Just want to mention that not all of Thomas "the Planter" Gardner's descendents went to the south in the Revolution. Some went to Maine, mine in particular. Marilyn in NH ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

To the two Marilyns, Muriah, Charles, Mike...or other Gardners, With all of you and your queries re Thomas etal, I must sign in at this appropriate time and tell you that my earliest GARDNER descendant is Thomas, b circa 1811, possibly in Germantown, New York. He had 7 children: Leonard; William, who died in Civil War; Martha; Mary; Ida; Emma; and my GrGrGrandfather, Charles H. GARDNER, b ca 1828. Charles Gardner m. Catherine SCISM GARDNER. They had 10 children: Wesley; Charles; Frank; Hannah; Elizabeth; Carrie; Minnie; Maude; Emma; and my GrGrandfather Virgil GARDNER, b 1852. Virgil H.GARDNER m. Mary Elizabeth Rifenburgh GARDNER. They had one child, my Grandmother, Stella Margaret GARDNER, b 1883. Virgil was Town Clerk, Tivoli,NY, before he died ca 1908. I have made no connections beyond Thomas, but most of these relatives seem to have lived a good deal of their lives in Columbia or Dutchess Counties, New York. Thomas' wife, I believe, was Hannah Elizabeth HOVER and they are both my "dead-ends". I also have surnames of many of the above siblings, but nothing that has helped me...unless I do not know where to look...the most likely answer. I have Hunt's book on Town of Clermont, & it says that Virgil GARDNER lived in a house built by Thomas GARDNER and that the house was a milestone, 111 miles from New York! No dates. I have Henry Jones' two volumes on Palatine families, Arthur Kelly's Settlers & Residents series on Clermont & Germantown and Chuck Rivenburgh's book on descendants of the Reiffenberg Family...and still am missing the "GARDNER connection". Before the 'Net, I'd thought it to be an English name...but most of my paternal surnames are German or Dutch. Forgive me for rambling a bit, but it appears this group is highly active & informed!! In the one & a half years I've been online, I have come across two distant cousins with GARDNER ties, but nothing beyond Thomas. The LDS & Ancestry.com sites have come up zeros. I'd appreciate even one little clue. IF..I have anything to share, I will! Thanks. Lynn Gardner Miller Marilyn R Otterson wrote: > > Just want to mention that not all of Thomas "the Planter" Gardner's > descendents went to the south in the Revolution. Some went to Maine, > mine in particular. > > Marilyn in NH > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2

I am MARILYNN, not a Marilyn. Been fighting it all my life. Marilynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "mms1453" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 9:01 PM Subject: [GARDNER] GARDNER/S > To the two Marilyns, Muriah, Charles, Mike...or other Gardners, > > With all of you and your queries re Thomas etal, I must sign in at this > appropriate time and tell you that my earliest GARDNER descendant is > Thomas, b circa 1811, possibly in Germantown, New York. He had 7 > children: Leonard; William, who died in Civil War; Martha; Mary; Ida; > Emma; and my GrGrGrandfather, Charles H. GARDNER, b ca 1828. > > Charles Gardner m. Catherine SCISM GARDNER. They had 10 children: > Wesley; Charles; Frank; Hannah; Elizabeth; Carrie; Minnie; Maude; Emma; > and my GrGrandfather Virgil GARDNER, b 1852. > > Virgil H.GARDNER m. Mary Elizabeth Rifenburgh GARDNER. They had one > child, my Grandmother, Stella Margaret GARDNER, b 1883. Virgil was Town > Clerk, Tivoli,NY, before he died ca 1908. > > I have made no connections beyond Thomas, but most of these relatives > seem to have lived a good deal of their lives in Columbia or Dutchess > Counties, New York. Thomas' wife, I believe, was Hannah Elizabeth HOVER > and they are both my "dead-ends". > > I also have surnames of many of the above siblings, but nothing that has > helped me...unless I do not know where to look...the most likely answer. > > I have Hunt's book on Town of Clermont, & it says that Virgil GARDNER > lived in a house built by Thomas GARDNER and that the house was a > milestone, 111 miles from New York! No dates. I have Henry Jones' two > volumes on Palatine families, Arthur Kelly's Settlers & Residents series > on Clermont & Germantown and Chuck Rivenburgh's book on descendants of > the Reiffenberg Family...and still am missing the "GARDNER connection". > Before the 'Net, I'd thought it to be an English name...but most of my > paternal surnames are German or Dutch. > > Forgive me for rambling a bit, but it appears this group is highly > active & informed!! In the one & a half years I've been online, I have > come across two distant cousins with GARDNER ties, but nothing beyond > Thomas. The LDS & Ancestry.com sites have come up zeros. I'd appreciate > even one little clue. IF..I have anything to share, I will! Thanks. > > Lynn Gardner Miller > > > Marilyn R Otterson wrote: > > > > Just want to mention that not all of Thomas "the Planter" Gardner's > > descendents went to the south in the Revolution. Some went to Maine, > > mine in particular. > > > > Marilyn in NH > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > ============================== > 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 >