Hugh Gardner 
(1751 - 1 February 1815)
4th great-grandfather of Darrell Allen Martin.
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Hugh was born in Glenshinnock, Erskine Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland, in 1751.
Before the Revolution, associations were formed in various parts of Scotland to purchase land in America, and there form communities whose members were previously acquainted. Sometimes these associations were assisted by some nobleman or wealthy merchant, but generally they were joint stock companies, in which the "adventurers" took shares. Such an association was organized at Inchinnan in Renfrewshire, Scotland, on 5 February 1773. "William Neilson and John Walker, farmers, and Hugh Gardner, smith, all in Glenshinnock" were among the 137 signers of the "Bond of Association" of the Scotch-American Company which settled Ryegate. Because Inchinnan was chosen as its meeting place, the association is often called the "Inchinnan Company", to distinguish it from other Scotch colonies in America (including the one which settled Barnet). Their impact did not fade quickly. In 1913 a prominent clergyman declared "that the only parts of Scotland he had ever visited were Ryegate and Barnet". Caledonia, the Vermont county which includes Ryegate and Barnet, was given the ancient name for Scotland. But there was no nostalgia among these Scots toward the regime of George III. Although Tories (Loyalists) made a great deal of trouble in neighboring Newbury, there is not one recorded as being from Ryegate. Hugh was a prominent citizen of the town, long a justice of the peace, and an elder in the Reformed Presbyterian church. adapted from Wells' History of Ryegate. He married Mary Nelson in Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont, on 9 February 1791. Hugh died on 1 February 1815 in Ryegate. He was buried in the Blue Mountain Cemetery in Ryegate. |
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10-generation pedigree for Darrell Allen Martin
- Children of Hugh Gardner and Mary Nelson:
- Jean Gardner (7 Nov 1791 - 31 Mar 1853)
Margaret Gardner (10 Jun 1793 - 3 Feb 1843)
Isabel Gardner (12 Apr 1795 - 30 Oct 1878)
Janet Gardner (30 May 1796 - 20 Mar 1873)
Agnes Nancy Gardner (1 Jun 1799 - 25 Nov 1883)
William Gardner (who died an infant) (4 Oct 1801 - 10 Oct 1801)
Mary Gardner (27 Nov 1802 - 21 Feb 1886) William N. Gardner + (9 Aug 1805 - 15 Oct 1879)
Elizabeth Gardner (12 Nov 1807 - 13 Aug 1881)
Sarah Gardner (23 Feb 1810 - 29 Mar 1810)
Hugh Gardner Junior + (29 May 1812 - 1 May 1869)
Hannah Gardner (29 May 1812 - Apr 1818)
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