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Sarah Gardner (Slaughter)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Upper Slaughter Manor, Slaughter Hundred, Gloucestershire, England
Death: 1637 (32-33)
North Atlantic Ocean (Died at sea)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Slaughter and Elinor
Wife of George Gardiner
Mother of Samuel Gardner; Edward Gardner; Robert Gardner and Benoni Gardiner

Managed by: Evelyn Kropp
Last Updated:

About Sarah Gardner

Not proven that her husband, George Gardiner, was the same person as George Gardiner


George Gardiner married Sarah Slaughter at St. James Church, Clerkenwell, London on March 28, 1630. (see full text under Sources for Sarah Slaughter).

George Gardiner, 5th son and youngest child of Rev. Michael and Margaret Browne, was baptized in Holy Cross Church, Greenford Magna, County Middlesex, England, Feb. 15, 1599 O.S. (Feb. 26, 1600 N.S.). The record of his baptism is found in the ancient register of the Church. As it was customary in England in those days to baptize children almost immediately after birth, and as his father was Rector of Holy Cross Church, it is probable that he was born only a day or two before his baptism.

He married, first, at St. James’ Parish Church, Clerkenwell, London, March 29, 1630, Sarah Slaughter, who was probably of the ancient family of Slaughter Manor in the One Hundred of Slaughter, County Gloucester. A certified copy of marriage of George Gardiner and Sarah Slaughter reads:

Marriage solemnized at St. James’ Parish Church, in the Parish of Clerkenwell, London, in the County of Middlesex, March 29, 1630, George Gardiner, Sarah Slaughter (Licensed from Mr. Hunt’s office, 28th March, 1630, married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the established Church. I, Osmond Andrew Archer, of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, in the County of London, do hereby certify that this is a true copy of the Entry in the Register Book of Marriages of the said church. Witness my hand this 21st day of February, 1927. (Signed) Osmond Andrew Archer, Curate of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, London, E.C.I.

Note: Research shows that two children were born to this couple: Edward Gardner, born about 1631, London, Middlesex, England, died 1637. Robert Gardner born about 1633 London, Middlesex, England, died 1637. Researched by Reva F. Hansen. Information from the Wyoming Historical and Genealogical Society, Wilkes Barre, PA.

Known: Sarah Slaughter m. George Gardiner, son of Rev. Michael Gardiner

Unproven: George Gardiner, partner of Herodias Long, is the son of Rev. Michael Gardiner Unproven: Sarah and two sons died on the Fellowship during passage Unproven: Benoni is the son of Sarah, he may be the son of Herodias.

Sarra/Sarah Slaughter died at sea on her way to America. Two of three sons with George Gardner died also.

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Sarah Gardner's Timeline

1604
1604
Upper Slaughter Manor, Slaughter Hundred, Gloucestershire, England
1625
1625
Probably England
1631
1631
London, Middlesex, England
1637
1637
Age 33
North Atlantic Ocean
1644
1644
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, Colonial America
1671
May 1671
Newport, Rhode Island
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