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Dorcas Gardiner[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Female 1690 - 1766  (76 years)


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  • Name Dorcas Gardiner  [3
    Birth 1690  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Gender Female 
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    Death 29 May 1766  South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial site not known.
    Person ID I342223166249  Tripp Family Genealogical Website

    Father William Gardiner,   b. 1650, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Feb 1711, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Wilkinson,   b. 1655   d. 1737, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F13110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Abiel Sherman,   b. 16 Oct 1684, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1742, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1712  North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Hannah Sherman,   b. 28 Oct 1713, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1804, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Ezekiel Sherman,   b. 13 Apr 1717, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Isabel Sherman,   b. 9 Apr 1719, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef. 1796 (Age 76 years)
     4. Abiel Sherman,   b. 6 Apr 1723, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1745 (Age 22 years)
     5. Alice Sherman,   b. 13 Mar 1725, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1773, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     6. Experience Sherman,   b. 2 Jan 1730, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Nov 1809, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F52736  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Some Descendants of Philip Sherman The First Secretary of Rhode Island pg 387 Abiel Sherman.
    Some Descendants of Philip Sherman The First Secretary of Rhode Island pg 387 Abiel Sherman.
    Sherman, Abiel & Dorcas Gardiner Marriage
    Sherman, Abiel & Dorcas Gardiner Marriage

  • Notes 
    • The Gardiners of Narragansett: being a genealogy of the descendants of George Gardiner the colonist, 1638, online at Ancestry.com.

      56 "Dorcas Gardiner."

      Dr. MacSparran speaks of Mrs. Sherman, in his Diary, calling her "Widow Shearman," Aug. 27, 1751, and saying that she had sent him "some rare ripe Peaches." Abiel Sherman died before 1746, he being called in the entry of his daughter Hannah's marriage, Dec. 9, 1742, "the late Abiel Sherman."

      134 "Dorcas Gardiner Sherman."

      Dorcas Gardiner was a daughter of William, the fourth son of the original George. She was born about 1690 and died in 1762. Abiel Sherman died by, or before, 1742, being called "the late" in the Narragansett Register, on Dec. 9th of that year. Dr. MacSparran speaks of Mrs. Sherman in his Diary. (See Note 56.)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1251063341] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1251008324] Ancestry.com, Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S1254677282] Ancestry.com, Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    4. [S1250885915] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S1277057301] Ancestry.com, Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).