Sarah (Tanner) Gardner (1771 - 1826)

Born 21 May 1771 in North Kingstown, Washington, Colony of Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Gould Gardiner — married about 1797 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1826 at age 54 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1776. She passed away in 1826.

Genealogical Records

Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[1] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #41791791: Sarah (Tanner) Gardiner was born 21 May 1776 and she died 12 Jan 1826 (aged 49).
   1. ) Marriage. Sarah Tanner married Gould Gardiner (1774–1843)
   2. ) Children:
      1. ) William H. Gardiner (1798–1863)
      2. ) Joseph Wanton Gardiner (1799–1881)
      3. ) Cornelia Gardiner (1802–1869)
      4. ) Sarah Ann Gardner Lawton (1804–1887)
      5. ) Susan Gardiner (1807–1861)
      6. ) Mary Gardiner (1812–1885)
2. ) BURIAL. Sarah (Tanner) Gardiner was buried in the Elm Grove Cemetery at North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA; PLOT 085.
   1. ) Tombstone Inscription, " SARAH, wife of Gould Gardiner, Died Jan. 12, 1826. In her 50. year."
3. ) {Editorial Note: The tombstone data for Sarah (Tanner) Gardner, results in a 1776 date of birth for Sarah Tanner. However, the North Kingstown, RI. Vital record for the children of Benjamin Tanner does not have a child born in 1776, but there is a 21 May 1771 date of birth entry in the Vital Record which cannot be associated with any other of Benjamin Tanners's children, which by process of elimination must belong to his daughter Sarah. The Gardiner Genealogy places the date of birth for her husband Gould Gardiner at 17 Oct 1772. A reasonable explanation for this date of birth disparity is that the age of "50 year" noted on her tombstone, which by the Vital Record is analysis should have been 55, was a rounded down number, this is somewhat supported by a similar situation in the tombstone data of her husband, Gould Gardiner}

Death of daughter Mary:

• Primary Source, Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950 ^[2] Data Extract:

1. ) Rhode Island Deaths: Mary Greene Gardiner, daughter of Gould and Sarah (Tanner) Gardiner, died on 12 June 1885 at Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island, at the age of 74.

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, Rev George Tanner, William Tanner of North Kingston, Rhode Island and His Descendants, ^[3] 1905 Genealogy of the William Tanner family. Data Extract:

1. ) Page 33 - 37: Benjamin Tanner (23), (Palmer, William, William) son of Palmer (11) and Mary (Hill) Tanner, b. ____; m. 2 November 1765 in North Kingston, R.I., to Sarah Aylesworth, daughter of Arthur Aylesworth of North Kingston, R.I. by Caleb Hill, Justice. Will made 12 July 1792; proved 21 Sept 1792. (d. between these dates). Probably the Benjamin "draughted" private reported 2 August 1778. Children: Palmer (56), Benjamin (57), Henry, d. at sea about 1796. Unmarried, Hannah, Mary, Susannah, Ruth, Lydia, Sarah, Anna, Elizabeth, and Lucy.
   1. ) Page 34, 35. From the will of Benjamin Tanner on Ruth Tanner. In 1792, when the will for Benjamin Tanner was made, Ruth, Lydia, Sarah, Anna, Elizabeth, and Lucy are named as unmarried.
2. ) Page 36. The 10 November 1801 will of Sarah Ann (Aylesworth) Tanner was written and the following heirs are named in her estate:
   1. ) Palmer Tanner
   2. ) __na Austin, wife of Henry Austin
   3. ) ____, wife of Silvester Sweet
   4. ) Daughter Ruth, wife of Ezekiel M. Gardner
   5. ) Daughter Lydia Johnson, wife of Levi Johnson
   6. ) Daughter Sarah Gardner, wife of Gould Gardner
   7. ) Daughter Anna Potter, wife of William Potter
   8. ) Daughter Elizabeth Tanner
   9. ) Daughter Lucy Tanner
   10. ) Son Benjamin

• Secondary Source, Homer Aylsworth, Arthur Aylsworth and his descendents in America, with notes historical and genealogical, relating to the family, from early English records, ^[4] Data Extract:

1. ) Page 87: Sarah Aylesworth (57), daughter of Arthur (22), married 2 Nov 1765 Benjamin Tanner, son of Palmer Tanner, and dwelt in North Kingston, where they died. His will was made 12 July 1792 and proved 21 Sept 1792. Her will was made 10 Nov 1801 and her estate settled 2 Feb 1804.
   1. ) Children:
      1. ) Palmer; m. Margaret Austin, of James; 17 Dec 1789 (?)
      2. ) Benjamin; m. ____ Fones
      3. ) Henry; died at sea (a single man) about 1796
      4. ) Hannan; m. Sylvester Sweet
      5. ) Mary; m. Rhodes Weightman
      6. ) Susah; m. Henry Austin
      7. ) Ruth; m. Ezekiel M. Gardner
      8. ) Lydia; m. Levi Johnson
      9. ) Sarah: m. Gould Gardner
      10. ) Anna; m. William C. Potter
      11. ) Elizabeth
      12. ) Lucy

• Secondary Source, Robinson, The Gardiners of Narragansett ^[5] Data Extract:

1. ) Gardiner Genealogy Page 103, 104: HULING GARDINER (642), son of Nicolas Gardiner III, was born 18 Aug 1745 and married 1 Feb 1767 Elizabeth Northrup, a daughter of Col. Immanuel Northrup, of North Kingstown. He died 26 Sept 1825. She died 23 Nov 1843 in her 70th year.
   1. ) Children of Huling and Elizabeth (Northrup) Gardiner:
      1. ) Sarah Gardiner, b. 7 Oct 1768, m. ____ Cyrus Northrup.
      2. ) Gould Gardiner, b. 17 Oct 1772, m. Sarah Tanner, dau. of Samuel and Sarah ___. She died 12 Jan 1826 in her 50th year.
      3. ) Wanton Gardiner, b. 5 Dec 1775, m. 8 Nov 1791 (1797?) Waite Carr. He died in 1799(?).
      4. ) Mary Gardiner, b. 22 March 1778; m. Benjamin Greene
      5. ) Martha Gardiner, b. in 1780; m. John Sweet.
      6. ) Elizabeth Gardiner, b. 1782, d. 17 July 1841; m. Isaac Reynolds.
2. ) Gardiner Genealogy Page 151 GOULD GARDINER (1367d.), son of Huling, was born 17 Oct 1772, and married Sarah, a daughter of Samuel and Sarah Tanner. {Editorial Note: this asserted parent-child relationship for Sarah Tanner is incorrect. The last will and testament of Sarah (Aylesworth) Tanner, wife of Benjamin establishes their daughter Sarah Tanner was the wife of Gould Gardiner; and an analysis of the Rhode Island Vital Records affirms that she was born 27 March 1773. } She was born in 1767 (1776?) and died 12 January 1826. He died in 1843.
   1. ) Children of Gould Gardiner and Sarah Tanner:
      1. ) Cornelia Gardner (2158), was born in 1802 and died 20 April 1869, unmarried.
      2. ) Susan Gardiner (2159), was born in 1807, and died 23 April 1861, unmarried.
      3. ) Joseph Warren Gardiner (2160), was born in 1799 and married 19 Feb 1829 Mary W Hendrick, a daughter of James. He died in 1881.
      4. ) William H. Gardiner (2161), was born ____, and married 7 Dec 1817, Patience Hendick.

Research Notes

1. ) 26 Feb 2019. The calculated date of birth of 1776 from the tombstone data for Sarah (Tanner) Gardiner does not fit with the analysis of the Vital Records for the birth dates for the children of Benjamin Tanner. This profile has opted to use the Rhode Island Vital Records data for the birth date of Sarah Tanner.
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Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 February 2019), memorial page for Sarah Tanner Gardiner (21 May 1776–12 Jan 1826), Find A Grave Memorial no. 41791791, citing Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by C (contributor 47023888) .
2. ↑ "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F86R-12L : 10 February 2018), Sarah Tanner in entry for Mary Greene Gardiner, 12 Jun 1885; citing Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 932,361.
3. ↑ Tanner, Rev George C. DD, William Tanner of North Kingston, Rhode Island and His Descendants, Faribault, Minn., published by the author, 1905. [https://archive.org/stream/gardinersofnarra00robi#page/56/search/Ezekiel Pages 33- 37] Also available at [ Ancestry.com here
4. ↑ Aylsworth, Homer Elhanan MD ;Arthur Aylsworth and his descendents in America, with notes historical and genealogical, relating to the family, from early English records, Edited by James Arnold, Providence, R.I.; Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Company, 1887. Public Domain. Available at:

   1. ) Free access to original manuscript at Archive.org -- Title page
   2. ) Free online transcription of the Homer Elhanan Aylsworth, MD text at Aylesworth.net

5. ↑ Robinson, Caroline E. The Gardiners of Narragansett: being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner, the colonist, 1638, Providence, Rhode Island, 1919. (Public Domain), The Gardiners of Narragansett -- Title Page

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