250 Gardner. 



Ch., b. in Hing., as foil. : — 



i. Joshua, Nov. 10, 1760, d. 18 May, 1762. 



ii. Mary, Aug. 4, 1762. m. Aug. 29, 1782, Humphrey Burrell of Ab'n. 



iii. Lucretia, Nov. 23, 1764. m. Nov. 6, 1783, Abiel Damon of Ab'n. 



iv. Joshua, Apr. 30, 1767. 



v. Seth, 1770. Settled at Han. Was m., and had issue, 



vi. Hannah, March 2, 1773. 



29. Benjamin 4 (Benjamin 8 " 2 John 1 ), b. in Hing. Apr. 5, 1729. m. 

 Nov. 24, 1748, Rachel, dau. of Ezekiel Smith. Resided on Main St., 

 " Liberty Plain," So. Hing. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Catherine, . m. Jan. 8, 1770, Thomas Pool of Wey. 



ii. Ezekiel, Dec. 15, 1751, d. soon. 



iii. Ezekiel, July 1, 1753. 



iv. Caswell, Nov. 19, 1755. 



v. Bela, Feb. 18, 1758. 



vi. Jacob, Nov. 3, 1761. 



vii. Leah, Aug. 5, 1770. m. French, and d. at Ab'n (or Bridgewater) 20 



Aug. 1860, aet. 90 yrs. 



30. Robert 4 (Robert 8 Benjamin 2 John 1 ), b. in Hing. Oct. 23, 1733. 

 m ., for his first w. Sarah Mann, prob. dau. of Benjamin and Martha 

 (Curtis) Mann of Han. ; and secondly, July 5, 1764, Rachel Wilder, 

 dau. of Theophilus and Mary (Hersey) Wilder. She was b. in Hing. 

 June 23, 1734, and d. 15 May, 1805, aet. 71st yr. He d. 19 Sept. 1814, 

 set. 81st yr. " Shoemaker," and " weaver." Constable in 1770, and 

 1773. Resided at So. Hing. The foil, lines are inscribed upon a 

 gravestone erected to the memory of Mrs. Rachel Gardner in the 

 High St. Cemetery, viz. : — 



" Adieu my friends & do not weep for me, 

 I was in bed asleep as you may be, 

 But death did come & give the fatal stroke 

 & in this world I never more awoke." 



Child, b. in Hing., by w. Sarah, — 



i. George, Sept. 29, 1757. 



Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Rachel, — 



ii. Sarah, Aug. 5, 1765. m. Oct. 25, 1792, Zechariah Markquand of Braintree. 

 iii. Eunice, Aug. 2, 1767. m. June 12, 1791, Levi Humphrey of Milton. 



31. Samuel 6 (Samuel *-" Francis 2 John *), b. in Hing. Aug. 5, 1745. 

 m. first, Jan. 6, 1774, Alathea Oakman, dau. of Tobias and Lydia 

 (Briggs) Oakman of Mf'd. She d. in Hing. 29 Jan. 1788, aet. 34 yrs. 

 He m. secondly, Aug. 23, 1789, Chloe Whiton, dau. of Enoch and 

 Joanna (Whiton) Whiton. She d. 20 Sept. 1833, aet. 75th yr. He 

 d. 24 Dec. 1831, aet. 86 yrs. " Farmer." Constable in 1776. Resided 

 at " Liberty Plain," So. Hing. 



Ch., b. in Hing., by w. Alathea, were — 



39. i. Samuel, Nov. 6, 1774. 



ii. Peleg, Oct. 15, 1776, d. 10 Sept. 1845, aet. 69th yr. 



iii. Christiana, Aug. 14, 1778. m. Sept. 6, 1807, Nathaniel Wilson of 

 Castine, Me. 



40. iv. Jesse, Dec. 15, 1780. 



