Sarah Chandler Gardiner

• BIRTH 19 Nov 1676
• DEATH 3 Jul 1711 (aged 34)
• BURIAL South End Cemetery, East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 33956630 Children Info from: AAndrewsRF, Info from: Richard H. L. Chichester, III

Sarah Chandler 1st married William Coit, New London, Conn. He was born 25 Jan. 1675; d. 7 May, 1703, at New London, a. 27. He was son of Dea. Joseph and Martha (Harris) Coit, of New London, a brother of her sister Mehitable's husband, and grandson of John Coit, the ship carpenter, New London.

She 2nd married 2 Sept. 1708, John Gardiner, the third proprietor of Gardiner's Island, as his second wife. He was bom 19 April, 1661; d. 25 June, 1738, a. 78 years, at Groton, while on a visit there. His death was caused by falling from his horse. He was buried at New London. Mrs. Sarah Chandler Coit Gardiner d. 3 July, 1711, in her 35th year. [2]

"A Spanish pirate went into Gardiner's Island on the 2d inst. and broke open the house of Mr. Gardiner, proprietor of the Island, and rifled the house. [3]

Inscription
second wife of John Gardiner, Third Proprietor of the Isle of Wight

Parents
John Chandler 1634–1703
Elizabeth Douglass Chandler 1641–1705

Spouses
William Coite 1675–1703
John Gardiner 1661–1738

Siblings
John Chandler 1659–1659
John Chandler 1665–1743
Joseph Chandler 1667–1668
Hannah Chandler Draper 1669–1692
Mehetabel Chandler Coit 1673–1758
Joseph Chandler 1683–1749

Children
Daniel Coit, Esq. 25 Oct. 1698 -19 Jul 1773
Elizabeth Coit, b. Dec. 1700; d. young,
William Coit, b. Jau. 1702; d. young.
Jonathan Gardiner 1711–1735 lost at sea.
Sarah Gardiner Treat 1710-1744.

Descendant Details

The children of Sarah Chandler were:
i. Daniel Coit, Esq., b. 25 Oct. 1698; m. first, 9 May, 1721, Lydia Christophers, dan. of Richard Christophers, Esq., of New London, son of Christopher Christophers. She d. 22 Jan. 1741, leaving one child. He was town clerk of New London from 1736 to 1773, except 1751. He was an active business man. Miss Caulkins says, "His male descendants are gone from New London. A rough stone covers the remains of Daniel Coit, Esq., a man of great note in the affairs of the town for nearly fifty years." He m. second, 21 Jan. 1742, Mehitable Hooker, of Hartford, dau. of Samuel Hooker, of Farmington, by his wife Mehitable. She died 17 Nov. 1763. He m. third, 16 Dec. 1764, Elizabeth Jeffrey, of Groton, dau. of Capt. Jonathan Starr, of Groton, by his wife Elizabeth Morgan. The records of New London say: "The above Daniel Coit was on the 2d day of February last attacked with a Violent Cold, which brot on a Consumption in which he languished till the 19 of July, 1773, when he Expired without agony at about two of the clock in the morning." Eight children.
ii. Elizabeth Coit, b. Dec. 1700; d. young,
iii. William Coit, b. Jau. 1702; d. young.

By her second husband Sarah Chandler had two children:

• iv Jonathan Gardiner. Dr. Jonathan Gardiner built a trading vessel and went to sea and all on board were lost. Married Mary Adams, dau. of Rev. Eliphalet Adams by his wife Lydia, dau. of Alex Pygan.

1. John Gardiner, b. 7 Oct., 1734; m. Sarah Palmes and had Sarah Gardiner; m. Jeremiah Gates Brainard; parents of the poet John Gardiner Calkins Brainard; was b. 21 Oct., 1790, in New London, Conn.

• v Sarah Gardiner, b. 28 Feb., 1686; m 1727 Charles Treat, son of Thomas Treat by his wife Dorothy, dau. of Rev. Gershom Buckley, son of Peter Buckley of Concord, Mass. Rev. Charles Treat relinquished the ministry and gave his attention to agriculture. (Note: Unsure Birthdate is correct as it is before Sarah's first children's birthdates. D. Glenn) [2]

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33956630/sarah-gardiner

[2] The Chandler Family: The Descendants of William and Annis Chandler who Settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637; pg. 56-57; Press of C. Hamilton, 1883.

[3] The Boston Weekly News Letter of 19 Sept., 1728, [See 114]

[4] Link:https://books.google.com/books?id=h2JmAAAAMAAJ&dq=decendents%20of%2...

Additional Data

SARAH CHANDLER (John, William) and William Coit, New London, Conn. He was born 25 Jan., 1675; d. 7 May, 1703, at New London, a. 27. He was son of Dea. Joseph and Martha (Harris) Coit of New London, a brother of her sister, Mehitable's husband, and grandson of John Coit, the ship carpenter, New London.

She m. second, 2 Sept., 1708, John Gardiner, the third proprietor of Gardiner's Island, as his second wife. He was born 1 April, 1661; d. 25 June, 1738, a. 78 years, at Groton, while on a visit there. His death was caused by falling from his horse. He was buried at New London.