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Richard Gardner 1628–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 13 June 1628

Birth Location: Dorset, England

Death Date: 23 January 1688

Death Location: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Father: Thomas Gardner

Mother:

Spouse(s): Sarah Gardner

Children(s): Joanna Folger

Richard Gardner was born in 1628 in Dorset, England, the child of Thomas Gardner And Elizabeth White. Richard Gardner married Sarah Gardner, and had children including Joanna Folger. Richard Gardner passed away in 1688 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Richard Gardner was born in 1628 in Dorset, England, the child of Thomas Gardner And Elizabeth White.
  • Richard Gardner married Sarah Gardner, and had children including Joanna Folger.
  • Richard Gardner passed away in 1688 in Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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Richard Gardner's Ancestors

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Richard Gardner
1628–1688
Birth Place: Dorset, England
Parents
Thomas Gardner
1592–1674
Weymouth, Weymouth and Portland Borough, Dorset, England
Grandparents
Sidney (Thomas) Gardner
1565–1635
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Elizabeth White
1572–1648
Stanton Saint John, Oxfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
John White
1544–1618
Elizabeth Bayles
1552–1601
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Richard Gardner's Descendants

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Richard Gardner (13 June 1628–23 January 1688) m. Sarah Gardner (1632–1724)
  1. 1. Joanna Folger 1645–1719 m. John Coleman 1644–1715
    1. 1. Abigail Coleman 1676–1726 m. James, (Jr) Tisdale 1669–1727
      1. 1. Ebenezer Tisdale 1707–1803 m. Hope Bassett 1708–1761
        1. 1. Lydia Tisdall 1749–1749 m. John Payne 1751–1814
        2. 2. Nathan Tisdale 1732–1787
        3. 3. Eliphalet Tisdale 1744–1795

Richard Gardner's Timeline

3 Records

1628
13 June 1628
Birth of Richard Gardner in Dorset, England
Dorset, England
1628
13 Jun 1628
Richard Gardner was baptized in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, England
Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, England
1688
23 January 1688
Age 60
Death of Richard Gardner in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 13 June 1628
    Event Place: Dorset, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 13 Jun 1628
    Event Place: Sturminster Marshall, Dorset, England
    Record Source: Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Dorset Parish Registers; Reference: PESTR: RE71

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 January 1688
    Event Place: Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] North America, Family Histories, Book Title: A biographical and genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Gardner, Planter : Cape Ann, 1624; Salem (Naumkeag), 1626-1674, through his son Lieut. George Gardner

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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