Reverend Andrew Gardner, Jr.

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Reverend Andrew Gardner, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: October 25, 1704 (30)
Lancaster, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Shot by a soldier, who mistook him for an Indian.)
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain Andrew Gardner, Sr.; Sarah Gardner and Sara Mason
Husband of Mary Prentice
Brother of Sarah Seaver; Ester Gardner; Lucy Gardner; Abigail Gardner; Thomas Gardner and 7 others

Occupation: Harvard, 1696
Managed by: Jessica Marie German
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About Reverend Andrew Gardner, Jr.

Note: Andrew was a graduate of Harvard. he began preaching in Lancaster in May 1701 and was soon to be ordained when he was shot by mistaking him for the Enemy. "In the dusk of evening, a sentinel heard the approach of a man in the bushes, and ordered him to stand. He made no reply. After repeating the command without effect, he fired his musket, and upon examination found that he had killed his minister." The sentinel was not reproved. (Wilder 13)


Andrew GARDNER Birth 15 Sep 1674 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Death 25 Oct 1704 in Soldier, Carter, Kentucky, United States

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Reverend Andrew Gardner, Jr.'s Timeline

1674
August 15, 1674
Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
September 15, 1674
Brookline, MA, United States
1704
October 25, 1704
Age 30
Lancaster, Province of Massachusetts Bay