Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-06-13
From the wes'sesssr News.
GARDENERS ISLAND.

/ This Island called by the Indians Hon
clonaek, and by the English is's Of Hight,
was one of the earliest English settle
ments in America. 1t lieSsome three
miles and a half east from .he nearest
shore of Long Islands Of an irregular
oblong shape, lying in length 70 the North
west, and Southeast, and contains three
thousand and three hundred'aeIes of ara
bic land. =.
The Island was first purellasedof one
James Farret, Agent for the III Of Stir
ling Of Scotland, by Iih sardinor,
March 10, I65y-hasing preFioas agreed
with the Indians for their right, and to
whom he paid, according to tradition, one
large black dog, one gsla, a quantity Of
poa9dsr and shot, some ram, and q tsa0
Dutch blankets! The price paid the earl
of Stirling was very little, with an annui-
ty of five pounds, if demanded! Lion
Gardiner was a native of Scotland, and
belonged to the republican party with the
illustrious Hampden, Cromwell, and 9TH
ers Of the same stamp. Prior to his de-
parture for America he had served in the
British Army, as Engineer anil Mas
ter of Works of Notifications" with the
rank of Lieutenant in the low countries.
Through the "persuasicn of some we'll
effected Englishmen of Rotterdam"
namely:-The Lord Say, and the Lord
Brooke, and others, he engaged to serve
them, ''only in the drawing, ordering,
and making city, and forts of defence"
under the direction of John Winthrop,
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut.
Accordingly he came with Mary his wife,
from Woerdon to London, 10th of July,
1888, and from thence to New England.
in the barque, Bachelor, of t,yeey-J fire
tons! Thos. Webb, Master-arriving
after ''many great tempests, with passen-
gers and goods all safe,'' at the mouth of
Connecticut river, November 28th, 1885
He built the Say-Brooke Fort and
commanded the garrison four years-du-
ring the most perilous times of Indian hos
tility, and of threatened invasion from the
Dutch from New Netherlands.
Governor Winthrop in his provincial
notes of 1887, says Captain Gardiner
and family came near being captured by
the savage Pequods at Say-Brooke-
narrowly escaping the worst of deaths"
On the return of Captain John Mason
and party from their great victory over
the warike Pequods in 1637-marching
across the country of New London to the
Fort at Say-Brooke-they reached the
river at sunset, when Captain Gardiner
observed their approach with great JOY.
Never" says Bancrof's History, 'did
the heart Of Roman Consul, returning
in triumph, swell more than the pride of
Mason and his friends, when they found
themselves received as victors! and noblv
entertained with many great guns!' Soon
after purchasing, Capt. Lion Gardiner
removed to his island, ''where he fixed his
residence"
By an examination of the early colo
NAL records it is ascertained that Lion
Gardiner was the first English settler
within the present limits of New York
State. That his son David was the first
white person born in the Colony of Con-
neeticut, and that his daughter, Eliza
beth was the first birth by English pa
rents in the Province of New York.
Lion Gardiner, the first proprietor of
the Island, died in 1862, and left issue
aged Ga years.
David Gardiner, eldest son of Lion,
and second proprietor of the Island, died
in 1859, and left issue-aged 50 years.
John Gardiner, eldest son of David.
and third proprietor of the Island, died
in 1873, and left issue-aged n years.
David Gardiner, eldest son Of John.
and fourth proprietor Of the Island, died
in 175I, and left issue-aged go years.
John Gardner, eldest son of David.
and fifth proprietor of the Island, died in
1854, and left issue-aged so years.
! David Gardiner, eldest son of John,
and sixth proprietor of the Island, died
in 1774, and left issue-aged 36 years.
John Lyon Gardiner, eldest son of
David, and seventh proprietor of the Is
land, died in 1916, and left issue-aeed
As years.
David johnson Gardiner, eldest son Of
John Lyon, and eighth proprietor of the Is
land, died in 1929, unmarried and intes-
tate-aged 2j years.
John Griswold Gardiner, brother Of
David johnson, having discharged the IN
terests Of other heirs, is now sole owner,
and ninth proprietor Of the Island
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