First Governor of Massachusetts Thomas 'The Planter' Gardiner

1592 - 1694  (102 years)

• Name	Thomas 'The Planter' Gardiner  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Title	First Governor of Massachusetts
  Birth	1592	Sherborne, Dorset, England   [2, 5, 7]
  Baptism	4 Aug 1597	Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, England   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1624	Essex County, Massachusetts, USA   [4]
  	(Cape Ann, New England)Margaret and Thomas departed Weymouth aboard Good Ship Zouch Phenix
  Occupation	Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
  	Overseer of first Cape Ann Plantation
  Death	1694	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 7]
  Burial	Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [7]
  		Harmony Grove Cemetery Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Find a Grave: #91058
  Person ID	I23757	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Gardner,   b. 1565, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England d. 1635, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth White,   b. 1564, Oxfordshire, England d. 29 Mar 1648, Little Bourton, Oxfordshire, England (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1610	England
  Family ID	F8808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Frier,   b. 1594   d. 1636, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1617	Sherborne, Dorset, England   [3]
  Children	1. Sarah Gardiner,   b. 1631, Massachusetts, USA d. 5 Apr 1686, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F9705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Demaris Sibly   d. 28 Sep 1674, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Marriage	1668	USA   [5]
  	Colonial New England
  Family ID	F9706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1592 - Sherborne, Dorset, England Baptism - 4 Aug 1597 - Adlestrop, Gloucestershire, England Marriage - 28 Apr 1617 - Sherborne, Dorset, England Immigration - (Cape Ann, New England)Margaret and Thomas departed Weymouth aboard Good Ship Zouch Phenix - 1624 - Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Occupation - Overseer of first Cape Ann Plantation - - Essex County, Massachusetts, USA Death - 1694 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Burial - - Harmony Grove Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Arms-GARDINER Gardiner Coat of Arms
  		Seal-Massachusetts

  
  

• Sources

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