Thomas Gardner, of Roxbury

Not the same as Thomas Gardner, "Old Planter" & not the husband of Mary Youngs

Thomas Gardner

• Burial: Nov 1638 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• parents: unknown
• wife: unknown

Children

1. Thomas Gardner (abt 1614 - 1689) married Lucy Smith
2. Peter Gardener (abt 1616 - 1698) married Rebecca Crooke

notes

On 17 April 1635, "Peter Gardner," aged eighteen, was enrolled at London as a passenger for New England on the Elizabeth [Hotten 68].

The tie to father Thomas and his widow, unnamed in records, is based on land owned by the widow then later Peter.[3]

From Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 2:229.:

PETER, Roxbury, prob. br. of sec. Thomas, b. a. 1617, emb. in Apr. 1635, on the Elizabeth, at London, m. 27 May 1646, Rebecca Crooke, d. of Roger of Hammersmith, near London, ....

comments

Do not confuse with Thomas Gardner, Gov of Cape Ann.

• Roberts, Gary Boyd. Ancestors of American Presidents. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009).

Ancestor of John Adams and John Quincy Adams through son Thomas.

• Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926). "Thomas [Gardiner, CT. R.], householder [housekeeper, t. C.], bur. Nov. —, 1638."
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Peter_Gardener_%283%29_
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Gardner_%2867%29_