Mary Polly (Burdick) Cardner (1784 - abt. 1870)

Born 19 Jul 1784 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died about 1870 at about age 85 in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Centennial History of Susquehanna Pennsylvania, by Rhamanthus Stocker,, --Pg. 791. "Philip Burdick.—After the close of the Revolutionary War, among the many persons bearing the above family name in Rhode Island was a farmer known as Stephen Burdick, a good member of the Baptist persuasion, and who enjoyed the esteem of his fellows. He married Mary Church, who bore him Joel, Billings, Caleb, Joshua, Thomas, Zebadiah, Stephen Kendall and Elias Burdick; also Polly, who became the wife of Barber Cardner. " --Pg. 804 "The Clifford Seventh-Day Baptist Church was or- ganized about 1832 with eleven members, as follows : Elias Burdick, Sarah Burdick, Kendal Burdick, Hannah Burdick, Harriet Burdick, Putnam Edwards, Dolly Edwards, Mason Burdick, Zebediah Burdick, Mary Burdick, Philip Burdick. For more than twenty years the church had no regular preacher, there being no other church of this denomination in the State, and none nearer than a hundred miles. But missionaries sometimes visited this isolated band, and strengthened the faith of the members by preaching frequently, sometimes remaining a month or longer. Prayer and conference meetings were also held every Sabbath at the houses of the members, usually at Elias or Kendall Burdick's. After 1854 there was a cessation of services for about a year; but in 1856 the Burdick family were joined by Deacon Barber Cardner and others of that family..."

Sources

"United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLD-W2C : accessed 21 January 2019), Barber Cardner, Truxton, Cortland, New York, United States; citing p. 596, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 66; FHL microfilm 193,721.

• Johnson, Nellie (Willard). The Descendants of Robert Burdick of Rhode Island (Norwich, N.Y., 1937) Page 92 & Page 214

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBM-MMY : 12 April 2016), Barber Cardner, DeRuyter, Madison, New York, United States; citing family 100, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRH-7SS : 13 December 2017), Barber Cardner, 1860.

• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #52310703 (accessed 16 December 2023)
  Memorial page for Polly Burdick Cardner (19 Jul 1784-1870), citing Burdick Cemetery, Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Geoff Cardner (contributor 49956272).

• Centennial History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania: Reprinted with an Added Foreword, Biography, and Index to Names, by Rhamanthus Stocker, Regional Publishing Company, 1974, --Pg. 791