Person:James Gardner (65)
Rev. James Gardner
b.Est 1684 Scotland
d.14 Sep 1739 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Rev. James GardnerEst 1684 - 1739
  • W.  Mary Thomas1686 - 1746
m. Bef 1708
  1. Jane Gardner1708 -
  2. Mary Gardner1710/11 -
  3. Thomas Gardner1713 -
  4. Elizabeth Gardner1715/16 -
  5. Deborah Gardner1719 - 1796
  6. Dorothy Gardner1721/22 -
  7. James Gardner1724 -
  8. Lucy Gardner1729 -
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Name Rev. James Gardner
Gender Male
Birth[4] Est 1684 Scotlandbased on age at birth of first child and age at ordination
Marriage Bef 1708 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary Thomas
Death[1][2] 14 Sep 1739 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Sherman, Robert M., and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (East Greenwich, Rhode Island: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970)
    p. 47.

    The Rev'd Mr James Gardner Dyed Septemb'r 14th AD 1739.

  2. ↑ Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Plymouth County, Mass., Probate records, 1686-1903; with index and docket, 1685-1967. (Originals with town clerk, filmed by Genealogical Society of Utah, 1968)
    Case 8406: James Gardner Marshfield 1739.

    Vol. 8, p. 105 Will of "James Gardner of Marshfield Clerk", dated 29 Nov 1737, proved 21 Sep 1739, bequeaths to wife [name not specified] my part of Branch Island [to James at her death], all slaves and moveable estate to dispose amongst all my daughters in such proportion as she shall think best; to son Thomas Gardner; to son James Gardner. Wife to be executrix. Witnesses include Nathaniel Thomas Esq.
    21 Sep 1739: Letters of execution on will of the Rev'd Mr James Gardner late of Marshfield granted to Mrs Mary Gardner Exec'rx.

  3.   Cuckson, John. A brief history of the First Church in Plymouth from 1606 to 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1920, c1902)
    39.

    Rev James Gardner was ordained in 1707 at the First Church in Marshfield which was formed in 1632. At first, the Marshfield church met in homes, until our little congregation constructed its first building on land donated by William Thomas, near the present Winslow Cemetery. It was small and had a thatched roof. In 1706 the congregation constructed a meeting house. Rev James Gardner succeed his sister-in-law's father Rev Edward Thompson to become the forth pastor of the church.

  4. ↑ Hull, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Hull, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1911)
    94, 96.

    John Gould married Mary, the widow of Rev. James Gardner, who was born in Scotland and ordained in 1707 at the first Church in Marshfield, where he died 6 September 1739. She died at Weymouth 27 Jan 1746 aged 60 or 69. The author notes Jacob Goold son of John Goold by his first wife married Deborah (Gardner) Sampson the son of Rev James Gardner and widow of Mich Sampson a Mayflower descendant.

  5.   Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Colonial Clergy and the Colonial Churches of New England. (Lancaster, Massachusetts: The Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy, 1936)
    90.
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