Benjamin
Gardner
II
aka Garnet
Born in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Gardner I
and Sarah (Dunbar) Pratt
Husband of
Joanna (Jones) Gardner
— married
24 Jun 1725 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Benjamin (Garnet) Gardner, Joanna (Garnet) Gardner, Benjamin (Garnet) Gardner III, Catherine (Garnet) Gardner, William (Garnet) Gardner and William Gardner
Died
at about age 59
in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2013
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Biography
This profile is part of the Gardner Name Study.
Benjamin was born in Hingham 15 May 1700.[1][2]
He married Joanna Jones, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Caswell) Jones 24 Jun 1725.[3]
Benjamin and Joanna had 6 children, only 2 survived past childhood:
- Benjamin Gardner 1726–1726 died as a baby
- Joanna Gardner 1727–1727 died as a baby
- Benjamin Gardner 1729–1821
- Catherine Gardner 1731–1736 died young
- William Gardner 1734–1736 died young
- William Gardner 1737–1797
Constable 1740.
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHDG-X45 : 13 July 2016), Benjamin Garnett, 15 May 1700; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.
- ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ36-845 : 4 December 2014), Benjamin Garnet in entry for Benjamin Garnet, 21 May 1726; citing HINGHAM,PLYMOUTH,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 426,570.
- ↑ History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol II, p.246
Notes
- Surname under investigation, see Grandfather's profile
Records show both Gardner and Garnet as surnames. This starts with Benjamins grandfather John. Was it recorded wrong or did they change the name?
All of my ancestors that descended from Benjamin used the surname Gardner. So I prefer to keep the surname Gardner until the "story" is revealed.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Randall Gardner
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY200913, FTDNA kit #873535
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~0.78%
Stuart Garrett :
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~0.39%
Darin Neves :
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~0.39%
George Ackley :
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~0.39%
Melanie (Freestone) Robbins :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A578232 [compare]
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~0.39%
Ernie Atwell :
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~0.39%
R Clark :
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~0.39%
C Clark :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T473251 [compare]
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Jim Hamren
Hello. I am descended from the Gardner/Garnet line on my mother's side. May I ask what source have you found for the death date of 1760? I've seen a secondary source saying that he and his wife Joanna sold land in Hingham as late as 1772. (The source is "Warren, Richard Vol 18, part 2 pg 168" which I think is from the GSMD Silver Books collection".
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Darin Neves
Gardner-3178 and Garnet-74 are not ready to be merged because: There are a LOT of Gardiner/Garnet duplicate profiles because of records from the 1600's showing both spellings. My ancestors have always been Gardner so I do not want to merge into a Garnet profile at this generation if it turns out to be verified. Benjamin's grandfather John seems to be start of the Gardner/Garnet confusion. See Gardner-3181 for my current investigations... Thanks Darin
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