Person:Sarah Gardiner (19)

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Sarah Wayne Gardiner
b.1757 Chester (township), Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
d.11 Apr 1821
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Sarah Wayne Gardiner1757 - 1821
Spouse and Children
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m. 1775
  1. Mary McCalla1776 - 1836
  2. John McCalla1778 -
  3. Elizabeth McCalla1780 -
  4. David McCalla1781 -
  5. Thomas McCalla1783 -
  6. Samuel McCalla1786 - 1881
  7. Hanna McCalla1789 -
  8. Ebenezer McCalla1792 -
  9. James McCalla1794 -
  10. Sarah McCalla1805 - 1873
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Facts and Events
Name Sarah Wayne Gardiner
Gender Female
Birth[1] 1757 Chester (township), Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 1775 Chester, Pennsylvania, United Statesto Thomas McCalla
Death[1] 11 Apr 1821
Burial[2] Old Catholic Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester, South Carolina, United States

Sarah Gardiner's marriage to Thomas McCalla, a poor immigrant from Ireland, was opposed by her family, so in 1778 the young family left Pennsylvania for South Carolina. She was called a "Heroine of the Revolution" due to her persistent, and ultimately successful, efforts to free her husband and the other men captured in the Battle of Hanging Rock, South Carolina and held prisoner in Camden, SC.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Http://records.ancestry.com/sarah wayne gardiner records.ashx?pid=36132586.
  2. ↑ Http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38233284.
  3.   Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
    vol. 14, p. 17-25, 1899.
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