Abel Gardner was born September 1, 1673, the son of Samuel Gardner and Mary White of Salem, Massachusetts[1][2][3]
Circa 1694, he married Sarah Porter, the daughter of Israel Porter and Elizabeth Hathorne of Salem[4][2][5], and their children included:
Samuel, born March 7, 1695[6][7], who married Sarah, daughter of John and Hannah (Treadwell) Adams of Ipswich in 1719; and who died about 1736 [2][3]
Jonathan, born Feb 23, 1697[8][9], who married Elizabeth (daughter of John and Elizabeth (Weld) Gardner); and then married widow Mary Avery of Bostone, and then married widow Mary (Pickering) Palfrey of Salem ; [2]and who died November 27, 1783 [3]
Thomas, born Feb 21, 1699[10], who died in 1700[11][2][3]
Elizabeth, born March 30, 1701[12][13], who married John Waters, Jr[2], the son of John and Mary Waters of Salem [3]
Thomas, baptized Oct. 14, 1705[14], who married Eunice Waters, daughter of John and Mary Waters[2][3]
Mary, baptized Oct. 28, 1716[16], who married Nathaniel Waters[2], the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (King) Waters of Salem[3]
Joseph, baptized Sept. 28, 1718[9][2], who married Mehitable, daughter of Joseph and Mehitable (Putnam) Pope of Salem[3]
Sarah Porter died September 24, 1728[2][3], and Abel remarried Sarah King in 1731[17][2]. There are no children noted for this second marriage[3]
Abel Gardner was a tanner, a surveyor and a selectman[3]
Abel Gardner died November 10, 1739[2], and is buried in Harmony Grove Cemetery in Salem[18]. His will was dated Jan 12, 1737, and was proved November 19, 1739[3]
↑Torrey's New England Marriages Volume 1, page 598 New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLB-32T : 10 February 2018), Abell Gardner in entry for Samuel Gardner, 07 Mar 1695; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
↑Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Nantucket - Births page 342 showing Gardner, Samuel, s. Abell and Sarah, Mar. 7, 1695-6
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLB-321 : 10 February 2018), Abell Gardner in entry for Jonathan Gardner, 23 Feb 1697; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
Gardiner, Jonathan, s. Abell and Sarah, Feb. 23, 1697-8
Gardiner, Joseph, s. Abell and Sarah, bp. Sept. 28, 1718
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLY-4Y2 : 10 February 2018), Tho. Gardner, 21 Feb 1699; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
↑Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Nantucket - Deaths page 273 showing Gardner, Thomas, s. Abell, Apr. 13, 1700
↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLY-4TY : 10 February 2018), Eliz. Gardner, 30 Mar 1701; citing Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, ; FHL microfilm 877,468.
↑Massachusetts Vital Records Project Early Vital Records of Massachusetts; From 1600 to 1850; Nantucket - Births page 341 showing Gardner, Mary, d. Abel and Sarah, bp. Oct. 28, 1716
↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC8J-2N5 : 9 February 2018), Abel Gardner and Sarah King, 01 Jun 1731; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 0874032 IT 1-2.
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 2 - William Richard Cutter, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908
Torrey gives the following sources:Salem 1:69, 2:162; Gardner (ms); EIHC 37:388; 38:219; Reg 57:385; Wildes Anc. 138
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