Saturday, May 28, 2011

Surname Saturday - GACH/GAGE (??? > New Jersey)

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It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 239, who is Martha Gach (1729-????), another of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back to Martha Gach and two more Gage generations is:


1. Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-....)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)

3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

6. Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)

7. Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977)

14. Charles Auble (1849-1916)
15. Georgianna Kemp (1868-1952)

28. Daniel Auble (1817-1894)
29. Sarah Knapp (1818-ca1900)

58. William Knapp (1775-1856)
59. Sarah Cutter (1785-1878)

118. Stephen Cutter (1757-1823)
119. Tabitha Randolph (ca 1750-1841)


 238.  Samuel Fitz Randolph, born about 1730 in Blazing Star, Richmond, New York, United States.  He was the son of 476. Jacob Fitz Randolph and 477. (unknown).  He married  20 October 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
 239.  Martha Gach, born 29 November 1729 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  


Children of Samuel Fitz Randolph and Martha Gach are:


i. Tabitha Randolph, born before 06 September 1761 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States; died 26 November 1841 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Stephen Cutter about 1769 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  ii. Mary Fitz Randolph, born before 06 September 1761 in Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, United States. 


478.  Thomas Gach, born 1702 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 09 March 1770 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.   He married 17 August 1721 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
 479.  Elizabeth Bloodgood, born 29 May 1703 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States.  She was the daughter of 958. John Bloetgoet and 959. Mary Morgan.
Children of Thomas Gach and Elizabeth Bloodgood are:


  i. Elizabeth Gach, born 01 June 1722 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died 07 July 1724 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  ii. Mary Gach, born 01 February 1723/24 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married James Eddy about 29 May 1743 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
 iii. Elizabeth Gach, born 30 March 1726 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Elisha Inslee 18 May 1744 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States, born 1 June 1722 in New Jersey, United States; died 1751.
  iv. John Gach, born 1727 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died after 1770; married Sarah Dunham.
  v. Sarah Gach, born 25 December 1727 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Nathaniel Pike about 16 September 1747 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; born 25 December 1727 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died October 1766 in New Jersey, United States.
vi. Martha Gach, born 29 November 1729 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Samuel Fitz Randolph 20 October 1750 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
  vii. Anna Gach, born 18 December 1732 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States;  married Isaac Dunham; born about 1737 in Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died 1802 in Sterling Grant, New Brunswick, Canada.
  viii. Thomas Gach, born about 1735 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States;  married Keturah Clawson 24 December 1759 in New Jersey, United States.
  ix. Catherine Gach, born about 1737 in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States;  married Michael Toyin.
  x. Martin Gach, born about 1739 in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States; married Ann Johnson 27 December 1766 in New Jersey, United States.
  xi. Esther Gach, born 1741 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 1763 in New Jersey, United States; married Joseph Shotwell.
  xii. Phillip Gach, born 1744 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Jennet Pike; born 1748 in New Jersey, United States; died 1821.


 956.  Thomas Gage, born about 1660; died before 23 April 1703 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.  He married  about 1698 in probably Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
 957.  Elizabeth Hunt, born about 1656 in probably Westchester, New York, United States; died 03 November 1747 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.

Children of Thomas Gage and Elizabeth Hunt are:


  i. Mary Gach, born about 1700 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died 28 June 1760 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married William Bloodgood 16 March 1725/26 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; born about 1698 in Flushing, Queens, New York, United States; died before 22 March 1756 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.
 ii. Thomas Gach, born 1702 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; died before 09 March 1770 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States; married Elizabeth Bloodgood 17 August 1721 in Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States.


 The parentage of Thomas Gage is uncertain.  The book "John Gage of Ipswich, Mass. and His Descendants" compiled by Clyde V. Gage, published 1964 (accessed on www.ancestry.com) says that he was the son of Jonathan and Hester (Chandler) Gage of Bradford MA.  A birth date of 1680? is claimed for Thomas, but that places him well after the death of Jonathan Gage in 1674/5, and has him marrying a woman over 20 years his senior in 1700.

It is apparent that this Thomas Gage is much more likely that Thomas Gage was born in the 1655 to 1660 time frame in an unknown place.  He might have been a brother or cousin of Jonathan Gage, whose widow Hester (Chandler) Gage married John Wilson and resided in Woodbridge, New Jersey after 1680.

There is a sketch for John Gage (1605-1673) in the book Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, but it doesn't mention a Thomas Gage, and Thomas is not mentioned in the will of John Gage.

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