Abel Gardner (1763 - 1840)

Born 12 Feb 1763 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lusannah Bryant — married 15 Dec 1785 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1840 at age 77 in Fitchburg, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Abel was born in 1763. He was most likely the son of Benjamin and Rachel Gardner.

He married 22 Sep 1785 to Lusannah Bryant.^[1][2]

Abel and Lusannah had 13 children:

1. Lusannah "Lucy" 1787–1871^[3]
2. Nancy ( Mary) 1789–1871
3. Abel Jr 1791–1855
4. Penelope Randall 1793–1875
5. Bela 1796–1844
6. Eliza 1798–1884^[4]
7. Harriet 1800–1877
8. Olive McLaughlin 1802–1846
9. Sophia Wakefield 1804–1877
10. Rachel Smith 1806–1893^[5]
11. Emily Emery 1808–1893
12. Mary Jane 1811–1879
13. George Bryant 1813–1898

Abele was a blacksmith by trade. He was 5 feet and 7 inches tall, with light brown hair and blue eyes. He never belonged to any religious sect, although he was a good moral man.

U. S. military records show that Able Gardner enlisted numerous times in the Continental and U. S. armies to help support his family. He enlisted from Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

Abel was a revolutionary soldier. He enlisted in the army on July 13, 1781 when fifteen years of age. He was in Captain Zebulon King's Company, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Brooks of the 7th regiment. He served seven years, until peace was declared.

He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

He was in the Patriot war, in 1813-14.

They were poor and subsisted on what was produced on their small, rocky farm in southern New Hampshire.

29 April 1840, He died suddenly in his room at the age of 77.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCC3-L8S : 4 December 2014), Abel Gardner and Lusannah Bryant, 22 Sep 1785; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0873752 IT 2.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH7J-Y3G : 13 July 2016), Abel Gardner and Susannah Bryant, 22 Sep 1785; citing Marriage Notice, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 910,367.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSKX-LYW : 12 December 2014), Abel Gardner in entry for Lucy Bowman, 23 Feb 1871; citing Charlestown, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,065.
4. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FSLK-WYB : 12 December 2014), Abel Gardner in entry for Eliza Gardner Weston, 24 Aug 1884; citing Peterborough, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,116.
5. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FDNF-LJ9 : 12 December 2014), Abel Gardner in entry for Rachel Smith Gardner, 26 Jan 1806; citing TEMPLE TWP,HILLSBORO,NEW HAMPSHIRE; FHL microfilm 1,000,945.

• From the Diary of Abel's son George Bryant Gardner 1813-1898