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MarriagesTheory: Jane ____ as mother of all his childrenThe only named wife of Gabriel documented in England is "Jane" on a deed of land sale 5 Aug 1637-- seven years after the youngest baptised child. Due to the absence of any burial records for a woman who could have been an earlier wife of Gabriel, she has been suggested as mother of all his British-born children.Theory: Four Wives of Gabriel WheldenThe five-year gap between Gabriel Whelden's first child Thomas in 1612 (who did die young in 1614) and the second child Katherine in March 1616/7 suggests the possibility of a first wife about 1611 who died shortly after 1612, and then a second wife (the supposed Mary Davis?) as mother of the children baptized between March 1616/7 and at least 1623 if not 1630. (Additional 4-year gaps exist between 1622 and 1626 baptisms and again between 1626 and 1630.) The birth of Sarah Whelden in 1650 in Massachusetts implies an even later mother, likely the Margaret who returns to England after Gabriel's death.A four-wife theory, then, might look like this:Gabriel Whelden m1 abt 1611 Female Unknown, who died abt 1613, by whom he had:1. Thomas Whelden b. 1612; d 1614Gabriel m2 abt 1616 possibly Mary Davis, who died by 1637, by whom he had:2. Katherine, b 16173. Henry, b 16194. Mary, b 16215. Martha (twin?), b 16216. John, b. 1623; d. bef 16307. Ruth, b 16268. John, b.1630Gabriel m3 btw 1630-1636 Jane _____, who died by 1650.Gabriel m4 about 1650 Margaret (possibly Matthews), by whom he had:9. Sarah, b 1650 Citation needed