Benjamin Gardner Jr.
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Benjamin Gardner Jr. (abt. 1773 - 1828)

Capt. Benjamin Gardner Jr.
Born about in Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Died at about age 55 in Pernambuco, Brazilmap
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Biography

Benjamin was christened on 11 July 1773 in Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Benjamin Gardner (1737-1813) and Molly Smith.[1][2]

Benjamin married Sarah Oliver in 1798.[3] Sarah passed away in 1815.[4]

Benjamin remarried to Elizabeth Tucker in 1817.[5]

Capt. Benjamin Gardner Ship Commands.

Capt. Gardner was a merchant, ship owner & master mariner.[6]

He passed away while on a voyage to South America in 1828.[7]

Research Notes

Capt. Gardner shares a memorial in Marblehead with his son, William Andrew Gardner, and daughter-in-law, Elizabeth C. Gardner, but was likely buried at sea like his son.[8]

Children of Sarah Gardner:

  1. Sally, bp. 17 Mar 1799, m. Richard Girdler
  2. Benjamin, bp. 18 Jul 1801, died young
  3. Mary, b. 6 Feb 1803, m. Nathaniel Barker

Children of Elizabeth Gardner:

  1. Maria T., b. 26 May 1821, m. Thomas Appleton
  2. William Andrew Tucker, b.21 Oct 1820, m. Elizabeth Adams, lost at sea 1853
  3. Andrew b. 23 Apr 1819
  4. Benjamin b. 1 Jun 1826

Benjamin became a freemason on 16 October 1821 in Marblehead. He belonged to the Philanthropic Lodge in Marblehead.[9]

Sources

  1. "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ63-4L8 : 5 January 2021), citing Christening, Benjamin Gardner, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, 11 Jul 1773.
  2. Frank Augustine Gardner, MD, Gardner Memorial: A Biographical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter, through his son, Lieut. George Gardner (Salem: Newcomb & Gauss, 1933), 140, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89066147570&view=1up&seq=9&skin=2021
  3. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHD9-JBZ : 28 July 2021), Benjamin Gardner & Sarah Oliver, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, 15 Apr 1798.
  4. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH2Z-J28 : 10 November 2020), Capt. Benjn. Gardner in entry for Sarah Gardner, 9 Dec 1815; citing Death, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277817.
  5. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-J3GL : 10 November 2020), Benjamin Gardner & Elizabeth Tucker, 10 Aug 1817; citing Marriage, Marblehead, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009557.
  6. Gardner, Gardner Memorial, 140.
  7. Benjamin James Lindsey, Old Marblehead Sea Captains and The Ships in Which They Sailed (Marblehead Hist. Soc.., Marblehead, Mass., 1915), Page 54.
  8. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136845214/benjamin-gardner : accessed 11 May 2022), memorial page for Capt Benjamin Gardner (1778–Oct 1828), Find a Grave Memorial ID 136845214, citing Waterside Cemetery, Marblehead, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by RememberMe (contributor 46982451).
  9. "Massachusetts, U.S., Mason Membership Cards, 1733-1990"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5061 #113293 (accessed 4 February 2022)
    Name: Benjamin Gardner; Birth Date: 25 Jan 1778; Birth Place: Marblehead; Death Date: 13 Sep 1828; Last Residence Place: Marblehead; Lodge: Philanthropic; Occupation: Mariner.




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