1724 Joseph Gardiner and Catharine Ridgway, daughter of Thomas Ridgway Sr, were married on 14 of month 3 [May 14]. [1] [2] [3] [4]
1742 The estate of Joseph Gardiner of New Jersey, USA was administered. The will was dated June 5. The administration took place on September 15 in Chesterfield Twp, Burlington County, New Jersey. The will named Joseph Gardiner and John (Child). [5]
A biosketch reports [6]:
Catharine, daughter of Thomas Ridgway, Sr., in the year 1724 married Joseph Gardiner, and immediately after the marriage they left Egg Harbor, he being a resident of some other section.
It is said that Joseph Gardiner died, and his widow married Ephraim Tomlinson, the noted Quaker minister.
A biosketch reports: Joseph Gardiner and Catharine Ridgway were married in 1724. They had children named Thomas, and John. [7]
[1] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1715-1762, 76, Intention and accomplished, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Leah Blackman, "History of Little Egg Harbor Township," Proceedings, Constitution, By-Laws, List of Members, &c. of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey (1880), Appendix: 171-420, 427-468, at 201, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[3] Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), 339, [HathiTrust].
[4] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, New Jersey, Atlantic, Great Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting Minutes, 1682-1930, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] New Jersey, U.S., Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817, Vol.36, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Leah Blackman, "History of Little Egg Harbor Township," Proceedings, Constitution, By-Laws, List of Members, &c. of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey (1880), Appendix: 171-420, 427-468, at 274, [HathiTrust], [GoogleBooks].
[7] History of the Haines and Other Families, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].