John Gardner (1652 - aft. 1696)

Born 14 Aug 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Died after 1696 after age 43 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts

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Biography

John Gardener was born 14 August 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay He is cited as the son of Richard Gardner and Anna Rolfe Blanchard. They married 18 August 1651.

In a will dated 15 March 1696/7, Richard Gardener bequeathes "to only son Henry, his son John, to children of daughters Hannah Coddington, Ruth Gypson, daughters Hester, Abigail, Rebecca, and Mehitable, grandsons....,

It is surmised that John may be the son of Thomas Blanchard (d. December 1650/51), but was born after Anna's marriage to Richard.

Research Notes

If Anna was newly pregnant at the time of Thomas Blanchard's death, he could have been the father of John, however John's birthdate is actually 14 August 1652. This would mean they married a few days after John's birth 18 August 1651.

There are no known sourced spouses, children, or death dates for John. There are other John Gardners in Woburn at similar time frames, son of John, Henry, and others. In 1696, he evidently had no children.

2nd generation Descendant of Henry Rolfe of Newbury

Sources

• NEHGR -The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1986, Vol. 140, p. 314

John Gardner, birth 14 August 1652

Mother Anna Rolfe

Father Richard Gardner

• Boston Evening Transcript, 2 Jun 1902, 5589 Vol. 60, p. 410.

John Gardner, birth 1653

• AGBI Vol. 60, p. 410

John Gardner, birth 1653 Massachusetts

• Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA, USA: 1912.

John Gardner, Woburn, 1764

Guardian

File 8859

• POPE, Charles Henry. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents (1620-1650), pub. 1900, p.181.

Information about will Richard Gardner left.

• Johnson, Edward F.Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, Woburn, Mass 1890, p. 104 . ::Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org.

Birth of John Gardner.

• Ancestry.com reference only, much unsourced

• Our Family History20 John Gardner died Feb 1714, Woburn. Sources not provided.