Jesse Gardner

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Pedigree
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Jesse Gardner, son of William Gardner and Susanna Gardner, was born at Deep River, Guilford Co., North Carolina, 8 September 1789.1,2,3 He died at Jay Co., Indiana, before 29 October 1864, when one of his daughters acknowledged receiving a part of her legacy.4

Jesse married (1) Rhoda Bunker, daughter of Reuben Bunker and Judith Macy, at New Garden, Guilford Co., North Carolina, 25 November 1815;5,6 he married (2), as her 2nd husband, Esther Coffin, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Wayne Co., Indiana, 13 September 1836.7,8

Jesse Gardner was a blacksmith from Guilford County, North Carolina. They were early settlers of Wayne County, Indiana, along with many others from that state. He later moved to Jay County, Indiana.6

Family 1

Rhoda Bunker b. 26 Nov 1789, d. bef. 1836
Children
  • Diana Gardner4,9 b. 1816
  • Eliza Gardner4 b. 1818
  • Susan Gardner4 b. 1824, d. bef. Apr 1864
  • William Gardner+4 b. 21 Sep 1828, d. 10 Jul 1891
  • Obadiah Gardner10 b. 1834, d. bef. 1864

Family 2

Esther Coffin b. 1788, d. bef. 1860
This person was last edited on7 Jan 2025

Citations

  1. [S1156] William Wade Hinshaw and Thomas Worth Marshall, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, six volumes (1938; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 1:780, further cited as Hinshaw and Marshall, Quaker Genealogy.
  2. [S457] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Garden Township, Wayne Co., Indiana, population schedule, sheet #280, dwelling #182, family #182, Jesse Gardner household, age 60, born in North Carolina, a Blacksmith with $1600 in real estate; original data: NARA micropublication M432, Seventh Census of the United States, 1009 rolls, roll #180.
  3. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Penn Township, Jay Co., Indiana, population schedule, sheet #275, dwelling #945, family #957, Benjamin F. Gardner household, age 71, born in North Carolina, a farmer with $1500 in real estate; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #269.
  4. [S1189] Jay County Courthouse, Portland, Indiana, Will records, 1846-1920, A:214, FHL microfilm 1750180, further cited as Jay Co. Wills.
  5. [S1156] Hinshaw and Marshall, Quaker Genealogy, 1:541.
  6. [S23] M. W. Montgomery, History of Jay County (Chicago, Illinois: Church, Goodman & Cushing, 1864), further cited as Montgomery, Jay County.
  7. [S457] 1850 United States Census, New Garden Township, Wayne Co., Indiana, pop. sch., sheet 280, dwelling 182, family 182, Jesse Gardner hshld., age 62, born in North Carolina.
  8. [S1436] Beverly Wynn Yount, Wayne County, Indiana: Marriage Records, 1811-1883 (Richmond, Indiana: p.p., c1965), B:534, further cited as Yount, Wayne Co. Marriage Records.
  9. [S458] 1860 United States Census, Penn Township, Jay Co., Indiana, pop. sched., sheet #274, dwelling #941, family #953, Jesse Wright household, age 44, born in North Carolina.
  10. [S457] 1850 United States Census, New Garden Township, Wayne Co., Indiana, pop. sch., sheet 280, dwelling 182, family 182, Jesse Gardner hshld., age16, born in Indiana.