Sometimes spelled Gascoyne. Later generations Anglicized to Gaskins exclusively. Thomas brought his family to Virginia on the ship "Bona Nova" in 1619. He move to Northumberland County, Virginia from Accomac in 1649 and was a prominent land owner.

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Eleanor Edmondson - genpics1968@att.net - Feb. 24, 2011

I am your cousin thru Thomas Gascoigne. Talked to Dewey the other day and plan to order one of his new books.

There are some changes from Dewey's book on the Gaskins that I thought you would like to know about.

Thomas came on the ship BONA NOVA as a SINGLE man in 1619. As far as I know he came by himself. He lived at first on a plantation up on the James River that the future Gov. Yeardly owned called FLOWERDEW which he named after his wife. This is where Thomas was during the Indian Massacre of 1622. He then moved to Accomack Co. VA which is on the Eastern Shore of VA. He is listed there in the Muster of 1624/1625 as a single male living with two other single males. And, then, Thomas Gaskins disappears from the VA records until 1635. We believe that he left VA in order to find a wife since women were scarce. We can prove that he was in Bermuda, but we can not prove that he really went all the way back to England. He returned to VA with issue.

Henry Gascoigne and Ann Hobbes did NOT marry at Salisbury Cathedral in Wiltshire. We do NOT know where or when they actually married. British researchers sent me the only Salisbury marriage that they could find for Ann Hobbes. They found her marriage to her FIRST husband, Thomas Mompesson, at St. Edwards Church on 22 May 1589. We were told incorrect data and Dewey did not know this when he wrote his book.

Eleanor