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Clarkes of Barbados
In 1637 John Gedney, a Norwich weaver had sailed from Yarmouth, Norfolk to New England on the Mary Ann with his wife and three children. After his wife’s death he married a wealthy widow, Callie Clarke and acquired a tavern and small farm on the border of the townships of Salem and Lynn. The family grew rich through trading, shipbuilding and marriage.
In 1733 John Gedney‘s great-grandson, Gedney Clarke migrated from New England to Barbados. He was aged 22. He forged links with international trading networks that took in London, New England, Virginia, Barbados, Lisbon and Bilbao. By the 1740s he was one of Bridgetown’s leading merchants. He moved into land, acquiring huge tracts of land in Virginia as well as in Barbados, Dutch Guiana and Demerara. He was now in close partnership with Henry Lascelles. Lascelles & Maxwell were Gedney Clarke’s London bankers.
http://www.caribbeanfamilyhistory.org/clarke.aspx
- ↑ Hotten, John Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality (1874): Emigrants; Religious Exiles; Political Rebels; Serving Men Sold for a Term of years; Apprentices; Children Stolen; Maidens Pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations 1600- 1700. with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother country, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars. (London, England: Chatto and Windus, 1874)
p. 294.
May: the/11th/ 1637 The examinaction of JOHN: GEDNEY: of Norwch in Norff Weauear....to passe for New England / with his Wife SARAH: aged 25 yeares...............LEDIA: HANAH: and JOHN: mor 2 Saruantes / WILLIAM: WALKER ageed............. BURGES: ageed / 26 yeares / ar desirous to passe for Salam///
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moriarty, G. Andrews. "A Problem in Salem Genealogical History", in The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
Vol. 14, p. 84.
John Gedney, came from Norwich, England, d. 5 Aug 1688 "aged 85 years", immigrated with wife Sarah in 1637, possibly second wife Mary admitted to church Salem 1637, m. aft Jul 1647 Catherine (---) Clarke, widow of William. Will dated 22 Sept 1680, proved 12 Dec 1688, mentions "daughter-in-law Rebecca Putnam", "to Bethia Hutchinson, who now liveth with me the debt owed me by her father Joseph Hutchinson", children of daughter Mary Potter, children of son Eleazer Gedney, Susanna Gedney and her children by his son John deceased, and his son Bartholomew and his wife.
- Massachusetts, Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920)
Case 10709: John Gidney. 1698 Sept. 7.
[Note: no file is listed containing the will abstracted above. This file only contains papers handled by the administrator de bonis non, William Gedney.]
5 Sep 1698: Bond of William Gidney of Salem Merch't as administrator o of ... M'r John Gidney Sen'r late of Salem Dec'd w'ch have not hitherto be[e]n Duely Executed or administered Cum Testamento Annexo.
8 Dec 1698: Inventory of part of the Estate of m'r John Gidney Sen'r of Salem deceased now under the Administration of [blotchy, W'm?] Gidny.
10 Dec 1698: Receipt of "Samuell Gedney, Hanah Grafton, Ledia Corwin, Bethiah Gedney & Deborah Gedney all of Salem In the county of Essex, GrandChildren of m'r John Gedney sen'r Late of Salem Deceased and the Onely suruiueing Children of Bartholomew Gedney and Hanah Gedney his wife Late of Salem aforesaid Deceased" quitclaim to "Susanah Parkman wife of m'r Deliuerance Parkman of Salem and one of the Daughters ["in Law" interlined] of the said John Gedney sen'r Deceased, And William Gedney of Salem Aforesaid march'tt and Nathaniell Gedney of Salem aforesaid marriner" any rights in "the ship Tauerne in Salem now In the Tennure & occupation of m'r ffrancis Elliss..."
2 Jan 1698[/99]: Receipt of "Nathaniell Gedney of Salem of the Suruiueing Children of John Gedney Jun'r of Salem, & Susanah Gedney, his Wife", to "William Gedney of Salem adminestrator, Cum Testemento; Annexo; on the Estate of my Grandfather m'r John Gedney Sen'r Late of Salem, Late of Salem, [sic] Deceased my full part, and proportion, of one half of my saide Grandfaters Estate".
6 Jan 1698/9: Receipt of "Susanah Gedney alias Parkman; with my husband Deliuerance Parkman" to "William Gedney of Salem Adminestrator Cum Testemento Annexo; on the Estate of my Father mr John Gedney Sen'r Late of Salme Deceased four our full Proportionable part of one half of my Said fathers Estate".
1 May 1700: Receipt of "Martha Gedney of Salem one of the Suruiueing Children of m'r Eliezur Gedney of Salem Dec'd and I Mary Gedney of Salem Widdow to sd Eliezur Gedney Deceas'tt and Guardion to the abouesd Martha Gedney" to William Gedney administrator "on the Estate of my Grandfather m'r John Gedney Sen'r Late of Salem Deceased".
3 Dec 1701: Receipt of "MarthaEdmund Gedney of Salem one of the Suruiueing Children of m'r Eliezar Gedney of Salem Dec'd" to William Gedney administrator "on the Estate of my Grandfather m'r John Gedney Sen'r Late of Salem Deceased".
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