History of Swansea, Massachusetts, 1667-1917; - citizen hylbom blog

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March 5, 1745, married Elizabeth Anthony; Israel was bom April 14, 1747;
Israel (2) bom March 29, 1748, married Elizabeth Slade; Parthenia was
born Sept. 2, 1750; William, bom Sept. 12, 1753, married Zervia McKoon;
Hannah, bom March 3, 1756, married Capt. Simeon Cockran; Patience,
bom Nov. 15, 1758, married Dr. Jonathan Anthony; Mary, born Dec. 25,
1760, married Caleb Mason; Content was bom July 11, 1764; Stephen,
born Aug. 4, 1766, m. Mary Lee; Parthenia (2), born Aug. 11, 1767,
married Chas. D. Trafton.
(IV) Stephen Gardner, twelfth child of Samuel and Content Gardner,
bom Aug. 4, 1766, married July 22, 1788, Mary Lee, daughter of John and
Avis (Anthony) Lee. He died Nov. 26, 1819, and she passed away June
20, 1829. Children: Mary, John, Betsey, Israel, Lydia, Phihp, Ehza and
Avis.
(V) Israel Gardner, born May 5, 1797, died Aug. 29, 1882. March 22,
1827, he married Elizabeth Brown, daughter of James and Elizabeth
(Kingsley) Brown, born May 15, 1797, died Sept. 23, 1882. They had
children as follows: David B., bom May 13, 1828; Mary S., bora Dec. 17,
1829, who married Enoch Chace of Somerset, Mass.; Jerome B., born
March 17, 1832, deceased, who married Carrie Dale; Ehzabeth R., bom
Oct. 15, 1833, who died young; Stephen M., born July 2, 1835, who married
April 30, 1863, Fannie M. Slade, and resided in Swansea; Andrew J., born
Nov. 1, 1836, died Jan. 14, 1908, who married Elizabeth (Earl) Mason (they
have a son, Frederick); Rachael L., born Feb. 22, 1840, who married John
Mason, (second) Daniel C. Mason, and (third) Nathan M. Wood.
(VI) David B. Gardner, born Mav 13, 1828, died at his home in
Swansea, Oct. 15, 1908. Feb. 17, 1856, he married Mary A. Eddy, who
was bom July 13, 1838, daughter of Jabez and Betsey (Sherman) Eddy,
who outlived him. Four children were born to them: Nora, born Oct. 11,
1858, married William H. Gifford, Superintendent of a hat factory at
Wrentham, Mass., and resides at Swansea. They have a daughter, Louise
J., who married Henry M. Boss, Jr., a lawyer of Providence, R. I., and they
have one daughter, Betsey. Arnold Douglass, bom March 19, 1862,
married Edith M. Arnold, daughter of Willard U. Arnold and granddaughter
of Deacon Edmund Arnold, Jan. 21, 1886, and they have two
children, David Brown, born March 2, 1888, and Edwin Clarence, born
Aug. 10, 1892. Carrie Dale, born Sept. 23, 1867, married Alexander B.
Gifford, and their children are Earl, Elizabeth, Carrie, Ruth, and Alexander.
This family Hves in Warren, R. I. Etta Lee, born Sept. 22, 1871, married
Francis L. Gardner— (See VIII).
David B. Gardner was bom in Swansea, Mass., where he passed his
early life, going in 1849 to the Swamps of North Carolina for the purpose
of manufacturing shingles, receiving for his services at first $10 per noonth.
He returned to the North in 1850 and engaged in the marine freight business
on the Connecticut river, for the late Samuel Gray of Swansea. He
again went to North Carolina and on his return embarked with Capt.
John Forrester on the sloop "Artist." In all, he performed service on
some eight vessels, acting many times as Captain, and during his various
sails he was not without some thrilling experiences. At one time, while on
the "Artist," she was caught in a "white squall" while conveying clay
from Staten Island, and so violent was the storm that the mast was carried
away off Point Judith. As stated, at times, during the Captain 's absence
Mr. Gardner was in command. Accompanied by Capt. Davis, Mr. Gardner
made the quickest trip the "Artist" ever sailed; this was from Bristol,
R. I., to New York, which was made in twenty-four hours. Captain Gardner
and his wife celebrated their golden-wedding anniversary, Feb. 17, 1906.
Mr. Gardner finally settled down to farming in Swansea, where he took an
active interest in town affairs, serving at one time as constable. He had a