Lionel GARDINER
Ancestry World Tree Project
Pedigree Resource File
Internet IGI, Jan 2009
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NOTE: Emmigrated 10 Jul 1635 Actually Lion Gardener and his wife Merrichgen Dirksdr Duurcant were not married in 1635. That's the year of their immigration. They were married sometime before 25 Nov. 1624, left Woerden 10 Jul. 1635, and on 16 Aug. 1635 they and their servant Eliza Coles sailed from the port of London on the ship Batcheler. An entry from the journal of Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts reads- "Here [at Boston] arrived a small Norsey bark [a North Sea ship] of twenty-five tons sent by Lords Say &c with one Gardener an expert engineer of work base provisions of all sorts to begin a fort at the mouth of [the Connecticut River]. She came through many great tempests, yet, through the Lords great providence, her passengers, twelve men and two women, and goods all safe."
NOTE: Mary aka Merrichgen Dirksdotter Duurcant Merrichgen died between 17 & 22 Apr. 1665 in East Hampton, with a testament dated 19 Apr. 1664 and a codicil dated 15 Jan. 1664/65. She was the middle daughter of Dirk Willemsz Duurcant (d. 1605), alderman of Woerden, and his wife Haesgen Sebastiaansdr. Though resident at Woerden, her father had Duurcant ancestors seated at nearby Harmelen for centuries.
He married Mary Williamson Deurcant Bef 25 Nov 1624 at Worden, Holland, Netherlands . Mary Williamson Deurcant was born at Woerden, Holland, Netherlands 1601 daughter of Derike Williamson Deurcant and Haesgen Sebastiaansdotter .
They were the parents of 5
children:
David Gardiner
born 29 Apr 1636.
Mary Gardiner
born 30 Aug 1638.
Elizabeth Gardiner
born 14 Sep 1641.
Margaret Gardiner
born Abt 1643.
Jeremiah Gardiner
born Abt 1645.
Lionel Gardiner died 5 Oct 1665 at East Hampton, Suffolk, New York .
Mary Williamson Deurcant died Abt 17 Apr 1665 at East Hampton, Suffolk, New York .