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Notes for Martha Haynes
"How, one might ask, have so many researchers made the assumption that
Martha Gaskins's maiden name was Pinkard?
It appears that the assumption came from an entry in the court records
wherein Thomas Gaskins petitioned to administer the estate of his
"mother-in-law," Mrs. Elizabeth Pinkard. However, the term mother-in-law was
often used to designate "stepmother".The following entry clears up what the
actual situation was:
Northumberland County Order Book 1678-98, p. 40 21 January
1679/80 -
'John Taylor, Henry Mayse, Josias Gascoyne, Henry Gascoyne in
behalf of
the five orphans of Thams Gascoyne, deceased, verses John
Pinkard, who
married the relicit [widow] of Thomas Gascoyne...'
Thomas Gaskins II's widow (his second wife, Elizabeth) married John
Pinkard after Thomas Gaskins II's death. She was Thomas Gaskins III's
stepmother."
Carolyn also sites this book as a source:
Hiden, Martha W., and Jester, Annie Lash, Adventures of Purse and Person
(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956), 179-81.
This is the proof that she gives that Martha was a Haynes:
"Lancaster County Will Book 5, p. 54 - Will of Thomas Haynes, proven
24 May 1679. Among his legatees was his 'daughter, Martha Haynes,' to whom he
gave a parcel of land, which was described in his will.
Lancaster County Deeds &c No. 7, p. 158 - 14 September 1698 - 'Thomas
Gaskins and Martha his wife of Northumberland Co. convey to William Lister
of Lancaster Co. a tract of land in Christ Church Parish...said land formerly
of Mr. Thomas Haynes' which he left in his last will and testament to his
daughter Martha Haynes, the now wife of the said Thomas Gaskins. Said land is
bounded as described in the will of the said Thomas Haynes."
It might be hard to convince others that the articles in Tyler's
Quarterly and the William and Mary College Quarterly are incorrect, but you
can see from Carolyn's article how the confusion occurred. A lot of this
requires a large bottle of asprin, if you know what I mean!
I wanted to ask a question if I may. The Sarah Gascoyne/Gaskins who
was the widow of one of the earlier Thomas Gaskins, do you know how much she
inherited from her husband? I was just wondering what, if anything, she might
have brought into her marriage with Capt. John Pinkard? He was in a poor
condition at the end of December 1674, and I am assuming Sarah remarried to
John late in 1666 or early in 1677 as the birth of daughter, Rebecca is
estimated to be about 1677. John purchased 1,000 acres of land in
Northumberland in July of 1677 and some of the other Pinkard researchers and
I have been trying to determine how his estate could have rebounded so
quickly, unless he "married well". By the way, we show two children by that
marriage; Rebecca and James.
I hope your research is going well and that this has been helpful to
you. Good luck! :)
Sincerely,
Carrie Newton
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