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Male 1710 - 1796  (86 years)


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  • Name Caleb Gardiner  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] 
    Birth 1710  Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As
    • Caleb Gardner
    Residence 1774  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence 1782  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 2 Aug 1790  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
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    Death 22 Nov 1796  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Burial 22 Nov 1796  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • Caleb Gardiner Lot
      Find a Grave Memorial ID: 156423605
    Person ID I342567155784  Tripp Family Genealogical Website

    Father Nicholas Gardiner,   b. Abt. 1674, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1746, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Mary Northrup,   b. Abt. 1685, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1771, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Family ID F53857  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabel Sherman,   b. 9 Apr 1719, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef. 1796 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 20 Feb 1734  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • " His first cousin." The father of Caleb Gardiner, 4, Nicholas, 3, son of George, 2, and the mother of Isabel Sherman, Dorcas Gardiner, 3, daughter of William, 2, were first cousins, George, 2, and William, 2, being brothers. 2nd cousins*
    Children 
     1. Sarah Gardiner,   b. 29 Apr 1736, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Dorcas Gardiner,   b. 16 Mar 1739, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1819 (Age 79 years)
     3. Nicholas Gardiner,   b. 8 Dec 1744, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1784, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
     4. Tabitha Gardiner,   b. 8 Apr 1748, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Experience Gardiner,   b. 1 Nov 1751, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Nov 1815, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     6. Mary Gardiner,   b. 24 Sep 1754, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Mar 1809, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
    Family ID F48737  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Note: birth year is a close approximation

      Caleb, the son of Nicholas Gardner and Mary Littlefield of South Kingstown, Rhode Island, was married in S. Kingstown 20 Feb 1734 to Isabel Sherman, the daughter of Abiel Sherman and Dorcas Gardner. Caleb appears on a number of South Kingstown censuses and lists, including those in 1747, 1774, 1777, and 1782. In the 1790 census he is shown in a household with 3 males 16 and over, 4 females, 4 free blacks, and 7 slaves (18 total). Caleb was a very prosperous yeoman, with a large estate. Children, all b. in S. Kingstown:

      * Sarah, b. 29 April 1736, m. SK 4 April 1756 Peter BOSS, b. Charlestown, RI 30 Sep 1732, d. SK 6 Jan 1821, son of Jeremiah Boss (c.1697-c.1774) and Martha Spencer (8 Sep 1700-1774). Peter appears on a 1777 census in Richmond, RI, then in 1782 was in Charlestown, but in 1787 and 1790 was in Richmond again. He died in South Kingstown.

      * Dorcas, b. 16 Mar 1739, married, by one account, 1758 Silas SPENCER, b. EG 18 Nov 1735 (VR), and poss. died 1815 (one online acct.), the son of John and Lydia Spencer. He appears in E. Greenwich in 1760, 1774, 1777, and 1782. In the 1790 census for E. Greenwich, his household includes 3 males under 16, 2 males 16 and over, 5 females, and 3 others (13 total). A Clarke genealogy published in 1902 says that Dorcas married James Clarke of Stonington, CT, and had five children with him.

      * Nicholas, b. 8 Dec 1744, d. 1784, m. SK 29 May 1766 Sarah REYNOLDS, the aunt of Elisha Potter, Sr.. Nicholas and Sarah's sons were Warren, Caleb N., and Elisha R. Warren Gardiner was an apprentice to his uncle, Joseph Perkins. Elisha R. Gardiner was a sheriff of Washington County. He eventually moved to New York after having to auction his property due to debt, and died in 1825. Caleb N. may have been a farmer.

      * Tabitha, b. 8 April 1748, nothing more.

      * Experience, b. 1 November 1751, m. Pardon MAWNEY, son of John Mawney and Amey Gibbs. They are buried in the Pardon Mawney Lot, E. Greenwich.

      * Mary, b. (? 24 Sep 1754--this date is NOT on grave stone; it appears on FAG memorial, but its source is not given, d. 7 Mar 1809, m. (1) 16 June 1776 Joseph PERKINS, b. 24 Sep 1749, d. 6 Sep 1789, the son of Edward Perkins and Elizabeth Brenton (dau of Major Ebenezer Brenton, a grandson of Gov. Wm. Brenton). Joseph was a silversmith, goldsmith, and merchant, and by one account was, in 1781, a member of the Kingston Reds during the Am. Revolutionary War; this could not, however, be confirmed. Following his death, she m. (2) 7 November 1790 Elisha Reynolds POTTER, b. 5 Nov 1764, d. 26 Sep 1835, the son of Col. Thomas Potter and Elizabeth Reynolds. Mary had no children with either husband. Following Mary's death in 1809, her husband m. 9 July 1810 Mary's niece, Mary Mawney, the daughter of Pardon Mawney and Experience Gardner. Elisha Potter and both of his wives are buried in a locked family vault in the Col. Thomas Potter Cemetery in South Kingstown. Joseph Perkins is buried in a single-grave lot in S. Kingstown.
      Family Members
      Parents
      Nicholas Gardner

  • Sources 
    1. [S1258029416] Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Census, 1774, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    2. [S1301889556] Ancestry.com, Rhode Island, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S1293932504] Ancestry.com, Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S1251041652] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: South Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 96; Family History Library Film: 0568150.

    5. [S1253558826] Ancestry.com, The Gardiners of Narragansett : being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner the colonist, 1638, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    6. [S1258240247] Ancestry.com, The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Chamberlain, Mildred M. The Rhode Island 1777 Military Census. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985.Original data: Chamberlain, Mildred M. The Rhode Isl).

    7. [S1295061688] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).


 

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