GARDNER CEMETERY

Transcriber's Notes:
Ezekiel M. Gardner and Ruth Tanner settled in the Town of Lorraine. Their children: PHOEBE GARDNER bc 1800 m THOMAS JAMES and d 12 March 1843 at 43 years. Thomas James d 1 March 1863 at 70 years, 2 months, 2 days and is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery; his father was Thomas James Sr., a settler at Adams, Jefferson Co NY in 1803.

HANNAH GARDNER was bc 1790 and married WILLIAM MARSH; settled in Ellisburgh, NY Hannah d 14 April 1867 at 68 years, 3 months, 6 days and is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery in Ellisburgh. William Marsh d 12 Dec. 1874 at 77 years and is buried in the Maplewood Cemetery.

RUTH TANNER as wife of Ezekiel M. Gardner was the daughter of BENJAMIN TANNER of North Kingstown, RI who married SARAH ANN AYLESWORTH on 2 Nov. 1765. Sarah Tanner made her will on 10 Nov. 1801 and her estate was settled on 2 Feb. 1834. In her will she named, among others, Ruth as wife of Ezekiel M. Gardner.

See: Jefferson Co. Migrations Part 27a, this site.

The will of Ezekiel M. Gardner of Lorraine, who died 13 June 1849, listed the heirs and next of kin:
JANE GARDNER, widow
HANNAH MARSH, wife of WILLIAM MARSH
POLLY PENNY, wife of GEORGE PENNEY
SAMUEL D. GARDNER, who served as executor
HENRY M. GARDNER
JEREMIAH G. GARDNER
NATH C. GARDNER
PHEBE A. GARDNER
SALLENA JAMES, wife of IRVING JAMES
CYRUS Z. GARDNER
SAMUEL JAMES
LUCY GARDNER, widow of HENRY T. GARDNER, all of Lorraine
LUCY A. BAILEY, wife of HENRY BAILEY
TIMOTHY G. BREWSTER
JOHN JAMES
SIMEON JAMES
EZEKIEL JAMES
JOSEPH JAMES
THOMAS JAMES, all of Ellisburh
LYDIA LOWREY, wife of JAMES LOWREY of Boylston, Oswego Co., NY