Joseph Gardner (1672 - aft. 1750)

Born 23 Oct 1672 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Elwell) Gardner — married 2 Jan 1694 in Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 1750 after age 77 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.

Joseph Gardner was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts Bay Colony on October 23, 1672. He was the son of James and Elizabeth (Vinson) Gardner. His mother's maiden name is included in his birth record.

Joseph married Hannah Elwell, daughter of Samuel and Esther (Dutch) Elwell, in Gloucester on January 2, 1695. They resided in Gloucester and raised their family including the following eight children:

First two children (unnamed) were "stillborn" on March 24, 1696 and August 7, 1698

Hannah b. June 10, 1700 (married Elisha Brown on November 21, 1717)

Mary b. December 17, 1702 (married Wm. Coas on February 5, 1722/3)

Elizabeth b. February 28, 1704/5

Joseph b. May 9, 1707 (married Susanna Crowell on February 15, 1727/8)

Samuel b. August 26, 1709 (married Susannah Smith on January 13, 1731/2)

Martha b. November 5, 1713 (married Andrew Robinson, Jr. on January 1, 1735/6)

Joseph passed away after 1750 likely in Gloucester where he resided that year.

Sources

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; Gloucester; Births, Marriages and Death, p. 104 in transcription of original. [Repository: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (database on-line, frame #719 of 7465). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).] (record of birth, includes mother's maiden name)

• Elwell, Rev. Jacob Thomas (comp.) and revised by Rev. Pope, Charles Henry. A Genealogy of Robert Elwell of Dorchester and Gloucester, Mass. And the Greater Part of His Descendants to the Fifth Generation with A List of Revolutionary Soldiers of the Name Who Enlisted from the State of Massachusetts. Boston, MA: pub. by Charles Henry Pope, 1899: p. 7. (includes name and parentage of wife Hannah Elwell, her vital data, Hannah's marriage with marriage date to Joseph Gardner who is subject of this profile)

• Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004: p. 294.

• Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966), A Reprinting, in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, Vol. II, Gardner-Moses. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Printing Co., Inc., 1966: pp. 1-3. (Joseph's birth date, parents named including mother's maiden name, spouse named w/marriage date w/her father's name, their children w/birth dates and their spouses and marriage dates where applicable, and Joseph was described as "living in 1750")

Acknowledgments

• This biography was originally auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Notes At Time of Import

• Note N7091The anc. of Charity Haley, 1755-1800, wife of Maj. Nich. Davis of Limington, Me. By Walt Goodwin Davis. Boston, 1916 (91p.):79

• Name: Joseph Gardner

• Birth: Date: 23 OCT 1672; Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts; The anc. of Charity Haley, 1755-1800, wife of Maj. Nich. Davis of Limington, Me, By Walt Goodwin Davis. Boston, 1916 (91p.):79

• Life Events--Salem w/mention of Thomas Gardener:

Event Type 1): Fact, Date: 1637; Event description: Served on jury or as judge ??;

Event Type. 2) Fact: Date: 29 SEP 1747; Brother to Sarah who married Robert Elwell, brother to wife Hannah;

Event Type 3): Fact; Event: a Thomas Gardner (senior & Jr) in Roxbury (one of the wifes was Lucy), Date: 1646

• Residence: Date: 1750; Place: Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA