This page contains an ahnentafel chart for the grandfather of Dr. Frank A. Gardner (author of the Gardner books). It can be considered as an early look at requirements for showing descendancy from Thomas Gardner of Salem. Currently, a fully sourced version of the ahnentafel is under construction and approaching completion. As one would expect, there are format, and other, issues to settle.
As well, a table provides a comparison of the persons in the books of Dr. Frank A. Gardner. All persons are marked with their number. The table resulted from a free evening where I had both books in hand. It is a brief sketch that will be reformatted as we work the process for descendant identification and verification.
Ahnentafel for son of Benjamin Brown Gardner (#345, in the table, sourced)
1. Gardner Son2. Benjamin Brown Gardner (b. Salem 23 Apr 1801, m. Salem 28 Dec 1823, d. Salem 15 Jul 1845)
3. Lucy Foster Wilson (b. Salem 16 Mar 1806, ..., d. 6 Oct 1863)
4. Jonathan Gardner (bp. Salem 29 Jul 1773, m. Salem 09 Oct 1796, d. Salem 25 Nov 1839)
5. Rachel Brown (b. Salem 04 Sep 1775, ..., d. Salem 25 Apr 1876)
6-7. ... family of #3 ...
8. Simon Stacey Gardner (bp. Salem 24 Jul 1743, m. Salem 18 Nov 1764, d. Salem bf Feb 1787)9. Rebecca Knapp (b. Salem 18 Jul 1746, ..., d. Salem Feb 1787)
10 - 15. ... family of #5, #3 ...
16. Abel Gardner (bp. Salem 10 May 1713, m. ___ 16 Aug 1734, d. Salem bf Jan 1757)17. Priscilla Stacey (bp. Salem 20 Jun 1722, ..., ...)
18 - 31. ... family of #9, #5, #3 ...
32. Abel Gardner (b. Salem 1 Sep 1673, m. Salem abt 1694, d. Salem 10 Nov 1739)33. Sarah Porter (b. Salem 24 Aug 1675, ..., d. Salem 24 Sep 1729)
34 - 53. ... family of #17, #9, #5, #3 ...
64. Samuel Gardner (b. Salem abt 1627, m. Salem __, d. Salem abt Oct 1689)65. Mary White (b. England __, ..., d. Salem 12 Jul 1675)
66 - 127. ... family of #33, #17, #9, #5, #3 ...
128. Thomas Gardner (b. England abt 1592, m. England abt 1614, d. Salem 29 Dec 1674)
129. Margaret Fryer (b. England __, ..., d. Salem __)
Note: This ahnentafel will be fully sourced in a coming article (Gardner's Annals, TEG Vol 35, No 1)