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John Gedney

Male Abt 1604 - 1688  (~ 84 years)


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  • Name John Gedney 
    Alternate birth Abt 1603  [1
    Birth Abt 1604  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 5 Aug 1688  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I19235  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2020 

    Family 1 Sarah,   b. Abt 1611   d. Between 23 Jun 1644 and 16 Mar 1649, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Children 
     1. Mary Gedney,   b. Abt May 1638   d. Bef 22 Sep 1684 (Age ~ 46 years)
    Family ID F11912  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2017 

    Family 2 Katherine Franklin,   b. Abt 1603   d. Between 31 Aug 1667 and 15 Mar 1678, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years) 
    Marriage Between Jan 1652 and Jun 1654  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Family ID F15775  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Came to Salem from Norwich, England in 1637 on the Mary Anne. With him were his wife Sarah and their children Lydia, Hannah, and John. Sarah evidently died either on the voyage or shortly after their arrival.

      He is described as a "weaver" in the shipping list, but he was ordered in 1639 to keep an inn at Salem, and he always appears in Salem records as a "vintner."

  • Sources 
    1. [S1709] G. Andrews Moriarty, "A Problem in Salem Genealogical History (The Prince Family)." The American Genealogist 14:83, 1937.

    2. [S3852] Roger A. Prince, "The English Origin of John Gedney of Salem, Massachusetts and His Three Wives." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 174:26, Winter 2020.

    3. [S3852] Roger A. Prince, "The English Origin of John Gedney of Salem, Massachusetts and His Three Wives." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 174:26, Winter 2020., month, year, and place only.

    4. [S3456] Roger A. Prince, "Katherine (Franklin) (Prince) (Clarke) Gedney of Rotherhithe, Surrey, and Salem, Massachusetts, and the English Origins of Robert Prince of Salem." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 170:195, Summer 2016., says bet 1653 and 1654.