Individual Details
Luke Gardiner
(1622 - 12 Aug 1674)
Luke and his father Richard, appear to have spent time in Old Rappahanock Co, VA before moving to SMC, MD according to the Combs researchers.
Michael Graham's "Meetinghouse and Chapel: Religion & Community in 17th C. Maryland" in "Colonial Chesapeake Society," pp. 248-251.
Luke Gardner, a freeholder of St. Clement's Manor, was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Gardner (or Garnett) who immigrated to Maryland in 1637 with sons, Luke, Richard (then 21 years of age), John (then age 4), and daughters Elizabeth (then 19) and Julian (then 6). (Patents 1:17, 25, 38-9, 61-62, 1:167-8, AB&H:60-66)
1654: in the spring of 1654 a complaint was lodged against Luke Gardner, "who ... did in a refractory and insolent manner detain Eleanor Hatton," niece of Secretary Hatton (a Protestant), "endeavoring to train her in the Catholic religion contrary to the will of her mother and uncle." Lt. Richard Bankes, who had married Eleanor's widowed mother, was authorized to go and take the girl from Gardner. (Gardner, then or later, was the husband of Eleanor's sister Elizabeth.) "Colonial Piscataway", published @ 1962, The Alice Ferguson Foundation MD-Accokeek, copy in PGCGS library #134 MD-Bowie-Belair
NEWTOWN HUNDRED, A SOCIAL & RELIGIOUS FOCAL POINT
"LUKE GARDINER lived near Newtown Hundred where the Jesuits had estab.an early mission. In 1661, Catholics in the area gave subscriptions for a church and graveyard which were to serve the Catholics of Newtown, St. Clement's, and St. George's Hundred."
"...In addition to LUKE GARDINER, twenty-seven men worshipped at the Newtown Church before 1674. The men were: WM BRETTON, NICHOLAS CAUSINE, ROBERT CLARKE, EDW. COTTON, THOS. DINIARD, WM EVANS, THOMAS GREENE, JOHN GREENWELL, BENJ. GILL, WALTER HALL, THOMAS HEBDEN, JOHN JARBOE, WM JOHNSON, JOHN JORDAINE, JAMES LANGWORTH, CHAS MAYNARD, HENRY NEALE, JOHN PILE, GEO REYNOLDS, WM ROSEWELL, JOHN SHIRTCLIFFE, HENRY SPINKE, JOHN THIMBLEBY, WM THOMPSON, THOS TURNER, JOHN WHEATLEY, and RICHARD WILLAN."
Not all information verified and/or documented. Not all are my direct line (only those denoted by *). Please use this as a guide and contact the source for more information. I am actively making updates and corrections and reposting the information. With
Luke Gardiner was transported into the province on August 9, 1637 withReverend Thomas Copley, S.J. Luke Gardiner was completing his educationwith the Jesuits before joining his parents in the new Colony ofMaryland. (Colonial Settlers St. Clements Bay 1634 -1780 St. Mary'sCounty, Maryland by Mary Louise Donnely.)
In 1642 when the Puritans had their rebellion in Maryland, the Manor andPlantation of Richard Gardiner, a Catholic, was seized. The Gardiner'stook refuge in Rappahonnock, Virginia during the rebellion. LUKE GARDINERand his Sister JULIANA returned to Maryland in 1647 and LUKE GARDINERtried to obtain his father's property which had been confiscated, alongwith other Catholics' property(Patents AB&H:4). In 1650 LUKE GARDINERtransported RICHARD GARDINER his Father and his 2nd wife and their youngdaughter JULIANA, his Brothers and sisters, and two servants back to theprovince of Maryland (Patent 1:167-168) The record states "LUKEGARDINER's mother was deceased". Because of the hardships they sufferedwhile in exile, all of the family died shortly after returning toMaryland except LUKE. On 8/26/1651 LORD BALTIMORE instructed GOVERNORWILLIAM STONE to re-Grant "St.
Richard's" to LUKE GARDINER, the son and Heir of RICHARD GARDINER.
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 1 page 83 Gardiner, Luke,St. Mary'sCo.,
4th Dec., 1673;
12th Aug., 1674.
To wife Eliza: executor., home plantation. To Eldest. son
Richard and heirs., Barberton Manor,Chas. Co. To next son John andheirs., part
of St. John's. [p.83] To son Luke and heirs., 300 A. of St. John's,Hillilee,
Gardner's Land, St. Mary's Co., and Grimditch, Chas. Co. To young. son
Thomas and heirs., 800 A. on Piscataway Creek., adjoining brother-in-law
Zacharay Wade's. Child. to be of age at 18 years. In event of death ofany
child or child. without heirs., survivors to inherit deceased's portion.
Should all die without heirs., wife Eliza: to inherit all real estate;
residue of personalty to be for the Roman Catholic Church and the poor.In
event of death of wife and child. without heirs., land aforesaid. to passto
child. of brother-in-law Major Thomas Brooke, and of personalty to goddaughter.
Mary Brooke.
Test: Robt. Carvile, Clement Smith, Eliza: Rider, Richard
Lanckford. 1. 631.
Michael Graham's "Meetinghouse and Chapel: Religion & Community in 17th C. Maryland" in "Colonial Chesapeake Society," pp. 248-251.
Luke Gardner, a freeholder of St. Clement's Manor, was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Gardner (or Garnett) who immigrated to Maryland in 1637 with sons, Luke, Richard (then 21 years of age), John (then age 4), and daughters Elizabeth (then 19) and Julian (then 6). (Patents 1:17, 25, 38-9, 61-62, 1:167-8, AB&H:60-66)
1654: in the spring of 1654 a complaint was lodged against Luke Gardner, "who ... did in a refractory and insolent manner detain Eleanor Hatton," niece of Secretary Hatton (a Protestant), "endeavoring to train her in the Catholic religion contrary to the will of her mother and uncle." Lt. Richard Bankes, who had married Eleanor's widowed mother, was authorized to go and take the girl from Gardner. (Gardner, then or later, was the husband of Eleanor's sister Elizabeth.) "Colonial Piscataway", published @ 1962, The Alice Ferguson Foundation MD-Accokeek, copy in PGCGS library #134 MD-Bowie-Belair
NEWTOWN HUNDRED, A SOCIAL & RELIGIOUS FOCAL POINT
"LUKE GARDINER lived near Newtown Hundred where the Jesuits had estab.an early mission. In 1661, Catholics in the area gave subscriptions for a church and graveyard which were to serve the Catholics of Newtown, St. Clement's, and St. George's Hundred."
"...In addition to LUKE GARDINER, twenty-seven men worshipped at the Newtown Church before 1674. The men were: WM BRETTON, NICHOLAS CAUSINE, ROBERT CLARKE, EDW. COTTON, THOS. DINIARD, WM EVANS, THOMAS GREENE, JOHN GREENWELL, BENJ. GILL, WALTER HALL, THOMAS HEBDEN, JOHN JARBOE, WM JOHNSON, JOHN JORDAINE, JAMES LANGWORTH, CHAS MAYNARD, HENRY NEALE, JOHN PILE, GEO REYNOLDS, WM ROSEWELL, JOHN SHIRTCLIFFE, HENRY SPINKE, JOHN THIMBLEBY, WM THOMPSON, THOS TURNER, JOHN WHEATLEY, and RICHARD WILLAN."
Not all information verified and/or documented. Not all are my direct line (only those denoted by *). Please use this as a guide and contact the source for more information. I am actively making updates and corrections and reposting the information. With
Luke Gardiner was transported into the province on August 9, 1637 withReverend Thomas Copley, S.J. Luke Gardiner was completing his educationwith the Jesuits before joining his parents in the new Colony ofMaryland. (Colonial Settlers St. Clements Bay 1634 -1780 St. Mary'sCounty, Maryland by Mary Louise Donnely.)
In 1642 when the Puritans had their rebellion in Maryland, the Manor andPlantation of Richard Gardiner, a Catholic, was seized. The Gardiner'stook refuge in Rappahonnock, Virginia during the rebellion. LUKE GARDINERand his Sister JULIANA returned to Maryland in 1647 and LUKE GARDINERtried to obtain his father's property which had been confiscated, alongwith other Catholics' property(Patents AB&H:4). In 1650 LUKE GARDINERtransported RICHARD GARDINER his Father and his 2nd wife and their youngdaughter JULIANA, his Brothers and sisters, and two servants back to theprovince of Maryland (Patent 1:167-168) The record states "LUKEGARDINER's mother was deceased". Because of the hardships they sufferedwhile in exile, all of the family died shortly after returning toMaryland except LUKE. On 8/26/1651 LORD BALTIMORE instructed GOVERNORWILLIAM STONE to re-Grant "St.
Richard's" to LUKE GARDINER, the son and Heir of RICHARD GARDINER.
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 1 page 83 Gardiner, Luke,St. Mary'sCo.,
4th Dec., 1673;
12th Aug., 1674.
To wife Eliza: executor., home plantation. To Eldest. son
Richard and heirs., Barberton Manor,Chas. Co. To next son John andheirs., part
of St. John's. [p.83] To son Luke and heirs., 300 A. of St. John's,Hillilee,
Gardner's Land, St. Mary's Co., and Grimditch, Chas. Co. To young. son
Thomas and heirs., 800 A. on Piscataway Creek., adjoining brother-in-law
Zacharay Wade's. Child. to be of age at 18 years. In event of death ofany
child or child. without heirs., survivors to inherit deceased's portion.
Should all die without heirs., wife Eliza: to inherit all real estate;
residue of personalty to be for the Roman Catholic Church and the poor.In
event of death of wife and child. without heirs., land aforesaid. to passto
child. of brother-in-law Major Thomas Brooke, and of personalty to goddaughter.
Mary Brooke.
Test: Robt. Carvile, Clement Smith, Eliza: Rider, Richard
Lanckford. 1. 631.
Events
| Birth | 1622 | Woodperry, Oxfordshire, England |  | ||
| Immigration | 9 Aug 1637 | Maryland | |||
| Marriage | 1649 | St. Mary's County, Maryland - Elizabeth Hatton | | ||
| Event | 1654 | St. Mary's County, Maryland |  | ||
| Death | 12 Aug 1674 | Canoe Neck, Oakley, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Ann Langworth | ||||
| Alt name | Luke Gardiner Sr. | ||||
| Religion | Catholic |
Families
| Spouse | Ann Langworth (1620 - ) |
| Child | John Gardiner (1660 - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Hatton (1625 - 1702) |
| Child | Richard Gardiner (1650 - 1687) |
| Child | John Gardiner (1655 - 1683) |
| Child | Luke Gardiner (1657 - 1705) |
| Child | Thomas Gardiner Rev (1665 - 1694) |
| Child | Ann Gardiner (1650 - 1696) |
| Father | Richard Gardiner (1592 - 1651) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Hume (1595 - 1649) |
| Sibling | Mary Gardiner (1615 - 1693) |
| Sibling | Richard Gardiner (1616 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Joan Gardiner (1617 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Gardiner (1618 - 1648) |
| Sibling | Juliana Gardiner (1628 - ) |
| Sibling | John Gardiner (1633 - ) |
Notes
Event
in the spring of 1654 a complaint was lodged against Luke Gardner, "who... did in a refractory and nsolent manner detain Eleanor Hatton,"niece of Secretary Hatton (a Protestant), "endeavoring to train her inthe Catholic religion contrary to the will of her mother and uncle."Lt. Richard Bankes, who had married Eleanor's widowed mother, wasauthorized to go and take the girl from Gardner. (Gardner, then orlater, was the husband of Eleanor's sister Elizabeth.)Death
Gardner, Luke,St. Mary's Co. 4th Dec., 1673; 12th Aug., 1674.To wife Eliza: execx., home plantation.
To eld. son Richard and hrs., "Barberton Manor," Chas. Co.
To next son John and hrs., part of "St. John's."
To son Luke and hrs., 300 A. of "St. John's," "Hillilee," "Gardner's Land," St. Mary's County, and "Grimditch," Chas. Co.
Toyoung. son Thomas and hrs., 800 A. on Piscataway Ck., adjoiningbrother-in-law Zacharay Wade's. Child. to be of age at 18 yrs. In eventof death of any child or child. without hrs., survivors to inheritdeceased's portion. Should all die without hrs., wife Eliza: to inheritall real estate; residue of personalty to be for the Roman CatholicChurch and the poor. In event of death of wife and child. without hrs.,land afsd. to pass to child. of brother-in-law Major Thomas Brooke, and½ of personalty to goddau. Mary Brooke.
Test: Robt. Carvile, Clement Smith, Eliza: Rider, Richard Lanckford. 1. 631.
Endnotes
1. Jane Becker, 47 Lake Forest Dr., Mayflower, AR 72106.
2. Jane Becker, 47 Lake Forest Dr., Mayflower, AR 72106.
3. Jane Becker, 47 Lake Forest Dr., Mayflower, AR 72106.