John GADSBY, Snr.
1794 - 1874 (79 years)
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Name John GADSBY Suffix Snr. Relationship 
with Joseph GOLLING Birth 29 Jun 1794 Christening 6 Jul 1794 St. Peter's Church, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England 
St. Peter's Church
Snelston, Ashbourne, DerbyshireGender Male Death 28 Mar 1874 Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, USA Burial Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, USA John Gadsby (1794-1874) & Elizabeth Severn (1792-1874) Person ID I32981 Rolfe Family Tree Last Modified 23 Nov 2023
Father James GADSBY, c. 18 Jun 1760, St. Peter's Church, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England d. 22 Apr 1823 (Age ~ 62 years) Mother Mary COXON, b. 1758, Atlow, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England d. 6 Jun 1815 (Age 57 years) Marriage 5 Jun 1787 St. Peter's Church, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England St. Peter's Church
Snelston, Ashbourne, DerbyshireFamily ID F11269 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth SEVERN, b. 23 Sep 1792, Doveridge, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England d. 28 Nov 1874, Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 82 years) Marriage 7 Aug 1814 All Saints Church, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England Children + 1. George GADSBY, b. 1812 d. New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA 2. Mary GADSBY, b. 1814 d. 20 Nov 1837, Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 23 years)+ 3. Ellen GADSBY, b. 13 Jun 1817 d. 31 Dec 1882, Morris, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 65 years)+ 4. Elizabeth Anne GADSBY, b. 4 Jan 1819 d. 2 Mar 1901, Morris, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 82 years)5. Sarah GADSBY, c. 14 Jul 1822, All Saints Church, Newborough, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England + 6. John C. GADSBY, b. 8 Apr 1825, Uttoxeter, East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England d. 25 Feb 1874, Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, USA (Age 48 years)Family ID F11434 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Nov 2023
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Christening - 6 Jul 1794 - St. Peter's Church, Snelston, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England 
Marriage - 7 Aug 1814 - All Saints Church, Sudbury, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England 
Death - 28 Mar 1874 - Butternuts, Otsego County, New York, USA 
Burial - - Brookside Cemetery, Gilbertsville, Otsego County, New York, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - John Went to the USA in 1829. He bought some land (recorded 27 Dec 1830) of which he paid $700 for 94 & 1/2 Acres located half way up Patrick Hill, out of Morris Town towards Oneonta, now Route 23.
All of the 5 Gadsby brothers had cash money for land, tools, and stock.
John had sold his small farm in Uttoxeter and left from Liverpool to New York. He took a boat up the Hudson and then an Ox Cart to Cherry Valley to Cooperstown.
From there he took the only road to Laurens and Morris and finally Gibertsville.
He petitioned for Citizenship on 16 Jun 1839.
In 1859 he bought the Daniel Hopkins Place below Gilbertsville, It is now called Birdsall Farm.
- John Went to the USA in 1829. He bought some land (recorded 27 Dec 1830) of which he paid $700 for 94 & 1/2 Acres located half way up Patrick Hill, out of Morris Town towards Oneonta, now Route 23.