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- Henry Gaines is said to have been a proprietor at Lynn MA in 1638, and admitted freeman that same year. He was a juryman in 1741 and 1642, but died before 14:11:1644 when the inventory of the estate of his widow, Jane, was dated. Henry and Jane Gaines left three sons, aged 6-13. John, the eldest, was apprenticed to Francis Down, of Boston, to learn the shoemaker's trade. Danyell, the second son, aged about eleven years, was to be apprenticed to Luke Potter of Concord to learn the "skill and mystery of a tailor". Samuel, the youngest son, aged about six or seven, was to be apprenticed to Nathaniel Handforth, who was to educate him.
The inventory indicates poverty. The lack of housejold furniture and domestic animals, cattle, sheep or horses, is worthy of note. Henry Gaines had not been able to accumulate these before he was taken by death, and his widow had not been able to add to the store when she too was taken. It is probably that hard toil and insufficient protection shortened their lives. (Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts)
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