Am looking for further information on a Samuel Gardner and, hopefully, more clues to his Parents. I just returned from a trip to the National Achieves to research this line. While I did not find Samuel Gardner's parents, I did obtain some clues. Any help in deciphering this will be appreciated. My Samuel Gardner was born around Jan 26, 1780 in Orange or Ulster CT, NY He married Hannah Ellison and ended up in Hector, NY (Schuyler CT). Following info is from National Achieve's War of 1812 info. Samuel was in the war of 1812. He mustered in at Newburgh, NY OR Wallkill on/about Sep 1st or 7th, 1814 and served 3 months and 5 days in Cpt John Dunning's company which was part of a Militia Regiment commended by a Col. M. Smith. He served his time on Staten Island and was honorable discharged Dec 8, 1814. Info in Hannah's letter (where this info is from) seemed to suggest he may have been in the Militia before this as there is a sentence that reads ..........."Samuel"...."was called out by requisition of the governor of New York as well as the whole militia company to which he then belonged and that he served for the term of three months and some few days" .... The letter also gives Hannah/Samuel's wedding date Feb 8, 1799 and said they were married in Wallkill or Newburgh (two separate letters from Hannah) by a M. (or MR) Smith, a Presbytarian Minister. The letter also serves up ALL 13 kids names AND birth dates. They are as follows Elisha, Born 3/26/1800, Ann Eliza 4/9/180-, George 6/24/1804, Owen 1/17/1807, Mary 5/13/1809, Issac 5/9/1812, William 10/13/1814, Westlake 12/1/1816, Harriet 3/11/1819, Abraham 5/15/1821, Silas 12/4/1825, Daniel 3/13/1827 and Hannah 2/13/1830. All information was on the back of the first page of a 1811 bible that I assume was Hannah's/Samuel Family bible. It had been ripped off and sent to the War Department by Hannah. There was also a letter from a Mr. Joseph Gardiner of Newburgh, NY who, in 1939, was writing for information on my Samuel from the War of 1812. (See Above). He also wrote a letter in 1937 for information on Revolutionary "Gardner's" who he said were members of his family. These Revolutionary Gardner's mentioned in his letter was Samuel Gardner and George Gardner...both from Newburgh. The Revolutionary Samuel served in Cpt. Samuel Clark's company in Col. Hasbrouck's NY Militia Regiment in 1777 TO 1784 while George (who was a Sgt.) served in Col. William Malcolm's NY Regiment.. There is also information on a Silas B. Gardner who was in the War of 1812 This Silas Gardner married an Anna Weed (She died Aug 14, 1859) and he remarried a Catherine Wilson on June 21, 1860 in Newburgh. Silas B. Gardner died at Newburgh August 28, 1875 at the age of 83yrs, 5 months and one day) (born around 1792). Both Anna and Silas are buried at St. George's Cemetary in Newburgh. It's pretty clear that all 4 Gardner's are related but not sure how. Any help in figuring this out would be appreciated..... Mike Gardner