Since this appears to be the only way to see how the NC Gardners are connected, we ask if anyone of those of NC backgrounds would be interested in a DNA test. Since there was a bit of doubt of my G-Grandfather's legitimacy, a known member of the extended family took the test and compared exactly to ours, thus proving he was, indeed, who he was supposed to be. It's well worth the $101. We have found a close connection to a Gardner of the New England Gardners which will now lead us in that direction. Marilynn

Marilynn: I'm interested in your statement saying you've "found a close connection to a Gardner of the New England Gardners." I'm curious: which New England Gardners? There're several Gardner lines that originate in New England in the 1600's. The three major ones are: The Lion Gardner line (The Gardner's Island line). The line of Thomas the Planter, which if I remember correctly includes both the Gardners of Gardner, ME, and the Nantucket Quaker Gardners. (Some of the later migrated to the Quaker settlements in NC.) The line of George of London, who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony before following Anne Hutchinson to Rhode Island. He's said to have the largerst number of descendants of any of the immigrant Gardners, but I don't know if there's any hard evidence for this. Yours, Joseph Gardner

Joe, thanks for your response to Marylyn. I've wondered what the connection is between the NC Gardners and our folk in New England. Mayble something will be unfolded here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph H. Gardner" <jgardner@iglou.com> To: <GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [GARDNER] DNA testing & New England Gardners > Marilynn: > > I'm interested in your statement saying you've "found a close connection to > a Gardner of the New England Gardners." I'm curious: which New England > Gardners? There're several Gardner lines that originate in New England in > the 1600's. The three major ones are: > > The Lion Gardner line (The Gardner's Island line). > The line of Thomas the Planter, which if I remember correctly includes > both the Gardners of Gardner, ME, and the Nantucket Quaker Gardners. (Some > of the later migrated to the Quaker settlements in NC.) > The line of George of London, who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony > before following Anne Hutchinson to Rhode Island. He's said to have the > largerst number of descendants of any of the immigrant Gardners, but I don't > know if there's any hard evidence for this. > > Yours, > Joseph Gardner > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > Rootsweb's GARDNER surname Mailing List > Acceptable Use Policy at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Well the connection is close if you consider 1,000 years close. But in DNA language, I guess that's close. We NC Gardners had to come from somewhere unless we popped out of the ground like the Picts did when Ireland was first invaded, giving a basis to the tale of the Leprechaun. Marilynn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Gardner" <charleshgardner@charter.net> To: <GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 10:41 PM Subject: Re: [GARDNER] DNA testing & New England Gardners > Joe, thanks for your response to Marylyn. I've wondered what the connection > is between the NC Gardners and our folk in New England. Mayble something > will be unfolded here. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joseph H. Gardner" <jgardner@iglou.com> > To: <GARDNER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 9:57 PM > Subject: Re: [GARDNER] DNA testing & New England Gardners > > > > Marilynn: > > > > I'm interested in your statement saying you've "found a close connection > to > > a Gardner of the New England Gardners." I'm curious: which New England > > Gardners? There're several Gardner lines that originate in New England in > > the 1600's. The three major ones are: > > > > The Lion Gardner line (The Gardner's Island line). > > The line of Thomas the Planter, which if I remember correctly includes > > both the Gardners of Gardner, ME, and the Nantucket Quaker Gardners. (Some > > of the later migrated to the Quaker settlements in NC.) > > The line of George of London, who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony > > before following Anne Hutchinson to Rhode Island. He's said to have the > > largerst number of descendants of any of the immigrant Gardners, but I > don't > > know if there's any hard evidence for this. > > > > Yours, > > Joseph Gardner > > > > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > > Rootsweb's GARDNER surname Mailing List > > Acceptable Use Policy at: http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html > > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > An intolerance for irrelevancies and an inability to filter out > unneeded information are not positive traits in genealogists. > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >