Individual Details
Gear Chadwick
(1751 - 1803)
Gear Chadwick (his baptismal name was Gayer) was the first child of
James and Ruth (Hatch) Chadwick, but the town records of Falmouth, Mass.
do not give the date of his birth. The Church records make him to have
been bapt. in June, 1751. He went to Philadelphia, Penn. about 1774 and
was married there to Amelia ----- where they had one daughter named Ruth
(for his mother). When she was 2 years old he moved to Beaufort.
He soon after removed to Beaufort, N. Carolina, where he lived died and
was buried; here there were born to them two daughters and one son.
Gear was engaged in some form of shipping business.
Children of Gear and Amelia Chadwick --
1. Rebecca, who married a Mr. Stanton but had no children and afterwards
married a Mr. Borden, and had 1 son Benjamin Franklin and he had several
children.
2. Ruth, who married a Mr. Fuller and afterwards a Mr. Hall.
3. Jane, who married Capt. John Guthrie.
4. James, who died young, never having been married.
Gear probably died in 1803 as his will was probated in that year.
James and Ruth (Hatch) Chadwick, but the town records of Falmouth, Mass.
do not give the date of his birth. The Church records make him to have
been bapt. in June, 1751. He went to Philadelphia, Penn. about 1774 and
was married there to Amelia ----- where they had one daughter named Ruth
(for his mother). When she was 2 years old he moved to Beaufort.
He soon after removed to Beaufort, N. Carolina, where he lived died and
was buried; here there were born to them two daughters and one son.
Gear was engaged in some form of shipping business.
Children of Gear and Amelia Chadwick --
1. Rebecca, who married a Mr. Stanton but had no children and afterwards
married a Mr. Borden, and had 1 son Benjamin Franklin and he had several
children.
2. Ruth, who married a Mr. Fuller and afterwards a Mr. Hall.
3. Jane, who married Capt. John Guthrie.
4. James, who died young, never having been married.
Gear probably died in 1803 as his will was probated in that year.
Events
| Birth | 1751 | New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America | |||
| Baptism | 9 Jun 1751 | Falmouth Congregational Church, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America |  | ||
| Death | 1803 | Beautfort, North Carolina, United States |
Families
| Father | James Chadwick (1725 - 1786) |
| Mother | Ruth Hatch (1733 - 1786) |
| Sibling | James Chadwick Jr (1753 - 1826) |
| Sibling | Capt John Chadwick (1749 - 1821) |
| Sibling | David Chadwick (1755 - ) |
| Sibling | Job Chadwick (1756 - 1832) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Chadwick (1759 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Chadwick (1762 - 1828) |
| Sibling | Ichabod Chadwick (1763 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Judah Chadwick (1765 - 1816) |
| Sibling | Lot Chadwick (1768 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Henry Chadwick (1770 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Chadwick (1772 - ) |
Notes
Baptism
Falmouth > Falmouth Congregational Church Records; Vol· 1-2Ancestry Image 30/168
p 36
1751
June 9
Gayer son of James and Ruth Chadwick Baptized
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Source Citation
Title: Falmouth Congregational Church Records; Vol· 1-2
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
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His baptism name was Gayer