Does anyone have any genealogical and biographical information on the ancestry and immediate descendants of Rev. James and Mary (-----) GARDNER? James was the minister of the First Church at Marshfield, MA. I am working on a theory that his dau., Dorothy, married Ezra-4 WHITMARSH. For more information, please read the message thread below and refer to the MINER and DYER documents at my web site (now in need of updates!). Perry Perry Streeter (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.perry.streeter.com -----Original Message----- From: Harlow Chandler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 7:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: GARDNER/WHITMARSH; Plymouth, MA; 1741 Fred and Perry, Fred, I think you are right that there is little room to doubt from the context that "Do" was "Ditto." I don't know if the Dorothy below is the right Dorothy, but the time, place, and her background make her a good candidate I would think. Bowman also published the VR for Marshfield, which is pretty much next to Plymouth, and there are three mentions of a Dorothy Gardner in MD who was born in Marshfield--here's one: "Dorothy, d. of James Gardner and mary (sic) his wife was born January the 21st 1721/22." MD 30:152 One interesting note is that Dorothy's father was Rev. James Gardner, the minister at the First Church, Marshfield. This would fit well, I would think, with the information about Ezra's education you gave, Fred, as Harvard's original mission was to train clergy. How, having said what I have about "ditto," this all fits together I can't say, but I think she could be a Dorothy worth checking. I agree we shouldn't worry too much about the "Mrs." As we know it was commonly used at the time in the marriage records for unmarried women. Good luck, Harlow ***Marriages consummated by Saml. Bartlett Esq. Justice of the Peace for ***the County of Plymo. *** ***1741, June 30 Mr. Ezra WHITMARSH or Plymo. & Mrs. Dorothy GARDNER of ***Plymo. at Plymo. ***---------------------------- *** ***I've looked at the index and all the other male GARDNER names (15) and ***find none as a husband to Dorothy or as Dorothy as a child. I can not ***find a maiden name. *** ***My guess would be to carry the "DO" as "DITTO" with a note of the ***possible question and confusion. ***__________--------- ***Just a side note about Ezar WHITMARSH: *** ***Also a book by William T. Davis 1885 ***"History of the Town of Plymouth, with a sketch of the Origin and Growth ***of Separatism. ***Page 128 & 129 It is speaking of the public schools in Plymouth. *** was succeeded by Ezar Whitmarsh, a Harvard ***graduate of 1736." ______________________________