HI, I am descended from Jethro and Love Gardner who migrated from Nantucket to eventually reside in Vassalboro, ME (just acorss the river from Sidney, ME....they first had a house on that side of the river.) It is possible that your Anna and Samuel are related in some way to the same family as Jethro and Love, but I have no proof. Jethro and Love had several children. Two of the girls had children out of wedlock, and the children had the surname Gardner. I am descended from one of the girls, Christina Gardner. Her sister, Eunice, also had some children about the right time frame for your Anna. I know the names of Christina's children, but don't know Eunice's children's names. Both Eunice and Christina were drummed out of the local Quaker meeting for not revealing the names of their children's fathers. I have no idea is the fathers were family members, visiting sea captains, or local swains. Jethro and Love were Quakers and you might get some information on your ancestors from the records of the Quaker meeting at China, Maine. I believe they have some good records and you might find your Anna there. Good luck.... Cousin Marilyn On Sun, 27 May 2001 21:51:32 EDT [email protected] writes: > Hi, I hope someone can help me find the parents, family and/or > birthplace for > Anna GARDNER b. April 9, 1800, d. July 29, 1881. Anna married John > DUTTON, > Jr. in Sidney, Kennebec County, ME on February 15, 1821. She and > John > DUTTON, Jr. are the parents of ten children and are buried together > in > Everett, MA . Some of their children are buried in the same > cemetery. > Anna's death certificate lists her birthplace as China, ME and her > father is > listed as Samuel J. GARDNER > b. Cornwall, NY and her mother as Etta (?) b. Boston, MA. The > Church of the > Latter Day Saints site lists Anna GARDNER b. April 9, 1800 of > Elizabethtown, > Leeds, Ontario, Canada and married a "Mr. DUTTON". The site also > lists her > father as John GARDNER. Any information would be helpful, thanks, > Beth > > Anna GARDNER b: April 09, 1800 in Maine or Canada > d: July 20, 1881 - 81 years, 3 months, > East > Boston, > Suffolk County, MA > +John DUTTON, Jr. > b: July 17, 1798 in Readfield, Kennebec > County, ME > d: December 13, 1875 - 77 years, 5 > months, > Winthrop, > Suffolk County, MA > > 1. Eliza A. DUTTON b: February 26, 1822 d: December 31, > 1886 in 64 > years > > 2. Lucinda DUTTON b: November 05, 1823 d: April 01, 1906 > (buried in Everett, MA) > +Cephas SAVAGE b: July 16, 1820 d: December 14, > 1869 > > 3. Harriett P. DUTTON b: November 16, 1825 d: October 23, > 1846 - 21 > years > > 4. Susan G. DUTTON b: July 18, 1827 d: December 19, 1848 - > 21 years > > 5. George Washington DUTTON b: April 18, 1829 > +Cynthia HUSTON b: Abt. 1829 > *2nd Wife of George Washington DUTTON: > +Hattie HILL > > 6. James Twing DUTTON b: April 27, 1831 d: March 12, 1904 > - 72 > years, > Boston, Suffolk County MA > +Cynthia C. MASON b: Abt. 1831 > *2nd Wife of James Twing DUTTON: > +Augusta HALL b: Abt. 1831 > *3rd Wife of James Twing DUTTON: > +Adelia LUDLUM b: Abt. 1831 d: June 1872 > > 7. Sarah P. DUTTON b: February 04, 1833 d: November 27, > 1848 - 15 > years > > 8. Helen DUTTON b: January 07, 1835 d: November 03, 1846 - > 11 years > > 9. Mary A. DUTTON b: January 08, 1837 > > 10. Charles Austin DUTTON b: June 23, 1840 > d: December > 16, 1921 > in Boston, Suffolk > County, > MA - 81 > years > +Jane "Jennie" Florence HUME b: March 05, 1843 in > > Rockland, > > Knox > County, ME > > d: > October 19, 1909 in Quincy, > > > Norfolk County, MA > > > ==== GARDNER Mailing List ==== > To contact the list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ============================== > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ 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.