EPHRAIM GARDINER," 3 (Henry, 2; George, i), was born January 17 (7?), 1693. In 1718 he was admitted a freeman from Kingstown. In 1746 and 1747 he was made an Assistant, being called "Mr. Ephraim Gardiner." He married, April 28, 1713, Penelope Eldred, a daughter of Samuel and Martha Eldred. Colonel Ephraim died April 10 (11?), 1774. She died April 19, 1783, in her eighty-ninth year.
Name
Ephraim Gardiner
Birth
17 Jan 1693 South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island
Death
10 APR 1774 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Obituary from the Postscript to the Newport Mercury 18 Apr 1771[1]
Last Monday died, at North Kingstown, in the 81st year of his age, Ephraim Gardner, Esq; of that town; who had been 61 years married, and left 7 children, 36 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren living;
-He had sustained a number of public offices, all of which he discharged with honor. He was an affectionate husband, a tender parent, and kind master, a good neighbor, and an honest man.
Ephraim died intestate. On 13 Jun 1774 the town council of North Kingstown issued letters of administration to the widow and Silvester Gardiner.[2]
Sources
↑ genealogybank.com. Postscript to the Newport Mercury, Newport, RI. Monday, Apr 18, 1774; Issue: 815; Page: 3. View Article
↑ Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Rhode Island, District and Probate Courts. Probate and Town Council Records, Vol 9-13, 1756-1795; Image 370 of 962; North Kingstown 1768-1777, Vol 10, P 131. Image at Ancestry
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