Who Were the Gaylords?
"Deacon" William Gaylord was
born in England in 1585 to John and Jane (Wallin) Gaylord. On 20 March 1630,
he left Plymouth, England aboard the "Mary and John" with his wife and 6
children. The family arrived in Dorchester, Mass. in June of that year and
became some of the town's first settlers. The family moved to Windsor, Conn.
before 1643. There, his son, William was married and all 5 of his children
were born there. William (III) was born in Windsor in 1651, was married
there in 1671, then moved to Hadley, Mass. The next 5 generations in my line
of Gaylords, with a few exceptions, were born in Hadley and what became
South Hadley. William Gaylord, Jr. was born in South Hadley in 1803. His
grandparents, Oliver and Betty, appear on the census records to the left.
His parents, William and Lydia, finally settled in Granby, Mass, where they
both died in 1851. William Jr. and his wife Julia had all but their eldest
child, Julia Ann, in Hadley. Julia Ann was born in 1833 in Granby. In 1850,
she married Francis Henry Gardner of Enfield, Mass. and became Julia Ann
Gardner. William Gaylord died in Holyoke in 1887 and Julia Gaylord died in
Amherst in 1863. Francis and Julia were my 3rd Great Grandparents.
John Gaylord, father to
"Deacon" Wm Gaylord was my 12th Great Grandfather.
For more details, see the
Gaylord Family Genealogy.
added 6/2011 1856
& 1854 Map of Granby, Mass