Rowland Gardner (1743)

Born 1 Dec 1743 in South Kingstown, Washington, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

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Biography

Detailed Genealogical Records

Vital Records

• Primary Source, Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County ^[1] Volume 5, Early Vital records from North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island for Nicholas Gardiner; Data Extract:

1. ) South Kingstown Birth Records; Page 43 (206/920): George and Susannah Gardiner were the parents of the following children born at South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island:
   1. ) George Gardiner Jr., b. 16 Jan 1719
   2. ) Hannah Gardiner, b. 27 May 1723
   3. ) Amie Gardiner, b. 15 Aug 1725
2. ) South Kingstown, RI. Vital Records; Page 15: George Gardiner and Sarah Potter were married by Isaac Sheldon, Justice, Feb 10, 1742 at South Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island. {Marriage record for the second marriage of George Gardiner Sr. to Sarah (Robinson) Potter.}
3. ) South Kingstown Birth Records; Page 44 (208/920): George Gardiner {Sr.} and his wife Sarah {Robinson} were the parents of the following children:
   1. ) Rowland Gardiner, born 1 Dec 1743 at South Kingstown, RI.
   2. ) Thankful Gardiner, born 22 Feb 1744/5 at South Kingstown, RI.

Published Genealogical Information

• 1983/reprinted 1989: Secondary Source, Gary Boyd Roberts, "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (NEHGR) ^[2] Data summary from Ancestry.com online volume;

1. ) RI Families; image #363-364 of 818: on ancestry.com; Text: George Gardiner was born 2 Nov 1696, son of Nicholas and Hannah (Palmer) Gardiner. He was married twice, his first marriage was to Susannah Hazard about 1819 and she was the mother of eight of his children, George Gardiner married second, on 10 Feb 1742/3, Sarah (Robinson) Potter, the widow of Ichabod Potter, and daughter of John Robinson, Esq. of Newport, by whom he apparently had one son and three daughters. Thus, George Gardiner was the father of 12 children among them was Sarah (by his first wife) who married, first, Capt. Josiah Sheffield, and secondly, John Littlefield, Esq. "
   1. ) The text also cites numerous life events for George Gardiner which have been detailed in the biography of this profile. {Editorial: the Rhode Island Vital Record concatenated with the Gardiner Genealogy by Caroline Robinson seems to indicate that George and Sarah Robinson had one son and one daughter.}

Research Notes

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   1. ) A Primary Source contains data that was recorded by the person in the profile; or by someone known to or with first hand knowledge of that person, during the person's lifetime, death or within two generations thereafter.
   2. ) A Secondary Source is a genealogical reference created as the result of a extensive study of available source material and it provides some evidence of the source documentation used to generate the text data.
   3. ) A Tertiary Source is a genealogical data source which is a collection of genealogical information that does not cite Primary or Secondary information sources, and the data may be factual or hearsay.
   4. ) Braces {Editorial Note Example} are used to insert editorial comments; that is to say, information or clarification that is not contained in the original, cited source material.

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1894. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

   1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County--Title page Archive.org
   2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County, Title Page

2. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol II;" (NEHGR); Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore; 1989; call# 929.3745; isbn#0806312173. Genealogies of Rhode Island Families; Vol II Niles-Wilson; title page. RI Families; Ancestry.com manuscript search page. This text is still in print and is cited at on GoogleBooks & on AmericanAncestors.org and may be purchased at Amazon.com; Walmart, Genealogical.com or others; and is available in selected public libraries. The only known on-line copy is at Ancestry.com.

Other Sources

Web based Genealogies

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SBS2-Y94 : accessed 2016-07-31), entry for Rowland /Gardner/.