Richard Gardner

• BORN, ca. 1619, Surrey, England
• MARRIED Anna Rolfe (ca. 1626-1678) (her second marriage)

October 18, 1651, Mass.
• CHILDREN:

John, b. 8/14/1652;  d. before 1697
 Hannah  (1654-1690)
Benjamin, b. Dec. 26, 1956;  d. before 1697
Henry, b. Feb. 12, 1658; m. (1) Elizabeth Lane (5 children); (2) Hannah Nelson; d. Feb. 20, 1713
Hester, b. Oct. 15, 1659; m. William Johnson; d. Dec. 27, 1707
Abigail, m.  (1) James Thompson 1687; (2) Capt. Edward Johnson
Ruth, b. April 1, 1661; d. Oct. 17, 1695
Rebecca, b. ca. 1667; m. (1686) Samuel Whitmore; d. June 5, 1709
Mehitable, m. James Connett
• DIED, May 29, 1698, buried in Woburn, Mass.

NOTES: See notes on Anna Rolfe.  He must have come to New England in the same general wave of immigration as she, but we would need to know where his father died (in 1638) to know whether he came as a child in a family (as she did), or as a young adult seeking his fortune.  My guess is the former, as he seems to be quite well off by the time he gets married; he agreed to pay 108 pounds to the two daughters of her first marriage, an amount that would have equalled the Rolfe assets over the previous 100 years!

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