This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XcB.2ACE/134.136 Message Board Post: Hello, I am also a direct descendant of George GARDINER of Rhode Island. What caught my eye was the subject heading of this thread. My gg-grandmother was Ruth Emaline GARDINER, daughter of Frederick Augustus GARDINER and Eleanor LILLIBRIDGE BROWN. Would love to share information and conversation on this topic. Jim Mulligan