Robert Gamlin, Sr

Summary

• ORIGIN: Unknown.
• Born say 1585
• Married by 1610 Unknown who must have died in England before he immigrated in 1632
• MIGRATION: 1632 on William & Francis [Hotten 149].
• CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: Admitted to Roxbury church as member #10, which would be soon after the organization of the church in 1632 [RChR 74].
• FREEMAN: 14 May 1634 (as "Roberte Gamlyn, Senior" [MBCR 1:368].
• DEATH: Buried Concord 7 September 1642 [CoVR 2].
• Two children Robert and Mary
• Preferred Spelling is Gamlin but sometimes seen as Gamlyn, Gamlbin or Gamlbyn

Biography

Robert Gamlin whose origins are unknown, born say 1585 married by 1610 in England and unknown wife who died before he immigrated in 1632 [Note there is no evidence of a wife named Mary Ellen Shupp as shown on some bogus Internet trees]

Children

1. Robert Gamlin, b. say 1610. … Robert Gamlin Jr. was admitted to Roxbury church as member #67: "Robert Gamlin junior he arrived at N.E. the 20th of the 3rd month; he brought only one child, which was the son of his wife by a former husband, his name is John Mayo, he was but a child" [RChR 77].
2. Mary Gamlin, b. say 1615; admitted to Roxbury church as member #65: "Mary Gamlin a maid servant, daughter of Rob. Gamlin the elder; she came with her father in the year 1632; she was a very gracious maiden; she died in Mr. Pinchon's family of the small pox in the year 1633" [RChR 77].

"The church entry for Mary Gamlin states clearly that she came with her father in 1632, and his name appears on the passenger list of the William & Francis in that year. Since this ship arrived at Boston on 5 June 1632, Robert Gamlin Jr. cannot have come on this ship with his father and sister, for Eliot states that he arrived on 20 May, year not given. He more likely came in the following year, perhaps on the William & Jane or the Mary & Jane, both of which arrived in May of 1633."

Source

1. Robert Gamlin, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:728 [Robert Gamlin, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), II:728. link
2. Torrey 1:596 1600 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States GAMLIN, Robert1 (-1642) & ____ ____; by 1600?; Roxbury/Concord {Ross Anc. ,43}
3. Ross Anc.: Bixby, A. B., Genealogical Lines of Salome E. Bixby Ross, Charter Member No. 84 of “The Vermont Society of Colonial Dames” Royal, Colonial and Revolutionary (Poultney, Vt., 1902) 43