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• Gender	Male
  _UPD	15 AUG 2009 10:52:31 GMT-5
  Died	1673	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I889	Alan Donald Vibber
  Last Modified	08 Dec 2009
  Father	Gage John,   d. 03 Oct 1633
  Mother	Penelope
  Family ID	F393	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Anna,   d. Jun 1658, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Children	1. Gage Daniel,   b. 1639,   d. 08 Nov 1705   2. Gage Samuel
  Family ID	F391	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Sarah
  Married	Nov 1658  [2]
  Family ID	F392	Group Sheet

• Notes

  "In the year 1066, de Gaga, de Gauga, or de Gage accompanied William the Conquerer from Normandy into England, and after aiding in the Conquest, was rewarded with large grants of land in the forest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester, near which forest he resided. He erected a seat in Clerenwell or Clarewell, and built a large mansion in Chichester. He died in Chichester, and was buried in the abbey in that place. His descendants resided in that vicinity many generations. In 1630 John Gage, of Stoneham, Suffolk Co., England, emigrated to America, landing at Salem, Mass., June 12, 1630. He seems to have first settled in Boston, where he was a member of the First ChristChurch, but in 1633 he became one of the first proprietors of Ipswich, Mass. He removed to Rowley, Mass., in 1664, where he died, in 1673. He had two wives, and according to one account, three. He had eight children, five of his sons being children of his first wife. (Anna)" John Gage, his second son, emigrated to America, landing at Salem, Mass., June 12,1630. It is generally believed that he emigrated from Stoneham, Suffolk Co., although one authority says that he wasfrom Groton, in the same country. He came in company with one of the Winthrops, and others of character and influence. They were members of the Massachusetts Bay Company, which founded Boston, Salem,and other cities in that vicinity. They were not driven from home by poverty nor prosecution, but came in search of better opportunities than their native country afforded. He went at once to Boston,where, we have reason to suppose, he remained for a time. Boston was founded that year, (1630) and his name appears on the records of the First-Church, as one of the members. In company with John Winthrop jr. and eleven others, he settled Ipswich, Mass, in 1633. It was then known as Agawam. He lived in Ipswich until 1664, when he removed to Rowley, near by, where he died In 1673. He was an influential citizen, and it is recorded that he held office in both Ipswich and Rowley. Some expressions in his will lead us to believe that he was a man of strong religious convictions. He had two wives, and, according to some authorities, three. By his first wife, Anna, (who died in Ipswich in June 1658) he had five sons. In November following the death of his wife, he marriedSarah, widow of Robert Keyes. One account says that she survived him, while another states that he married, for his third wife, Mary Keyes, in Feb. 1663, who died Dec. 20, 1668. The "History of Newbury, Mass." states that "Sara Gage, widow, died July 7, 1680." This may have led some to suppose that Sarah,. 2nd wife of John Gage, survived him; but this is not a necessary conclusion. Three of John Gage's sons married wives bearing the name of Sarah. Two of these wives undoubtedly lived until a later date than 1680, the date of the death of the widow Sara Gage of Newbury, but Sarah Stickney, whomarried Samuel Gage in 1674, is not accounted for by any of our records. She may have been the widow Sara Gage who died in Newbury in 1680. The fact that the date of his third marriage is given, and also the precise date of his third wife's death, lead us to believe that the report of a third marriage was a reality. (II) John Gage, of Stoneham, Suffolk county, England, second son of Sir John Gage, migrated to America, landing at Salem, Massachusetts, in the summer of 1630. He was one of the first proprietors of Ipswich, Massachusetts; he removed later to Rowley, and died there in the year 1673.

• Sources

  [S275] History of Lowell and Its People, Frederick William Coburn, (Name: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1920;), 244 (Reliability: 3). [S49] A Record of Pierce Gage and his Desscendants, George N. Gage, 9 (Reliability: 3).