"Samuel (Gardner), in Weth., 1641; …"
"Gardner, Samuel, ho-lot given him by the Church and Town, 1 Mch., 1647-8, 4 acs. ld. bd. by New St. (discontinued in 1660) W., and the way to Htfd., E., ho-lot. of Thos. Hurlbut, N., and lot given to Walter Hoyt, S.; sold to John Latimer, 1646 or '47. Another ho-lot, on N. side of what is now Plain Lane, he sold to Robt. Foote in 1648; he was in Weth. early as 1641, and may have been the first res. on the E. side of the River, in that part of Weth. known as Hoccanum. The priority belongs to him or to Thomas Edwards, both res. there 1648 or '49.—See also Judd's Hadley."