Our Gardiner Family
"The family name of Gardiner, in it's numberous variety of forms, can be traced back in English history to William the Conqueror, who in the year 1066, defeated the Saxon King, Harold, in the Battle of Hastings and subsequently introduced the Medieval European civilization to the British Isles. Both men, William Des Jardine and William the Conqueror, have been identified by historians as great Grandsons of William the Longsword...The family name of DES JARDINE (pronounced De-Shar-de-ne') apparently was not passed down from William the Longsword but resulted from the marriage of William Des Jardine's father to William the Longsword's granddaughter... Since the family-name of GARDINER was first introduced into the British Isles as DES JARDINE, it remained unchanged in the areas of heavy Norman population for perhaps a century before it became De Jardine, then Jardine, Gardine, etc. In the areas more heavily populated by the Romans it became De Gardino, D'Gardino, etc. In the areas more heavily populated by the Britions, Danes and Saxons, it appeared in the Twelfth Century as De Jardin, Jardin, Gardin, etc...Geographical location also played a major role in determining how family names were spelled. In Scotland, for example, GARDINER was known as Gardenkirk. In Wales it was spelled Gardynyr. Across the line in Gloustershire it was slightly altered to read Gardyner..." (ix-x, Gardiner: Generations and Relations, Thomas Richard Gardiner) (Doneva Nell Shepard)
First Generation
John Gardiner. (Unproven) John married Ellen
Tudor, daughter of Jasper Tudor Duke of Bedford & Woodville.
They had one child:
i. Stephen (1483-1555)
Second Generation
Family of John Gardiner & Ellen Tudor
Stephen Gardiner. Born in 1483 in Bury, Lancashire. Stephen died on 12 Nov 1555, he was 72.
Stephen Gardiner (1493-1555)
Born: 1493 at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Bishop of Winchester
Died: 12th November 1555 at Whitehall Palace, Westminster,
Middlesex
"Stephen Gardiner, the famous malleus haereticorum, is said,
though doubtfully, to have been the illegitimate son of Lionel
Woodville, Bishop of Salisbury and brother of Edward IV's queen.
He was born in 1483 at Bury St. Edmunds, "one of the best
airs in England," says Fuller, "the sharpness of which
he retained in his wit and quick apprehension." After his
education at Cambridge, he passed from the family of the Duke of
Norfolk into that of Wolsey, by whom he was greatly favoured.
Gardiner's services in the cause of the Cardinal, and in that of
King Henry VIII, were rewarded on the death of the former by the
Bishopric of Winchester, Gardiner haying been appointed
Archdeacon of Norwich in 1529.
In his book, De Vera Obedientia, Gardiner supported the Royal
supremacy claimed by King Henry and remained in tolerable favour
at court during the remainder of that reign, not, however,
without encountering sundry perilous storms. His 'sanguinary
temper' is said to have been first shown in his attack on Lambert
and, more decidedly, in the statute of the six articles. Usually
known as the 'bloody statute,' this famous law, on which so many
deniers of the 'real presence' were executed, was framed and
projected by Gardiner. For the greater part of the reign of
Edward VI, Gardiner was kept a close prisoner in the Tower and
has, at least, the merit of remaining firm to the 'old religion'.
This was in strong contrast to the numerous company of "chamaelion
statesmen" who changed their creed as often as it became
necessary.
In 1550, Gardiner was deprived of his bishopric, to which,
however, he was restored on the accession of Mary Tudor in 1553.
In September of that same year, the great seal was delivered to
him and, on 1st October, he placed the crown on the head of Queen
Mary. His share in the Marian persecutions need here only be
alluded to. Although it is probable that the number of victims
has been greatly exaggerated and that the personal cruelty of
Gardiner and Bonner was less ferocious than is usually the
fashion to represent it, there can be little doubt but that the
former, at least, deserves much of the odium which popular hatred
has cast upon his name. "His malice," says Fuller,
"was like what is commonly said of white powder, which
surely discharged the bullet, yet made no report, being secret in
all his acts of cruelty. This made him often chide Bonner,
calling him "ass," though not so much for killing poor
people, as for not doing it more cunningly."
Great ill-will existed between Gardiner and Cardinal Pole, to
which it is said that Cranmer owed the preservation of his life
for some months. His execution did not, at all events, take place
until after Gardiner's death, which occurred at Westminster in
1555. "I have sinned with Peter," he is said to have
exclaimed on his deathbed, " but I have not wept with him."
The story told by Fox, that Gardiner refused to dine on the day
of the burning of Ridley and Latimer, until he heard from his
servants posted along the road, that the faggots were kindled
about them, and that whilst at table he was seized with mortal
illness, has been effectively disproved. After lying in state at
Southwark, he was conveyed to Winchester in a cart, hung with
black and having his effigy in episcopal robes placed without it.
His chantry chapel may still be seen on the north side of the
altar at Winchester Cathedral." (Encyclopedia Britannica,
“Stephen
Gardiner 1493-1555”)
"Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by William Bateman,
Bishop of Norwich. It is the fifth oldest college in Cambridge.
Bishop Bateman initially restricted the college to students of
Law, and it has remained strong in this discipline. An old boy of
the college was Stephen Gardiner (1497-1555), who not only held
the posts of Master of Trinity Hall, Chancellor of the
University, Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor of England,
but was also the chief adviser to William VIII and Mary I. Other
ex-students have been the father of Virginia Woolf, Leslie
Stephen, and J.B. Priestley." ( “Cambridge
Guide”)
Stephen married Margaret Grey, daughter of Edmund Grey Earl of
Kent (26 Oct 1416-5 May 1511) & Florence Hastings (abt 1453-22
May 1490). Born in 1486 in Wilton, Herefordshire Co., England.
They had one child:
i. George (~1510-)
Third Generation
Family of Stephen Gardiner & Margaret Grey
George Gardiner. Born abt 1510 in Berwick-upon-Tweed,
Northumberland, England. Abt 1534 when George was 24, he married
Margaret DeNeville.
They had the following children:
i. George (1535-1589)
ii. German.
Fourth Generation
Family of George Gardiner & Margaret DeNeville
George Gardiner II. Born in 1535 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. George died in Jun 1589, he was 54. Abt 1560 when George was 25, he married Dorothy Constable. Born in 1536 in Wallington, Northumberland Cty, England.
They had the following children:
i. Lionel (~1573-)
ii. Edmund.
iii. Thomas.
iv. Richard.
v. William.
Fifth Generation
Family of George Gardiner II & Dorothy Constable
Lionel Gardiner. Born abt 1573. Lionel married Elizabeth Woodhouse, 11G Grandmother. Born abt 1575.
They had one child:
i. Lion (1599-1663)
Sixth Generation
Family of Lionel Gardiner & Elizabeth Woodhouse
Lion Gardiner. Born in 1599 in Norfolk,
England. Lion died in Easthampton, Suffolk, NY in 1663, he was 64.
Buried in 1663 in Old S. Cemetary, Easthampton, Suffolk, NY.
Occupation: engineer.
Was an Englishman, but an engineer in the service of the Prince
of Orange in the Netherlands, by whom he was engaged to build a
fort at the mouth of the Connecticut River. He landed in Boston
in 1635 and drew a plan for a fort there for his English
countrymen, and then went on to his assignment. He built and
commanded Saybrook Fort and lived there four years, where he and
his dutch wife had two children. In 1639 he bought an island from
the Indians and moved there. He named it Isle of Wight, but it
has long been known as Gardiner's Island. He was lord of the
manor comprising the whole island of 3300 acres. His island was
entirely independent of the rest of the colonies. He made and
enforced the laws. He was the first English planter within the
limits of the present New York State. Ownership of Gardiner's
Island was in the hands of the Gardiner family as of the writing
of the reference, 1967. (Margaret
Wallace)
When Lyon Gardiner came from Saybrooke Fort, to L. I., in 1638,
he was the first settler within the present bounds of
Easthampton, and his settlement of Gardiner's Island in 1639 was
the first English settlement in what is since the State of New
York, being one year anterior to the settlements, at Southold and
Southampton.
Lyon Gardiner wrote in his Bible:
"In the year 1635, July 10, came I, Lion Gardiner, and my
wife, Mary, from Worden, a town in Holland, where my wife was
born, being the daughter of one, Derike Willemson, Deurant, her
mothers name was Hackin, and her aunt, sister of her mother, was
the wife of Wouter Leonardson, old burgomaster. We came from
Worden, to London, and from there to New England, and dwelt at
Saybrooke Fort, 4 years, it is at the mouth of the Connecticut
river, of which I was Commander; and there was born to me a son
named David, 1636, the 29th of April, the first born in that
place, and in 1638, a daughter was born to me, called Mary, the
30th, of August; and then I went to an Island of mine own, which
I bought of the Indians, called by them Mannehonake, by us, the
Isle of Wight, and there was born another daughter, named
Elisabeth, the 14th of September, 1641, she being the first child
of English parents, that was born there.
In 1653, he removed to East Hampton, he died there in 1663, wife
died 1665." (“Welcome to
Long Island Genealogy”)
On 10 Jul 1635 when Lion was 36, he married Merrichjen
Willemson Deurcant, daughter of Dirck Willemson Deurcant (1561-bef
6 Jun 1605) & Haechgen Bastian (abt 1568-), in French Church,
Wordon, Holland.7 Born abt 1601 in Worden, Holland. Merrichjen
Willemson died in E. Hampton, Suffolk, LI, NY in 1665, she was 64.
They had the following children:
i. David (1636-1689)
ii. Mary. Born on 10 Aug 1638 in Saybrook Fort, CT. Mary died in Easthampton, Suffolk, NY on 15 Jun 1727, she was 88. Mary married Jeremiah Conklin. Of East Hampton
iii. Elizabeth. Born on 14 Sep 1641 in Gardiner's Island, NY (Isle of Wright). Elizabeth died in E. Hampton, Suffolk, LI, NY in 2/1657/1658, she was 15. First white child to be born inwhat is now New York State.
Seventh Generation
Family of Lion Gardiner & Merrichjen Willemson Deurcant
David Gardiner. Born on 29 Apr 1636 in Saybrook Fort, CT. David died in Hartford, CT on 10 Jul 1689, he was 53. Educated in London and returned to Gardiner's Island after marriage. Died suddenly while on a business trip to Hartford. His grave stone reads "Well, sick, dead in one hours space." (Margaret Wallace) On 4 Jun 1657 when David was 21, he married Mary Lerringman, in St. Margaret's Church, London, England.7 Born abt 1641. Mary died in 1689, she was 48.
They had the following children:
i. Elizabeth (1658-1690)
ii. David (1662-1732)
iii. John. Born on 10 Apr 1661. John died on 25 Jun 1738, he was 77.
iv. Lyon. Lyon died on 23 Sep 1723.
v. Mary. Born in 1663.
Eighth Generation
Family of David Gardiner & Mary Lerringman
Elizabeth Gardiner. Born in 1658 in Southhold, LI, Suffolk Cty., NY. Elizabeth died in Southhold, LI, Suffolk Cty., NY on 26 Jun 1690, she was 32. In 1677/1678 when Elizabeth was 19, she married James Parshall, son of Jonas Parshall (Pershale) (abt 1590/1595-1660) & Mrs Jonas Parshall (abt 1600-), in E. Hampton, Suffolk, LI, NY. Born abt 1640/1650 in England. James died in Southhold, LI, Suffolk Cty., NY on 15 Sep 1701, he was 61.
They had the following children:
i. David (1683-1725)
ii. Israel (1680-1738)
iii. James. Born in 1677 in Gardiner's Island, NY. James died in Suffolk, NY bef 1692, he was 15.
iv. Benjamin. Born in 1685 in Gardiner's Island, NY. Benjamin died in 1685 in Gardiner's Island, NY.
v. Mary. Born in 1679 in Gardiner's Island, NY.
vi. Margaret. Born in 1687.
David Gardiner. Born in 1662 (1663). David died on 2 Dec 1732, he was 70. Bef 1685 when David was 23, he married Martha Young, in Southhold, LI, Suffolk Cty., NY. Born in 1664. Martha died on 18 Apr 1737, she was 73.
They had one child:
i. Mary (1685-1725)
Ninth Generation
Family of Elizabeth Gardiner & James Parshall
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Created by Elizabeth Finley Frasier
Created July 8, 2000
