HENRY  GARDNER  (2).
George   (1).
Henry  Gardner,  son  of  George  and  Herodias  (Hicks)  Gardner,  died
1744.  He  married  (1)  Joan.  No  children.  Married  (2)  Abigail,  widow
of  John  Remington  and  daughter  of  Edward  and  Abigail  (Davis)  Rich-
mond.    She  was  born  1656  and  died  1744.
Their  children  were :

Henry,  born  Feb.  25,  1691  ;  died  1768.
Ephriam,  born  Jan.  17,  1693;  died  1774.
William,  born  Oct.  27,  1697;  died  1732.
Martha  Elizabeth.
Jeffrey  Watson  in  his  diary  under  date  April  28,  1744,  says:  "I  was
at  the  burial  of  Uncle  Henry  Gardner.  It  was  adjudged  by  old  people
that  he  was  about  one  hundred  years  old,  as  he  was  a  man  grown  in  the
Indian  War."  As  the  Indian  war  was  in  1675  and  "a  man  grown"
might  mean  twenty-one  years  of  age.  but  as  he  took  the  oath  of  allegi-
ance in  1671,  he  must  have  been  at  least  twenty-one  and  undoubtedly
much  older.
In  1679  he  signed  the  petition  to  the  King.
In  1683  he  was  Constable.
In  1685  he  was  Juryman.
His  will  proved  May  5,  1744,  was  as  follows:

To  wife  Abigail,  a  pacing  mare,  three  best  milch  cows,  six  ewes,
Negro  wench,  bed  and  other  household  furniture  sufficient  to  furnish  a
room,  and  all  that  said  wife  dies  possessed  of  she  may  give  to  my  grand-
daughters.
To  sons  Henry  and  Ephriam  Gardner,  equally  a  farm  in  Westerly
of  200  acres.
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To  grandson  Henry,  son  of  William  deceased,  80  or  90  acres  in
Westerly  when  he  shall  come  to  age.
To  granddaughter  Hannah  Potter,  wife  of  Thomas,  negro  Patience.
To  granddaughter  Dorcas  Gardner,  daughter  of  Ephriam,  negro
Sarah.
To  son  Henry  half  my  money,  lands,  horses,  hogs,  &c,  viz. :  half
of  all  estate  not  disposed  of.
