Cliff, My Gardiner family is traced back to George Gardiner, b Bef 1630, England, d Abt 1677 Newport, R.I. m (1) About 1646, Horod Long, b Bef 1630, d Aft. Apr. 8, 1692, no location, but probably Newport. m (2) After May 5, 1665, Lydia Ballou in Newport, R.I. The Gardiner family joined with the Montanye when Chester Irving Gardiner, b Apr. 11, 1834, Berne, N.Y. d May 17, 1902, location unknown, m Dec. 31, 1855 at Duanesburg, N.Y. Nancy Montanye, b Aug. 21, 1833, Charlestown, N.Y., d Apr. 28, 1878 in Villisca, Iowa. (The family was moving West, but returned to NY State after death of Nancy.) Daughter of Chester and Nancy, Arvilla Gardiner, b May 19, 1861, Duanesburg, N.Y. d March 1, 1942, Elmira, N.Y. m Apr. 27, 1885, Frank James Cromwell, b Apr. 4, 1864, Duanesburg, d Sept. 30, 1938, Schenectady. Frank James Cromwell was the grandson of Philip I. Cromwell, b July 16, 1774, Fonda, N.Y. and Maryte (Mary) Graft of Fonda. The father of Frank was Adam, b Aug. 1, 1801. in Fonda. The Cromwell family trace to Jacobus Cromwell who m Maria Philipse at the First Dutch Reformed Church, Schenectady. The Montanye trace to Johanes de la Montagne, b About 1595, Saintes, France. More information available if you need it. Jean Cromwell