JOHN GARDINER, Jr. ... married, May 6, 1716, Sarah, daughter of Governor Saltonstall, of New London, by whom he had three daughters and one son. He settled in New London as a merchant, and was part owner of a brigantine called the Isle of Wight—a name by which Gardiner's Island was known to the early English settlers.
He died January 5, 1724–5, aged about 32 years, and was buried in the Saltonstall family tomb. His estate amounted to £1686.
His widow married, January 1, 1727, Samuel Davis, of New London, who died in 1734; she next married Thomas Davis, also of New London.
AUTHORITIES.
Bond, Hist. of Watertown, 925.
Caulkins, Hist. of New London, 241, 383, 398.
Thompson, Hist. of L. I., ii, 379.
