Deacon William Gaylord - Greybeard's Ghosts

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	? Gaylord (e1551-)
Spouse	_____ (Gaylord) (e1588-1657)
Child +	Samuel Gaylord (1619-1690) [S662] [S2939] [S2944]	research

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	Deacon William Gaylord [S2053] [S2940]	secondary
Name	William Gaylord [S366] [S662] [S706] [S1080:46] [S2939] [S2944]	secondary
Name	William Gaylard [S662] [S1080:50]	secondary
Name	William Gallard [S700]	secondary
Name	William Gallerd [S1080:69]	secondary
Name	William Gaylar [S2933]	secondary
Name	William Gailor [S2933]	secondary
Name	William Gailard [S1080:82]	secondary
Name	Deacon Gaylard [S1080:314]	secondary
Name	Deacon Gaylar [S662] [S2933]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gaylord [S1080:34]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gaylard [S1080:27]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gaylor [S1080:64]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gayler [S1080:185]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gaylerd [S1080:188]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gailer [S1080:282]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gailerd [S1080:288]	secondary
Name	Mr. Gailor [S1080:300]	secondary
Name	William Gaylarde [S2939]	research
Name	Deacon Willaim Gaylor [S662]	research
Occupation	planter [S662]	research
Ship	[S662]	research

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Age	Evidence
Birth	1585	England [S366]		secondary
Birth	bef 1590	England [S662]		research
Marriage	abt 1617	_____ (Gaylord) (e1588-1657), England [S366]		secondary
Residence	Dec 19, 1619	Crewkerne, Somerset, England [S2939] his son Samuel was baptized at St. Bartholomew's Church		research
Residence	Feb 24, 1621/22	Crewkerne, Somerset, England [S2939] his son John was baptized at St. Bartholomew's Church		research
Residence	Dec 27, 1624	Crewkerne, Somerset, England [S2939] his son Joseph was baptized at St. Bartholomew's Church		research
Residence	Mar 1629/30	Plymouth, Devon, England [S662] chosen to be a Deacon in the newly created church		research
Emigration	Mar 20, 1629/30	Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England [S662]		research
Immigration	May 30, 1630	Nantasket, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States [S662]		research
Flourished	Oct 19, 1630	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S700] [S2944] requested to be admitted as a freeman		secondary
Freeman	May 18, 1631	[S2944]		research
Residence	Jan 21, 1631/32	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] [S2944] one of four men to sign town orders		research
Position	May 9, 1632	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] Deputy to the General Court - as John Gallard		research
Residence	1633	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662]		research
Residence	Apr 3, 1633	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] ordered to build 20 foot of fence in the marsh for 1 cow		research
Residence	Aug 26, 1633	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] one of the administrators of the estate of John Russell		research
Flourished	Apr 19, 1634	[S662] mentioned in the will of Joan Patten in Crewkerne		research
Residence	Jun 2, 1634	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662]		research
Position	Nov 2, 1635	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] Selectman		research
Residence	Dec 12, 1635	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] [S706] one of the overseers of the will of Thomas Newberry		secondary
Residence	Feb 1, 1635/36	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] granted 2 acres of meadow		research
Residence	Jun 27, 1636	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] granted 2 acres of meadow		research
Residence	Jun 27, 1636	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] attended a town meeting		research
Position	Jan 2, 1636/37 to Jul 1, 1637	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] Selectman		research
Residence	Jan 2, 1636/37	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] appointed Assessor		research
Residence	Jul 1, 1637	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] stopped serving as Assessor		research
Moved	1638	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662]		research
Position	Jan 2, 1637/38	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] Representative (Deputy) to the General Court		research
Residence	Mar 18, 1637/38	Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [S662] granted 2 lots in the Neck and Cow's Pasture		research
Position	Apr 11, 1639	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:27] Deputy to the Connecticut General Meeting of Freemen		secondary
Residence	May 1, 1639	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] arranged the lease of lands in Dorchester for John Warham		research
Residence	Jul 29, 1639	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] was surety for Thomas Marshfield of Windsor		research
Position	Sep 10, 1639	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:34] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Jan 16, 1639/40	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:41] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Flourished	Mar 5, 1639/40	Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] [S1080:44] returned to the court the record of the estate of Thomas Newberry		secondary
Position	Apr 9, 1640	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:46] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Jun 11, 1640	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:50] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Residence	Nov 25, 1640	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] In the Windsor Land Inventory, he had 95+ acres		research
Position	Feb 8, 1640/41	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:58] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Apr 9, 1641	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:64] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Nov 1641	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		research
Position	Jan 5, 1641/42	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:70] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Apr 10, 1642	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:71] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Aug 26, 1642	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:73] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Sep 8, 1642	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:74] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Mar 27, 1642/43	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:82] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Apr 13, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:84] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Flourished	Jun 1, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:87] represented Nathaniel Patten as his attorney in Court		secondary
Flourished	Jun 16, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:83] ordered to set prices for the inventory of the estate of Thomas Marshfield		secondary
Position	Sep 14, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:92] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	Sep 15, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:92] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Flourished	Nov 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:92] represented the towns for taxation		secondary
Position	Nov 10, 1643	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:92] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	Feb 14, 1643/44	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:92] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	Apr 1644	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:103] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Residence	Jun 3, 1644	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:104] appointed to set the prices weavers could charge		secondary
Position	Sep 12, 1644	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:111] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Residence	Oct 25, 1644	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:112]		secondary
Position	Nov 15, 1644	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:114] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Feb 5, 1644/45	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:117] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Apr 10, 1645	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:124] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Jul 9, 1645	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:128] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Sep 11, 1645	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:130] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Apr 9, 1646	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:137] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	Sep 9, 1647	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:157] Deputy to the Connecticut Legislature		secondary
Position	May 17, 1649	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:185] Deputy to the General Court of Elections		secondary
Position	Jun 6, 1649	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:188] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	Sep 13, 1649	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:195] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	Nov 7, 1649	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:200] Deputy to the General Court		secondary
Position	May 16, 1650	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:207] Deputy to the General Court of Elections		secondary
Flourished	Sep 12, 1650	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S1080:211] appointed by the court as arbitraitor between Matthew Allyn and Richard Collecott		secondary
Will	Jan 31, 1671/72	[S662]		research
Codicil	Nov 14, 1672	[S662]		research
Codicil	Dec 18, 1672	[S662]		research
Death	Jul 20, 1673	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States [S662] [S2933]	88y	secondary
Inventory	Aug 2, 1673	[S662]		research
Probate	Sep 1673	[S662]		research

Sources

Index	Title
[S366]	Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" (GPC, Baltimore, Maryland; 1985).
[S662]	Anderson, Robert Charles, "The Great Migration Begins" (Copyright 2001-2005, New England Historic Genealogical Society) (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2496).
[S700]	"Massachusetts Bay Colony Court Record for October 19, 1630" (http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/important_names_events/mass_bay_colony_freemen_1630.htm).
[S706]	"Suffolk County Wills" (GPC, Baltimore, 1984) (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48226/).
[S1080]	Trumbull, J. Hammond, "The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, May 1665" (Hartford, 1850) (http://www.archive.org/details/publicrecordsco09hoadgoog).
[S2053]	"Connecticut Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920".
[S2933]	"Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield CT Vital Records, 1631-1691".
[S2939]	John Insley Coddington, "TAG: Clues to the English Home of William Gaylord of Dorchester, Mass. and Windsor, Conn." (The American Genealogist Vol. 17, pp71-74 (1937)).
[S2940]	Benjamin H. Gaylord, "TAG: The English Ancestry of Deacon William Gaylord".
[S2944]	Robert Charles Anderson, F.A.S.G, "The Mary & John: Developing Objective Criteria for a Synthetic Passenger List" (New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol 147, pp 148-161 (April 1993)).

Note

in 1633, granted land in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; in 1636, one of the overseers of Thomas Newberry's estate. On March 1, 1639, presented articles of agreement between Thomas Newberry's heirs and Richard Wright. On June 28, 1654, purchased land jointly with his brother John, his son William, and Thomas Hosford. On December 25, 1654, granted 21 acres of land. [Source: Stiles, Henry R., "Families of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut, Volume II", 1892]

Note

Some genealogies show his parents as John Gaylod and Jane Mallin. I have not found any sources that will support this claim.