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Daniel Gaines

Parents

Children with Margaret Bernard (b. 1625, d. 1690)

Daughter	Margaret Gaines (b. 1643, d. 1710)
Son	Bernard Gaines+ (b. 1650, d. 18 November 1747)
Daughter	Elizabeth Gaines (b. 1652, d. 1730)

Biography

Anecdote		Research Paper
Anecdote		Daniel Gaines married Margaret Bernard and had ( 1 ) Elizabeth (2) Bernard, (3) Margaret (who married Ralph Rowzee (4) Mary (who married John Smith.) Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Gaines and Margaret Bernard Gaines, married John Catlett, Jr., and had Rebecca Catlett who mar ried Francis Conway and they were parents of Eleanor Rose Conway, who married James Madison and had James Madison, second Presi dent of the United States. Bernard, son of Daniel and Margaret Bernard Gaines married Martha Taylor, daughter of George Taylor. Two of their children were George Gaines and Daniel Gaines, second, who married, firstly, Mrs. Mary Doyle and had Mary Gaines (who married James Jame son and had Mary Jameson).1
Birth	about 1614	Daniel Gaines was born about 1614 in Aberdeen, Breconshire, WalesBGO.
Birth	1614	He was born in 1614 in Rappahannock, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Marriage	1643	He and Margaret Bernard were married in 1643 in Northamptonshire, England, United KingdomBGO.2
Residence	before 1654	He lived in Virginia, United StatesBGO, before 1654.
Will	1682	He signed a will in 1682. Old Rappahannock County Will Book 16872-1687Pp 47-48 In the name of God Amen. I Daniel Gaines of the Parish of Sittenburne in the County of Rappa; being in good health of body and of sound and perfect memory Praise be therefore given to Almighty God to make and ordaine this my last Will and testament in manner and form following; That is to say, First & principally I commend my soul in the hands of Almighty God hoping that through the merits death & passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and forgiveness of all my sinces and to inherit everlasting life and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of My Executrx here after named. As as touching the disposition of all such worldly estate as it hat please God to bestow upon me I give and dispose thereof as followeth: Imprimis. It is my will that ll my debts that I justly owe to any man be well & truly paid & and in the first place the the orphants of Colnll John Catlett deceased to be paid out of the negroes and other goods that did belong to the sd Colnll Catlet’s estate the negroes & goods to be paid as they were appraised to me as my appear by Inventory. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Bernard, all my land that I now live upon to him & his heires lawfully begotten & that he shall not let sell or mortgage any part of parcel of the same so longe as his two sisters, Margret & Mary, or their heires be alive. It is my will that if all my children died with out heirs of their bodyes then my land to fall to my grandson, John Smyth & to his heirs forever. Item I give to my daughter Mary, the mare colt that now sucks on my Mare Betty and and all her encrease to her & her heires for ever. Item It is my will that the mare heifer & hogs that I have give to my grandson in law John Smith be & remaine to his proper use forever. Item. It is my will that the first living Child that my negro Cate doth bring be give to my daughter Margrett, and to her heirs forever & if it lives to the age of three yeares to be in lieu of a man servant, otherwise to be in no stead. Item I do give to my son Bernard my silver hilted sword & Belt and my seale ring. Item I give unto my deare & loveing wife, Margret, one third of all my estate in lieu of her Dowre Item My will is that the other two parts of my estate be devided between My three children, Bernard, Margaret, and Mary and no part is to be apprised but to be inventoried and delivered in kind. Item It is my will that my daughter Margaret, have a good feather bead & furniture at my death in full of her part of my bedding. Item It is my will that my daughter Mary, have the use of so much housing & land as she needs soe long as she continued unmarried. Item It is my will that as soone as it can a man servant be bought with Tobacco for my daughter Margaret in part of he porcon.Item. It is my will that my wife, son Bernard and Daughter Mary keep their shares together for their menteynance doing their best by their endeavor to increase the same as long as my Wife continues a widow or so long as either of my children continue unmarried and at the day of marriage of my wife or either of my children. Then my children’s part to be delivered them in kind. Item My will is that my two children, Bernard & Mary have as many things a piece out of my Estate as my daughter, Margaret, hath already and the rest to be devided between them equally by my loveing kinsman, John Catlett, & sons in law John Smyth and Ralph Rowzey, and not to go to law one with the other. It is my will that my estate be inventoried within ten dayes after my decease Item I give to my dear and loveing wife twenty shillings to buy her a mourning ring to ware for my sake and to my two daughter each of them a ring of ten shillings price. Item It is my will that if I die having no tobacco in my house that my servants bee and remain together till they make a good crop of Arenoco tobacco out of which my wife having first taken her thirds, then my son Bernard & daughter Mary have out of the rest each of them as much as my daughter Margrett, hath already then if any re remaining over and above to be devided equally between them all three. Item It is my will that my children have their estate at the death or day of marriage of my wife whether they be of age or not. Item It is my will that the children of Colnll John Catlett remaine with my wife till they come of age, if my wife continue unmarried. Item I nominate and appoint my dear and loveing wife my sole executrix of this my last Will and Testament and Guardian to my children so longe as she live a widow. It witness where of I the said Daniel Gaines to this my last will and Testament do set m and seale this eighteenth day of August in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred eighty two. Daniel Gaines Signed sealed and delivered and declared this to be My last will and Tesamt in the presence of Wm Murrow John Catlett, Wm Browne. Wee the subscribers do hereby testifie and declare upon or Oaths that wee did see Capt Danll Gaines within menconed signe seale and deliver this with in menconed as his last Will & Testament to be best of our knowledge. William Murrow, John Catlett, Wm BrowneJuratisunt in Cur Com rappa 1 die 8bris ano 1684 recodatr 16
Death	18 August 1682	He died on 18 August 1682 at age ~68 in Sittingbourne Parish, Rappahannock, Virginia, United StatesBGO.

Citations

1. [S219] Zella Armstrong, compiler, Notable Southern Families (Chattanooga, TN: The Lookout Publishing Co., 1918), P. 76-77. Hereinafter cited as Notable Southern Families.
2. [S517] Langbauer Family Tree, Margaret Bernard