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Stricker Family Tree - Thomas Gunn, Innkeeper

Thomas Gunn, Innkeeper

9th Great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker


Founders of Windsor Memorial - Includes Thomas Gunn

Thomas Gunn was born in England (possibly Devon) sometime around 1605. He came to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1634. He was admitted to the Dorchester church, and declared Freeman on May 6, 1635. 

Thomas moved to the newly-established town of Windsor, Connecticut in 1635. He was part of the same group of settlers from Dorchester as Matthew Grant, profiled in last week's blog.

In the Town of Windsor Land Inventory of December 1640, Thomas Gunn was listed with four parcels of land: a home lot with eleven acres, a meadow of six and a half acres, a parcel on the other side of the Green River measuring fifteen rods by three miles, and eleven and a quarter acres near Green Meadow. He continued to increase his land holdings in Windsor for many years. 

Thomas Gunn was an innkeeper by trade, according to the Windsor Historical Society. In about 1638 he married Elizabeth, surname unknown, They had five children, all born in Windsor.

            Elizabeth        b. 1638        d. 1640
            Elizabeth        b. 1640        d. 1655
            Deborah          b. 1642        d. 1695
            Mehitable        b. 1644       d. 1720
            John                b. 1647        d. 1726

Thomas served on juries in Windsor ten times between 1644 and 1661. 

According to the Winthrop records, the Governor of Connecticut John Winthrop, Jr., a physician, treated Thomas Gunn, his wife, and his surviving children several times between February 1657 and January 1667. 

In 1669, Thomas and his wife were among the first settlers of Westfield, Massachusetts. Westfield was, at that time, the westernmost town in Massachusetts. In 1678, he petitioned the local court to release him from mandatory town military duties due to his age and infirmities. 

Thomas Gunn's wife Elizabeth died on November 24, 1678 in Westfield. Thomas died on February 26, 1680, in Westfield. At that time, his estate, in Westfield and Windsor, totaled £349, including £254 worth of real estate. 

Thomas and Elizabeth were buried in the Old Burying Ground in Westfield without markers. 

Old Burying Ground in Westfield, Massachusetts

Thomas Gunn > Deborah Gunn > Deborah Thrall > John Moses > Benoni Moses > Elnathan Moses > William Moses > Elenora Moses > George Josiah Newland > William Henry Newland > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker                       Charts S-B and S-Main


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