Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
GAYLORD, William Deacon
1585 - 1673 (88 years)-
Name GAYLORD, William Suffix Deacon Born 21 May 1585 Exeter, Devon County, England Gender Male Died 20 Jul 1673 Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticuit Person ID I6545 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father GAYLORD, John, b. Abt 1553, Of Pitminster, Somerset, England , d. 31 May 1607, Pitminster, Somerset, England (Age ~ 54 years) Mother MALLIN, Jane, b. 1557, Of Pitminster, Somerset, England , d. 6 Jul 1589, Pitminster, Somerset, England (Age 32 years) Married 15/15 Jan 1571/1572 Pitminster, Somerset, England Family ID F2511 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SARAH, b. 1588, Exeter, Devon County, England , d. 20 Jun 1657, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticuit (Age 69 years) Married 11 Jun 1610 England Children 1. GAYLORD, Elizabeth, b. 1614, d. Yes, date unknown 2. GAYLORD, William, b. 1616, d. Yes, date unknown 3. GAYLORD, Walter, b. 28 Dec 1617, Exeter, Devon County, England , d. 9 Aug 1689, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut (Age 71 years) 4. GAYLORD, Samuel, b. 19 Dec 1619, d. Yes, date unknown 5. GAYLORD, John, b. 24/24 Feb 1620/1621 6. GAYLORD, Joseph, b. 27 Dec 1624, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F2494 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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William Gaylord, or Gaillard, was born in Exeter, Devon, England in about 1585. His parents having emigrated there from Normandy, France some years before. He and his brother John came to America with a colony from Plymouth, Devonshire, England in the ship "Mary and John," which arrived at Nantasket, in Boston Bay, 30 May, 1630. William had been chosen Deacon of the Church organized by this colony at Plymouth in March, 1630, under the Revs. John Maverick and John Warham. These immigrants were pioneers in the settlment of Dorchester. "Deacon" Gaylord signed the first land grants in that town. His own grant was recorded in 1633. He served as Selectman of the town for several years, and in 1635/6 and 1638 and was Representative to the General Court. In 1638 he removed with Warham's company to the new town of Windsor, Conn., and between 1639 and 1664 he represented this town at fortyone semi-annual sessions of the General Assembly. He died at Windsor 20 July,1673. The name of his wife is not known. Stiles, in his "History of Windsor," says she died 20 June, 1657.