Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameCaptain Gabriel Wayne (Wain)
Birth1622, Derbyshire, England
Death1678, Derbyshire, England
FatherJohn II Wayne (1585-1657)
MotherMargaret Bishop (1590-1631)
Spouses
Birth21 Sep 1636, Sheffield, England
Death19 Mar 1696, Derbyshire, England
FatherNicholas Saunderson (~1600-1669)
Marriage1644, England
ChildrenAnthony (1666-1739)
Notes for Captain Gabriel Wayne (Wain)
Captain Gabriel Wayne was also a Mayor of the Borough of Chesterfield in 1657. He spelled his name Wain. He donated 2 acres of land for a school, the Petty School in Chesterfield. He was married twice, nothing is known of his first wife, but his second wife Martha Saunderson, there is a historical account in Joseph Hunter's Hallamshire, History of the Parish of Sheffield, page 390.

A note in H. Farnham Burke, of the Heralds College, London wrote: "According to Note here Gabriel Wayne of Newbould in 1668 and of Dronfield in 1678 was a great dealer in Iron Mines, died at Norton Hall".

Gabriel has a record in the Patent Roll. Granted by King William II and Mary, S.P. Dom Entry Book 235 pps. 154 155 granted on July 16, 1691 for an invention of making pitch and tar. In April 28, 1693 for an invention of a smelter of Iron.

Children of GABRIEL WAYNE and MARTHA SAUNDERSON are:
i. CHARLES CAROLUS9 WAYNE.
ii. FRANCIS WAYNE.
iii. ISSAC WAYNE.
iv. JUDITH WAYNE, d. June 27, 1668.
v. MARIE WAYNE.
vi. RICHARD WAYNE, d. 1669.
vii. GABRIEL WAYNE, b. December 10, 1653, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England; d. January 18, 1721/22, Conham, SS Philip Jac, County Glouchester, England; m. KATHERINE UNKNOWN; d. August 17, 1710.
Last Modified 16 Aug 2018Created 28 Sep 2020 Anthony Deen