Born in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Gardner
and Abigail Clark
Sister of
Laban Gardner, Ammial Gardner, Hephzibah Gardner, Susanna (Gardner) Parker, Lydia (Gardner) Marshall, Elizabeth (Gardner) Upham, Charles Gardner and Anna Gardner
Wife of
William Chase
— married
13 Aug 1789 in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
Died
at age 51
in Nantucket, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Merab "Meribah" Gardner was born on July 7, 1769, in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Joseph Gardner and Abigail Clark.[1]
She married William Chase on August 13, 1789.[2] They had:[3][4]
- Mary, b. 25 Dec 1797; m. Benjamin Ray
- Emeline, b. 24 Mar 1805; m. (1) Thomas Clasby; m. (2) William Gayer Macy
- Charles G., b. 6 Jan 1809
She died on November 20, 1820, in Nantucket, Massachusetts.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Vital records of Nantucket, Massachusetts : to the year 1850, Vol. II. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925. p. 60
- ↑ Vital records of Nantucket, Massachusetts : to the year 1850, Vol. III. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1927. p. 519
- ↑ Vital records of Nantucket, Massachusetts : to the year 1850, Vol. I. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925. pp. 198, 200, 206
- ↑ Chase, John Carroll; Chamberlain, George Walter. Seven generations of the descendants of Aquila and Thomas Chase. Derry, N.H., 1928. p. 504
- ↑ Vital records of Nantucket, Massachusetts : to the year 1850, Vol. V. Boston, Mass., New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1928. p. 123
- Nantucket Historical Association. Barney Genealogical Register. Profile for Merab Gardner
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