Bartholomew Gedney
Bartholomew Gedney (June 14, 1640 – February 28, 1698)
Life
Bartholomew Gedney was born in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, John Gedney, was one of Salem's founders and leading citizens, and Bartholomew followed in his father's footsteps. He served as a selectman of the town, and was involved in the local militia, rising to the rank of colonel. He was offered command of an expedition against Port Royal, Acadia, in 1690, but refused.
In 1674, while a resident of Yarmouth, Maine, he went into business with Englishman Henry Sayward. They built the town's first grist mill at the First Falls. He also built two sawmills.[2]
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References
- ^ Collections of the Maine Historical Society, Volume 2 (1902), p. 179
- ^ Death in Salem: The Private Lives Behind the 1692 Witch Hunt p. 188 (Diane E. Foulds)
- ^ Salem Witch Museum Archived 2006-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "A genealogical profile of John Alden" (PDF). PlymouthAncestors.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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