Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet Gage of Firley

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I am contacting you about this profile: Sgt. John Gage

I am sorry to have to report that, In spite of its appearance on a number of other genealogy websites there is absolutely no truth in the claim that the John Gage who was baptised at Kersey, Suffolk, England on 21 April 1606, and who emigrated to Massachusetts, in 1630 was the son of Sir John Gage, 1st Baronet of Firle, Sussex, and his wife Penelope Darcy. It seems that, at some stage, someone has attempted to create a noble 'Pedigree' for him/herself - not an uncommon practice! - and that this has, over time, been copied from one site to another without anyone seeking documentary verification.

In his "The Great Migration Begins" T.C. Anderson says that there is no definitive evidence to say who John's parents were, but that he may have been the son of a John Gage and his wife Jane Lufkin. This John Gage, died in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 24 March 1672/3.

John Gage, 2nd son of Sir John Gage of Firle and his wife Penelope Darcy was born at Firle Place, West Firle, East Sussex, England, in 1604. Like the rest of his family, he was a Catholic (the Massachusetts Colony were Puritans) John never left England. He is sometimes said to have been of Stonham, Suffolk, England, a property that was left to him in his mother's will which was 'proved' on 2 July 1661.

According to the "Visitations of Suffolk", John married Mary Baker who pre-deceased him. No children are recorded but, if they had any, they (and their mother) had died before their father.

At the time of his death in 1688 John left his Manors at Stonham and elsewhere to his brother Henry Gage and to Henry's son John. His Will is in the National Archives in London. It was proved on 27 April 1688. The will of his mother is also in the National Archives, London.

I hope this will help you to revise the profile and remove any links from John Gage of Kersey and his descendants to the Gage family of Firle.

Sincerely Martin Wood

Sir John Gage 1st Baronet of Firle And 1st Viscount 1571–3 October 1633

Birth • 6 Sources 1571 West Firle, Sussex, England

Age 62 Death • 4 Sources 3 October 1633 Tendring, Essex, England

John Gage in entry for Elsabeth Gage, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

SPOUSES AND CHILDREN

Sir John Gage 1st Baronet of Firle And 1st Viscount 1571-1633

Marriage: 24 Jul 1600 Boxford, Suffolk, England

Jane Lufkin 1571-1610

Children (6)

Henry Gage 1599-1645

Joanna Syday Gage 1600-1646

Elizabeth Gage 1608-1655

Peter Gage 1608-

Ann Gage 1609-1683

Alice Gage 1610-

PARENTS AND SIBLINGS Thomas Gage
-
Marriage:

Unknown

Children (1)

Sir John Gage 1st Baronet of Firle And 1st Viscount 1571-1633

From Darryl Lundy's Peerage page on John Gage:

http://www.thepeerage.com/p15282.htm#i152818

Sir John Gage, 1st Bt. [1]

• M, #152818,
• d. 3 October 1633
• Last Edited=9 Apr 2011

Sir John Gage, 1st Bt. was the son of Thomas Gage and Elizabeth Guilford.[2]

He married Penelope Darcy, daughter of Thomas Darcy, 1st Earl Rivers and Mary Kitson, circa 28 June 1611.[1]

He died on 3 October 1633.[2]

He was created 1st Baronet Gage, of Firley, co. Sussex [England] on 26 March 1622.[3]

Children of Sir John Gage, 1st Bt. and Penelope Darcy

• 1. Sir Thomas Gage, 2nd Bt.+[2] d. 2 Jul 1654
• 2. Frances Gage [4] d. c 29 Dec 1695
• 3. John Gage [2]
• 4. Henry Gage+[2]
• 5. Penelope Gage [2]
• 6. Elizabeth Gage [2]
• 7. Anne Gage [2]
• 8. Sir Edward Gage, 1st Bt.+[2] b. 1617, d. 31 Jan 1707

Citations

• 1. [S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 507. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
• 2. [S37] Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition, volume 2, page 1500.
• 3. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume I, page 193. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage.
• 4. [S47] Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd, editor, Burke's Irish Family Records (London, U.K.: Burkes Peerage Ltd, 1976). Hereinafter cited as Burke's Irish Family Records.