Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZRK-91X
• Name: Samuel Gascoigne
• Occupation: Constable in Salem
• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

From Life Sketch:

The were members of the Salem Friends. They suffered cruelly and they lived to see the persecution turned away so the Friends could meet in peace. Samuel, with Daniel and Josiah Southwick, was trustee for Salem Monthly Meeting in the conveyance to them of the first meeting house and lands on Oct. 13,1690. On Oct. 3, 1716 this meeting house was ordered sold. Samuel served as constable in Salem and was warned for militia duty in April of 1677-8, but there is no record that he was called.

Samuel married Southwick, Provided on 30 Oct 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Provided (daughter of Southwick, Lawrence and Burnell, Cassandra) was born on 6 Oct 1641 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was christened on 6 Dec 1641 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 4 Feb 1728 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; was buried after 4 Feb 1728 in Old Salem Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gaskill, Edward was born on 23 Oct 1667 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1748 in Northampton Township, Burlington, New Jersey, USA; was buried in 1748 in Mount Holly Friends Cemetery, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Life Event: 1635, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; Ship maker in shipyard of Edward Hollingworth

Notes:

He immigrated from France to England and then America. Came to Boston in 1635. It seems that he had a land grant in Salem Mass. in 1637. He bought a house and land in 1659. He was a Ship's carpenter. It is believed that his remains were committed in accord with Quaker custom to an unmarked grave in the grounds of the first Friends Meeting of Mount Holly on what was once known as Gaskill's Lane but later changed to Wood Lane, north of the Mount. His extensive farm lands were nearby, just over the township line in Springfield Township. He disposed of all his property by deed or gift before his death.

Edward married Parker, Sarah. Sarah was born in 1603 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1691 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]