Individual Details

George Gardiner

(February, 1599 - 1677)

George Gardiner was born in England, 2 different theories on parents, neither proven in 2018. He married 3 times. First wife Sara has little info, 2nd wife Herodias has books written about her. 3rd wife Lydia Ballou and George were married in Providence where they stayed. George was respected in the community and part of Courts and Appointments.

Events

BirthFebruary, 1599London, England
MarriageAbt, 1633Sarah Slaughter
Arrival1637
WidowAbt, 1637
MarriageAbt, 1645Rhode Island, British America - Herodias Long
CivilJune 29, 1660Land deed - Rhode Island, British America
Divorce1664Herodias Long
MarriageAbt, 1665Providence, British America - Lydia Ballou
CivilJune 2, 1668Robert Ballou will - Suffolk, British America
Death1677Newport, British America
Burial

Families

SpouseLydia Ballou (1640 - 1722)
ChildLydia Gardiner (1669 - 1723)
SpouseSarah Slaughter (1600 - 1637)
SpouseHerodias Long (1623 - 1722)
ChildGeorge Gardiner (1648 - 1723)
FatherMichael Gardiner (1552 - 1630)

Notes

Marriage

A common law marriage

Civil

George is one of the men who signed a land deed, land sale with Indian Socho, the true owner of Misquanacock.

Marriage

Despite the notoriety of the trial Gardiner does not appear to have lost his standing in the colony, he married Lydia Ballou, dau. of Robert Ballou of Portsmouth by whom he had several children, his widow married 2nd William Hawkins of Providence.

Civil

Lydia's dad's will, "unto my truly well beloved wife Susannah all my worldly estate, two daughters and sonn twelve pence apiece, and also my son in law George Gardiner, I leave to the protection of Almighty God dated the second of June in the year 1668"

Endnotes

1. AmericanAncestors.org. New England marriages to 1700 database, Boston, NEHGS, 2008., Volume 1 page 597.

2. AmericanAncestors.org. New England marriages to 1700 database, Boston, NEHGS, 2008., Volume 1 page 597.

3. Potter, Elisha. The Early history of Narragansett, Providence, Marshall, Brown and Company, 1835., Page 242 Land purchase text and witnesses.

4. AmericanAncestors.org. New England marriages to 1700 database, Boston, NEHGS, 2008., Volume 1 page 597.

5. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015., Suffolk County Probate Records, 1636-1899; Page 27, 28. Page 28 marked ‘page 17 in original volume’. Image 212 of 922.

6. Find A Grave online indexed database, https://www.findagrave.com, Unknown, Memorial 34224637.