When Jeffery Gardiner was born in 1755, in Kings Towne, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Ezekiel Gardiner, was 43 and his mother, Dorcas Watson, was 39. He had at least 1 daughter with Mary Hammond. He died on 18 September 1798, in Connecticut, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
English and Scottish: variant of Gardner .
History: Lion Gardiner came from England in 1635 to Saybrook, CT, the settlement of Earl of Warwick patentees at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and built a fort there. Born in 1636, his son, David, was the first white child born in the settlement. Lion later bought the Isle of Wight, now Gardiners Island, from the Indians, and moved his family there until 1653, when he bought land in what is now Easthampton, Long Island, NY.
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