The Ancestry of Richard Gardiner, Jr.
Including a Civil War Soldier, a Revolutionary War Soldier, three Passengers aboard the Mayflower, and a Bunch of Royals
*1. The Reverend Doctor Richard Gardiner, Jr., born 9 September, 1963, Takoma Park, Maryland. Teacher at the University Lake School in Hartland, Wisconsin, 1995-2000. Ordained 2001. Became pastor of the Huntingdon, PA, Presbyterian Church. Teacher at Catholic Central High School 2005-2009. Professor at Columbus State University, 2009-2019. English Pastor at Rock Presbyterian Church, 2010-2020. Teacher at the Heritage School, 2019-. He is the son of...
*2. Donna Lorena Wertz, born 11 January 1938, Washington D.C.; married Richard Gardiner, son of Samuel Lewis III and Helena (Donaldson) Gardiner of Washington, D.C. She was the daughter of...
*3. Vernon Hart Wertz, born 20 January, 1906, Star, Nebraska; emigrated to Washington, D.C. upon the recommendation of William Jennings Bryan; married Ruth Cole, daughter of Harold and Lorena (Churchill) Cole, 4 April 1931. Died 17 July, 1982, Silver Spring, Maryland; he was a lifelong employee of the Internal Revenue Service, a Boy Scout leader, and a mineral enthusiast. He was the son of...
*4. Etta Blanche Hart, born 12 December, 1885, Castalia, South Dakota; married Floyd Everett Wertz, 1 May 1905 in O'Neill, Nebraska; died 9 September, 1968 in Osceola, Iowa. Donna Wertz (2) spent many of her younger days on Etta's farm in Nebraska. She was the daughter of...
5. Josephine Hart, born 13 February 1865 in New Auburn, Minnesota; married 30 January, 1884, in Ethan, South Dakota, Daniel Adelbert Hart, son of George and Elizabeth (Simons) Hart; died 5 July, 1946 in Page, Nebraska (sources: see Page News, 9 July 1943. Many first-hand letters, documents, and primary sources are currently in the collection of Mrs. Bonnie Wynne of 58 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta, ME 04543-4000). Josephine was the daughter of...
6. The Rev. William Fowler Hart, born 2 May, 1834 in Hartsville, New York. Married 1 October 1863, Elizabeth Susanna Miller, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Neall) Miller, in Marquette, Michigan. Attended Alfred Methodist Seminary in Allegany County, New York. Became a Circuit Rider for the Methodist Episcopal Church. Enlisted in the Union Army (1st Minnesota H. Artillery Battery) in the last days of the American Civil War; died 15 December, 1903 in Ethan, South Dakota (sources: see William Fowler Hart, Autobiography [Manuscript in the collection of Bonnie Wynne of 58 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta, ME 04543-4000]). He was the son of...
7. William Fowler Hart, born 1813 in Saratoga County, New York; first migrated to Steuben County with his brothers (Hartsville, New York, was named for his brother, Charles Nelson Hart); migrated to Ohio and Michigan in the 1840's leaving his son in Steuben County, New York, with his sister, Sarah (Hart) Hinkley, and his mother, Sarah (Powell) Hart. Died 28 May, 1883 in Calhoun County, Michigan (sources: see Biographical Review of Calhoun County, Michigan, Chicago: Hobart & Mather, 1904, p. 607; also 1850 and 1855 census of Steuben County, New York). He was the son of...
8. Reuben Hart, born 23 May, 1775 in Stillwater, New York; married 12 October, 1798 Sarah Powell, daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Frost) Powell; he was one of the first settlers of Steuben County, New York; he died 12 September, 1840 in Hartsville, New York, which was named for him and his son, Charles (source: see James Morrison Hart, Genealogical History of Samuell Hart [compiled, arranged and published by James M. Hart; Pasadena, Calif., 1903]).
9. Jeremiah Hart, was born 5 April 1746 at Little Compton, Rhode Island. He was the ninth of 10 children born to Richard Hart and Mary Taber. As a young man he went with his brothers, Richard and Philip, to Dutchess Co., NY where they bought land in the Nine Partners Patent, not Washington Township, about 15 miles east of Poughkeepsie. The brothers developed a large farm and built the first grist mill in the area. The Hartford Turnpike, a major road from Hartford, Conn. to Poughkeepsie, went past their farm. Shortly after 1770 a number of families from Dartmouth, Mass. and Little Compton, RI settled nearby. The area became known as Hart's Village or Hartsville, now the town of Millbrook, New York.
About 1768 Jeremiah married Abigail Pearsall who was born 10 Oct. 1750. We do now know with certainty who her parents were but most likely she was the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Pearsall of Clinton, Dutchess County, New York. Jeremiah and Abigail lived for a time in Hart's Village where their first children were born. About the time the Revolutionary War began, Jeremiah and his brother Richard, who was a clothier, left Dutchess Co. for Albany NY. We don't know whern Jeremiah first saw Saratoga Lake and decided to settle his family there, but we do know that he was in the Stillwater area by 1777 when he joined the Albany Militia 13th Regiment, Saratoga District. He served under Col. Cornelius Van Veghten as a scout, and a private in Capt. Ephraim Woodworth's Company 4. In those days each Captain recruited his own company of local men, so it seems logical that Jeremiah was already living in the Stillwater area by 1777. Capt. Woodworth was a weaver by trade whose home was in Stillwater.
At the close of the war, Jeremiah sold his share of the Dutchess Co. farm to his brother Philip on 7 January 1783. He built his first log house on the banks of the southeast side of Saratoga Lake in the Stillwater area of Albany Co, NY. This became part of Saratoga Co. in 1791 when that county formed. Jeremiah cleared his land and farmed on the property which was located a few miles west of the site of the Battle of Saratoga, scene of the American victory over Gen Burgoyne in 1777. A National Historical Park commemorates that spot today.
On the farm, Jeremiah and Abigail raised their family of 5 sons and 3 daughters. The order of birth is uncertain, but the eldest son seems to have been born in 1769. The Harts were Methodists and early members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of the East Line (Stillwater) when it was incorporated in March 1800. Jeremiah was an officer in the church. It may be that this church changed its name to Ketcham Corner Methodist Church since the Harts were listed as members of that church in 1813. Their farm was located near Ketcham Corner.
Only sons John and Jeremiah Jr. remained in the Stillwater area permanently. Jeremiah Jr. inherited the family homestead and John lived on a farm close by. Stephen left for Pinckney, Lewis Co, NY by 1806, Philip went to Charleston township in Saratoga County, and Reuben moved to Steuben Co, NY about 1829. Two of the daughters, Hannah and Phebe, went to live in Sandusky, Ohio.
In his will written 8 March 1806 and probated in Stillwater on 23 Jan 1823, Jeremiah left the family farm to Jeremiah Jr. after the death of Abigail and with the provision that he pay Stephen $1100. John and Philip were to receive $2 each (they may have been given an inheritance early). Reuben was to have the farm on which he then lived. Phebe and Sarah were each given 1 cow and 10 sheep. They and Hannah were to divide the household furniture after the death of their mother (Saratoga Co Will Book #6, p. 1).
Jeremiah died in his log house beside Saratoga Lake on 4 July 1822. His wife Abigail passed away 3 Feb 1826. Both were buried in the Hart Cemetery, also called the Old Methodist Cemetery. Their tombstones were still in remarkably good condition when Malene Munson visited Stillwater in 1982. The small graveyard is located on County RD 7D, a short distance east of Saratoga Lake. (source: jwthomas@erols.com ). Jeremiah was the son of...
10. Mary Taber was born 21 March 1707 Dartmouth, Massachusetts, daughter of John Taber and Susannah Manchester; and died in Nov, 1760; married 4 Feb 1725 at Tiverton, Rhode Island, Captain RICHARD HART who was born 22 Dec 1704 at Little Compton, Rhode Island, the eldest son of Richard Hart and Hannah Williams. Richard married 2nd, 18 Oct 1761, the widow, Abigail (LAKE) TABER at Tiverton. Abigail was born 13 May 1713, Tiverton, daughter of Thomas Lake and Lydia Fisher. She married 1st John Taber on 8 May 1731. Abigail died 29 Aug 1799 at Little Compton.
Richard was called Captain for his position in the local militia during the Indian Wars. He was a farmer in Little Compton most of his life. He died at his farm 22 July 1793 at the age of 88 years.
The Baptist minister at Little Compton, Peleg Burroughs, described Richard's death and funeral in a journal--"July 21, visited old Richard Hart, sick." "July 23, Yesterday---visited old Father Hart, supposed to be dying. Sat with him near 2 hours; came home and returned about 8 o'clock when he had been dead 4 or 5 minutes; exhorted his widow." "July 25, Yesterday afore noon noed; afternoon preached to a great assembly in an orchard at the funeral of Richard Hart (age 92) on 1 John 5: 20, Heb. 13:8, Gen.: (The last Bible verse in Genesis which says), "And though shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in good old age."
Richard and Mary had 10 children born in Little Compton, RI. Mary was the daughter of...
11. John Taber, was born 18 July 1684 at Dartmouth, Massachusetts and married @ 1706, Susanna Manchester who was born in 1686; died 28 August 1727 Dartmouth, Massachusetts (source: See Ralph V. Wood, Jr. Francis Cooke of the Mayflower [Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1996], p. 360). He was the son of...
12. Mary Cooke, was born 12 January 1657, at Plymouth, Massachusetts; married @ 1673 at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Philip Taber; died 1694 at Dartmouth, Massachusetts (source: ibid.) Mary was the daughter of...
13. Sarah Warren, born 1614 in England; married John Cooke 28 March 1634 in Plymouth, Massachusetts; John Cooke was born between January and March 1607/8 and was, with his father, Francis Cooke, a passenger aboard the ship, Mayflower, in 1620. John was excommunicated from the Plymouth church ca. 1657, for holding Baptist opinions. He became a Baptist preacher and about 1680 established a Baptist church in what is now Tiverton, near Adamsville, Rhode Island. This was the beginning of the society which has included members of the Wilcox and allied families since its founding and which has worshipped in the Old Stone Church since it was built in 1841. In 1664 he was granted 15 acres of land near Dartmouth and he had other significant land dealings in the area, owning 3/34 of the original grant. Sometime between 1653 and 1660, he moved to that part of Dartmouth now known as Oxford Village, Fairhaven. In 1672, the town of Dartmouth gave him Ram (now Pope's) Island in recompense for former services. In 1666 he was a deputy for Dartmouth. John was one of the advisers for the defense of Dartmouth against the Indians. He became a magistrate for Dartmouth authorized to marry, to administer oaths, and to issue warrants for cour trials at Plymouth. He served the town several years as a selectman and was ten times a representative to the General Court. He was one of the owners of the first vessels built in Plymouth. He was a constant trader in lands at Plymouth and Dartmouth and owned lands at Puncatest.
Prior to the Indian uprising (King Phillip's War) in 1675 he converted his home into a garrison house. This was the haven of safety of the inhabitants in the early spring of 1676. His home was later burned by the Native Americans.
John Cooke was the last surviving male passenger of the Mayflower. John died 23 Nov 1695, having lived through the entire life of the Plymouth Colony. He died 15 July 1696 Dartmouth, Massachusetts (source: ibid.) Sarah was the daughter of...
14. Richard Warren, a passenger aboard the Mayflower in 1620, he was formerly a merchant in London, England who joined the Pilgrims at Southampton and became the twelfth signer of the Mayflower Compact . Although William Bradford in his "decreasings and increasings" gives Richard Warren the honorific title "Mr.", he does not mention him at all in the text of his history of Plymouth Plantation , and very little is known about him except for a few brief mentions elsewhere. Bradford says of him, "Grave Richard Warren, a man of integrity, justice and uprightness, of piety and serious religion, a useful citizen, bearing a deep share of the difficulties and troubles of the plantation."
In Mourt's Relation Edward Winslow lists ten men on an early expedition at Cape Cod, including Richard Warren, who were from London. He was "a useful instrument; bore a deep share in the difficulties and troubles of settlement," according to Nathaniel Morton in his New England's Memorial. Judging from land transactions of his widow, Elizabeth, the family appears to have been one of the wealthier ones at Plymouth. In the division of cattle in 1627 shares were given to him, to his wife Elizabeth, and to their children.
Richard Warren was probably born in England between 1580 and 1590 and died in Plymouth in 1628. He was the son of...
15. Christopher Warren, of Headborough; married Alice, daughter of Thomas Webb fo Sidham in Devonshire (source: see Elizabeth Leach Rixford, Families Directly Descended from all the Royal Families in Europe [Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Printing, 1932], p. 141). He was the son of...
16. William Warren, of Headborough; married Anne, daughter of Thomas Mablie of Calstocke in Cornwall (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
17. Christopher Warren, of Headborough; married Margaret Leigh (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
18. John Warren, of Headborough, was of the parish of Ashbutton, in Devonshire (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
19. John Warren, married Elizabeth; died 1525 (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
20. William Warren, seated at Caunton in Nottinghamshire; died May 1496 (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
21. Sir Lawrence Warren, of Poynton; married Isabel, daughter of Robert Leigh (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
22. John Warren, married Isabel, daughter of Sir John Stanley (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
23. Sir Lawrence Warren, married Margery, daughter of Hugh Bulkeley of Ware, in Shropshire, the ancestor of the Bulkeleys of New England (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
24. Sir John Warren, married Agnes, daughter of Richard de Wynnington, Knt. (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
25. Sir Edward Warren, married Cicely, daughter of Nicholas de Eaton, Knt. (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
26. Sir Edward Warren, married Maud, daughter of Richard de Skeyton (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
27. John Warren, married Joan, daughter of Sir Hugh de Port, Knt. (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
28. Sir John Warren, married Alice, daughter of Roger Townsend, Esq. (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
29. William Warren, married Isabel, daughter of William Heydon, Knt. (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
30. Reginald Warren, married Adelia, daughter of Roger de Mowbray (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
31. William de Warren, married Isabel de Vermandois (source: ibid.) He was the son of...
32. Princess Gundred, married William de Warren, first Earl of Warren and Surrey (source: ibid.) She was the daughter of...
33. William the Conquerer descendant of Charlemagne
*=first-hand source knowledge