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.

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. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Washington, D.C; 1939, Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.

7. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Washington, D.C; 1939, Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.

8. Seversmith, Herbert Furman, Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut Washington, D.C; 1939, Volume 3 page 1067 Gaines.