As a word of caution only; be aware that the name Garner and Gardner were used interchangeably in nearby Edgecombe county during the period 1760-1780. I know the truth of this through my own Drake lines; Ann, a daughter of Lazarus Drake,married a Garner then and there, yet soon thereafter he was being called Gardner. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: [NCBERTIE] Gardner questions Two questions: 1) I have Samuel Gardner (1749-1815) m. Elizabeth Griffin. I have him as from Bertie Co, but living in Martin Co by the 1779 tax list. I have not been able to find parents for Samuel, except to speculate about John Gardner of Bertie (1720-1790), as there's a Samuel who receives land from John's estate. It says Samuel receives land adjacent Thomas Veal. There are not any Samuel's in the Bertie 1790, 1800, or 1810 census. Does anyone know of any connections between Samuel b.1749 and Thomas, indicating they could be the same Samuel? 2) I have seen on Rootsweb that John's parents are Martin Gardner m. Ann (Bryan?). Does anyone know more about them, and who their parents were? Some say Ann was daughter of Needham Bryan & Anne Rombeau, but the dates don't quite fit. Many thanks. ---------------- Ray Gurganus [email protected] www.gurganus.org ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message