The name Gardiner appears in English Medieval registers, and the earliest recorded (1273) ones include the French masculine article, "le". One of the earliest of the Gardiner names found are Geoffrey le Gardiner, of Oxfordshire; Ralph le Gardiner, of Huntingdonshire; and William le Gardiner, of Lincolnshire.

Several Gardiner-Gardner families in England have been granted armorial bearings, some of the resembling each other in essential features, and others in minor details. Sir Osbern Gardiner, of Wigan Co., Lancashire, has a Coat of Arms nearly identical to the one belonging to the Gardiner family of Newport, Rhode Island. There is a tradition that Sir Osbern (b. 1128) earned the crest on his Coat of Arms in 1191 by chopping through the shoulder of a saracen who was about to kill Richard Couer de Lion.

In the Americas, George Gardiner of Newport spelled his name with an "i", as did most of his relatives who remained in Rhode Island. Those of the family who moved to Connecticut generally dropped the "i", possibly to distinguish them from the Lion Gardiner family of Gardiner's Island, New York.

For information about the connection between New England Gardners and those across the Atlantic Ocean, check out this article.



"The family name of Gardiner, in it's numberous variety of forms, can be traced back in English history to William the Conqueror, who in the year 1066, defeated the Saxon King, Harold, in the Battle of Hastings and subsequently introduced the Medieval European civilization to the British Isles. Both men, William Des Jardine and William the Conqueror, have been identified by historians as great Grandsons of William the Longsword...
[ William's father was Robert I, sixth Duke of Normandy. He was no older than 21 at the time of William's birth, and came from a family with a rich heritage. He was a direct descendant of Rollo the Viking, ruler of Neustria, who landed in Normandy and claimed the land after being ejected from Norway by the king. Rollo's power was inherited first by William, nicknamed 'Longsword' (d.942), then Duke Richard I (942-966), then by William the Conqueror's grandfather, Duke Richard II. **]

The family name of DES JARDINE (pronounced De-Shar-de-ne') apparently was not passed down from William the Longsword but resulted from the marriage of William Des Jardine's father to William the Longsword's granddaughter... Since the family-name of GARDINER was first introduced into the British Isles as DES JARDINE, it remained unchanged in the areas of heavy Norman population for perhaps a century before it became De Jardine, then Jardine, Gardine, etc. In the areas more heavily populated by the Romans it became De Gardino, D'Gardino, etc. In the areas more heavily populated by the Britions, Danes and Saxons, it appeared in the Twelfth Century as De Jardin, Jardin, Gardin, etc...Geographical location also played a major role in determining how family names were spelled. In Scotland, for example, GARDINER was known as Gardenkirk. In Wales it was spelled Gardynyr. Across the line in Gloustershire it was slightly altered to read Gardyner..." (ix-x, Gardiner: Generations and Relations, Thomas Richard Gardiner) (Doneva Nell Shepard)



So here is the start of where I think we can begin...Our tree is becoming a forest.



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John Gardiner b c 1446 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England md Helen (Ellen) Tudor b abt 1459 --was reputed to be an illegitimate daughter of Jasper Tudor, [c. 1431-1495] Earl of Pembroke, 1st Duke of Bedford.and Mevanvy? ___ a Welsh woman. She was the wife of a cloth merchant known alternately as William Gardiner or John Gardiner .
--- [[Jasper Tudor was son of Owen Tudor and Katherine of Valois (widow of Henry V) and half brother of Henry VI. Brother of Edmund Tudor (father of the future Henry VII KING OF ENGLAND ).and Tacina Tudor ]]
---Tacoma Tudor dau of Owen and and sister to Jasper Tudor father of Helen Tudor..married Reginald Grey b 1412 . his son John Grey was father of Margaret Grey that married Stephen Gardiner husband of Margaret Grey. --they were cousins
---Jasper Tudor, 1st Duke of Bedford (c. 1431 – December 21/26, 1495) was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of (A division of the United Kingdom) England and (One of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria) Wales in 1485.
---Jasper was the third son of Owen Tudor and the former queen Katherine of Valois, widow of King (Son of Henry IV and King of England from 1413 to 1422; reopened the Hundred Years' War and defeated the French at Agincourt (1387-1422)) Henry V. Hence he was a half-brother to King (Son of Henry V who as an infant succeeded his father and was King of England from 1422 to 1461; he was taken prisoner in 1460 and Edward IV was proclaimed king; he was rescued and regained the throne in 1470 but was recaptured and murdered in the Tower of) Henry VI, who, on attaining his majority, made Jasper Earl of Pembroke (sometime in 1452 or 1453). Although there was uncertainty as to whether Jasper and his two (or three) brothers were legitimate, their parents' probably secret marriage not being recognised by the authorities, he enjoyed all the privileges appropriate to his birth until 1461, when he was subject to an (Cancellation of civil rights) attainder for supporting King Henry VI against the Yorkists, who eventually deposed him. ** ** ** ** **

• 1. Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester b 1483, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England d 12 Nov 1555, Whitehall Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England md Margaret Ann Grey SEE BELOW
• 2. son
  -- In 1530 Bishop Stephen Gardiner was sent to Cambridge to procure the decision of the university as to the unlawfulness of marriage with a deceased brother's wife, in accordance with the new plan devised for settling the question without the pope's intervention. In this he succeeded, though not without a good deal of artifice, more creditable to his ingenuity than to his virtue. In November 1531 the king rewarded him for his services with the bishopric of Winchester, vacant by Wolsey's death. **

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Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester b 1483, Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England d Nov 12, 1555, Whitehall Palace, Westminster, Middlesex, England md Margaret Ann Grey b abt 1483, Wilton, Herefordshire, England dau of John Grey son of Reginald Grey and Ann Grey dau of Edmund Grey
--- Sources also list her parents as ?? Edmund Grey and Florence Hastings
---Gardiner, Stephen, 1493?–1555, English prelate.
--- He studied civil and canon law, and became Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
--- He became secretary to Thomas (later Cardinal) Wolsey and later secured the favor of Henry VIII by a mission to Rome to further the king's plans for divorce from Katharine of Aragón.
--- He was made bishop of Winchester (1531) and wrote De vera obedientia (On true obedience) (1535), justifying the royal supremacy in ecclesiastical affairs.
--- Thomas Cromwell's fall was in part due to him, and he was the probable author of the Six Articles (1539), which reaffirmed the king's adherence to medieval church doctrines as against those of the Reformation.
--- Gardiner allied with conservative religious faction led by the Duke of Norfolk, and played a part in the fall of Thomas Cromwell, he was deprived of his bishopric and was imprisoned in the Tower of London during Edward VI's reign for 5 years.
---In 1550, Gardiner was deprived of his bishopric, to which, however, he was restored on the accession of Mary Tudor in 1553. Aug 23, 1553 he became Lord Chancellor of England and Mary's chief advisor.
--- In September of that same year, the great seal was delivered to him and, on 1st October, he placed the crown on the head of Queen Mary. His share in the Marian persecutions need here only be alluded to. Although it is probable that the number of victims has been greatly exaggerated and that the personal cruelty of Gardiner and Bonner was less ferocious than is usually the fashion to represent it, there can be little doubt but that the former, at least, deserves much of the odium which popular hatred has cast upon his name. "His malice," says Fuller, "was like what is commonly said of white powder, which surely discharged the bullet, yet made no report, being secret in all his acts of cruelty. This made him often chide Bonner, calling him "ass," though not so much for killing poor people, as for not doing it more cunningly."
Great ill-will existed between Gardiner and Cardinal Pole, to which it is said that Cranmer owed the preservation of his life for some months. His execution did not, at all events, take place until after Gardiner's death, which occurred at Westminster in 1555. "I have sinned with Peter," he is said to have exclaimed on his deathbed, " but I have not wept with him." The story told by Fox, that Gardiner refused to dine on the day of the burning of Ridley and Latimer, until he heard from his servants posted along the road, that the faggots were kindled about them, and that whilst at table he was seized with mortal illness, has been effectively disproved. After lying in state at Southwark, he was conveyed to Winchester in a cart, hung with black and having his effigy in episcopal robes placed without it. His chantry chapel may still be seen on the north side of the altar at Winchester Cathedral. **
--- Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal --Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

• 1. George Gardiner b 1510, Berwick-on-Tweed md Margaret De Neville SEE BELOW

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George Gardiner b 1510, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England md Margaret De Neville

• 1. Rev George Gardiner b 1525 d June 1589 md Dorothy Constable SEE BELOW
• 2. German Gardiner d. abt 1544
  --- ** In 1544 was employed as his secretary, was put to death for treason in reference to the king's supremacy, and his enemies insinuated to the king that he himself was of his secretary's way of thinking. But in truth the king had need of him quite as much as he had of Cranmer; for it was Gardiner, who even under royal supremacy, was anxious to prove that England had not fallen away from the faith, while Cranmer's authority as primate was necessary to upholding that supremacy. Thus Gardiner and the archbishop maintained opposite sides of the king's church policy; and though Gardiner was encouraged by the king to put up articles against the archbishop himself for heresy, the archbishop could always rely on the king's protection in the end. Heresy was gaining ground in high places, especially after the king's marriage with Catherine Parr; and there seems to be some truth in the story that the queen herself was nearly committed for it at one time, when Gardiner, with the king's approbation, censured some of her expressions in conversation. In fact, just after her marriage, four men of the Court were condemned at Windsor and three of them were burned. The fourth, who was the musician Marbeck, was pardoned by Gardiner's procurement.

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1. Rev George Gardiner b 1525 d June 1589 md Dorothy Constable abt 1560 b abt 1536 / 1542, Wallington, Northumberland, England d Jun 1589 dau of (Sir Knight) Robert Constable of Nuneaton and Dorothy Gascoigne ** **

• 1. Edmund Gardiner b 1563
• 2. Thomas Gardiner b abt 1565 England d 1635 England md Elizabeth White SEE BELOW
• 3. Richard Gardiner b abt1567
• 4. William Gardiner b abt 1570
• 5. Lionel Gardiner b 1573 Stepney, London, England d aft 1599 Stepney, London, England md Elizabeth Woodhouse 3 Dec 1593 St Dunstons, Stepney, London, Eng b 1575 Stepney, London, England d 3 Dec 1599 St. Dunstens Parish, Stepney, Middlesex, England
  • 1 ** Robert David Lion Gardiner "Your Lordship" as he was refered to: b 1599 in Kent, England d 5 October 1656 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY. buried in Old So. Cemetery,Easthampton, Suffolk, New York. md Mary Willemson Duercant on July 10, 1635 in Woerden, Holland b 1601 in Woerden, Holland, Netherlands, d 1665 in East Hampton,Suffolk,NY. buried in South-End,Burying Ground,Suffolk,New York. dau of Dirk Duercant/Derike Diretis Willemson and Hachin Bastian.
    ---In the year of our Lord—1635—July th 10—Came 1 Lion Gardiner and Mary my wife from Woreden a toune in Holland where my wife was borne … wee came from Woerden to London and from thence to New England and dwelt at Saybrook forte foure years of which i was Commander and theire was born to me a son named David in 1635 April the 29 the first born in that place and in 1638 A Daughter was borne to me caled Mary August the 30 and then went to an Island of mine owne which I bought of the Indians Called by them Manchonake by us the He of Wite and Theire was born another daughter named Elizabeth September the 14 1641 she being the first child born theire of English parents.**
    

    ---The principal family of the Gardiners in this country derive their descent from Lion Gardiner, a native of Scotland, who served under General Fairfax in the Low Countries as an engineer. He was sent to this country in 1635, by Lords Say and Sele, Brooke, and others, to build a fort, and make a settlement on their grant at the mouth of the Connecticut river. --On 10 July 1635 Lion Gardiner left Worden, taking passage at Rotterdam for London, and on 16 August set sail for New England, being 3 months and 10 days from Gravesend to Boston. Early in 1636 the good ship "Batchelor" of twenty-five tons, which had carried himself and family safely from Holland to England and across the Atlantic, through many tempests, bore them safely to their destination. The passengers are mentioned as 12 men and 2 women with freight for the construction of the Fort. Iorn work for two drawbridges; consisting of 62 staples, 40 staple hooks for Port-cullis, 4 chains, 10 boults, 4 plates, 8 chain-clasps, 4 under-hinges, 23 1/2 yards of red flagg-stuff, small lines and a wheel-barrow are mentioned. Lieutenant Gardiners household consisted of himself aged 36, his wife Mary aged 34, Elizabeth Collett, maid servant age 23, and William Jope workmaster aged 40, who all brought certificates from a Calvinistic church in Holland. --- He built the fort at Saybrook, which name he gave to it after the names of his patrons Lords Say and Brooke.. He then moved with his family, and gave it the name of Gardiner's Island. ---- After 13 years on the Island, he removed to East-Hampton, where he died in 1656 aged 63 years. The Island which he gave to his wife, she bequeathed to her eldest son David; "en-tail" to the first male heirs following forever. Right to the Island was confirmed by grant from the Earl of Sterling, whose patent included territory in which it was embraced, after the islands of the Sound passed to New Netherlands. Under the grant, David Gardiner could make such laws as he pleased, for civil and church government; if "according to God and King."

    In 1664, the English having dispossed the Dutch at New Netherlands, Gardiner obtained from Governor Nichols a new grant, for a quitrent of 5 pounds a year. In 1683, the Island was attached to the County of Suffolk for taxable purposes. David Gardiner feeling aggrieved, petioned the Governor for relief; praying for an Independent Jurisdiction for the Island. Governor Dougans confirmatory grant, created the Island in 1686, "One Lordship and Manor of Gardiners Island". Practically this did not change anything, as the Island was created a Manor by the Earl of Sterlings grant to Davids frather Lion Gardiner. The original document conferring this title, with the unique seal of the Province, is a trophy still preserved; also the Geneva Bible with its family record in Lion Gardiners handwritting. Thus the early proprietors were authorized to call themselves "American Lords"
    --- The island still remains in the possession of the family, having descended in a direct line from Lion Gardiner. (see note below regarding the Island today) ** ** **
    ---Gardiner was an adventurer at an early age. A laudatory description of Gardiner, published in 1885, gushed, ``He was . . . of fine military presence, well proportioned although slightly under the average height, with quiet face, eyes keen, intelligent and deep-set, and the manners and bearing of a gentleman.''
    ---He served in the English army in the Netherlands in his early 30s. There, in a protracted war between Protestants and Catholics, Gardiner earned a reputation as a ``master of works of fortifications'' -- a fort builder.
    ---His fame spread across the ocean, and in 1635 he was summoned by the backers of a fledgling English colony in what would become Connecticut. The tiny colony was in a precarious position -- Dutch traders from New Amsterdam had begun to make inroads into the area, trading from their boats with the local Indians and constructing permanent outposts. By doing so, the Dutch hoped to keep the English from expanding south from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. But the Dutch were the least of the colony's problems. Of even more immediate concern were the Pequots, a group with a fearsome reputation who lived along the same stretch of coastline where the English hoped to build settlements. Records of the day show the English feared and despised the Pequots, as did other Indian groups such as the Mohegans, who lived in the same territory.
    ----Gardiner was 36 years old the year he and his Dutch-born wife, Mary, sailed to Massachusetts aboard the Bachelor, arriving in November after a stormy 31/2-month voyage. The couple spent the winter in Massachusetts, and by April, 1636, they were living with a small group of colonists near the mouth of the Connecticut River. They were well south of the English settlements in an area largely untracked by white men.
    ----Gardiner supervised the construction of a fort near the mouth of the Connecticut River, and commanded it while farms and homesites were carved out of the surrounding wilderness. As the fort was being built, two momentous events happened in his life -- his wife gave birth to their son, David, the first white child born in what is now the state of Connecticut, and a war broke out with the Pequots that would forever change the fort-builder's life.
    ---The event that historians call the Pequot War began with small-scale confrontations between Indians and Englishmen in the area of the fort and up and down the coastline. Distrust built, there were deaths on both sides, and officials of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decided to wage war on the Pequots. While it is clear in his own account -- written as a letter to officials in Connecticut -- that Gardiner distrusted and loathed the Pequots, he opposed an all-out war against them because he feared for his family as well as for the handful of others who were with him in the fort.
    ----``It is all very well for you to make war who are safe in Massachusetts bay, but for myself and these few with me who have scarce holes to put our heads in, you will leave at the stake to be roasted,'' he wrote in his account. ``I have but twenty-four in all, men, women and children, and not food for them for two months, unless we save our corn field which is two miles from home, and cannot possibly be reached if we are in war.''
    ----Gardiner's protests fell on deaf ears. When a group of soldiers -- led by John Underhill and another Englishman, John Mason -- reached the fort, Gardiner said, ``You come hither to raise these wasps about my ears, and then you will take wing and flee away.''
    ----As the soldiers prepared for an attack on a nearby Pequot fort, Gardiner tried to keep his family and the others inside his own ramparts alive. Forays outside the walls to get food were dangerous events; some of his men were caught by Pequots and tortured -- some were burned alive at a stake, their skin peeled off, according to Gardiner's account. One group of men, out on a hay-cutting mission, was set upon by Pequots who ``rose out of the long grass . . . and took the brother of Mr. Mitchell, who is minister of Cambridge, and roasted him alive.''
    ---- Gardiner himself narrowly escaped death when he went outside the fort's walls with 10 armed men and three dogs. A half mile away, they met up with a small band of Pequots -- some of whom were wearing the clothes of murdered English settlers -- and a fight ensued. Almost immediately, two men were killed. As the group fled toward the safety of the fort, another man was shot through the thighs with an arrow, another man was hit in the back, and as Gardiner pulled back toward the fort, he was struck in the thigh. The group, he wrote, had to fight ``with our naked swords or else they (would have) taken us all alive . . .'' In another incident a day or two later, ``I was shot with many arrows . . . but my buff coat preserved me, only one hurt me.''
    ----After these incidents, Underhill and Mason assembled an army of more than 80 men to stay with Gardiner. To beef up the numbers, the English recruited nearby Mohegans -- enemies of the Pequots. This army then attacked the Pequot fort near Mystic, slaughtering men, women and children and setting the building on fire. To historians today, the attack was a massacre unlike anything that had occurred in New England up to that point. To Englishmen at the time, it was a blessing. Gardiner wrote:
    ---- . . . and the Lord God blessed their design and way, so that they returned with victory to the glory of God and honour of our nation, having slain three hundred, burnt their fort, and taken many prisoners.
    ---- Underhill's account, published in London in 1639, boasted that more than 1,000 Pequots were killed, three times Gardiner's estimate. Historians say that English soldiers conducted mop-up operations for months after the attack on the fort, hunting down Pequots hiding in the woods, and killing hundreds more. In a few months in 1637, most members of the tribe were killed.``It was a war of extinction,'' said Kevin McBride, an archeologist at the University of Connecticut.
    ----The Pequots would agree. Today, the descendants of the survivors operate Foxwoods Resort Casino on a site not far from the massacre. They believe their history was distorted. ``The Pequots never wrote down their histories at the time of contact with Europeans,'' said Shannan McNair, a spokeswoman for Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. ``So it's hard to know what was true and was said about the Pequots to justify the massacre.''
    ----After the massacre, Gardiner's life changed forever when an Indian from Long Island paddled his canoe over to Connecticut from Montauk. Spelling the Indian's name ``Waiandance,'' Gardiner wrote in his account:
    ----Three days after the fight came Waiandance, next brother to the old Sachem of Long Island . . . He came to know if we were angry with all Indians. I answered No, but only with such as had killed Englishmen. He asked whether they that lived upon Long Island might come to trade with us. Gardiner said he would only trade with the Long Island Indians ``if you will kill all the Pequots that come to you, and send me their heads . . . so he went away and did as I had said, and sent me five heads . . .''
    ----And thus began the friendship of the English settler named Lion Gardiner and an Indian chief named Wyandanch. Two years later, his tour of duty in Connecticut over, Gardiner capitalized on his friendship with Wyandanch's people, whom the English called the Montaukett Indians, and bought some real estate on Long Island. **

    Lion Gardiner, was one of the key founders of the East End of Long Island, which was known for the independent little towns created in the 1640s which were pure democracies. Lion Gardiner came here in 1639. He was the first English person to settle in the present New York State. He befriended Chief Wyandanch, the sachem of the Montauk, and that friendship resulted in the lack of interracial warfare on Eastern Long Island. On the other hand, Gardiner was a real-estate wheeler-dealer. He perfected or maybe originated the idea of taking land from the Indians in return for a few yards of cloth or a few trinkets because the Indians thought land belonged to everybody. He was a really important person in the creation of the Town of East Hampton. Even though he was lord of the manor on Gardiner's Island, when he lived in East Hampton he played the game just like everyone else, as a leading citizen but not one with manorial privileges. It's a very impressive little granite tomb but it is really silly because it shows Gardiner in armor, and Gardiner would never have worn armor. He was not an aristocrat. He was a plain man with a lot of real estate.'' The Gardiner tomb is located in the South End Burying Ground on the east side of the village green at James Lane and Main Street ** **

    
    ---Ancient Burial Grounds of Long Island, N. Y. by Edw. Doubleday Harris, Esq., of New York City --EASTHAMPTON VILLAGE - Vol 54, July 1900, p 301 - 308
    ---Lion GARDINER, an Officer of ye English Army & an Engineer Master of Works of Fortification in ye Leaguers of ye Prince of Orange in ye Low Countries. In 1635 he came to New England. In ye Service of a Company of Lords & Gentlemen, he builded and Commanded ye Saybrook Fort. After completing this term of service he removed in 1639 to his Island of which he was sole Owner & Pvlr_. Born in 1599, he d. in this Town in 1663, Venerated & honoured. [Cut on the for sides - North, west, south & east - of a pretentious modern canopy tomb, with recumbent figure of a man in armor.] **
    
    

    : Robert David Lion Gardiner : * Robert Gardiner---By Robert F. Worth---August 30, 2004---Lord of his own island; 93---- Robert David Lion Gardiner, the last heir to bear the name of the family that has owned Gardiner's Island, off the coast of Long Island, for nearly four centuries, died Aug. 23 at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 93. Mr. Gardiner's death was announced by Jeanne Toomey, a friend and former press representative. Mr. Gardiner called himself "the 16th Lord of the Manor" and saw himself as a custodian of his family's history on what is said to be the largest privately owned island in the world. Although Mr. Gardiner's wealth and social position was overshadowed by that of the tycoons and Hollywood celebrities who colonized Long Island over the past century, he delighted in reminding them of who had arrived first. "The Fords, the du Ponts, the Rockefellers, they are nouveaux riches," Mr. Gardiner told an interviewer in the mid-1990s. Mr. Gardiner lived in East Hampton, in an opulent family house with its own long history, but his heart was rooted in Gardiner's Island, in the bay off Long Island's south fork. The island's 3,350 acres includes 27 miles of coastline, forests and streams, and buildings dating from the 17th century. It has been in the family since his ancestor, the English settler Lion Gardiner, bought it from the Montaukett Indians in 1639 for "one large dog, one gun, some powder and shot, some rum and several blankets, worth in all about Five Pounds sterling." He also obtained a charter from King Charles I of England. Captain Kidd once buried treasure there, and the family withstood several attacks by pirates. Someone accused of being a witch once lived on the island, as did Julia Gardiner, who became the wife of President John Tyler and was known in her youth as "the rose of Long Island." Although the island is strictly off limits to the public, Mr. Gardiner took occasional groups of visitors there in his boat, the Laughing Lady, often surprising them by talking about Colonial-era events as though they had happened the day before. For the past three decades, Mr. Gardiner feuded with his niece, Alexandra Gardiner Creel Goelet, who owned the island jointly with him. He often accused Goelet and her husband, Robert G. Goelet, of plotting to sell or develop the island after his death, a charge they vehemently denied. Mr. Gardiner, who married in 1961 but had no children, tried unsuccessfully during the 1980s to adopt a distant relative as his heir, to whom he could bequeath his share of the island. Mr. Gardiner was born Feb. 25, 1911, in New York, and attended St. George's School in Newport, R.I. He graduated from Columbia University in 1934 and attended New York University Law School. In World War II, he served as a Navy lieutenant and saw action in the South Pacific. After the war, he worked on Wall Street at the Empire Trust Co. His father died when he was young, and he lived in Manhattan with his mother until he was in his late 40s. In 1961, he married Eunice Bailey Oakes, a British former model many years his junior, at St. Thomas Church on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Eighteen ushers in top hats and tails took part in the ceremony. His wife survives him. Mr. Gardiner once estimated his personal wealth at $135 million; his assets included a 42-acre shopping center. He served for many years on the Suffolk County Planning Board, and ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for the state Senate in 1960. Mr. Gardiner and his sister Alexandra Gardiner Creel inherited the island from their aunt, Sarah Diodati Gardiner, on her death in 1953. It had nearly passed out of family hands two decades earlier, after a spendthrift cousin was unable to maintain it. Sarah Gardiner bought it in 1937 for $400,000, just before it was to be put up for sale at public auction. Mr. Gardiner's aunt left a trust fund to pay for the island's upkeep, but by the late 1970s it had run out of money. Mr. Gardiner already had quarreled with his sister and her daughter over the island, and when his niece's husband, Robert Goelet, began paying the rising costs, Mr. Gardiner refused to pay half. He said at the time that he was trying to force the island into receivership by New York state, which he hoped would take care of it as a historic site. His relatives went to court, and in 1980, Judge Marie Lambert of state Surrogate Court barred Mr. Gardiner from visiting the island. Mr. Gardiner appealed the decision, and in 1992, a state appeals court ruled that as an heir he could not be denied the use of the island. He began visiting it regularly again, always avoiding the Goelets, with whom he continued to feud, and still refusing to help pay the estimated $1.8 million yearly costs for the island's upkeep. His sister died in 1990. Mr. Gardiner's feud with his niece was far from the family's only quarrel over the island, which Alexandra Goelet's father had called "the sandbar of sorrow." Over the years, there had been several legal confrontations over its ownership, said Joseph Attinito, Mr. Gardiner's lawyer. Now Alexandra Goelet is expected to become the owner of the island. She has two children. Although Mr. Gardiner had hoped to be buried on the island in a tomb like his grandfather's, a replica of that of the Roman emperor Sextus Africanus, Attinito said he would be buried near his parents in an East Hampton cemetery. **

    
    --- Eatons Neck info
    • 1. John Gardiner b. May 19, 1747, d. May 29, 1813, 66 yrs. md
      (1) Johanna ___ [ 9 ch ] d. Oct 1, 1809, 64 yrs
      (2) Rachel ___ [no ch] d. Feb 23, 1811, 61 yrs
      (3) Hannah ___ [no ch ] b 1762 d. May 26, 1813, 51 yrs, footstone = H.G.
      --- All are buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.] ** **
      --- He lived in the pre-revolutionary war house, no doubt the manor house, called Cherry Lawn.
      --- 1798, John and Johanna deeded 10 acres of land to the United States Government for $500 for the construction of the lighthouse.
      --- His son John H. Gardiner became the first keeper of the lighthouse.
      • 1. Jonathan Gardiner b 1773 d. Mar 7, 1833, 60 yrs, , footstone = J.G.; buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.]
        • 1. William Gardiner
          ---In 1833 William moved into Cherry Lawn
        • 2. George Gardiner
          ---In 1833 George moved into Oakleaf. Oakleaf, a farmhouse, was build in 1784 by John Sloss Hobart on a high bluff overlooking Duck Island Harbor and is still standing today. No one knows what happened to Cherry Lawn, the original manor house. It is believed to have fallen apart sometime between 1931 and 1935.
        • 3. Sarah Gardiner
          --- In 1833 she inherited Duck Island
        • 4. Eliza Gardiner md Charles Hewlett Jones of the prestigious Long Island Jones Family
          --- Eliza in 1833 inherited all of West Beach.
          --- In 1862, Cornelius H. and Ruth O. DeLamater purchased most of the land previously owned by the Gardiner Family. The only exceptions were the land belonging to Eliza Gardner Jones and Duck Island which was sold by the Sarah Gardiner trust to the Rowland family in 1868. DeLamater purchased Walnut Neck from William Beebe which resulted in the creation of Beacon Farm. The farm provided fresh milk, eggs, and poultry for the family. DeLamater also purchased the Cassidy land, Cherry Lawn from William Gardiner, and Oakleaf from George Gardiner. Thus once again Eaton’s Neck was predominately owned by one family
      • 2. John H. Gardiner b 1777 d. Jun 9, 1854, [76 yrs 9 mo 2 days, footstone = J.H.G.] md Abigail ___ b 1782 d. Mar 2, 1861, 79 yrs, footstone = A.G. They are buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.] **
        --- When John Gardiner died in 1813, his sons John H. Gardiner and Jonathan Gardiner bought out the other family children heirs for $12,500. Jonathan and his family then lived in Cherry Lawn.
        --- In 1815, Jonathan bought back Duck Island. In 1822, a small one-room schoolhouse was opened for the Gardiner family children as well as other children living on Eaton’s Neck.
        --- In 1850, John H. Gardiner deeded the land for the schoolhouse to School District 27. The school district lasted until 1922 when a consolidated school district began in Northport. The original schoolhouse, now a private residence, still stands on the corner of Eaton’s Neck Road and Lighthouse Road.
        • 1. Jennett Gardiner b 1817 d. Sep 5, 1819, 1 yr 3 mo; footstone = JG; buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.]
        • 2. Benjamin Franklin Gardiner md Maria ___
          --- In 1840, Benjamin Franklin Gardiner began the breakup and sale of Eaton’s Neck into smaller holdings by selling 200 acres around Walnut Neck to Zephaniah P. Brush. Eventually Brush lost the land by foreclosure and it was sold to Mary Skidmore in 1843. In 1856 it was sold to William Beebe. After the death of John H. Gardner in 1854, Benjamin Franklin Gardiner and the other heirs sold the bulk of John H. Gardiner’s land to William Cassidy of Brooklyn for $1500
        • 3. Jonathan Gardiner md
          (1) Sally ___ d. Sep 10, 1803, 28 yrs, dau. of John & Phebe Gelston
          (2) Fanny R ___b 1766 d. Apr 12, 1819, 53 yrs ; They are all buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.]
          • 1. Albert Gelston Gardiner b 1803 d. Dec 23, 1842, 39 yrs, footstone = A.G.G. buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.]
          • 2. Sarah Gardiner b. Jan 9, 1827, d. Nov 12, 1891, footstone = S.G.G.; buried in Gardiner Family Cemetery, Northport, Suffolk County, New York [located on a little hill across the road from where the Cherry Lawn Manor House once stood.]
          • 3. Eliza Gardiner md ___Sandford?
    • 2. David Gardiner b 29 April 1635/36 in Fort Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, d 10 July 1689 in Hartford, Connecticut. md
      (1) Mary Havringman 4 June 1651 in London, England.
      (2) Mary Herrington [ Lerringham, Laring, Leringmore, Leringham, Leringman, Lungman] 4 June 1657 in St. Margaret's Westminster, London, Middlesex, England or East Hampton NY b 30 Aug 1638 Middlesex County England d 15 June 1727 East Hampton NY dau of Robert Mascal and Mary Upton
      ---His grave was discovered in 1836, in the ancient burying ground back of the Congregational Church at Hartford, and bears this inscription--
      On his monument, a slab of red sandstone, reads: "Well, sick, dead in one hours space. Engrave the rememberance of death on thine heart; when, as thou dost see, how swiftly hours depart." and "the first white child born in Conn." ** ** ** **
      • 1. John Gardiner b April 1661 Gardiners Island,Suffolk,New York d 25 JUN 1738, Groton,Connecticut md
        (1) Mary King June 1657 dau. of Samuel King of Southold, b. 1669/70, d. July 4 1707
        (2) Sarah Coit, dau. of John Chandler and wid. of Wm. Coit, b. 19 Nov. 1696, d. 3 July, 1711
        (3) Elizabeth Allyn, b. Dec. 1, 1669, dau. of John Allyn, of Hartford, Ct. and wid. of Alexander Allyn, of Windsor, Ct. d. on Gardiner's Island.
        (4) w.Elizabeth, Oct. 4, 1733, dau. of Stephen Hedges, and wid. of Daniel Osborn, . May 19, 1747 ** ** **
        • 1. David Gardiner b. Jan. 3, 1691 d. July 4, 1751, buried on Gardiner's Island, md
          (1) Rachel, dau. of Abraham Schellenger and Joana Hedges d. Dec. 16, 1744
          (2) w.Mehetabel Burrows, widow, of Saybrook, Ct.
          • 1. John Gardiner b. June 9, 1714 d. May 19, 1764. md.
            (1) Elizabeth Mulford dau. of Matthew and Elizabeth (Chatfield) Mulford, b. Aug. 22, 1714, d. Oct. 21, 1754
            (2) Deborah Avery, dau. of Saml. and Deborah Lathrop, of Norwich, Ct. and wid. of Rev. Ephraim Avery, of Pomfret, Ct. [she md. 3d husband June 3, 1767, Gen. Israel Putnam, was his 2d wife; she d. 15 Oct. 1777]

            --WILL :In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN GARDINER, of the Isle of Wight, Gentleman, being in good health. I leave to my wife Deborah 1/3 of all personal estate. I leave to my son, David Gardiner, my Island, lying near the east end of Long Island. In consideration that out of the income of the same he shall maintain and bring up all my younger children in a proper and suitable manner until they are of age or married. I leave to my son, John Gardiner, 1/6 of my personal estate. To my son Septimus 1/6. To my daughter Mary œ20. The rest of my personal property I leave to my younger daughters Elizabeth, Jerusha, and Hannah. If my son David dies without issue then my said Island is to go to my next son. The Island is left to him and his male heir, and in default to my son John, and in default of male heirs, then to my son Septimus, with contingent remainder to my brothers David and Abraham and my cousin, Samuel Gardiner, and the heirs of my uncle, Joseph Gardiner, deceased, and Lyon Gardiner, of East Hampton. I make my wife and my brother Abraham and my son David, executors. "Inwitness whereof I have set my hand and seal in East Hampton, August 30, 1762." **

            • 1. David Gardiner b. Oct. 8, 1738 d. Sept. 8, 1774, grad. of Yale, md. Jerusha Buel dau. of Rev. Samuel Buel, b. Nov. 5, 1749, d. Feb. 24, 1782 [she married 2nd Isaac Conkling, and they had son Isaac Conkling]
              • 1. John Lyon Gardiner b. Nov. 8, 1770 7th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner’s Island,. d. Nov. 22, 1816, grad. of Nassau Hall, md. Sarah Griswold, March 4, 1803, dau. of John and Sarah D. Griswold, of Lyme, Ct., d. Feb. 10, 1863
                • 1. David J. Gardiner b. Aug. 16, 1804, grad. at Yale 1824
                • 2. Sarah Diodate Gardiner b. Nov. 1, 1807 md David Thompson b May 3, 1798, d Feb 22, 1871 son of Jonathan Thompson**
                  --- Mrs. Thompson’s mother was a Griswold of the distinguished Connecticut family of that name, so many of whom have been governors of the State and distinguished public men. Her uncles John and Charles C. Griswold were prominent shipping merchants in New York, and rivals in importance of their cousins N. L. and George Griswold. John left no children, and Charles C. had but two: Elizabeth, who married Judge Lane, a very wealthy and distinguished citizen of Sandusky; and Sarah, who married Lorillard Spencer. (Her eldest daughter married Prince Virginio Cenci, Duke of Vicoraro.) Mrs. Thompson’s middle name of Diodati was received from her great-grand-mother on he[r] mother’s side.
                  Mrs. Thompson’s maiden name was Gardiner, she being of the family of that name of Gardiner’s Island. David Thompson was a gentleman well known to all old New Yorkers of the better class standing high as he did in the fashionable world. He received a thorough classical education when young, and at the age of eighteen entered his father’s office; two years afterwards was made cashier of the Custom House. He remained there eight years, and then successfully became the Cashier of the Fulton Bank under John Adams, Cashier and Vice-President of the Bank of America (which was the successor of the old Bank of the United States) under the late George Newbold, and President of the New York Life Insurance and Trust Company. This latter institution he took charge of after they had sustained large losses from the dishonesty of a former officer, and by judicious and careful management made the company the foremost of its kind in the city, the shares having increased in value from eighty percent to six hundred. He remained connected with the company until his death, which occurred February 22, 1871, a period of nearly twenty-five years. Mr. Thompson was a gentleman of fine appearance, high-minded, honorable, and a sincere Christian. His funeral took place from his residence, 25 Lafayette Place, on Saturday, February 25th. The clergymen were the Rev. Mancius S. Hutton, D.D.; Rev. Thomas De Witt, D.D.; and the Rev. Samuel R. Ely, D.D. The following-named gentlemen, all of whom were known in financial and social circles, acted as pall-bearers: John David Wolfe, John Q. Jones, Thomas W. Ludlow, Moses Taylor, William B. Astor, Robert Ray, William H. Aspinwall, and Joseph Sampson. The remains were removed to the hearse and deposited in the family vault." *--*
                  • 1. George W. Thompson md Eliza Prall.
                  • 2. Jonathan Thompson md Katharine Todhunter.
                  • 3. Abraham Gardiner Thompson, md Sarah E. Strong.
                  • 4. Mary Gardiner Thompson md Samuel Buell Gardiner 10th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner’s Island They were kin- See Samuel B #5 below - her uncle
                  • 5. Elizabeth Thompson md Alonzo Brown, no issue.
                • 3. Mary Brainard Gardiner b. Dec. 4, 1809, d. Feb. 22, 1833
                • 4. John Griswold Gardiner b. Sept. 9, 1812, d. June 7, 1861
                • 5. Samuel Buell Gardiner b. April 6, 1815,10th Lord of the Manor of Gardiner’s Island; d. Jan. 5, 1882. md. Mary Gardiner Thompson b March 23, 1807, d August 5, 1887 dau. of Jonathan Thompson and Sarah Diodate Gardiner [#2 above]
                  --- ** Mary md Samuel B. Gardiner, [her uncle] a brother of Mrs. Sarah Diodati Gardiner Thompson. They lived at the ancient Manor only part of the time, as they had several other houses.
                  • 1. Mary Thompson Gardiner md William R. Sands of NY, no issue. son of Richardson Sands, Esq. whose mother was a sister of the celebrated Colonel William Ledyard who was so barbarously slain at the attack on Fort Griswold, at Groton, by the British under command of Benedict Arnold. After the death of her first husband she became the wife of General Ebenezer Stevens, of the Revolutionary Army
                  • 2. David Johnson Gardiner unmarried.
                  • 3. Colonel John Lyon Gardiner md Elizabeth Coralie Livingston, dau of Oliver H. Jones and Louisa Livingston and granddaughter of James Duane Livingstone
                    ---LL.B. Columbia College, 1863, one of the committee of gentlemen of the Patriarch Balls, New York
                    ---became by purchase the 12th Proprietor and owner of Gardiner's Island
                    • 1. Coralie Livingston Gardiner md Alexander R. Cox of England
                    • 2 Adele Griswold Gardiner
                    • 3 Lion Gardiner
                    • 4 Winthrop Gardiner
                    • 5 John Gardiner
                  • 4. Sarah Griswold Gardiner b 1848 in Gardiners Island, NY. d 1927 in Richmond, Richmond Co, Va buried in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Va md. John Alexander Tyler b 7 Apr 1848 in Charles City County, Sherwood Forest, Virginia d 1 Sept 1883 son of 10th President of the United Sates, John Tyler and [Julia Gardiner ] . ** **
                    • 1. Gardiner Tyler b&d 1876 Christmas at Sherwood Forest
                    • 2. Samuel Gardiner Tyler b 1879 d 1892
                    • 3. Lillian Griswold Tyler b 1879 d 1989 md
                      (1) Alben N. Margraf
                      (2) ___ Farlow
                  • 5. Jonathan Thompson Gardiner
              • 2. David Buel Gardiner b. Feb. 29, 1772
            • 2. Mary Gardiner b. July 19, 1740;
            • 3. John Gardiner b. June 6, 1745, d. April 22, 1747;
            • 4. John Gardiner b. May 19, 1747, who settled at Eaton's Neck;
            • 5. Elizabeth Gardiner b. June 24, 1749;
            • 6. Jerusha Gardiner b. Sept. 10, 1751, md Lewis Osborn;
            • 7. Hannah Gardiner b. Dec. 31, 1757, md Saml. Williams of Brooklyn, Ct.
            • 8. Septimus Gardiner b. Dec 28, 1759
          • 2. Mary Gardiner b. Feb. 13, 1716-7
          • 3. David Gardiner b. June 3, 1718
          • 4. Abraham Gardiner b. Feb. 19, 1721-22
          • 5. Abigail Gardiner b. May 1, 1724
          • 6. Hannah Gardiner b. Dec. 30, 1730
        • 2. John Gardiner Jr b 1693 d 5 Jan 1725 buried at Old Burying Grd., New London, Conn. md Sarah Saltonstall 6 May 1716 b 8 April 1694
          --- grad. at Yale 1711
          • 1. Jerusha Gardiner b 6 Oct 1723 d 18 Feb 1754 of consumption md John Christophers 7 Mar 1740/1741 b 27 FEB 1718/1719 d 15 JAN 1787
            • 1. **
        • 3. Samuel Gardiner b. 1695
        • 4. Joseph Gardiner b. April 22, 1697
        • 5. Hannah Gardiner b. Dec. 11, 1699 d. 5 Jun 1739 at Worcester, MA md Judge John Chandler 23 Oct 1716 New Londonson (1693–1762) son of John Chandler and Mary Raymond
          --- John-- Originally from Woodstock, Connecticut (then part of Massachusetts), the Chandlers moved to Worcester in 1731 and were in every respect the most eminent family in Worcester County prior to the Revolution.
          --- John Chandler served Worcester as sheriff, register of deeds and probate, judge of probate, selectman, treasurer, and representative to the General Court of Massachusetts.
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          • 7. Lucretia Chandler b July 18, 1730 d March 21, 1768 md John Murray September 1, 1761 in Worcester b Nov 22, 1720 Ireland d August 30, 1794
            --- John Murray Papers- The Loyalist Collection
            --- John emigrated to Massachusetts in the 1730s, and settled in Rutland about 1744.10 Murray made a fortune in land speculation and finance.
            --- He was elected a town selectman beginning in 1747 and a representative to the General Court of Massachusetts from 1751 to 1774.11
            --- In 1755 he became a colonel in the militia and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
            --- John Murray married for a third time in 1770 to Deborah Brinley in Boston, and the couple had two children together.
            --- In 1774 Governor Thomas Gage chose Murray to be a member of the Council of Massachusetts, an appointment which nullified the popular election.
            --- Murray’s acceptance of a position granted by royal authority rather than the will of the people angered his townsmen and he was driven out of Rutland.
            --- He sought refuge in Boston and remained there until the British evacuated in 1776, at which time Murray moved to Halifax, and then London and Wales; he eventually settled in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada.
            --- In 1778 Murray was officially banished from Massachusetts and in 1779 his property totaling nearly thirty-one thousand pounds was confiscated by an act of the General Court.
            --- The British government granted Murray a stipend of two hundred fifty pounds per year as compensation for the losses he suffered as a Loyalist, and he settled permanently in St. John where he died on August 30, 1794.
            --- Lucretia--the seventh of nine children of Judge John Chandler (1693–1762) and Hannah Gardiner Chandler (1699–1738/39).
            --- Lucretia was not yet married when she went to Boston to care for the family of her recently deceased sister Mary Greene (1717–1756).4 On September 1, 1761 she married John Murray (1720–1794) in Worcester and moved to Rutland, Massachusetts, where her husband was a substantial landowner.
            --- Murray had ten children with his first wife, Elizabeth McClanathan (d. 1760),
            --- 1762 Lucretia bore a daughter who was named for her mother
            --- In 1762 Lucretia inherited three hundred forty pounds from her father.
            --- When Lucretia died March 21, 1768, her husband gave gold mourning rings to family and friends that were inscribed with her name, date of death, and age. ** ** **
            • 1. Lucretia Chandler b 1762 md Rev Aaron Bancroft Oct. 28, 1786 b Nov 10, 1755,Reading, Mass., d August 19, 1839.Worcester, Mass. [son of Lydia Parker m. Samuel Bancroft son of .Nathaniel Parker m. Elizabeth Wright son of Nathaniel Parker m. Bethiah Polley] **
              ---** Bancroft, Rev. Aaron, at Worcester, the Rev. A.B. To Miss Lucretia Chandler, daughter of the Hon. John Chandler, Esq. (S. Oct. 28, 1786.)
              --- At the breaking out of hostilities in 1785, Aaron Bancroft was a boy 19 years of age and a student at Harvard College. During the college vacation the Battle of Lexington occurred. As soon as he heard of it he seized his musket, and, joining his friends and kins­men, marched as a Volunteer to Cambridge. (Eaton's Hist. of Reading, p. 704.) **
              ---Rev. Aaron Bancroft, one of the pioneers of the Unitarian ministry. **
              • 1 George Bancroft b October 3, 1800 Worcester, Worcester Co, Mass d 1891 d Jan 17, 1891 Washington, D.C. buried at Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. md
                (1) Sarah H. Dwight March 1, 1827, d 1837
                (2) Elizabeth (Davis) Bliss. **
                --- historian
                --- Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1844;
                --- candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, 1844;
                --- U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46;
                --- U.S. Minister to Great Britain, 1846-49; Prussia, 1867-71;
                --- Germany, 1871-74. Congregationalist.
                --- Elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in 1910.
              • 2 Eliza Bancroft md John Davis b Jan 13, 1787 Northborough, Mass, d April 19, 1854, aged 67;Worcester, Mass buried in the Rural Cemetery.
                --- graduated from Yale College in 1812 and practiced law in Worcester, Mass
                ---Represented Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives from March 4, 1825, to January 14, 1834, when he resigned, having been elected Governor.
                ---He served as the Whig Governor --14th Governor of Massachusetts Term of office:January 9 1834 – March 1, 1835 . Elected as an Anti-Jacksonian (later Whig) to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1835 to January 5, 1841, when he resigned. He chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce.
                ---Again he served as Governor of Massachusetts from 1841-1843 and again elected in 1845 to the U.S. Senate, as a Whig, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Isaac C. Bates; reelected in 1847 and served from March 24, 1845, to March 3, 1853; declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852, and retired from public life
                ---he was also the grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr. and the great-great grandfather of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
                • 1. John Chandler Bancroft Davis
                • 2 Horace Davis b March 16, 1831 Worcester, Co, Worcester, Mass. d July, 1916 md
                  (1) ___ daughter of Captain Macondray, for many years an invalid, d 1872.
                  (2) Edith King, 1875 d 1909 dau of Thomas Starr King ; a woman of rare personal gifts, **
                  --- San Francisco Probate --- Davis Edith King Record 7897 Type D Year 1909 **
                  --- Horace Davis graduated at Harvard in the class of 1849. He began the study of the law, but his eyes failed, and in 1852 he came to California to seek his fortune. He first tried the mines, starting a store at Shaw's Flat. When the venture failed he came to San Francisco and sought any employment to be found. He began by piling lumber, but when his cousin, Isaac Davis, found him at it he put him aboard one of his coasting schooners as supercargo. Being faithful and capable, he was sought by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and was for several years a good purser. He and his brother George had loaned their savings to a miller, and were forced to take over the property. Mr. Davis become the accepted authority on wheat and the production of flour, and enjoyed more than forty years of leadership in the business which he accidentally entered.
                  --- 1877 elected to Congress, serving for two terms. He proved too independent and unmanageable for the political leaders of the time and was allowed to return to private life.
                  --- In 1887 he was urged to accept the presidency of the University of California for three years.
                  --- His interest in education was always great, and he entered with ardor and intelligence into the discharge of his duties as a trustee of the School of Mechanical Arts established by the will of James Lick. As president of the board, he guided its course, and was responsible for the large plan for co-operation and co-ordination by which, with the Wilmerding School and the Lux School (of which he was also a leading trustee), a really great endowed industrial school under one administrative management has been built up in San Francisco. A large part of his energy was devoted to this end, and it became the strongest desire of his life to see it firmly established.
                  --- He also served for many years as a trustee for Stanford University, and for a time was president of the board.
                  --- To the day of his death (in July, 1916) he was active in the affairs of Stanford, and was also deeply interested in the University of California.
                  --- The degree of LL.D. was conferred by the University of the Pacific, by Harvard, and by the University of California.
                  • 1 Norris King Davis b June 26, 1876.San Francisco, Ca.**
          • 8. Sarah Chandler md Timothy Paine 1749 son of Nathaniel Paine and Sarah Clarke
            • 1. Samuel Paine b Worcester MA .d 1807 in Worcester. MA --- Graduated Harvard in 1771
            • 2. Dr William Paine b June 5 1750 d April 19 1833 md Lois Orne Sept 23 1773 Salem, Essex, MA dau of TImothy Orne and Rebecca Taylor
              • 1.Harriet Paine b Nov 21 1779 **
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        • 6. Mary Gardiner b. Sept. 1, 1702
        • 7. Elizabeth Gardiner md Thomas Greene
        • 8. Jonathan Gardiner b. 1709
        • 9. Sarah Gardiner b. 1710, md Charles Treat
      • 2. David Gardiner b 29 April 1663 Hartford CT d 1 May 1733 Hartford CT md Martha Youngs 1683
        • 1. Mary Gardiner b 1685 Gardiners Island,East Hampton d 21 April 1775 Mattituck NY md David Parshall **
          • 1 Sarah Parshall
          • 2. Abiigail Parshall
          • 3. David Parshall b. 1706, d. 1760
          • 4. Mary Parshall
          • 5. Jonathan Parshall
          • 6. Bethiah Parshall
        • 2. Bethiah Gardiner
        • 3. Patience Gardiner
        • 4. David Gardiner b 1705 d 2 March 1748 md Elizabeth Wickham 1725 b 11 FEB 1769 dau of Joseph Wickham and Abigail ___
      • 3. Lion Gardiner b aby 1657-1684. died 23 Sep 1723 in NY
      • 4. Elizabeth Gardiner b 1659 in Easthampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. died abt 1693 in Southold, Long Island, NY. md James Parshall b abt 1649 in Isle of Wight, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Sources place the date of birth as early as 1640 and as late as 1649. He died on 15 Sep 1701 in Southold, Long Island, NY. Another source places the date of death at 17 Oct 1701. He was of Lynn Ransom Burton. The Parshall family is of Norman extraction. Burke thinks it extremely probable that James Parshall was descended from Sir Richard de Pershall, Knight, High Sheriff 1333, son of Sir Adam de Pershall, Sheriff (Anc & Pos of Joseph Davis,p.54). James Parshall and Elizabeth Gardiner were married in 1678 in Easthampton, Suffolk Co., Long Island, NY. Another source states that the marriage occurred about 1683. ****
    • 2. Mary Gardiner b 30 August 1638 in Fort Saybrook, Middlesex, CT, d 15 June 1727 in East Hampton, Suffolk, NY. buried in East Hampton,Suffolk L.I., N.Y. md
      (1) John DODGE
      (2) Jeremiah Conkling June 15, 1658 in East Hampton, Suffolk Court RI, b 1634 in Kings Swineford, Staffordshire, Nottingham, England, d 14 March 1712 in East Hampton, Suffolk, L.I., N.Y. son of Ananias Conkling and Mary Launder. ** ** ****
      • 1. Mary Gardiner Conkling b 1658 md Thomas D. Mulford 1635
      • 2. Jeremiah Conkling b 1661 md Jane Ludlam Parsons
      • 4. Cornelius Conkling b 1664 md Mary Dayton
      • 5. Jeremiah Conkling b abt 1665 md Jane PARSONS
      • 6. David Conkling b 1667 md Mary Filer Mulford
      • 7. Lewis Conklin b 1672 md Mary Stratton Bishop
      • 8. Ananias Conkling b 1675 md Martha Stratton
    • 3. Elizabeth Gardiner b 14 September 1641 in Gardiners Island East Hampton NY d Feb 1657/58 in Easthampton,Long Island,NY. md
      (1) Arthur Howell February 1658 in Southampton,Suffolk,New York.
      (2) ___ Barthold
      ---- Descendants of Edward Howell, by Emma Howell Ross, rev. by David Faris: --- "Elizabeth (Gardiner) Howell died in childbirth 'bewitched by Mrs. Gulick'...A detailed account of Elizabeth's final illness and death is given in R. G. Tomlinson, Witchcraft Trials of Connecticut, Glastonbury, Conn., 1978, pp. 19-23. On May 5, 1658, a court of magistrates in Hartford was called upon the trial of the wife of Joshua Garlick of East Hampton, who was indicted "that thou entertained familiary with Satan." She was however found not guilty. See Collections of the Connecticut History Society 22:188-189 (1928), Particular Court Records **
    • 4. Margaret Gardiner b September 1643 in Saybrook,Middlesex,CT.
    • 5. Jeremiah Gardiner b 1645 in Saybrook,Middlesex,CT.
  • 2. Mary Gardiner b Aug 30 1638
  • 3. Elizabeth Gardiner b Sept 14 1641 on the family Island [ Indians Called it Manchonake by us the He of Wite ]
    ---she was the first child born there of English parents

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Thomas Gardner b. abt 1565 Weymouth, Dorset, England d [will dated Nov. 1, 1632 and proved Nov. 27, 1633)] - Salem, Essex, MA md in Oxfordshire England Elizabeth White b 1564 in Stanton St John Oxford England, d Mar 29 1648 in Little Bourton Croperdy Oxon England , buried in Gardner Salem, Essex, MA.[ d/o John White & Isabel "Elizabeth" Bawles] (she was also married to William Allen)
---1. 1616, Sept John White of St. John Oxford wrote his will, names his dau. Elizabeth Gardner, and appoints his son-in-law Thomas Gardner one of the overseers of his will.
---2. 1629, 26 Dec: A Thomas Gardner of Cherill (modern Cherhill), Wiltshire, wrote his will. He left his wife all his estate. Son Thomas executor. "I have in John Grangers hand forty nyne shillings wch is due already and I have in William Wattens hand forty six shillings, wch he is to pay at Michaelmas next: And I have alsoe in William Pars hand seaventeene shillings and six pence wch is not to be payd until Michaelmas next." Witnessed by William Watton, William Granger. (--- If this is father of Thomas Gardner of New England, the son was already in New England when this will was written.)
---3. 1631, 3 Jan: The will of Thomas Gardner of Cherill was proved. (--- Cherhill is 25 miles from Stockton, where the Terrys lived. Rev. William Walton, a minister at Marblehead, MA, was nephew of Rev. John White by marriage.)

* * Elizabeth md first Thomas Gardner (will dated Nov. 1, 1632 and proved Nov. 27, 1633) of Little Bourton in Cropredy, Oxfordshire. Elizabeth married second William Allen. Children of Elizabeth and Thomas: Josiah married Amy Williams; Steven; Timothy; Hannah married Mr. French; Katherine married John Casper Hopf; Mary married Mr. Kingston and Martha. ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **

• 1. Thomas Gardner b 1590-1592 md
  (1) Margaret Friar
  (2) widow- Damarice (Sibley) Shattuck SEE BELOW
• 2. Josiah/Joseph Gardner b 1601, Dorchester Dorset England died 1679 Newport, RI CAG md Amy Williams
  The half share partners were tradesmen who were needed to help develop the settlement. Joseph Gardner was a shoemaker **
• 3. Katherine Gardner b abt 1613, Little Bourton Oxon England md John Casper Hopf 17 Jun 1633 b abt. 1609 Little Bourton, Oxon, England ** **
• 4. Josiah Gardner, b abt 1615, Little Bourton Oxon England md Amy Williams 26 March 1640 b abt. 1619 **
• 5. Hannah Gardner , b abt 1617, Little Bourton Oxon md ___ French. ** **
• 6. Mary Gardner, b abt 1619, Little Bourton Oxon England md
  (1) John Lewis II, 24 July 1632 in St. Martin's in-the-Fields, London, England b. 1619 England d. 1690 Accomack County, Virginia s/o John Lewis and Joan Powell
  (2) ____ Kingston ** **
  • 1. John Louis Lewis III
  • 2. Robert Lewis b. 1651
  • 3. Richard Lewis b. 1652
• 7. Martha Gardner , b abt 1620 Little Bourton, Oxon, England **
• 8. Stephen Gardner , b abt 1621 Little Bourton, Oxon, England **
• 9. Timothy Gardner , b abt 1623 Little Bourton, Oxon, England ** **

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Thomas Gardner (Gardiner), b. 30th October, 1591 in Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England [ age: info 1592 in England per his deposition on November 26, 1661 giving his age as about sixty-nine.] Salem records show that he died on [October in some records and December in others ] 29, 1674, Salem, Essex Co, MA and is buried in the Gardner burying ground, Salem, Essex Co, MA , a hillock described as lot III. --- Baptism Reference: Thomas Gardner (Gardiner) Sherborne, Dorsetshire - Thomas born 30th October, 1591. No parent names shown. ** • He married (1) Margaret Frier in 1617 in England, born Jan 25 1589 County Dorset, England d 28 Sep 1674,[or 1659] Salem, Essex Co, MA; buried Nantucket MA d/o Thomas Fryar (1568-1685) & Elizabeth Fryar (1572-1685) ) ** --- Marriages for Sherborne 1565 - 1600 showing a marriage of Thomas Gardner and Mary Frier in 1617.] --- MARGARET FRIER: [Source: "Coffin Family Newsletter," Vol. XIII, No.3, Aug. 1997, Whole No. 51, A Father for Margaret Frier, wife of Thomas Gardner.] Subscriber Cece Bibby sent us a photocopy of a page from "Batchelor Family Correspondence", that was a letter from Edgar Batchelor. Dated August 2, 1978. Edgar wrote the following: "I believe I have found the Margaret Frier who married Thomas Gardner. She was baptized 25 Jan 1589, daughter of Francis Frier, in Ixsworth parish, Suffolk England." The record was located at the Society of Genealogists in London.** --- Thomas, with wife and three sons, arrived at Cape Ann in early 1624. The three sons listed as passengers on the Zouch Phenix are George, Richard, and Joseph. In Will Gardner's book, "The Triumphant Captain John", he says that Margaret Frier was pregnant during the voyage and gave birth in early 1624 after arriving at Cape Ann. ** • He married (2) Damaris SHIBLEY SHATTUCK in MAafter 1641. (b. abt 1609, Salem, Essex, MA; d. Sept 28 1674, Salem, Essex, MA ) , widow of Samuel (William) SHATTUCK --- [Source: "Memorials of the Descendants of William Shattuck, the Progentor of the Families in America that have Borne His Name," by Lemuel Shattuck, Pub. Boston: Printed by Dutton and Wentworth, 1855.] Damaris Shattuck, then a widow, was admitted to the church in Salem, Essex Co, MA in 1641. At what time she came from England, whether before or after the death of her first husband, and what his christian name was, are unknown. She afterwards became the 2nd wife of Capt. Thomas Gardner, a distinguished merchant and citizen of Salem, Essex Co, MA. She d. in that town, Nov.28, 2674. Capt Gardner d. Sept. 4, 1677, leaving a will,(SEE BELOW) dated Dec. 7, 1668, in which he mentions his wife, Damaris, six sons- Thomas, George, John, Samuel, Joseph, and Richard; and daughters, Sarah Balch, Seeth Grafton, and Miriam Hall, all by his first wife, Margaret Frier. Two of his sons m. daughters of their stepmother. ** ** ** ---Signature from THE HISTORY OF SALEM MASSACHUSETTS By SYDNEY PERLEY 1924 - VOLUME I - 1626-1637 SALEM, MASS ---Baptism records of children of Thomas Gardner and Mary (Margaret) ** 1617 8th March Thomas Gardner son of Thomas Gardner 1619 1st January George Gardner, son of Thomas 1622 20th July Richard Gardner, son of Thomas 1624 7th December John Gardner, son of Thomas Children of Thomas Gardner are: 1Thomas 2George 3Richard 4John 5Sarah 6Samuel 7Joseph 8Miriam 9Seeth ** ** ** ** ** ** **~** ** ** Thomas Gardner (1592-1674), called the Planter, the common ancestor of the Salem & Nantucket Gardners, was born in England 1591 / 04 March 1592 in Weymouth, Or Sherbourne Dorset England. ( --- Baptism Reference: Thomas Gardner (Gardiner) Sherborne, Dorsetshire - Thomas born 30th October, 1591. No parent names shown.) ** • He came to America from Weymouth, Dorsetshire, England to America to Cape Ann, Essex County, Mass. in the Spring of 1624 in the ship Charity • He was among the founders and settlers of the first Puritan settlement, Cape Ann & Naumkeag, 1623-1627 • Came as superintendent of planting of the colony sent out by the Western Adventurers of Dorchester, England. • Thomas Gardner and John Tilley were the chief rulers of the Cape Ann Colony during the time which preceded the appointment of Roger Conant as Governor. • He spent the following summer 1625 and winter at Cape Ann , Mass. having 13 men under him. • He was also engaged by the projectors of Cape Ann settlement to oversee the fisheries. • He was succeeded at the end of the year 1625 by Roger Conant who also held office for one year when the undertaking was abandoned. • He settled at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts where Conant and others had moved in 1626. • He held the position of Salem selectman in 1635. • He was a Juryman 1636, • He recieved a special by warrent, of one hundered acres in 1636 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. • He held the position of Salem fence viewer in 1636. In the Salem grants Thomas Gardner had one hundred acres in the freeman's land. • In 1636 he was a member of the First Church, Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts • In 1637 he was appointed to survey "all fences west of the meeting house". *see notes below* • He held the position of Salem selectman in 1637. • On May 17, 1637 Thomas Gardner was listed as a freeman. • He held the position of Deputy for Salem to the General Court on September 26, 1637. • He was granted one acre of marsh, with a household of seven on December 26, 1637 at Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. • He held the position of Overseer of surveyor for Salem highways in 1637/38. • He held the position of Salem constable in 1639. • He held the position of Overseer of surveyor for Salem highways in 1639. When George Ingersoll recieved a ten acre lot, it was land formerly of Mr. Garner's and others, which they had resigned to the town in favor of other land in March, 1638/39. • He was granted a bank of upland near Strongwater Brook, paying 5s an acre on May 15, 1639 at Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. • He held the position of Essex grand jury on February 25, 1641. • He held the position of Petit jury, he failed to appear and was fined on June 29, 1641. • He held the position of Salem selectman between 1642 and 1646. • He held the position of Overseer of surveyor for Salem highways in 1643. • He held the position of Petit jury on January 27, 1642/43. • He was granted half a three quarter acre lot with Obadiah Holmes, on land nar the gate leading to the old mill on March 20, 1642/43. • He held the position of Essex grand jury on January 27, 1643/44. • He was granted ten acres in Salem for a house near the old mill on February 8, 1643/44. • He held the position of Essex grand jury in July, 1644. • He held the position of Petit jury on January 28, 1646. • He held the position of Petit jury on January 28, 1647/48. • He held the position of Overseer of surveyor for Salem highways in 1649. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 26, 1649. • "Mr. Gardner" was granted one acre of meadow on the north side of his farm on August 31, 1649. • He held the position of Salem selectman in 1650. • He held the position of Petit jury, foreman on June 24, 1651. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 29, 1652. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 28, 1653. • He held the position of Petit jury on March 6, 1653/54. • "Mr. Gardner requested for himself and those that now do or hereafter shall live at those ten acre lots end or side that they may have the common land granted to them that lies at the foot of Mr. Read's hill to lie as common for their joint use; this request was granted" on April 27, 1654. • He held the position of Salem selectman between 1655 and 1656. • He held the position of Overseer of surveyor for Salem highways between 1655 and 1658. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 13, 1655. • He held the position of Petit jury on November 27, 1655. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 30, 1657. • He held the position of Petit jury on June 29, 1658. • He was an inkeeper in 1665 at Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. • He left a will on December 7, 1668 at Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. • His name is listed in the register of the Society of colonial Wars, Connecticut Register. ("Thomas Gardner and Some of his Descendants" by Frank A. Gordon, MD., 1907: Ancestral Records and Portraits, Colonial Dames of America, Chapter 1, page 71). The following extract from a deposition made by William Trask in 1677: "I never heard that Old Mr. Gardiner did hinder any from burring there dead there butt said att severall funeralls to friends & neighbours doe not burrey your dead by fuch a young tree for I doe defire to be burried there my felfe & accordingly to my knowledge he was buried there himselfe." Thus ended his long and useful life. The writer feels that no eulogy can add to the glory of one who throughout his lifetime was so greatly honored by his fellow pioneers, and filled acceptably so many positions of trust and responsibility. Those were trying times; Thomas Gardner well earned the high place which he has always held among the Old Planters. Source: "Early Settlers of Nantucket , Their Associates and Descendants", compiled by Lydia S Hinchman, Pub., Ferris & Leach, 1901 ** ---Thomas, with wife and three sons, arrived at Cape Ann in early 1624. The three sons listed as passengers on the "ZOUCHE PHENIX " are George, Richard, and Joseph. In Will Gardner's book, "The Triumphant Captain John", he says that Margaret Frier was pregnant during the voyage and gave birth in early 1624 after arriving at Cape Ann. ** -- It is indicated that Thomas Gardner's wife was pregnant when they sailed from England which would be consistant with John being born early in the life of the Cape Ann settlement. Sources indicate between nine and eleven children several of whom, like their cousins, married into the Coffin and Starbuck families. ** - Thomas Gardner sailed from Weymouth, England and arrived at Cape Ann in 1623/24 as part of the 'Western Adventurers of Dorchester, England'. He served as the first superintendent of this colony and was succeeded by Roger Conant. He apparently remained in company with Conant and Balch and resettled in Salem with them. He held several public offices and was licensed as an innkeeper to retail 'strong liquor'. In June 1667 this license was amended to limit sales to 'strangers' and not to townspeople. --- Thomas Gardner was in the membership of the church at Salem in 1636 and was made a Freeman on May 17, 1637.

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The Gardner family of Nantucket descended from Richard and John Gardner, sons of Thomas Gardner, planter, who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1626. Richard’s wife, Sarah Shattuck, was the daughter of Thomas Gardner’s second wife, Demaris (Shibley) Shattuck, by her first husband. She was a devoted member of the Society of Friends for which she suffered during her residence in Salem before she and her husband moved to Nantucket in 1666/1667. John and his wife, Priscilla Grafton, soon followed. The two brothers were originally in the fishing business but also began accumulating property. Their descendents became captains of whaling ships, land owners and merchants. **

The earliest inhabitants of Nantucket were Native Americans. In 1659, a group of nine Massachusetts Englishmen purchased the island for 30 pounds and two beaver hats. Their purpose was to raise sheep as well as to find refuge from the religiously intolerant Puritans. Among the early settlers were Thomas Macy and Tristram Coffin whose names reappear throughout the history of the island. More Nantucket history here

Richard, son of Thomas married her daughter by her first husband, her name being Sarah. She was a Quaker and had considerable trouble with the authorities on account of her belief. **

Richard and John Gardner, sons of Thomas Gardner, planter, who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 1626, were originally in the fishing business but also began accumulating property. Their descendents became captains of whaling ships, land owners and merchants.**

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Will and Estate His will was written December 7, 1668 and proved on March 29, 1675. "Weighing the uncertainty of man's life, I do therefore in the time of my health make this my last will" giving to "my wife Damaris" all the estate she brought with her "according to our agreement" and £8 a year paid by my six sons provided she give up her dower in my housing and lands; (--- Damaris died one month before her husband.) to "my daughter Sarah Balch" £15; to "my daughter Seeth Grafton" £15; to "my daughter Mirian [sic] Hills two daughters, Miriam Hill & Susanna Hill," to each of them £5 at age eighteen or marriage; to "my sons George and John Gardner" salt meadow valued at £20; to "my sons Samuel and Joseph Gardner" the other part of my salt meadow; residue divided in seven equal parts, two parts to my son Thomas, he paying "his mother in law [step-mother] forty six shillings by the year," the other sons to receive one part each and pay their mother-in-law twenty-three shillings a year; sons George and Samuel Garner executors; "my loving friends Mr. Joseph Grafton and Deacon Horne" overseers. ** The inventory of his estate in 1674 showed a total value of £274, 16s., and included 'an old dwelling house' with about 10 acres of land; ten acres of ground in Northfield; about 100 acres of upland and meadow; about 20 acres of woodland; and 2 3/4 acres of salt marsh. In 1678 his executors, sons George and Samuel, sold the house and property to Dr. John Swinnerton of Salem.

Thomas Gardner of Salem, husbandman, sold to "Josiah Sothwick," for valuable consideration recieved thirteen years earlier, two acres in the North Field of Salem on December 6, 1671. The Inventory of Thomas Gardner was taken by Hilliard Veren, Sr. and John Pickering totalled £274 16s, including real estate valued at £201; "an old dwelling house with about 10 acres of land adjoining with the orchard, fences &c.," £31; the acres of ground in the Northfield, £27; about 100 acres of upland and meadow, £100; about 20 acres of land lying above the mill," £40. The inventory also included "2 old barrels of guns" valued at 5s 4d:11m:1674. Following Thomas Gardner's probate, at the November 1677 term of the Essex court his sons George ("now of Hartford Connectict") and Samuel sued John Pudney of Salem, husbandsman, over a farm let to Pudney by lease dated March 1, 1672/73 and described as Gardner's now dwelling house in Salem, with all his land in Northfield, about 20 acres, also his 10 acres of meadow ... for seven years from Apr. 15, 1672 at £11 per year, and two barrels of cider, said Gardner furnishing the cask, of which £4 wer to be paid in wood at 8s. per cord, 40s. in butter and cheese, with one firkin of butter, 40s. in pork, and the remainder in corn. Said Pudney was not to remove any muck, and Gardner reserved the right to that the meadow near Needham's if he so desired. Lt. George Gardner, late of Salem & now of Hartford, merchant, and Samuel Gardner, mariner, joint executors of the last will of Mr. Thomas Gardner deceased, sold to John Swinnerton of Salem, physician, "all that part of the estate the said Gardner possessed of and which the said executors have power to sell" including a dwelling house and ten acres in the North Field, another ten acres in the North Field, about and acre of upland by the Strongwater Brook, a farm containing 100 acres of upland and meadow, and twenty acres of upland and meadow. On September 2, 1678.

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Nantucket Trivia Yesterday & Today by Pimney Trimtab
Did you know that there used to be a dwelling on Front and Broadway in Siasconset called the Headache House? According to Early Nantucket and Its Whale Houses, by Henry Chandlee, just to the north of the George Gardner house and on the same lot “once stood a long, narrow dwelling with gable-ends facing Broadway and Front Street. This was called Headache House because of its incurably smoking chimney.”

Did you know that perhaps one of the first instances of the intense rivalry between the original 20 proprietors and the 14 half-share men (brought in later because somebody had to tend the sheep, make the shoes, and weave the wool) possibly started when John and Richard Gardner, half-share men, somehow got that first town named Sherburne, which was the name of their family’s village in Dorset? This doubtless set the Coffins et al. to much gnashing of teeth. The Coffins and the Gardners were sworn enemies for years, and it is said that the feud ended only when Jethro Coffin (son of Thomas Coffin) and Mary Gardner (daughter of John Gardner) married and were given the Oldest House by their parents in 1686.

Related to that, did you know that the son of half-share man Richard Gardner, also named Richard, and his wife Mary had 10 children? One, Lydia, was born in 1687 and died less than a year later…so, according to custom, the next baby girl the Gardners had was also named Lydia. Born in 1689 and living for 79 years, Lydia md John Coffin, son of Jethro Coffin and Mary Gardner (the Oldest House couple). (Richard fils was the one who built that lovely historic property at 34 West Chester, in 1722.)
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1. photo: 1890s -Early view of West Chester Street, looking west. Note the saltbox facing south, left center, through the fog, is the Richard Gardner house at 32 West Chester.**
2. photo: 1970s The facade of the Richard Gardner house, at 32 West Chester Street **
3. photo: 1999 Richard Gardner III house, 32 West Chester Street. **
4. Views of interior **

And did you know that when Richard Gardner (père) of Salem, Massachusetts, was granted his half-share on Nantucket “in order to exercise his trade as seaman,’ his young son Joseph was also given a half share, provided he “supply the occasions of the Island in way of a shoemaker and not leave the island for 4 years”? So you see, there was a noticeable schism between those who were the wealthy landowners and those who exercised the trades that would keep commerce and live on this little island going. Does this sound at all familiar to 21st-century island readers?

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• 1. Lieut Thomas Gardner , shoemaker; b. 1618 in England d 1682?/15 July 1689 Salem, Essex , MA md 1643 when Thomas was 29, md
  (1) Hannah /possibly/ Hapscott
  (2) Elizabeth Horne ** d/o John Horne d. 1695
  OR
  Lucy Smith b. about 1619, Roxbury Suffolk MA d. 04 Nov 1687, Roxbury Suffolk MA buried Brookline Suffolk MA md: 04 Jul 1641, Roxbury Suffolk MA
  ---Thomas remained in Salem and held many important town offices
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  • 1. Mary Gardner baptized April 2, 1643 d. 8 Jul 1722 Brookline, Norfolk Co., MA md Dr. Thomas Boylston Jr. 13 Dec 1665 Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA **
    • Their children: ** **
  • 2. Lt. Thomas Gardner, merchant; b. 25 May 1645, Roxbury Suffolk MA d. 16 Nov 1695, Salem, Essex Co, MA md
    (1) Mary Bowles 17 Nov 1673 b. 20 Apr 1655 in Roxbury MA. dau of John Bowles and Elizabeth Heath of Roxbury, MA ** ;
    (2) Mary Porter April 22, 1669 in Salem, Essex, MA [b. October 12, 1645 in Salem, Essex, MA d. Nov.27, 1695 in Salem, Essex, MA, 11 days after her husband ] ** ** ** **
    ---** Children: Mary, Thomas , Habakkuk, Sarah , Joseph, Hapscot, John , Caleb , Peter , Isaac , Benjamin.
    • 1. Mary Gardner b 14 Feb 1670 Salem, Essex Co., MA d. 28 May 1724 Salem, Essex Co., MA md Capt. William Bowditch August 30, 1688, Salem, Essex, MA, b. Aug 1663 at: Lyme-Regis, Dorset, England d. 28 May 1728 Salem, Essex Co., MA
      *~* Her headstone reads: Bowditch, Mary, w. Capt. William, --, 1724 a. 54 y. c.r.4.
      His headstone reads: Capt William - Bowditch Marin [Marnier]- Deceasd ye 28th of May- 1728 aged 64- years & 9 months **
      They are buried at Old Burying Point Cemetery, Salem MA
      • 1. Mary Bowditch, b Aug. 2, 1689 Salem, Essex, MA, d Oct. 2, 1689;
      • 2. William Bowditch b Oct. 31, 1690 Salem, Essex, MA, d Oct. 12, 1706;
      • 3. Mary Bowditch , b Dec. 18, 1693 Salem, Essex, MA, d. Feb 1724 of consumption. [no ch] md
        (1) James Butler of Boston Sept. 8, 1715
        (2) Capt. Samuel Barton;
      • 4. Sarah Bowditch b Jan. 10, 1695 Salem, Essex, MA d. March 1760 md. Joseph Hathorne 30 June 1715 Salem, Essex, MA, d. June June 3, 1760. (s/o Justice John Hathorne; 1692-1762) He was an ancestor of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
        ---He was a mariner, ship captain and then a farmer.
        ---Sarah Bowditch, d/o William Bowditch and Mary Gardner, who was the first cousin of Ruth Gardner Hathorne. **
      • 5. Thomas Bowditch b June 5, 1698 Salem, Essex, MA died Nov. 30, 1702 Salem, Essex, MA
      • 6. Squire Joseph Bowditch, b Aug. 21, 1700 Salem, Essex, MA d. 6 Oct 1780 Salem, Essex, MA md Elizabeth Hunt 25 July 1725 ** b December 4, 1703 d May 7, 1743 at birth of Daniel. .
        --- Joseph was a very respectable man and well liked by the people of Salem. He was called Squire Bowditch. He was a clerk of courts. His will dated August 9, 1780 left the homestead to daughter Elizabeth Jeffreys. Nathan Reed in his notes states, "On October 1, Joseph was taken with a violent pain across his breast which abated the next day; he grew better until the 6th when the pain returned and he died in a minute after 9 years 3 months confinement with the Palsey".
        • 1. Sarah Bowditch d. October 2 1764. buried at Old Burying Point Cemetery, Salem Massachusetts
          Headstone reads: Sarah Bowditch dau of Joseph & Elizabeth Bowditch Died October 2d 1764 in the 28th Year of her Age.
        • 2. Elizabeth Bowditch md __ Jeffreys
        • 3. Daniel Bowdith d. 1725
      • 7. Capt. Ebenezer Bowditch b April 26, 1702 Salem, Essex, MA d 2 FEB 1768 Salem, Essex, MA md. Mary Turner 15 Aug 1728. Mary was born November 1, 1706 at Salem, Essex Co., MA died May 1785 at Salem, Essex Co., MA of apoplexy. After the death of Ebenezer, she lived with her son, Habakkuk and his family for some time, until her death. At the age of 22 Mary was known as the ancient and honorable Miss Turner. Ebenezer was a shipmaster, known as Captain Bowditch. His ship the armed galley "Mary" was shipwrecked in a hurricane at Port Royal, Jamaica, on October 22, 1726. He is listed as a proprietor at New Salem in 1742. He seems to have inherited his grandfathers faculty of being unfortunate in money matters, for it is stated that in addition to losing his own fortune, he borrowed and lost the savings of his son Habakkuk.**
      • 8. Eunice Bowditch , born June 8, 1705 Salem, Essex Co., MA died July 2, 1705;
      • 9. Eunice Bowditch, born March 22, 1707 Salem, Essex Co., MA; md William Hunt;
        A division of Eunice and William's property was made by the heirs on the July 10, 1782.**
      • 10. Daniel Bowditch, born June 19, 1709, Salem, Essex Co., MA mariner; died about 1730;
      • 11. William Bowditch, born Jan. 18, 1712 Salem, Essex Co., MA; died Nov. 1, 1715.
    • 2. Thomas Gardner Jr born Oct. 25, 1671 d. 1696; mariner; md Mary Higginson, June 4, 1695; d. John and Sarah (Savage) Higginson,
      --- she md 2nd, April 25, 1699, Dr. Edward Weld : no children ** **
    • 3. Capt. Habakkuk Gardner; master mariner; born October 25,1673 in Salem, Essex, MA and d. February 03, 1732/33 in Salem, Essex, MA; md Ruth Gedney March 22, 1696-7 in Salem, Essex, MA. ; she died Aug 23, 1737 ; d/o Eleazer Gedney and Elizabeth Turner
      **Gardner, Habbakkuk, and Ruth Gedney, Mar. 22, 1697. [1696-7. CT. R.] (Salem VR) **
      • 1. Ruth Gardner born March 16 1699 , Salem, Essex, MA ; md John Nutting
        Buried at Old Burying Point or the Charter Street Cemetery Salem, MA: Headstone reads: Here Lyeth the Body of Ruth ye wife of John Nutting who died Novbr the 22d 1776 in ye 38th year of her Age. Alƒo John their son died June 28 1729 Aged ?? **
        
      • 2. Mary Gardner born June 22, 1701 , Salem, Essex, MA
      • 3. Joseph Gardner born Jan.25, 1702-3 , Salem, Essex, MA died Aug 1703; , Salem, Essex, MA
      • 4. Mercy Gardner born April 28, 1705 , Salem, Essex, MA died Jan. 7, 1732-3; , Salem, Essex, MA
      • 5. Habakkuk Gardner JR born Aug 3, 1707, Salem, Essex, MA ; master mariner; removed to Boston in 1738; d. bef. 1762; md Mary Richards of Boston; February 26, 1733/34, Boston, Suffolk, MA, b. abt. 1706, of Boston, MA d. December 17, 1762, Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston, MA, no children
      • 6. Eunice Gardner born Dec. 4, 1709 , Salem, Essex, MA ; died Aug 29, 1729, Salem, Essex, MA
    • 4. Sarah Gardner b. March 15, 1674, Roxbury, Norfolk, MA (Src: Roxbury VR)
    • 5. Joseph Gardner born Aug.29, 1677 Salem, Essex, MA
    • 6. Hapscot Gardner born July 22, 1679 Salem, Essex, MA
    • 7. John Gardner b. Jan 9, 1679/80, Roxbury, Norfolk, MA (Src: Roxbury VR)
    • 8. Capt. Caleb Gard(i)ner SR b. 23 Apr 1682, Brookline, Middlesex Co. MA d. 29 Sep 1761, Newport RI md
      (1) Abiel Phipps b. June 11, 1690 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., MA dau of Solomon Phipps Jr. & Mary Danforth ** **
      (2) Elizabeth Phipps in 1739, b MA d. Aft. 1766. d/o Thomas Phipps of Portsmouth, N. H.& Eleanor Harvey
      ** He was a farmer, a Lieutenant and a Captain in the militia. He held several town offices; among them that of Selectman, for six years, between 1718 and 1729. They moved to Newport, R. I., where he engaged in the West Indian trade. "He was an English goods merchant in Newport, and had a lumber wharf. He was pretty affluent and was much respected. He belonged to Mr. Styles's church." He died in Newport, R. I., September 29, 1761. Estate, C.G. and wife, to W. Smith, 1 acre, NE, fieldway Jacob Green; NW, B. Sweetser Jr.; SE, John Rand; SW, N. Dowse, Jr.; 1710. To B. Sweetser, 1 acre, E N Jacob Green 8 1/2 poles; SE W. Smith; 1710. With Phipps heirs 1712, 1725. (Charlestown Genealogies and Estates) They had children; Benjamin, Eleanor, Joanna, Solomon, Sarah, Elizabeth, Lucy, Bethia, Caleb. ** **
      • 1. Benjamin Gardner
      • 2. Eleaner Gardner , b. May 25, 1711 Brookline, Middlesex Co. MA, **
      • 3. Joanna Gardner b. May 27, 1712 Brookline, Middlesex Co. MA, d Nov 22, 1772/73 Cause of Death: consumption. md Lieut. Thomas Aspinwall May 16, 1728, s/o Samuel Aspinall and Sarah Stevens. b May 21, 1698 in Brookline, MA d June 01, 1774 of Woodstock, Windham Co., Connecticut. Had 11 children.
        ---- Thomas Aspinwall: Lived and died in home built by his grandfather Peter Aspinwall. He was a farmer, "something of a carpenter," and a Lieutenant in the militia. He held several town offices, among them that of Selectman, for ten years, between 1737 and 1758. He served as a juryman in the Superior Court, and was put on committees "to view" the Town Treasurer's reports and to supply the pulpit. He built a house, about 1750, near his own, for his son Samuel (Lineage of the Bowens of Woodstock, Connecticut, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut) Military service: in father's company. ** **
        • 1. Samuel Aspinwall
        • 2. Elizabeth Aspinwall.
        • 3. Thomas Aspinwall
        • 4. Caleb Aspinwall
        • 5. Sarah Aspinwall
        • 6. Joanna Aspinwall
        • 7. Dr. William Aspinwall b May 23, 1743 Brookline d April 16, 1823. md Susanna Gardner June 26, 1776, b February 28, 1754, d June 2, 1814., dau of Capt. Isaac Gardner and Mary Sparhawk of Brookline
          They were cuzins.
          See below under Isaac Gardner and Mary Sparhawk section
          --- William was fitted for Harvard College by Rev. Amos Adams of Roxbury, and graduated in 1664. He taught school in Groton, Brookline, and Brighton the three following years, and then "went to Killingsworth in Connecticut and studied physic with the famous Dr. Benj. Gale, where he lived one year." He wished to go to Philadelphia to complete his medical studies, and, being reluctant to ask his father for permission to do so, he found an efficient advocate in his relative, John Aspinwall of Flushing, whom he happened to meet at New Haven, and who wrote thus to Thomas Aspinwall: "I had the pleasure of seeing one of your sons, at New Haven, in August last, which gave me great satisfaction. He informed me of the welfare of your family, and acquainted me that he was studying physic with Dr. Gale of Killingworth; and signified his inclination to go to Philadelphia, to attend the lectures, which he thinks will be of great advantage to him, as he expects to get his living by the practice of physic and surgery. He begged that I would inform you, that he had a great desire to proceed to Philadelphia, and that you would enable him to do so, by being so good as to advance the sum of sixty or seventy pounds, New York currency. Be pleased to pardon me, if dictating to you, in this affair; but in my opinion it would be a pity he should be prevented. Was he a son of mine, it would give me pleasure to send him there." The application was effectual. He attended the lectures in Philadelphia during the winter of 1768-9. Dr. Aspinwall was with the Brookline company of militia, as a volunteer, April 19, 1775, when it encountered the British at Cambridge. Later he was "appointed1 surgeon in Gen. Heath's brigade; and, not long after, deputy director of the hospital on Jamaica Plain. His appointment, as surgeon of the hospital at Roxbury, by 'the Congress of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay,' bears date, 'Watertown, 28 June, 1775.' On the 19th of August, 1775, he was 'Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital.'" In August, 1778, "he was with the army, at Rhode Island, under General Sullivan." "Few men, in any profession, have sacrificed so small a portion of their lives to pleasure, or to inaction. His was a life of incessant toil. The affairs of his native town absorbed no trifling portion of his time. He was, for many years, the Representative for Brookline. He was thrice a Senator for the county of Norfolk; he was a member of the Council, and a Justice of the Peace." Dr. Aspinwall