Ebenezer Gardner (bef. 1737 - 1832)

Born before 4 Sep 1737 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Died 21 Nov 1832 after age 95 in Machiasport, Washington, Maine, United States

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Private Eben Gardner served with Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Ebenezer Gardner was baptized at Salem, Massachusetts, 4 Sep 1737, the son of Eunice Waters and Thomas Gardner of Salem, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [2][3][4][5]}

in 1763, he was granted land in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. ^[2][6]

He married in 1769 to Damaris Merrill (bapt: 6 Sep 1747) of Haverhill, Massachusetts ^[2] and their children included Susanna, Eunice, Hannah, Ebenezer, Samuel, Thomas, John and William. ^[2]

During the American Revolutionary War, he was a Private in the Massachusetts Militia under Col. Foster:

GARDNER, Eben (also given Ebenezer). Private, Capt. Stephen Smith's co., Col. Benjamin Foster's regt.; service between Dec. 4, 1778, and Jan. 4, 1779, 2 days, at Machias; also, Lieut. John Scott's detachment, 6th Lincoln Co. regt.; service between Aug. 31, 1779, and Nov. 20, 1779, 14 days, at Machias; roll endorsed "service at Penobscot."^[7][8]

Ebenezer GARDINER (or Gardner or Garner) moved from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, to the Saint John River area of New Brunswick. ^[9]

Lived in that part of Machias, later set off as Machiasport. ^[10]

He died on 21 Nov 1832, aged 97 years, 3 months, and was buried in the Stuart-Gardner Cemetery in Machiasport. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Ebenezer Gardner was born in that part of Salem that is now West Peabody. A potter by trade, he received a grant of land at Auk-paque, Cumberland, NS, prior to the Rev War. This was land from which the Acadians had been expelled. Since he sided with the Americans and went to Boston to speak for their cause, when the Rev War broke out he came back to Maine and settled on the west bank of the Machias River. He was a private in Capt. Stephen Smith's company, Col. Benjamin Foster's regiment, and also in Lt. John Scott's detachment, 6th Lincoln Co Regt. For his patriotic services, he received in 1785 a grant of 1,000 acres near Bangor, but he preferred to remain at Machias [Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 5, p. 131].

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1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Eben Gardner b:04 Sep 1737 Salem, Massachusetts (parents Eunice & Thomas Gardner).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Planters and Pioneers, Nova Scotia 1749 to 1775, Revised Edition, by Esther Clark Wright, published in 1982 by Lancelot Press, Hantsport, Nova Scotia.
3. ↑ Frank A. Gardner, M.D, Thomas Gardner, Planter, and Some of His Descendants (Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts, 1907, 343 pages), p. 156
4. ↑ George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 426, where his wife is called "Susanna" Merrill.
5. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, editor, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 25, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, First Printing June 1996, Second Printing January 2001, 402 pages, ISBN: 0-89725-255-1), Vol. 5, p. 131
6. ↑ Revolutionary War Refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia, p. 270 by Clifford Neal SMITH published in the National Genealogical Society Quarterly v59:4 (Dec 1971) pp. 266-273.
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright and Potter Printing Company, State Printers, Boston, 1896-1908, 17 volumes), Vol. 6, p. 264
8. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 1 Apr 2018), "Record of GARDNER, Ebenezer", Ancestor # A043683.
9. ↑ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index 1500s-1900s edited by P. William FILBY & Gale Research of Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA in 2012; citing code#8661 for Ebenezer Gardner arrival=1775-1783 from America.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKK-1YR : accessed 16 January 2021), Ebenr Gardner, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 161, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.
11. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ5-W3SG : 14 December 2020), Eben Gardner, 1832; citing Machias, Washington, Maine, United States, Stuart-Gardner Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,315,209.
12. ↑ "Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-13L1 : 28 December 2020), Eben Gardner, 1832; citing Burial, Maine, United States, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,769,533.
13. ↑ "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ8-SK2 : 13 March 2018), Ebenezer Gardner, 21 Nov 1832; citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 January 2021), memorial page for Eben Gardner (unknown–1832), Find A Grave: Memorial #76131138, citing Gardner Cemetery Machiasport Westside, Machiasport, Washington County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by Morgan Jensen Ririe (contributor 47521022).