Jan, Thank you so much!! this fill in a lot of blanks for me....Thanks for taking the time to share all of this. Derby ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 8:45 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] GASKILL > I think someone asked about Patience GASKILL who married Jonathan Aldrich at > Smithfield, RI on 17 March 1742, "both of Mendon." (Arnold, Vital Records of > Rhode Island, 3:5). > > Patience was the daughter of Jonathan and Alls (sic) Pickering) GASKILL. > Although her birth was not recorded, she is named as a sibling in the will of > her sibling, Samuel Gaskill (Cumberland Probate Records, 5:331-337): "To my > honored mother, Alice Gaskill, my three brothers, William, Jonathan and > Silas, and to my three sisters Patience Aldrich, Provided Cook, and Olive > Wilcos..my brother in law, Daniel Wilcox." > > Jonathan (4) Gaskill married Allls (sic) Pickering at Salem on 9 September > 1726 (Salem MA VRs., 3:406). She was born at Salem on 19 November 1703, > daughter of Benjamin and Jane (Hobby) Pickering (Salem MA VRs, 2:170). > Jonathan's birth was not recorded but was mentioned in the will of his > father, Samuel (3) Gaskill.."I ordaine my wife Bethiah Gaskill and my Son > Jonathan Gaskill to be my Executors" (Essex Probate #10680). > > Samuel (3) Gaskill married Bethia Woodin, an unrecorded daughter of John (1) > and Mary Woodin. Her identity and marriage is proved by the administration > of the estate of John Woodin to "Samll Gaskill of Salem who marryed Bethiah > Daughter of ye Dec." (Essex Probate #157312). He was born > 23:11m[January]:1663, son of Samuel (2) and Provided (Southwick) Gaskill > (original Quaker records deposited at RI Historical Society). > > Samuel (2) Gaskill was baptized at Salem on 7:6m[August] 1639 (Records of The > First Church in Salem, 17), son of Edward (1) Gascoyne/Gaskin/Gaskill. He > married at Salem on 30:10m[December]:1662 Provided Southwick (Salem VRs., > 2:406- Gaskin, Samuell and Provided Southwicke). She was baptized at Salem > on 6:10[December]:1639, daughter of Lawrence (1) and Cassandra (Burnell) > Southwick (Records of the First Church in Salem, 17). > > Hope this is what someone was looking for > > Jan Delorey > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >