1306.

Documentation for Richard Gardner

(1631 to 23 January 1688)
father of Sarah Gardner
(About 1655 to Between 1677 and 1745)
Richard Gardner!! was born in 1631, probably in England.(1) H ! is father was
Thomas Gardner.(2) Thomas Gardner (c. 1592 1674) was an Overseer of the "old
planters" party of the Dorchester Company who landed, in 1624 at Cape Ann, to form a
colony at what is now known as Gloucester. Gardner is considered by some as the 1st
Governor of Massachusetts, due to his being in authority in the first settlement that
became the Massachusetts Bay Colony (which later subsumed the Plymouth).(3)
Richard married Sarah Shattuck in 1652 in Salem, Essex Co Massachusetts.(4)
She was born in 1632, probably in England.(5) Sarah was the sister of Samuel
Shattuck.!!(6) Richard Gardner died on 23 January 1688 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(7)
Sarah (Shattuck) Gardner died on Nantucket in 1724.(8)
Richard Gardner had a brother named John who was born in 1625, probably in
England.(9) John Gardner, brother of Richard, married Priscilla Grafton on 20 February
1653/4.(10) She was a daughter of Joseph Grafton.(11)

Children of Richard Gardner and Sarah Shattuck:

i. Joseph Gardner probably was born about 1645 to 1652. He married Bethiah
Macy on 30 March 1670.(12) Joseph Gardner died in 1701 at Nantucket,
Massachusetts.(13) Bethiah Macy was born about 1650 at Salisbury, Massachusetts.(14)
She died in 1732 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.(15)

ii. Sarah Gardner probably was born about 1650 to 1653 at Nantucket,
Massachusetts.(16) She married Eleazer Folger in 1671.(17) He was born in 1648 at
Edgartown, Massachusetts.(18) Eleazer died in 1716.(19)

iii. Richard Gardner Jr. was born 23d, 8 mo. 1653, in Salem, Massachusetts.(20)
He married Mary Austin on 17 May 1674 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(21) Richard
Gardner Jr. died 8d 3m 1728.(22) Mary Austin was born in England and she died 1d
4m 1721.(23)

iv. Deborah Gardner was born 12th, 2 mo. 1658 in Salem, Massachusetts.(24) She
married John Macy.(25) John Macy was born 14th, 7 mo. 1655, in Salisbury,
Massachusetts.(26)

v. Damaris Gardner was born 21st, 11 mo. 1662.(27)

vi. James Gardner was born 19th, 5 mo. 1664 in Salem, Massachusetts.(28) He
married first Mary Starbuck(29) He married second Rachel Gardner.(30) James
Gardner married third Patience Harker.(31) He married fourth Mary Coffin.(32)

vii. Miriam Gardner was born in 1664 or 1665.(33) She married John Worth on 22
September 1684.(34) John Worth, the son of William Worth and Sarah Macy, was born
 19 May 1666.(35) John Worth died 15th 8 mo. 1707.(36) Miriam Gardner died in 1702 at
age 37.(37)

viii. Nathaniel Gardner was born 16th, 11 mo. 1665.(38) Nathaniel Gardner
married Abigail Coffin.(39) Abigail Coffin was born in 1666.(40)

ix. Hope Gardner was born 16 November 1669 at Nantucket, Massachusetts.(41)

She married John Coffin in 1692.(42) John Coffin was born 4 mo. 1672.(43) She died
10th, 12 mo. 1750.(44) John Coffin died 1st, 7 mo., 1747.(45)

x. Love Gardner born 2 May 1672 in Nantucket, Massachusetts.(46) She married

James Coffin.(47) He was born 9th, 5 mo. 1664.(48) Love (Gardner) Coffin died in
1691.(49) James Coffin died 2 August 1741.(50)
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The Gardners of Massachusetts: An American Legacy

By
Anthony Taylor Dunn

For most, the Gardner name does not easily come to mind as do such historic
family names as Revere, Copley, or Kennedy. However, the Gardner name has an
important place in American history spanning from the birth of our country to the
present day.

The First Governor of Massachusetts

The Gardner family history dates back to early colonial America when Thomas
Gardner sailed from England to Cape Ann in 1623, only three years after the arrival of
the Mayflower. He was dispatched from Weymouth, England, by the Dorchester
Company and was appointed as the overseer of the Plantation at Cape Ann.
Unfortunately, this area proved to be unsuited for farming due to the predominantly
rocky and unfertile soil. Those that remained did so to the hazard of their lives, and
most died in the first three years. In 1626, the survivors of the colony under the
direction of Roger Conant relocated to the mouth of the Naumkeag River and founded
present day Salem. Yet the title of Massachusetts first governor belongs to Thomas
Gardner because he was the first man of authority over what developed into the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Salem and the Witch Trials

Thomas Gardner left nine children, two of which became prominent figures in
their own rite. Samuel was born in 1627, one year prior to the official renaming of
Naumkeag to Salem. He was a merchant by trade and built a corn mill in town. In later
years he became a member of the board of selectmen and general court.

Another son, George, married Elizabeth Stone who was the daughter of the
Reverend Samuel Stone, a leading clergyman of the day. Their daughter married John
Hathorne, the infamous witch judge who was the chief interrogator of the accused
witches in the Salem witch trials of 1692. John Hathorne was the grandfather to author
Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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 Per "History of Nantucket" by Alexander Starbuck in referring to the family of
Richard Gardner and Sarah Shattuck stated . . . . !She (Sarah Starbuck) had made herself
obnoxious to the Massachusetts government by sympathizing with the Quakers, had
been brought before the Salem Court for absenting herself "from the publik ordinances
on the Lord's day, for neglecting to attend services at the First Church in Salem and for
attending assemblies of the Friends, and had been excommunicated from the First
Church in Salem for so doing. The widow Sarah was a woman of decided opinions and
not inclined to mask them. Sarah, daughter of Richard and Sarah, married Eleazer
Folger, son of Peter and when Peter was imprisoned during the "Insurrection," the
Gardner family showed indignation and were arrested. They failed to appear at the
Court held April 22, 1677 to which they were summoned but did appear at the Court
next following with this result: 'Sarah, wife of Mr. Richard Gardner, being legally
convicted of speaking very opprobriously and uttering many slanderous words
concerning the imprisonment of Peter Folger who was imprisoned by order of the court,
upon her good demeaning herself, and civilly being to the good satisfaction and
likeness of the court, the Court think fit to remit all other fines provided by law in such
case, but she shall be reproved and admonished to have care for the future of evil words
tending to defaming His Majesty's Court.'"

http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=7549441&pid=-1073916498
Gardner / Worth / Nantucket website

The Gardner family of Nantucket descended from Richard and John Gardner,
sons of Thomas Gardner, planter, who came from England to Salem, Massachusetts in
1626. Richards wife, Sarah Shattuck, was the daughter of Thomas Gardners second
wife, Demaris Shattuck, by her first husband. She was a devoted member of the Society
of Friends for which she suffered during her residence in Salem before she and her
husband moved to Nantucket in 1666/1667. John and his wife, Priscilla Grafton, soon
followed.
The two brothers were originally in the fishing business but also began
accumulating property. Their descendents became captains of whaling ships, land
owners and merchants. Anna Gardner (1816-1901), descended from John, had a
distinguished career as a schoolmistress and reformer. She taught in Nantucket
elementary schools and, after the Civil War, in the schools of the New England
Freedmans Bureau in the south.. She was also active in the causes of temperance and
womens suffrage. In 1841, she called the Anti-Slavery Convention in Nantucket.
Anna Gardner also wrote two books of poems. William Edward Gardner (1872-
1965), Episcopal minister, historian and author, is particularly remembered in
Nantucket for his biographies of Walter Folger, Jr., John Gardner, the Starbuck family,
and the Coffin family. He also wrote memorials of Dr. Roy H. Gilpatrick, George
Fawcett, Charles H. Selden, Frederick C. Sanford, Peter Folger and Moses Joy as well as
Rambles in the Historic Nantucket District.

Children (Gardner) :
i. Joseph Gardner, born about 1652, in Salem, Massachusetts
ii. Sarah Gardner, born about 1653, in Salem, Massachusetts
iii. Richard Gardner Jr., born 23d, 8 mo. 1653, in Salem, Massachusetts
iv. Deborah Gardner, born 12th, 2 mo. 1658, in Salem, Massachusetts
 v. Damaris Gardner, born 21st, 11 mo. 1662, in Salem, Massachusetts
vi. James Gardner, born 19th, 5 mo. 1664, in Salem, Massachusetts
vii. Miriam Gardner, born 1664 or 1665, in Nantucket, Massachusetts
viii. Nathaniel Gardner, born 16th, 11 mo. 1665, twin of Hope, in Nantucket,
Massachusetts
ix. Hope Gardner, born 16th, 11 mo. 1665, twin of Nathaniel, in Nantucket,
Massachusetts
x. Love Gardner, born 2 May 1672, in Nantucket, Massachusetts

REFERENCES

1. Nantucket Vital Records to 1850, Births, page 69, Gardner, Richard, 1st of Nantucket,
Came in 1666 from Salem, h. Sarah (sister of Samuel Shattuck), _____, 1631 [dup. 1630].
P.R. 38; see Philbrick, Nathaniel, Away Off Shore, Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602
1890, Mill Hill Press, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 1994.

2. Starbuck, Alexander, The History of Nantucket, County, Island, and Town including
Genealogies of First Settlers, page 756.

3. NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 527, Gardner, Richard, 1st of Nantucket, Came in 1666
from Salem, and Sarah Shattuck, sister of Samuel, _____, 1652* P.R. 38. Intention not
recorded.

5. NVR to 1850, Births, Shattuck, Sarah, w. Richard Gardner 1st of Nantucket, sister of
Samuel, ____, 1632, P.R. 38.

6. Ibid.

7. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 317, Gardner, Richard, Mr., Jan. 23, 1688. [Richard, 1st of
Nantucket, Came in 1666 from Salem, h. Sarah (sister of Samuel Shattuck), Mar. 23,
1686 [dup. 1688], P.R. 38. 23d, 1 mo. 1688, P.R. 63.]

8. Starbuck, History of Nantucket, page 757.

9. NVR to 1850, Births, Gardner, John, 1st of Nantucket, h. Priscilla (d. Joseph Grafton
and Mary), s. Thomas of Salem, ____, 1625 [? In England], P.R. 38.

10. Starbuck, History of Nantucket, page 757.

11. Ibid.

12. NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 510, Gardner, Joseph and Bethiah Macy, Mar. 30, 1670.
Intention not recorded. [Joseph, s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), and Bethiah Macy,
d. Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, P.R. 38.].

13. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 307, Gardner, Joseph, h. Bethiah (d. Thomas Macy and
Sarah), s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), _____, 1701, P.R. 38.
14. NVR to 1850, Births, page 265, Macy, Bethia, w. Joseph Gardner (s. Richard 1st and
Sarah), d. Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, abt. 1650, in Salisbury, P.R. 38.
15. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 293, Gardner, Bethia, w. Joseph (s. Richard 1st and
Sarah), d. Thomas Macy and Sarah Hopcot, 19th, 8 mo. 1732, P.R. 38.

16. NVR to 1850, Births, page 74, Gardner, Sarah, w. Eleazer Folger (s. Peter and Mary),
d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), _____, P.R. 38; NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 530,
Gardner, Sarah, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), and Eleazer Folger, s. Peter and
Mary Morrell, _____, 1671. Intention not recorded. P.R. 38.

17. NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 530, Gardner, Sarah, d. Richard 1st and Sarah
(Shattuck), and Eleazer Folger, s. Peter and Mary Morrell, _____, 1671. Intention not
recorded. P.R. 38.

18. NVR to 1850, Births, page 475, Folger, Eleazer, h. Sarah (d. Richard Gardner 1st and
Sarah), s. Peter [q. v.] and Mary Morrell, _____, 1648, P.R. 38.

19. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 261, Folger, Eleazer, h. Sarah (d. Richard Gardner 1st and
Sarah), s. Peter and Mary Morrell, _____, 1716, P.R. 38. [Eleazer 1st, a. 68 y. 6 m., P.R.
63].

20. NVR to 1850, Births, page 69, Gardner, Richard 2d, h. Mary (d. Joseph Austin and
Sarah), s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 23d, 8 mo. 1653, in Salem, P.R. 38.

21. NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 527, Gardner, Richard and Mary Austen, May 17,
1674. Intention not recorded. [Richard Jr., s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), and Mary
Austin, d. Joseph and Sarah, P.R. 38.].

22. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 317, Gardner, Richard, h. Mary (d. Joseph Austin and
Sarah), s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 8th, 3 mo. 1728, P.R. 38. [Capt., 5th, 3 mo.,
P.R. 63.].

23. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 310, Gardner, Mary, w. Richard Jr. [dup. 2d] (s. Richard
and Sarah), d. Joseph Austin of Hampton and Dover, 1st, 4 mo. 1721, P.R. 38. [w. Capt.
Rob[er]t [sic], P.R. 63.].

24. NVR to 1850, Births, page 26, Gardner, Deborah, w. John Macy (s. Thomas and Sarah
Hopcot), w. Stephen Pease, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 12th, 2 mo. 1658 [in
Salem], P.R. 38.

25. Ibid; NVR to 1850, Macy, John 1st, h. Deborah (d. Richard Gardner 1st and Sarah), s.
Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, 14th, 7 mo. 1655, in Salisbury, P.R. 38.

26. NVR to 1850, Macy, John 1st, h. Deborah (d. Richard Gardner 1st and Sarah), s.
Thomas and Sarah Hopcot, 14th, 7 mo. 1655, in Salisbury, P.R. 38.

27. NVR to 1850, Births, page 25, Gardner, Damaris, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck),
21st, 11 mo. 1662, P.R. 38.
28. NVR to 1850, Births, page 45, Gardner, James, h. Mary (d. Nathaniel Starbuck and
Mary, h. Rachel (wid. John Brown, d. John Gardner 1st), h. Patience (d. Ebenezer Harker
and Patience) (No chn.), h. Mary (wid. Richard Pinkham, d. James Coffin Sr.) (no
children), s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 19th, 5 mo. 1664 [sic, see Miriam b. 14th,
7 mo. 1671, and Salem Vital Records] [in Salem], P.R. 38.

29. Ibid.

30. Ibid.

31. Ibid.

32. Ibid.

33. NVR to 1850, Births, page 61, Gardner, Miriam, w. John Worth (s. William and
Sarah), d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 14th, 7 mo. 1671 [sic, see Love, dup. _____,
1664 or 65, see death], P.R. 38.

34. NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 519, Gardner, Miriam and John Worth, Sept. 22, 1684.
Intention not recorded. [Miriam, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), and John Worth, s.
William and Sarah (Macy), P.R. 38.]; NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 525, Worth, John and
Miriam Gardner, Sept. 22, 1684. Intention not recorded. [John, s. William and Sarah
(Macy), and Miriam Gardner, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), P.R. 38.].

35. NVR to 1850, Births, page 629, Worth, John. S. Will[ia]m, May 19, 1666. [h. Miriam
(d. Richard Gardner Sr. and Sarah), h. Mrs. Ann Sarson of Edgartown, h. Dorcas (wid.
Benjamin Hawes, d. Benjamin Smith Estq. Of the Vineyard), s. William and Sarah
(Macy), 19th, 5 mo., P.R. 38.].

36. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 614, Worth, John, h. Miriam (Gardner), h. Mrs. Ann
Sarson, h. Dorcas (Smith) Hawes, s. William and Sarah (Macy), 11th, 2 mo. 1731 [dup.
1st, 2 mo. 1732], a. 64, P.R. 38.

37. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 616, Worth, Miriam, first w. John (s. William and Sarah),
d. Richard Gardner 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), _____, 1702, a. 37, P.R. 38.

38. NVR to 1850, Births, page 62, Gardner, Nathaniel, Capt. so called in a letter of
Josiah Franklin, July 14, 1760, an original member in 1708, h. Abigail (d. James Coffin
Sr. and Mary), s. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 16th, 11 mo. 1665, P.R. 38.

39. Ibid.

40. NVR to 1850, Births, page 237, Coffin, Abigail, w. Nathaniel Gardner (s. Richard and
Sarah), d. James and Mary (Severance), _____, 1666, P.R. 38.

41. NVR to 1850, Births, page 44, Gardner, Hope, d. Richard, Nov. 16, 1669. [w. John
Coffin (s. James and Mary), d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 16th, 11 mo., P.R. 38.].
42. Ibid; NVR to 1850, Marriages, page 278, Coffin, John, s. James and Mary (Severance),
and Hope Gardner, d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), _____, 1692. Intention not
recorded. P.R. 38.
43. NVR to 1850, Births, page 287, Coffin, John, h. Hope (d. Richard Gardner and Sarah
(Shattuck)), s. James and Mary (Severance), _____, 4 mo. 1672, P.R. 38.

44. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 160, Coffin, Hope, w. John (s. James and Mary), d.
Richard Gardner 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 10th, 12 mo. 1750. P.R. 38. [wid. John, P.R.
63.].

45. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 162, John, h. Hope (d. Richard Gardner and Sarah
(Shattuck)), s. James and Mary (Severance), 1st, 7 mo. [dup. 7th, 1 mo.] 1747, P.R. 38.
[1st, 7 mo., P.R. 63.].

46. NVR to 1850, Births, page 52, Gardner, Love, d. Richard Sr., May 2, 1672. [first w.
James Coffin Jr. (s. James and Mary), d. Richard 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), 2d, 5 mo., P.R.
38.].

47. Ibid.

48. NVR to 1850, Births, page 283, Coffin, James, h. Love (d. Richard Gardner and
Sarah), h. Ruth (d. John Gardner and Priscilla), s. James and Mary (Severance), 9th, 5
mo. 1664, P.R. 38.

49. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 167, Coffin, Love, first w. James Jr. (s. James and Mary),
d. Richard Gardner 1st and Sarah (Shattuck), _____, 1691, P.R. 38.

50. NVR to 1850, Deaths, page 160, Coffin, James, h. Love (Gardner), h. Ruth (Gardner),
s. James and Mary (Severance), 2d, 8 mo. 1741, P.R. 38.