Marilynn, I like the stories of the life choices of our ancestors, leading us to where we are today. Can you tell us when and why yours migrated to NC and where they came from and why? Were they Quakers in the 1700s? I wonder what signs are left in NC of the migration of Quakers from Nantucket to NC. What is the oldest headstone that you have seen of Gardner in NC? When is your William? Hey, Marilynn, you volunteered to take ALL of the NC Gardners! (Not just William! .... hee hee) Take em all... and put em all in a big pot ... and stir! Ha! Muriah _____ Marilynn Masten wrote: > Muriah asks the line of migration of my Gardner family. Showed up here in > the 1770s and never left. Oh, some leaked over into SC. Had two great-grands > and a great-great in the War between the States. I have so many cousins > here, I can't count them. > > Others ask about limiting this to Southern Gardners. I am opening a big > enough can of worms as it is. WE'll get to the others later. > > Now, I suggest we each choose a given name and collect every southern > Gardner we are sent with that given name and see if we can untangle said can > of worms. I will take "William" as he is my first known ancestor in the > family. Somebody offered to take John. Someone else take James, Lewis, > Jeremiah, Thomas, etc. > > I will collect all of the William Gardners went to me who first show up in > Va. and all points southof min. A great-great uncle, DAvid, went to Miss. > That much I know. I will then try to put them into some kind of order > because often I hear from someone looking for a certain Gardner who is not > one of mine and I haven't saved other messages that would have provided > connections. > > Marilynn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "muriah" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:40 PM > Subject: [GARDNER] NC GARDNER - Generations Removed > > > Marilynn, > > I am eager to hear descendent of NC Gardners to indicate their line of > > migration since and whether your own Gardner family line stayed through > > the Civil War to date. > > Muriah > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB

Muriah, someone long ago put all of the Gardners into a big pot and stirred. Therein lies the problem. One kind soul offered to take John. Nobody else has come up with any offers. Come on, you guys. Gimmie a hand. If you looked at our Web Site www.usroots.com/~gardners/index.html you would see we have NO idea where the first William came from, his religion nor political persuasion. Head stone? Don't even know when he died. Just where. And that he apparantly DID die eventually. Oldest headstone I never went to look at (afraid of snakes in the tall grass) but I believe it is the one for Willliam Hoyle Garadner, son of Thomas, son of William, who died in 1847. Our Web Site is full of Gardner stories. Don't believe all of them. Marilynn From: "muriah" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:34 PM Subject: Migration stories - Re: [GARDNER] NC GARDNER - Generations Removed > Marilynn, > I like the stories of the life choices of our ancestors, leading us to where we > are today. > Can you tell us when and why yours migrated to NC and where they came from and > why? > Were they Quakers in the 1700s? > I wonder what signs are left in NC of the migration of Quakers from Nantucket to > NC. > What is the oldest headstone that you have seen of Gardner in NC? > When is your William? > Hey, Marilynn, you volunteered to take ALL of the NC Gardners! > (Not just William! .... hee hee) > Take em all... and put em all in a big pot ... and stir! > Ha! > Muriah > _____ > > >