George Gardner

1600 - 1677  (77 years)

• Name	George Gardner
  Birth	1600  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1677	Newport, RI   [2]
  Person ID	I04000	Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Herodias Long,   b. 1623
  Marriage	Between 1641 and 1645
  Children	1. Benoni Gardner,   b. Between 1640 and 1645, London, England or RI d. Abt 1731 (Age 91 years)   2. Samuel Gardiner,   b. Abt 1645   d. 8 Dec 1696, Swansea, MA (Age 51 years)   3. Henry Gardner,   b. Abt 1645   d. 26 Apr 1744, South Kingstown, RI (Age 99 years)   4. Dorcas Gardner,   b. Abt 1650
  Family ID	F01498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Lydia Ballou
  Marriage	Aft 1664
  Family ID	F05049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018

  
  

• Notes

  It is not know just when and how George Gardner came to America. He first appeared at Portsmouth, RI, in 1638. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck (the island on which Newport is situated) in October of 1639, and was made a freeman of Newport on 17 Dec 1639. On 17 Mar 1641/42 he was chosen Constable & Senior Sergeant of Newport. Shortly after this, George began a close relationship with Herodias (Long) Hicks, wife of John Hicks of MA, RI, and later of Long Island, NY. George & Herodias eventually lived together in a common law marriage, while John Hicks divorced Herodias and moved to Long Island, where he remarried. George & Herodias lived together for over 20 years and had at least seven children together: Benoni, Henry, George William, Nicholas, Dorcas, & Rebecca. However, the couple separated in 1665. Around this time a man named John Porter separated from his wife Margaret, and not long afterwards he married Herodias. George then married Lydia, daughter of Robert Ballou of Portsmouth, RI, and Boston, MA. George & Lydia had five children: Joseph, Robert, Mary, Lydia, & Peregrine. After George's death c.1677, Lydia remarried to William Hawkins of Providence, and had four children with him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S012450] Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 20, "A Line of Descent from John Remington of Jamestown and Warwick", 40. RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 20, "A Line of Descent from John Remington of Jamestown and Warwick," 40. [S012910] G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., L.L.B., F.A.S.G., F.S.A, New England Historical Society Register, Oct 1952, Vol. CVI, p. 309 f; The Parentage of George Gardiner of Newport, R.I. G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., L.L.B., F.A.S.G., F.S.A, "New England Historical Society Register, Oct 1952, Vol. CVI, p. 309 f;."