Notes (02/29/2024)
-- We have been updating
status with regard to news from overseas.
Too, like everyone else, our attention was drawn
to generative
means, not formerly seen. So, we'll have a
multi-pronged set of tasks this year and going
forward. Restructuring
is on the task list.
Notes (03/20/2023)
-- Not at "Square
one" by any means. We will be adjusting the
"What we know?" and the FAQ posts as we go
along.
Notes (03/13/2023)
-- Finally got back to WikiTree. Here is a
summary: New
not old planter. Need to assimilate this
before determining how to adjust our research
goals.
-- Split out material related to Thomas Gardner
and Margaret Fryer
and their sons who were born in Sherbourne,
Dorset, UK.
Note (11/02/2020) -- Added baptism of son, Richard
1622). Grace mentioned in Walter's Will. Added
baptism of son, John (Dec 1624) - need to study
this as the family was supposedly in New England.
Note (10/24/2020) -- The year of Covid19 has been
the reality since March of this year, brought to
full attention due to shutdowns though coverage of
the pandemic started in January. We'll a Gardner's
Beacon issue soon and will continue this theme in our
work.
Note (10/21/2019) -- The Thomas
Gardner Profile on WikiTree will be updated
with respect to origins and departures. This does
not mean that the research need has gone or that
the subject has been closed. We will continue our
work in this and other related areas.
Note (09/25/2018) -- Added in images for the
marriage of Walter Friar and Grace Mullins who are
the parents of Margaret. Too, an image from the
will of Walter Friar shows that he mentions
Margaret, however it was in 1610 which was before
her marriage to Thomas Gardner.
Note (08/01/2018) -- This topic will be studied
further via an effort using WikiTree. See Thomas
Gardner (abt. 1591-1674). The study is under
the auspices of the Puritan Great Migration
project (original
comment).
--- original content from 2014 ----
Early on, during the time of Gov. Lovelace (later
part of the 1600s), Richard and John Gardner went
to see the Gov. in New York (NY). At the time,
Nantucket was under NY rule. The two Gardners
brought back instructions for Nantucket: Richard
was to be in charge; the (main) town was to be
called Sherborne.1
Later, Nantucket removed itself from NY control
and took Massachusetts as its overlord. The
Sherborne town had that name until sometime in the
early-1800s.
In the late 1890s, Hinchman's book about Nantucket
and its people mentioned that there was a strong
tradition on the island about the origins of the
Gardner family.2
In the book, too, there was a listing of the many
stories that have been told about the Gardner
origins. There have been many authors who
mentioned that John had commented about Sherborne
being the place whence came his parents. John and
his brother convinced Gov Lovelace of such.1
In his 1907 book, Dr.
Frank mentions the Sherborne tradition in
his writeup about one son, Richard.3
In 1933, Dr. Frank did not add to the information
but neither did he retract it. What did he know?
One has to ask, why was this issue not resolved?
The Great Migration team postulated in a manner
that has arguable
points.
---
In 2014, Chimper Cook found records posted on-line
from
Sherborne, Dorset. In these, there are
baptismal records, marriage records, Wills and
more.
Briefly, a marriage record for Thomas Gardner and
Margaret Frier is at Sherborne. Too, baptismal
records for boys with the right names are found.
The records for baptisms for the family stop which
could indicate that the family moved.
The passenger listing for the Zouche
Phoenix said that Thomas and his family
(wife, George, Richard, Joseph) may have been from
Martock, Somerset which is a stone's throw from
Sherborne, Dorset.
---
We now have an active project looking at this
subject. We will start with Sherborne records and
branch to other areas, as necessary. Too, we will
collect the sum total of the tales presented over
the years; along with this survey will be taking
notice of the plethora of sites that deal with
this family.
The below table shows snapshots from related books
and from the Sherborne records, in chronological
order. |
