Display Patriot - P-164011 - Benjamin GARDNER

Benjamin GARDNER

SAR Patriot #: P-164011

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State of Service: NY      Qualifying Service: Sergeant
DAR #: A043640

Birth: 13 Sep 1760 Exeter / Washington / RI
Death: 01 Mar 1840 Russellville / Brown / OH

Qualifying Service Description:

Sgt in Capts Van Santvoort, Dennison, Turner, Schermerhorn's Companies, 4th Regiment, New York Militia


Additional References:
  1. Rev War Pension *SR3911
  2. Roberts, New York in the Revolution pg 104,105

Spouse: (1) XX XX; (2) Lucy Hanks
Children: Benjamin; Abraham; Matthew; Lucy; Seth; Simeon;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1956-10-30 OH Unassigned Bruce Emerson Lindsey (81502) Matthew   
2008-10-01 NJ 33028 James Barry Gardner (172592) Benjamin   
2015-07-08 CO 64826 Brent Gordon Lounsbury (195386) Simeon   
2024-04-26 OH 111390 Timothy Allan Oberschlake (229849) Matthew   
Burial:
Gardner Cemetery (C-0133362)
Location:
Russellville / Brown / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2297725
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
34838079
Marker Type:

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Author: Dr. Michael Bernard Gunn

GARDNER, BENJAMIN, (Brown County)          [38.83302 -83.78843]

Born September 13, 1760 at Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, a son of Benjamin Gardner and Elizabeth Olin Gardner.  He entered Revolutionary War service at about 17 years of age. He served as Private in 1778 under Capts. Van Santvoort, Dennison, Turner and Schermerhorn.  He was a Sergeant in 1779, a member of Captain James Denison's Company, Col. John Beekman's 4th Regiment of the N.Y. Militia.  He married 1) Unknown, 2) Lucy Hanks/Hawks (1761-1846) in 1784 at Connecticut.  Children: Charlotte, Phineas, Simeon, Rodman, Clarissa, Matthew, Lucy, Benjamin b. 1804, Abraham and Seth. Served in War 1812; pioneer minister of "New Light" Church.  He died March 1, 1840 at Russellville and was buried at Family Gardner Cemetery on a farm south of Russellville, OH. There is a Veterans Administration marker for the grave by the Taliaferro Chap.  He received a Revolutionary War Pension at #SR3911 in 1833 for his service.  References: Roberts: NY in the Revolution, Pg 104, 105.  Hist of Brown County by Beers & Co., 1883, pg. 101; Mrs. C. A. Lieberman. NSDAR Natl No 100924 and 78130, Vol 101, p 286, D. A. R. Lineage Book. 12th-19th Annual Reports DAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.  SAR Ancestor # P-164011. Has an old VA tombstone and a broken stone sarcophagus.

Cemetery number #-2297725.    Find-a-Grave Memorial #-34838079.

 


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