694  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7
    Burial Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Cemetery-Harmony Grove (Salem MA)
    Cemetery-Harmony Grove (Salem MA)
    Person ID I24224  A Tree Called Smith
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Father Thomas Gardner,   b. 1565, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1635, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Elizabeth White,   b. 1564, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Mar 1648, Little Bourton, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1610  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F8789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Demaris Sibly   d. 28 Sep 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1668  USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    • Colonial New England
    Family ID F9710  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

    Family 2 Margaret Frier,   b. 1594   d. 1636, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 28 Apr 1617  Sherborne, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 9
    Children 
     1. Sarah Gardiner,   b. 1631, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1686, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F9711  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1592 - Sherborne, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 4 Aug 1597 - Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 28 Apr 1617 - Sherborne, Dorset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - (Cape Ann, New England)Margaret and Thomas departed Weymouth aboard Good Ship Zouch Phenix - 1624 - Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Overseer of first Cape Ann Plantation - - Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1694 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Headstones
    Cemetery-Harmony Grove (Salem MA)
    Cemetery-Harmony Grove (Salem MA)

    Arms and Icons
    Seal-Massachusetts
    Seal-Massachusetts

  • Sources 
    1. [S245] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Marriages, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).

    2. [S110] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 64.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JAJ.

    3. [S469] Ancestry.com, Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SH:RE1/1.

    4. [S567] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Place: Salem, Massachusetts; Year: 1624; Page Number: 24.

    5. [S101] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.

    6. [S2151] Ancestry.com, Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P5 IN 1/2.

    7. [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Thomas Gardner
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=103030926&indiv=try

    8. [S101] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
      U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700


    9. [S469] Ancestry.com, Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PE/SH:RE1/1.
      Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
      Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812