Individual Details

Samuel Gaines

(Abt, 1638 - Abt, 1700)

Samuel Gaines was an orphan at age 6 and apprenticed to Nathaniel Handforth who taught him to read and write and run a farm. Samuel married Anna Burnham. He lived to age 62 and left a 20+ page will.

Events

BirthAbt, 1638Lynn, British America
Civil1644Orphaned, parents will
Marriage1665Lynn, British America - Ann Wright
WidowAbt, 1666
Residence1667Land - Hartford, British America
MarriageMay 1, 1668Hartford, British America - Anna Hannah Burnham
Probate1700Hartford, Connecticut, United States
ResidenceAbt, 1700Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
DeathAbt, 1700Connecticut, British America
OccupationFarmer
EducationApprentice, learned to read, write, farm

Families

SpouseAnna Hannah Burnham (1644 - 1722)
ChildSamuel Gaines (1670 - 1748)
ChildRebecca Gaines (1688 - 1756)
ChildJohn Gaines (1676 - 1748)
SpouseAnn Wright (1644 - 1666)
ChildBenoni Gaines (1666 - 1745)
FatherHenry Gaines (1612 - 1644)
MotherJane Joan Partridge (1612 - 1644)
SiblingJohn Gaines (1632 - 1688)
SiblingDaniel Gaines (1634 - 1676)

Notes

Marriage

Marriage date is an estimate.

Endnotes

1. Massachusetts town clerk vital and town records 1626 - 2001 database with images. FamilySearch.org, Town clerk offices, Massachusetts., Essex, Salem, Birth, marriage, death 1644-1867 vol 1-2, B image 91 of 327; town clerk offices, Massachusetts. Image 434 of 670.

2. Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford Among the Settlers, 1639. Hartford Connecticut: Connecticut Historical Society, 1912, Page 539 image 555 of 733.

3. (1847) || Index, no image volume 85 page 33.

4. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, Page 291 .

5. Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Early to 1880, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut Samuel Gaines probate 1700 Hartford, Connecticut, Case No. 2099 about 29 handwritten pages including inventory, image 1227of 1402.

6. (1939). || Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.

7. (1939). || Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.

8. (1939). || Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.