Individual Details
Arthur GARY
(Bef 17 Dec 1599 - 17 Dec 1666)
The Gary Genealogy says that tradition says that "Arthur Gary came to America on the ship Abigail in 1635, which sailed from Plymouth, England, but his name is not included in the passenger list of that vessel. He was, however, an early resident of Roxbury, Mass., where he was admitted a Freeman of the Colony on March 14, 1838/39."
Much information on the Gary line is from "Gary Genealgoy The Descendants of Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts", Lawrence Brainerd, Boston, Mass., 1918. There is also an article in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, January, 1929, Vol. 83, by Henry Edwards Scott, A.B., of Medford, Mass. Copy in file, printed from the NEHGS website.
Abstract of the will of Arthur Gary in The New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Vol. 15, July 1861, pg. 248:
"ARTHUR GARY - Having formerly disposed of my Housing, my Orchard, & my Home Lott & severall of my mouables to my sonn, Samuell Gary, & severall other of my mouables & goods unto him & to my other two sonns (to witt) William Gary & Nathaniell, as Appeares by my deed of guift made to him & the writing given under my hands unto him & them according to the tearmes as are in those writtings Expressed, The Lord being pleased to vissitt mee with much infirmity & weakness yet having the perfect use of my understanding & memory, doe make this my Last will. My soul I give up into the hands of my most mercifull Saviour Jesus Christ, & my body I leave to my deare wife & Loving children to bee decently interred: and for all the rest of my Worldly goods which I die possesed of, whether it bee housing, Lands, Cattle, Corne, mouables, or whatsever else, I dispose of it as followeth: -
That my funerall Charges shall bee satisfyed & all other debts discharged. My will is, my deare wife, Frances Gary, shall have the use of my Housing & Lands, & my whole Estate during her life, Excepting as before. After my wives decease, my will is, that all my Lands & whole Estate, as is before Expressed, bee Equally devided betweene my three sonns, William, Nathaniell & Samuell Gary. Every one of them to have their proportion of Land soe as may bee neerest, most Convenient, & bennficiall for Every of them. My will is, that my sonn, Samuell Gary, shall have that Land, which lyeth next undo my dwelling House, hee paying unto his other two Brethren, William & Nathaniell Gary, in Case that Land amounts to more than the said Sam[uel's] proportion, what is due to make them Equall with him, In case that Land fall short of his Proportion, then Samuel shall have the residue Ells where, according to what is before Expressed. And for the Equalnes of the Apprizall & divission of the said Estate after my wives decease, my will is, that if it cann bee that my said sonns Lovingly agree amongst themselves (which I most desire) but in Case that Cannot bee attaned to mutuall sattisfaction of them all, then my will is, that my Three sonns choose Each of them one man, who shall either all of them or any two of them, have full power to determine & set downe Conserning the Apprizall & divission of the said Estate aforesd in Case that they together with my sonns Cannot come to a lovinge Agreement in a way of Councill & perswasion. My will is, that in case my wife should, either by way of sickness or any other Casualty, bee brought to stand in need of more than what is above Expressed in this my will, for her Comfortable supply, that then shee shall have liberty with the advice of her Children, to sell either goods, Cattle or any of the Lands for her Comfortable reliefe, always Provided, that first such Lands as is most remote & least benneficiall should bee sold to make the supply aforesaid. My will is, that my Loving sonn, William Gary, bee sole Executor of this my last will, requesting my Loving Friends, Edward Denison & Edward Bridge, to bee my Overseers of this my will. November 18th: 64. Arthur Gary
Witness, Robert Seaver, & Robt. Pepper, who deposed Jan. 30, 1666.
Dec. 31, 1666. An inventory of the Goods & Estate of Arthur Gary, late of Roxbury, deceased, taken by Wm. Parke. Amt. £ 123.06. Mentions lands "neere Gravity poinot,", "wood Land upon the Great hill," "broake Ground adjoyning to the Land of Robt Seaver," "broake up Land upon pond hill," "upon the Pond plaine," "in middle division," &c. William Gary deposed, Jan. 30, 1666.
Much information on the Gary line is from "Gary Genealgoy The Descendants of Arthur Gary of Roxbury, Massachusetts", Lawrence Brainerd, Boston, Mass., 1918. There is also an article in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, January, 1929, Vol. 83, by Henry Edwards Scott, A.B., of Medford, Mass. Copy in file, printed from the NEHGS website.
Abstract of the will of Arthur Gary in The New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Vol. 15, July 1861, pg. 248:
"ARTHUR GARY - Having formerly disposed of my Housing, my Orchard, & my Home Lott & severall of my mouables to my sonn, Samuell Gary, & severall other of my mouables & goods unto him & to my other two sonns (to witt) William Gary & Nathaniell, as Appeares by my deed of guift made to him & the writing given under my hands unto him & them according to the tearmes as are in those writtings Expressed, The Lord being pleased to vissitt mee with much infirmity & weakness yet having the perfect use of my understanding & memory, doe make this my Last will. My soul I give up into the hands of my most mercifull Saviour Jesus Christ, & my body I leave to my deare wife & Loving children to bee decently interred: and for all the rest of my Worldly goods which I die possesed of, whether it bee housing, Lands, Cattle, Corne, mouables, or whatsever else, I dispose of it as followeth: -
That my funerall Charges shall bee satisfyed & all other debts discharged. My will is, my deare wife, Frances Gary, shall have the use of my Housing & Lands, & my whole Estate during her life, Excepting as before. After my wives decease, my will is, that all my Lands & whole Estate, as is before Expressed, bee Equally devided betweene my three sonns, William, Nathaniell & Samuell Gary. Every one of them to have their proportion of Land soe as may bee neerest, most Convenient, & bennficiall for Every of them. My will is, that my sonn, Samuell Gary, shall have that Land, which lyeth next undo my dwelling House, hee paying unto his other two Brethren, William & Nathaniell Gary, in Case that Land amounts to more than the said Sam[uel's] proportion, what is due to make them Equall with him, In case that Land fall short of his Proportion, then Samuel shall have the residue Ells where, according to what is before Expressed. And for the Equalnes of the Apprizall & divission of the said Estate after my wives decease, my will is, that if it cann bee that my said sonns Lovingly agree amongst themselves (which I most desire) but in Case that Cannot bee attaned to mutuall sattisfaction of them all, then my will is, that my Three sonns choose Each of them one man, who shall either all of them or any two of them, have full power to determine & set downe Conserning the Apprizall & divission of the said Estate aforesd in Case that they together with my sonns Cannot come to a lovinge Agreement in a way of Councill & perswasion. My will is, that in case my wife should, either by way of sickness or any other Casualty, bee brought to stand in need of more than what is above Expressed in this my will, for her Comfortable supply, that then shee shall have liberty with the advice of her Children, to sell either goods, Cattle or any of the Lands for her Comfortable reliefe, always Provided, that first such Lands as is most remote & least benneficiall should bee sold to make the supply aforesaid. My will is, that my Loving sonn, William Gary, bee sole Executor of this my last will, requesting my Loving Friends, Edward Denison & Edward Bridge, to bee my Overseers of this my will. November 18th: 64. Arthur Gary
Witness, Robert Seaver, & Robt. Pepper, who deposed Jan. 30, 1666.
Dec. 31, 1666. An inventory of the Goods & Estate of Arthur Gary, late of Roxbury, deceased, taken by Wm. Parke. Amt. £ 123.06. Mentions lands "neere Gravity poinot,", "wood Land upon the Great hill," "broake Ground adjoyning to the Land of Robt Seaver," "broake up Land upon pond hill," "upon the Pond plaine," "in middle division," &c. William Gary deposed, Jan. 30, 1666.
Events
| Birth | Bef 17 Dec 1599 | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Marriage | 18 Apr 1625 | Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England - Frances WARMAN |  | ||
| Residence | 18 Apr 1625 | at the time of his marriage to Frances Warman. - Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England | |||
| Church | 1633 - 35 | Among the earliest member of the First Church of Roxbury, the Rev. John Eliot pastor. Church was established in 1632. - Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts | |||
| Immigration | Bef 14 Mar 1639 | He was admitted a Freeman of the Colony at Roxbury, Mass, ono this date., Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts | |||
| Will proved | 30 Jan 1666 | Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts | |||
| Death | 17 Dec 1666 | Roxbury, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts | | ||
| Reference No | 10246 |
Families
| Spouse | Frances WARMAN (1601 - 1672) |
| Child | William GARY (1628 - 1666) |
| Child | Nathaniel GARY (1633 - 1678) |
| Child | Samuel GARY (1638 - 1666) |
| Father | Nathaniel GARY ( - ) |
| Mother | Joane ( - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com database.
2. Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849.