John Gager

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He was the son and only child known to have survived of William Gager and Hannah Mayhew. 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.

GEDCOM Note

Abell and Bethiah Gager, his wife. Bethiah Gager was born 1657, and was daughter of John Gager of New London and afterwards of Norwich, who with his father, Deacon William Gager, came to America with Governor Winthrop in 1630, and landed at Boston. William Gager was a skillful surgeon and was of Governor Winthrop's household, He died at Boston, Sept. 20, 1630, not long after landing, from disease contracted by ill diet at sea. Captain John Leffingwell and Sarah Abell, his wife were parents of ELIZABETH LEFFINGWELL,4 born at Norwich, Dec, 12, 1713, died at
JOHN GAGER, son of William Gager, removed from Charlestown to Saybrook with the younger Gov. Winthrop and thence to New London in 1646 and thence to Norwich in 1660. With others he complained to the commissioners of the United Colonies in Sept., 1659, against some Indian outrages. He was made freeman in 1675 and constable in 1681. He was remembered in a will of the elder Gov. Winthrop dated 8, 29, 1639, as follows: "I will that John Gager shall have a cow, one of the best I shall have, in recompense of a heifer his father bought of me, and two ewe goats and ten bushels of Indian corn." Unfortunately this will was revoked 4, 25, 1641, and Winthrop died March 26, 1649, leaving an estate of only œ103:10: 1 having lost œ2500 through an unfaithful agent in England. John Gager had nine children whose births are recorded in Norwich, though most of them were born before the settlement. Three were sons: John b. 1647 d. 1690; Samuel b. 1654, m. Rebecca Lay; William b. 1660. Lydia b. 1663. He died Dec. 10, 1703. His six daughters married: John Allyn, Daniel Brewster, Jeremiah Ripley, Simon Huntington, Joshua Abell and Caleb Forbes. LYDIA GAGER, dau. of John Gager and Elizabeth ..... was born in Norwich Aug. 8, 1663. She was married Oct 8, 1683, to Simon, son of Dea. Simon Huntington and Sarah Clark, and died Aug. 8, 1737, having borne him four children.
JOHN GAGER, son of William Gager, removed from Charlestown to Saybrook with the younger Gov. Winthrop and thence to New London in 1646 and thence to Norwich in 1660. With others he complained to the commissioners of the United Colonies in Sept., 1659, against some Indian outrages. He was made freeman in 1675 and constable in 1681. He was remembered in a will of the elder Gov. Winthrop dated 8, 29, 1639, as follows: "I will that John Gager shall have a cow, one of the best I shall have, in recompense of a heifer his father bought of me, and two ewe goats and ten bushels of Indian corn." Unfortunately this will was revoked 4, 25, 1641, and Winthrop died March 26, 1649, leaving an estate of only œ103:10: 1 having lost œ2500 through an unfaithful agent in England
. John Gager had nine children whose births are recorded in Norwich, though most of them were born before the settlement. Three were sons: John b. 1647 d. 1690; Samuel b. 1654, m. Rebecca Lay; William b. 1660. Lydia b. 1663. He died Dec. 10, 1703. His six daughters married: John Allyn, Daniel Brewster, Jeremiah Ripley, Simon Huntington, Joshua Abell and Caleb Forbes. LYDIA GAGER, dau. of John Gager and Elizabeth ..... was born in Norwich Aug. 8, 1663. She was married Oct 8, 1683, to Simon, son of Dea. Simon Huntington and Sarah Clark, and died Aug. 8, 1737, having borne him four children.

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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.

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