1705,  he  and  wife  Abigail,  sold  to  Henry  Gardner  250  acres  of  land

that  had  belonged  to  wife's  father,  bounded  west  by ,  south  on

Thomas  Mumford,  north  on  said  Henry  Gardner  and  part  by  William
Gardner,  Sr.,  and  fresh  meadows.  This  is  the  land  in  Moorsfield  a  part
of  which  is  still  occupied  by  descendants  of  Henry  Gardner.
He  united  the  calling  of  Lawyer  and  farmer,  which  blending  of  the
industrial  and  intellectual  was  common  in  colonial  days.  In  the  exercise
of  his  profession  he  had  acquired  considerable  wealth  and  was  the  owner
of  much  real  estate,  which  included  land  on  Boston  Neck,  and  extended
farther  toward  the  west.  Among  the  bequests  of  his  will  was  a  farm  of
one  thouand  acres  left  jointly  to  three  of  his  grandsons.
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He  was  the  father  of  seven  children,  six  of  whom  grew  into  posi-
tions of  influence.  Indeed,  the  Gardner  family  as  a  whole,  attained  a
degree  of  prosperity  rare  in  these  olden  times.  One  of  them  rejoiced
in  the  name  of  "four  chimney  Amos."  And  this  at  a  day  when  one
chimney  was  a  cause  for  great  thanksgiving,  may  be  supposed  to  imply
the  influence  of  its  possessor.
After  his  death  his  widow  married  Col.  Job  Almy,  of  Newport,  Sept.
3,  1740.  She  died  Feb.  6,  1763,  in  her  83rd  year,  and  is  buried  in  the
Episcopal  churchyard  on  Tower  Hill.  The  records  read  she  was  a  pleas-
ant tempered  woman  and  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.
Will  of  William  Gardner.
