High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Leonard Gardner

18 Jul 1809 – 14 Nov 1890 · about 81 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

Leonard Gardner lived from 18 Jul 1809 to 14 Nov 1890, a span of about 81 years.

Theirs is one of 38 markers bearing the name Gardner in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

Family as recorded on Find a Grave

Charles Gardner1778–1838Silence Sprague Gardner1774–1834
Leonard Gardnerm.Sarah Wilder Gardner1809–1882also here

SiblingsCharles Gardner1807–1873 · Polly Sprague Gardner Gardner1813–1886 · Lewis Gardner1815–1896 · Albert Gardner1818–1887

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsCharles Gardner
  • MarriedSarah Wilder (Nov. 22, 1835)
  • ChildrenSarah Leavitt (b. June 7, 1839), George Leonard (b. June 22, 1843)

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Charles › Stephen › John.

Matched exact birth date in their own Gardner family entry (no. 67), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
67. Leonard7 (Charles6 Stephen *^2 John1), b. in Hing. July 18, 1809. m. Nov. 22, 1835, Sarah Wilder, dau. of Crocker and Deborah (Jacob) Wilder. She was b. in Hing. Oct. 19, 1809, and d. at Wey. Nov. 1882, aet. 73 yrs. "Manuf'r of wooden ware." Resides at "Liberty Plain," So. Hing. Ch.,— i. Sarah Leavitt, June 7, 1839, d. 14 Oct. 1842. ii. George Leonard, June 22, 1843 ; is m. and resides at Wey. *

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 67. Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. Died in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA.

A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.

This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Leonard's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.

The stone is still there.