My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
My Maine Heritage - June 2023 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Gayer Sr.
Birth Date1647
Birth PlaceDevonshire, England
Death Date23 Sep 1710 Age: 63
Death PlaceNantucket, Nantucket Co., MA
Misc. Notes
Savage, James, Dictionary of First Settlers of New England, 136, WILLIAM, Nantucket, m. Dorcas, d. of Nathaniel Starbuck, had Damaris, b. 24 Oct. 1673; Dorcas, 29 Aug. 1675; and William, 3 June 1677. His w. d. a. 1696; and he d. 23 Sept. 1710, hav. had ano. w. but no ch.
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Spouses
Birth Dateabt 1639
Death Dateabt 1696 Age: 57
FatherEdward Starbuck (~1604-1690)
MotherKatherine Reynolds (~1609->1678)
Misc. Notes
NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 326, Gayer, Dorcas, first w. William of Devonshire Co., Engl., d. Edward Starbuck 1st and Catharine Reynolds, ____, 8 mo. 1696, P.R. 38; The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 162 vols., 1847-2009., pages 297-302, July, 1877, “The Gayer Family”, Communicated by William C. Folger, Esq., of Nantucket, Mass., Corresponding Member of the N.E. Historic, Genealogical Society; NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 542, Starbuck, Dorcas [dup. w. Jethro], 11th, 10 mo. 1747, C.R. 4. [Dorcas Jr., w. Jethro (s. Nathaniel and Mary), d. William Gayer and Dorcas (Starbuck) (first w.), 11th, 10 mo., a. 72, P.R. 38. W. Jethro, 10th, 11 mo., P.R. 63.].
Marr Datebef 1673
Marr PlaceNantucket, Nantucket Co., MA
Marr Dateaft 1696