When Abraham Gardner was born in 1748, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, George Gardner, was 41 and his mother, Alice Elsey Brown, was 37. He married Mehitabel Brookins on 9 April 1773, in Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 11 daughters. He died on 13 February 1815, at the age of 67, and was buried in North Pownal, Pownal, Bennington, Vermont, United States.