When Hannah Gaskill was born on 16 July 1709, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Samuel Gaskill II, was 46 and her mother, Bethiah Woodin, was 43. She married David Nichols on 18 February 1729, in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 30 June 1793, at the age of 83.
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The Crowninshield-Bentley house was built in 1727 by ship captain John Caspar Crowninshield. His family occupied the house for generations until it was taken over by Revend Bentley.
The Salem Social Library was organized on May 20, 1761. It was a privately funded library in Salem, Massachusetts. Most of the volumes in the library were gifts from people.
Derby Wharf was built by the Derby family 1762. It is the longest Wharf in Salem stretching to half- mile in length.
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Gatesgill in Cumbria, from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + skáli ‘shelter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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