Starting Sept. 30, 2014, Genealogy.com will be making a big change. GenForum message boards, Family Tree Maker homepages, and the most popular articles will be preserved in a read-only format, while several other features will no longer be available, including member subscriptions and the Shop.
 
Learn more


Home Page |Surname List |Index of Individuals |InterneTree |Sources


View Tree for David GardinerDavid Gardiner (b. Apr 29, 1636, d. Bef. 1690)

David Gardiner (son of Lion Gardiner and Mary Willemsen Deurcant) was born Apr 29, 1636 in Hartford, CT209, and died Bef. 1690210. He married Mary Herringman on 1657211.

 Includes NotesNotes for David Gardiner:
The second proprietor of Gardiners Island.

First born in the State of Connecticut.

By 1687, East Hampton's population consisted of 223 males, 218 females, 26 male servants, 9 female servants, 11 male slaves, 14 female slaves and 98 men capable of bearing arms. In the preceding seven years there had been 28 marriages, 116 births, 198 christenings, and 57 burials.

---His grave was discovered in 1836, in the ancient burying ground back of the Congregational Church at Hartford, and bears this inscription--
On his monument, a slab of red sandstone, reads: "Well, sick, dead in one hours space. Engrave the rememberance of death on thine heart; when, as thou dost see, how swiftly hours depart." and "the first white child born in Conn."

More About David Gardiner and Mary Herringman:
Marriage: 1657211

Children of David Gardiner and Mary Herringman are:
  1. +John Gardiner, b. Apr 19, 1661211, d. Jun 25, 1738, Groton, CT212.
  2. +Lion Gardiner, b. 1665213, d. Sep 23, 1723, Three Mile Harbor, NY.
Created with Family Tree Maker


Search for Family - Learn About Genealogy - Helpful Web Sites - Message Boards - Guest Book - Home
© Copyright 1996-99, The Learning Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved.
© Copyright 1995-97 by Matthew L. Helm. All Rights Reserved.