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Genealogy of George Gardiner Sr. (1669 - 1770)

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Genealogy of George Gardiner Sr. by Randolph Beebe:

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Biography

George Gardiner Sr., was the son of Nicholas Gardiner (abt.1654-abt.1712) and Hannah Palmer (abt.1663-). The date of his birth entered in the Wikitree profile date of birth field is 8 Jul 1696, and the source of this date is the 1983/9 "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families" by Gary Boyd Rogers. [1] Rogers does not identify his information source for this birthdate and, as of July 2021, no reliable, corroborating source has been found to support this birthdate assertion; most of the published genealogies do not report a birthdate, though some offer a guess. For example, Caroline Robinson in her genealogy, The Gardiners of Narragansett, estimates that George Gardiner, son of Nicholas, was born was born "near 1689 or considerably later." [2] Nevertheless a simple boundary analysis can be performed to establish a reliable range of dates for his birthdate and the G.B Rogers 8 Jul 1696 birth date does fit very well within the date range set by this boundary analysis. The birth date boundary analysis starts with the 16 Jan 1719 birth date of his first child George Gardiner Jr. as recorded in the Vital Records of South Kingstown, Rhode Island; [3] this birth date for his son George Jr. is the first known primary-evidence based date for the life of George Gardiner Sr., hence it serves as the anchor date for his own birth, and sets the very latest birthdate for George Gardiner Sr. to be about 16 years prior to 1719 or about 1703. The birth of George Gardiner Jr. also benchmarks an approximate marriage date to his first wife, Susannah (of an unknown maiden name) to have occurred about 1718 or perhaps 1719 [2] The earliest birth date for George Gardiner may be set by noting that he was the fifth child of Nicholas and Nicholas and Hannah Gardiner, who were married in 1681, and thus must have been born no earlier than five years after his parents 1681 marriage or about 1686; Therefore, the early and late bounds for the birth date of George Gardiner Sr. are set to be between to be 1686 and 1703, but with a very high probability his birth date range can be narrowed to be between 1691 (an average of two years between his siblings births) and 1698 (he would have been 21 prior to fathering children). Thus 1696 is a highly probable date for his birth, but the exact date as previously noted and despite the G.B. Rogers citation, is presently uncorroborated (in this essay) with primary evidence.

The Family of George Gardiner Sr.

Birth Family

The Marriages of George Gardiner

James Arnold's Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County [3] provides primary-source, indirect evidence for two marriages for George Gardiner Sr. of South Kingstown, Rhode Island and direct evidence, that is to say a marriage record, for one of these two marriages. The indirect evidence is provided in the form of birth records. The first of these is for three children born between January 1719 and Aug 1725, (Page 43) the offspring of George and Susannah Gardiner and second set for is a group of two children born between December 1743 and Feb 1745 (Page 44) to George and Sarah Gardiner. This Rhode Island vital record also provides a marriage record for the second of these marriages as follows: "George Gardiner and Sarah Potter were married by Isaac Sheldon, Justice, Feb 10, 1742 at South Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island." (Page 15) As it so happens, Potter was a married surname for George's second wife, hence the cited Rhode Island vital records do not provide the maiden surname identity of either of George Gardiner's two wives and consequently, much has been written in the secondary genealogical record attempting to, with good success, to establish the maiden surname identities of these two women.

Children of George Gardiner

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  • George Gardiner Jr.*, was born 16 Jan 1719, and married, April 22, 1742, Sarah Boss, a daughter of Peter and Amey (Gardiner) Boss. [3]
  • Hannah Gardiner*, was born May 27, 1723, [3] and married. May 27, 1739, Caleb Westcott.
  • Amey Gardiner, was born Aug. 15, 1725, [3] and married, Dec. 10, 1741, Stephen Tefft.
  • Mary Gardiner*, was born in 1727, and married Jeffrey Champlin, Jr., a son of Jeffrey and Mary (Northup, a daughter of Henry) Champlin. Henry Northup was a brother of Abigail (Northup) Eldred, who married, as second husband, John Watson, Jr.
  • Sarah Gardiner*, was born in 1729, and married, June 8, 1761, Josiah Sheffield, of New Shoreham. He died Jan. 22, 1768. She married, second, Littlefield.
  • Dorcas Gardiner*, was born in 1730, and married Edward Perry, Jr.
  • Nicholas Gardiner, was born in 1734, and married Hannah Champlin, a daughter of Stephen.
  • Ezekiel Gardiner*, was born in 1734, and married Sarah.
  • Abigail Gardiner*, was born in 1736, and married Robert Potter.
  • Elizabeth Gardiner*, was born in 1738, and married her non-blood related step brother, Rouse Potter, son of Ichabod Potter and her step-mother, Sarah (Robinson) Potter.

(*) Note. The children marked with an asterisk on this list were identified by Caroline Robinson, in her Gardiner Genealogy to have been mentioned in the Last Will and Testament of their father, George Gardiner. [2]

George Gardiner Life Event Timeline

The following timeline calendar is based on the historical documentation record for George Gardiner, either from original manuscripts or from allusions to original manuscripts made in the secondary record:

  • 1696: George Gardiner, son of Nicholas Gardiner, was born at Kingstown, Rhode Island.
  • 1718/9: George Gardner married Susanna Hazard, daughter of Robert Hazard, Jr.
  • 1742-02-10: George Gardner married his second wife, Mrs. Sarah (Robinson) Potter, widow of Ichabod Potter.
  • 1753 he resided at Block Island, Rhode Island.
  • 1761-11-14: He was taxed at New Shoreham and was a Freeman of that town.
  • 1761-12-04: George Gardiner deeded land in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. [1]
  • 1763-10-28: George Gardiner was licensed by the New Shoreham town council to keep a store on the Island at the East Harbor. [2]
  • 1783-01-19: George Gardiner wrote his last Will.
  • 1787-01-03: The last will of George Gardiner was proved at the probate court for South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA.

George Gardiner's Life Story

The Revolution

Detailed Genealogical Records

Vital Records

  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, RI. Vital Records; Page 16: George Gardiner {Jr.} and Sarah Boss were married by Isaac Sheldon, Justice, April 22, 1742 at South Kingstown, Kings County, Rhode Island. {Marriage record of son George Gardiner Jr. to Sarah Boss, 12 days after George Sr's own marriage to Sarah Potter.}
  4. ) South Kingstown Birth Records; Page 44 (208/920): George Gardiner Jr. and Sarah were the parents of Susannah, George III, Rufus, William and Levi. {The children in this list are the Grand-children of George Gardiner Sr. and his new wife Sarah (Robinson) Potter Gardiner. }
  5. ) 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

  1. ) Hazard Genealogy; page 18: Mary Hazard (39), daughter of Thomas Hazard and Susannah Nichols, was born 3 Oct 1683; m. 19 Oct 1704 John Robinson, son of Rowland and Mary (Allen) Robinson; died 1722. John Robinson died 6 April 1712. She married (2nd) Peter Easton, son of James Easton.
    1. ) Children of Mary Hazard and John Robinson:
      1. ) Mary Robinson; b. 30 Sept 1705; m. Stephen Hazard, son of Stephen and Elizabeth Hazard.
      2. ) Sarah Robinson; b. 22 Jan 1707; m. (1st) 11 Jan 1723-4 Ichabod Potter; m. (2nd) 10 Feb 1742 George Gardiner.
      3. ) Ruth Robinson; b. 12 March 1709; m. 27 April 1732 Joseph Underwood.
      4. ) Susannah Robinson; b. 9 Feb 1712; m. 30 March 1731 Peregrine Gardiner.
    2. ) Children of Mary Hazard and Peter Easton:
      1. ) Miriam Easton; b. 23 Dec 1718; m. 11 Oct 1739 Fones Hazard, son of Stephen and Margaret (Fones) Hazard.
      2. ) Hannah Easton; b. 1 Oct 1720.
  2. ) Hazard Genealogy; page 36: Sarah Robinson (183), daughter of John Robinson and Mary Hazard, was born 22 Jan 1707; m. (1st) 16 Jan 1722 Ichabod Potter Jr.; m. (2nd) 19 Feb 1742 George Gardiner.
    1. ) Children of Sarah Robinson and Ichabod Potter:
      1. ) John Potter; b. 29 July 1724.
      2. ) Simeon; b. 25 Sep 1726.
      3. ) Ruth; b. 19 Jan 1728.
      4. ) Rouse; b. 10 Dec 1729.
    2. ) Children of Sarah Robinson and George Gardiner: {Editorial Comment: the Vital Record of Rhode Island [3] South Kingstown, RI. Vital Records; Page 44: </ref> clearly states that this list of children were, in fact, the offspring of George Sr.'s son George Gardiner Jr. and his daughter-in-law Sarah {Boss}; and NOT the sons and daughters of George Gardiner Sr. and his second wife Sarah (Robinson) Potter Gardiner as asserted by Caroline Robinson.}
      1. ) Susannah Gardiner; b. 16 June 1743.
      2. ) George Gardiner; b. 8 March 1745.
      3. ) Rufus Gardiner; b. 9 March 1747.
      4. ) William Gardiner; b. 8 Sept 1749.
      5. ) Levi Gardiner; b. 29 Sept 1751.
  1. ) Gardiner Genealogy; Page 2, 3: Nicholas Gardiner, son of George Gardiner and Herodias (Long) (Hicks), was born in 1654 and Married Hannah ____. He died in 1712.
  2. ) Gardiner Genealogy; Page 6, 7. Nicholas Gardiner, son of George Gardiner, testified as to certain lands, calling himself fifty seven years, or "thereabouts'. He took the oat of allegiance in 1671 and in the same year bought land from John Porter {The second husband of his mother Horod (Herodias) Long}. He must have been twenty-one at this time, which would make his date of birth 1650. This is probably correct. He died in 1712. HIs wife died before this date. He married Hannah ____. Nicholas was the father of:
    1. ) Nicholas Gardiner (44), married, Oct. 13, 1709, Mary Eldred, a daughter of Thomas.
    2. ) Ezekiel Gardiner (45). He must have died early and unmarried.
    3. ) George Gardiner (46), married Susannah (unknown) , about 1719, and died in 1787.
  3. ) Gardiner Genealogy; Page 19, 20: GEORGE GARDINER (46) was born near 1689 or considerably later. He married Susannah ____ in 1719(?) and died in 1787. Children:
    1. ) George Gardiner (207), was born July 25, 1720, and married, Feb. 10 (or April 22?), 1742, Sarah Boss, a daughter of Peter and Amey {Gardiner) Boss.
    2. ) Hannah Gardiner (208), was born May 27, 1723, and married. May 27, 1739, Caleb Westcott.
    3. ) Amey Gardiner (209), was born Aug. 15, 1725, and married, Dec. 10, 1741, Stephen Tefft.
    4. ) Mary Gardiner (210), was born in 1727, and married Jeffrey Champlin, Jr., a son of Jeffrey and Mary (Northup, a daughter of Henry) Champlin. Henry Northup was a brother of Abigail (Northup) Eldred, who married, as second husband, John Watson, Jr.
    5. ) Sarah Gardiner (211), was born in 1729, and married, June 8, 1761, Josiah Sheffield, of New Shoreham. He died Jan. 22, 1768. She married, second, Littlefield.
    6. ) Dorcas Gardiner (212), was born in 1730, and married Edward Perry, Jr.
    7. ) Nicholas Gardiner (213), was born in 1734, and married Hannah Champlin, a daughter of Stephen.
    8. ) Ezekiel Gardiner (214), was born in 1734, and married Sarah .
    9. ) Abigail Gardiner (215), was born in 1736, and married Robert Potter.
    10. ) Elizabeth Gardiner (216), was born in 1738, and married Rouse Potter.
    11. ) Note. These children are all mentioned in George Gardiner's will.
  4. ) Gardiner Genealogy; Page 204: Map of the land of the sons of George Gardiner.
  • 1943 Secondary Source, Andrew G. Moriarty; The American Genealogist, [5] Data Extract:
  1. ) The Wife of George Gardiner; Page 202-207: In 1943, Andrew G. Moriarty dedicated a five page article to Susanna, the first wife of George Gardiner; she was identified in the article as Susanna Hazard, the wife of George 3 Gardiner (Nicholas2, George 1). Moriarty reported George's wife, Susanna Hazard, was born in South Kingstown, 16 January 1700/1, the daughter of Robert and Amie Hazard. {Editorial, George Gardiner Jr., the first child of Susanna Hazard and George 3 Gardiner was born 25 July 1720, hence Susannah had to have been born prior to 1705, and more probably around 1700, in good agreement with the Moriarty assignment; refer to the Research Notes for further discussion on the identity assignment of Susannah Hazard as the wife of George Gardiner.} Susanna (Hazard) Gardiner died prior to her husband, George Gardiner, and he married again to Sarah Potter on 10 Feb 1742. Sarah Potter was the widow of Ichabod Potter and daughter of John and Mary (Hazard Robinson.
  • 1983/reprinted 1989: Secondary Source, Gary Boyd Roberts, "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: from New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (NEHGR) [1] 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.

Research Notes

  1. ) Both the Caroline Robinson and Gary Boyd Rogers (1985) references cite information about and from the last will and testament of George Gardiner of South Kingstown, RI.; thus the it is very clear that this document is extant, but as of July 2021 has not been made available nor indexed on the internet. A copy of this original document is an essential piece of evidence required to establish the veracity of a number of the asserted family relationships made in this genealogy.
  2. ) The following document provides the names of three Susannah Hazards born in Rhode Island within a few years of each other in the early 1700s. The Susannah Hazard born in 1799 is the most appropriate choice for a marriage to George in 1719. As of June 9, 2017 the spouse of Nicholas is cited to be Susan Hazard but this citation is very questionable as Susan was born in April 1723, four years after the Robinson (page 19) cited George Gardiner marriage date of 1719(?), and she is younger than at least two of George's children and is too young to be the mother of all but the youngest the children. If Susan Hazard is George's wife, she is a second wife.
  3. ) Birth records for three Susannah Hazards, alternate candidate for wife of George Gardiner, born in the same Rhode Island community within 16 years of each other. Look for a George Gardiner - Susannah Hazard marriage record.
    1. ) Susannah Hazard Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899. Description: Volume Number and Title : Vol· 05: Washington County: Births, Marriages, Deaths. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. Susannah Hazard birth record North Kingstown VR, Births; Arnold.
      1. ) Susannah Hazard, daughter of Stephen and Elizabeth b. 20 April 1699.
      2. ) Susannah Hazard, dau. of Stephen and Margaret, b. 9 May 1715
      3. ) Susannah Hazard, dau. of Jeremiah and Sarah, b. 21 May 1716.
    2. ) Colonial Families; Susannah Hazard, daughter of Robert and Amey Hazard, b. 16 Jan 1701
  4. ) The following definitions and syntax conventions apply to the preceding text of this profile:
    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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Robinson, Caroline E. The Gardiners of Narragansett: being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner, the colonist, 1638 (Providence, Rhode Island, 1919), Robinson, pp. 6, 7. The Gardiners of Narragansett -- Title Page
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 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
  4. ↑ Robinson, Caroline; The Hazard Family of Rhode Island 1635-1894 A genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard, 1635-1894, with sketches of the worthies of this family, and anecdotes illustrative of their traits and also of the times in which they lived. (Boston, 1895). page 36. Call Number: R929.2 qH428
  5. ↑ Andrew G. Moriarty, The Wife of George Gardiner of Narragasett, The American Genealogist (TAG); Vol 20 (1943); pp 202-207; digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2014).

Other Sources (not cited in Biography)

  • U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR lineage George married Susannah unknown
  • G. Andrews Moriarty; The Parentage of George Gardiner of Newport, R. I.; "The American Genealogist," Jan 1945, vol 21, no. 3; pp191-200. In-depth genealogical study on George Gardner, Horod Long, parents of Nicholas Gardiner (fifth child), b. 1654. etal.




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