Benjamin GARDNER

                   Will dated 2 July 1802, Probated 20 Mar 1806.
This is what I have written- I don't know what it means-
will names wife Ann son Isaacs children living in R.I.
-Son Benjamin's son James, also Hannah and Abiah, son Job B. ex?, wife + son
Job B.
- The family history names at Job Gardners's children Lobdell, William,
Benjamin and Wheelock.
                  

                   I had this info before DNA.
Information obtained from RI -1 Vol 5-6 LDS Library, SLC.
BSC 44.     (Birth abt 1733/1737)
RI VOL 5 P.
Source: Gardner Geneology.
Vital Records of R.I. Caroline E Robinson.
New England Vol 74-P 73,
N.Y. Rec 2 P 495.
Will dated 10 Dec 1803, proved in Rennselaer County. Executor: son Olin.
One of the 1st settlers of Stephentown.
Gardner brothers Joshua, Benjamin and Nathaniel came very early, also other
Gardners. NYR 2 p 492-494.
Also have birthplace as Kingstown, Washington, R.I.
Also have Exeter as a marriage place.
Also have a different marriage date: 11 Nov 1755, and a different marriage
place as Stephentown, Rensselaer, N.Y.
I used Karen's information.


BENJAMIN GARDNER (4)Nathaniel (3); Benoni (2); George (1)Benjamin Gardner was born February 26, 1705. He was admitted a freeman from South Kingstown in 1729. He married, March 22, 1726-7, Mary Howland, and died before 1753. Children of Benjamin and Mary (Howland) Gardner Abiel Gardner, was born Jan. 20, 1727-8. He married Ruth Perry, a daughter of Benjamin, and died Jan. 8, 1801. Benjamin Gardner, was born _____, and married May (Nov.?) 11, 1752 (1753?), Elizabeth Olin, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Olin, of Exeter. Joshua Gardner, was born _____, and married, Feb. 22, 1763, Mercy Tanner. She died Dec. 4, 1804, aged 63. He married, second, Elcy, who died March 4, 181 6, aged 60 years. He had twelve children, all of whom died before 1829, when he died. These are tombstone records from Stephentown, N. Y. Job Gardner, was born in 1731, and died in 1800. He married, first, Hannah Britton (also fromStephentown), and, second, ______.Caleb Gardner, married, March 18, 1761, Almy Aylesworth. She was born Dec. 28, 1739. They settledin Stephentown.
                  

                   Also have a birth year as 1743.I used the one that the geneological society had approved.
He had 3 wives. Mercy Tanner, Eley, and ?
Has 13 children.
Moved to Stephentown from Conn.
                  

                   Might have been born in Kingston.
Settled in Washington, Dutches County, NY. N.Y. 48, Vol 4, p 170.
                  

                   Moved from R.I. (NYR 2B Vol 1, pg 34) to Hancock, Berkshire County, Mass. on Apr 13 1767. He purchased 100 acres of land from Asa Dauglas of Conn. His wheat was delivered to the Schodac landing on the Hudson River. Hancock Mass. is in Berks County, just over the borderline from Steventown, N.Y.
Stephentown was first settled in 1765 by pioneers from R.I.
                  

                   Also have the name as Alise or Alse.
Buried in the old Gardner burying grounds NYR 2 p 495.