Gardner Kenyon was born December 6, 1757, and died March 7, 1845. He married about 1784, Susannah Boss, born July 4, 1762, and died April 20, 1844. They were the parents of the following children: Sally, born Feb. 2, 1786, and died Oct. 25, 1868, and became the wife of Benjamin Knowles; Nathan Gardner, mentioned below; Caleb Boss, born Oct. 1, 1791, and died Sept. 24, 1857, married (first) Hannah Congden, and (second) Matilda Kenyon; Lucretia, born May 27, 1793, and became the wife of Nathaniel Kenyon, who subsequently removed to Pennyan, Yates county, N. Y.; Susan V., born May 29, 1795, died Jan. 7, 1866, and became the wife of Hazard Knowles; Elisha Reynolds Potter, born April 29, 1799, and died in August, 1839; James Burrell, born May 10, 1801, and died Aug. 12, 1880; Mary, born Sept. 21, 1803, died Feb. 14, 1866, and became the wife of Benjamin Congden, a farmer at Point Judith; Alexander Hamilton, born July 6, 1805, and died in Oct., 1835, unmarried; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Welcome Kenyon.
