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Garden, Richard, had a grant of timber, for fencing, 1663.Gardner, Thomas, of Roxbury, d. Nov. 1638, leaving chil. Thomas and Peter.
2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Lucy Smith 4 July 1641, and had Andrew, Thomas, Abigail, Mary, Peter, Abigail (2d), Lucy, Joanna, Joshua, Ca'ebb. Thomas the f. res. in Roxbury, and d. 15 July 1689; his w. Lucy d. 6 Nov. 1687.
3. Thomas, s. of Thomas (2), m. Mary Bowles 17 Nov. 1673, and had Sarah, Thomas, Mary, John, Caleb, Peter, Isaac, Richard, Solomon (?), Benjamin. Thomas the f. res. in Roxbury or Brookline, and d. in 1725.
4. Richard, s. of Thomas (3), m. Elizabeth Winchester. and had Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Sarah. Richard the f. and his w. were dismissed from the Church in Brookline, and recommended to the Church in Cambridge in 1725. He was the first of this family in Camb., and d. 9 Jan. 1776, a. 73; his w. Elizabeth d. Aug. 1795.
5. Thomas, s. of Richard (4), m. Joanna Sparhawk, and had Richard, Thomas, Thomas (2d), Samuel, Elizabeth. Thomas the f. was the patriotic Colonel, 1 who sealed his devotion to his country with his blood on Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. See pp. 418-420. He d. of his wounds 3 July 1775; his w. Joanna d. 24 Nov. 1794.
6. Richard, s. of Thomas (5), m. Hannah Goldthwait, and had John: Joanna; Martha; Hannah, m. Dr. James P. Chaplin of Camb. 10 Dec. 1807, and d. 24 May 1838, a. 45; Susan; Sally.
7. Thomas, s. of Thomas (5), m. Hannah, dau. of Isaac Gardner, who was slain in Camb. on the memorable 19th of April 1775, and had Hannah, b. 2 Feb. 1791, m. Aaron Rice of Camb. 10 Oct. 1821, and d. 7 July 1853; Thomas; Susanna; Mary S.; Harriet E.; Thomas S. No trace is found in the Camb. Records of Col. Gardner's parentage, or of his children; nor do the Probate Records refer to the settlement of his estate. The materials for the foregoing brief sketch were given to me by Mr. Thomas Gardner Rice (son of Aaron and Hannah), the present Cambridge representative of two martyrs in the cause of liberty, namely Isaac Gardner, Esq. of Brookline, and Col. Thomas Gardner of Cambridge.
Gaskell, or Gaskin, Samuel, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. 13 May 1688. His w. Elizabeth d. 18 Oct. 1686; his son John d. 9 Oct. 1686. Unless there be an error in the date, he must have m. a 2d w. Elizabeth.
Gates, Stephen, d. here 1662, leaving w. Ann, who contracted 18 Ap. 1663 to marry Richard Woodward of Watertown. After his death she resumed the [558] name of Gates, and d. at Stow 1683. Their children were Stephen; Simon; Thomas; Elizabeth, m. John Lasell; and Mary, m. John Maynard of Sudbury.
2. Stephen, S. of Stephen (1), by w. Sarah had Simon, b. here 5 Mar. 1666-7. In his will, dated at Stow, 5 Sept. 1701, and proved 15 Sept. 1707, are named w. Sarah, and children Stephen, Simon, Thomas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Daniel, Sarah, and Rebecca.
3. Simon, s. of Stephen (1), by w. Margaret, had Abigail, b. 14 Aug. 1671, m. Nathaniel Sparhawk; Simon, b. 1 Sept. 1673, 12 Jan. 1675-6; Simon, b. 5 Jan. 1675-6, settled in Marlborough, and was ancestor of a numerous posterity there and in Worcester County; George, b. 6 Ap. 1678, d. 23 May 1679; Amos, b. about 1680; Jonathan, b. 22 June 1683; Samuel, b. 11 Aug. 1685; Margaret, b. 13 Aug. 1689, m. James How. Simon the f. d. at Brookline, and his estate was settled by agreement 11 Oct. 1705.
4. Amos, s. of
