Re: GARDNER FAMILY WEBSITE
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In reply to:
GARDNER FAMILY WEBSITE
Corey Gardner 1/07/10
The Gardner family associated with the Balch family: Benjamin Balch and Sarah Gardner.
Descends from Thomas Gardner (b. abt. 1592) of Dorchester, England. Thomas was the overseer of the failed Cape Ann Colony, MA in 1624. Thomas had sons John, Joseph, Samuel, Richard, George,Thomas, daughters, Sarah, Seeth, and Miriam. Thomas and his wife and 3 of their sons came in 1624 from England, the rest of their children were born in or near Salem, MA.
Thomas Gardner's maternal uncle was, Rev. John White, the man behind organizing the Dorchester Co. Rev. John White is also considered to be the 'Father of Puritanism.'He was rector of Holy Trinity Church in Stanton, Dorset, England.
Would like to learn more of the earlier Gardner family in England.