He was born in Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England and passed away in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Gore in 1645.
He was only 10 years of age when his father died, and he probably lived with the Winthrop family. When John was only 17 years of age, he left the Massachusetts Bay area for the settlement of Connecticut with John Winthrop Jr., who had been instructed to plant a colony and build a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River (Saybrook) because of the threat of indian uprising.
John Gager was a participant in the war with the Pequots, and for this he was awarded a land grant from the town of New London, of 200 acres east of the river. It was near the straits which is now part of Ledyard. John Gager moved there about the year 1650, and his first six children were born there.
John Gager and his family later joined in the settlement of Norwich, Connecticut. His house lot in the new town bears the date of the oldest surveys November 1659. IN the year 1674 and 1688, he was a constable in Norwich.
Suggested edit: Per Robert Battle, "Notes on the Family of William-1 Gager of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk and Charlestown and Boston, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175[2021]: 221-237, please remove the following statement from the bio:
"He was the son and only child known to have survived of William Gager and Hannah Mayhew."
Per the article, his mother was named Sarah.
Thank you!
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He was only 10 years of age when his father died, and he probably lived with the Winthrop family. When John was only 17 years of age, he left the Massachusetts Bay area for the settlement of Connecticut with John Winthrop Jr., who had been instructed to plant a colony and build a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River (Saybrook) because of the threat of indian uprising.
John Gager was a participant in the war with the Pequots, and for this he was awarded a land grant from the town of New London, of 200 acres east of the river. It was near the straits which is now part of Ledyard. John Gager moved there about the year 1650, and his first six children were born there.
John Gager and his family later joined in the settlement of Norwich, Connecticut. His house lot in the new town bears the date of the oldest surveys November 1659. IN the year 1674 and 1688, he was a constable in Norwich.
Suggested edit: Per Robert Battle, "Notes on the Family of William-1 Gager of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk and Charlestown and Boston, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175[2021]: 221-237, please remove the following statement from the bio:
"He was the son and only child known to have survived of William Gager and Hannah Mayhew."
Per the article, his mother was named Sarah.
Thank you!
Contributor: (47346831) •
He was born in Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England and passed away in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. He married Elizabeth Gore in 1645.
He was only 10 years of age when his father died, and he probably lived with the Winthrop family. When John was only 17 years of age, he left the Massachusetts Bay area for the settlement of Connecticut with John Winthrop Jr., who had been instructed to plant a colony and build a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River (Saybrook) because of the threat of indian uprising.
John Gager was a participant in the war with the Pequots, and for this he was awarded a land grant from the town of New London, of 200 acres east of the river. It was near the straits which is now part of Ledyard. John Gager moved there about the year 1650, and his first six children were born there.
John Gager and his family later joined in the settlement of Norwich, Connecticut. His house lot in the new town bears the date of the oldest surveys November 1659. IN the year 1674 and 1688, he was a constable in Norwich.
Suggested edit: Per Robert Battle, "Notes on the Family of William-1 Gager of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk and Charlestown and Boston, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175[2021]: 221-237, please remove the following statement from the bio:
"He was the son and only child known to have survived of William Gager and Hannah Mayhew."
Per the article, his mother was named Sarah.
Thank you!
Contributor: (47346831) •
He was only 10 years of age when his father died, and he probably lived with the Winthrop family. When John was only 17 years of age, he left the Massachusetts Bay area for the settlement of Connecticut with John Winthrop Jr., who had been instructed to plant a colony and build a fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River (Saybrook) because of the threat of indian uprising.
John Gager was a participant in the war with the Pequots, and for this he was awarded a land grant from the town of New London, of 200 acres east of the river. It was near the straits which is now part of Ledyard. John Gager moved there about the year 1650, and his first six children were born there.
John Gager and his family later joined in the settlement of Norwich, Connecticut. His house lot in the new town bears the date of the oldest surveys November 1659. IN the year 1674 and 1688, he was a constable in Norwich.
Suggested edit: Per Robert Battle, "Notes on the Family of William-1 Gager of Little Waldingfield, Suffolk and Charlestown and Boston, Massachusetts," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 175[2021]: 221-237, please remove the following statement from the bio:
"He was the son and only child known to have survived of William Gager and Hannah Mayhew."
Per the article, his mother was named Sarah.
Thank you!
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