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Rachel "Gardiner" Gardner

Rachel "Gardiner" Gardner

Female 1760 - 1853  (~ 92 years)

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  • Name Rachel Gardner 
    Nickname Gardiner 
    Born Jun 1760  Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 5 Jul 1761  Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1840  Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Federal Census - Lincoln Co, Bowdoinham 
    Census 1850  Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Federal Census - Lincoln Co, Bowdoinham 
    _UID 349725DDE830674088509B26DEADFEE694BF 
    Buried Feb 1853  Coombs Cemetery, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8, 9
    Died 10 Feb 1853  Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 10, 11
    Person ID I992  Lechthaler/Powell Genealogy
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2019 

    Father James "Gardiner" Gardner,   b. 23 Aug 1717, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Susanna "Susan, Lowe" Low,   b. 18 Jan 1722, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 25 Oct 1742  Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14
    _UID D5873044AEBB3C43B7E23276244D52C88474 
    Family ID F1221  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel Cotton Coombs,   b. 1750, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1826, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 13 Dec 1781  Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 15
    _UID A356AE8B9B00B848BC66A24901DE837AB6CA 
    Children 
     1. Samuel Coombs,   b. 24 Aug 1786, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1859, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Hannah Coombs,   b. 14 Mar 1789, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1873, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Lydia Coombs,   b. 24 Nov 1793, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1850, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     4. Susannah Coombs,   b. 4 Jul 1794, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. James Coombs,   b. 12 Nov 1795, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1853, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     6. Elizabeth Coombs,   b. 14 Jun 1801, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1888, Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F318  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Rachel Coombs Revolutionay War Widows Pension Request
    Rachel Coombs Revolutionay War Widows Pension Request
    Samuel C. Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Record
    Samuel C. Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Record
    Samuel C. Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Record
    Samuel C. Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Record
    Samuel C. & Rachel Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Records
    Samuel C. & Rachel Coombs Family in Bowdoinham Town Records
    Rachel Coombs Tombstone in Coombs Cemetery
    Rachel Coombs Tombstone in Coombs Cemetery
    Rachel Coombs Cemetery Card At Bowdoinham Historical Society
    Rachel Coombs Cemetery Card At Bowdoinham Historical Society
    Gr 46 Coombs Cemetery Card At Bowdoinham Historical Society
    Gr 46 Coombs Cemetery Card At Bowdoinham Historical Society

  • Notes 
    • The link between Rachel Gardiner and James and Sarah Gardiner as parents is curently unverified by myself and is based on the information in the rootsweb Harpswell tree. Hopefully the LDS microfilm of the "record books of Rev. Elisha Eaton of Harpswell, Maine, 1753-1763" will verify Rachels baptism and parents names.
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      The c1830 for Samuel Coombs of Bowdoinham contains a 60 to 70 year old female who most likely was Rachel Coombs, especially since she is named in the c1840 for son Samuel Coombsas the 79 year old widow of Samuel Coombs.
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      The book "Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants awarded by State Governments" by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstuck on pages 115-116 at http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49315 has:

      Coombs, Samuel C. Me. private, 25 Aug. 1837, 200 acres to widow Rachel Coombs.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S259] James Buker of Georgetown & Bowdoinhamm, Me and Descendants, Rev. Charles N. Sinnett of Fertile, Minn, (1923), FHL 1697622 Item 5., page 15.

    2. [S106] Revolutionary War Pension Records, http://www.heritagequestonline.com/index.
      Listed as Samuel C. Combs, state MA, 9 pages.
      9 Files saved in directory names SamuelCoombsRevWarPensionFile.
      - Enlisted Oct 1775 for eight months in Capt Henry Lements Co., Col. McGills Reg, Mass Line.
      - Enlisted Apr 1776 for one year in Cap. Nicholas Blasdell Co., Col. Wigglesworth Reg., 13th(?) Mass Line and continued to serve until Nov 1776.
      - Enlisted Nov 1776 for duration of was in Cap. ? Reed Co. and received a furlogh to return home Feb 1777 on account of the death of his father. he was oblidged to remain at home and hired(?) another man another man to take his place with the approval(?) of Capt. Reed and never returned to the army.
      - Pension start 25 Apr 1818.
      - Rachel pension started Jul 1848.
      - In Apr 1818 was 67 years of age and ? at the capture of flotilla under the command of Gen. Arnold on Lake Champlain.
      - In Jul 1820 files a schedule of personal peoperty stating he had one cow, 15 ?, 40 dollars. Occupation was carpenter but not able to perform because of old and and loss of eyesight. He and his wife Rachel lived on the charity of their his son Samuel.
      - On 13 August 1838 Rachel appeared before the court concerning her application for widows pension. She was 77. She married Samuel on 13 Dec 1781 and Samuel died 31 Oct 1826 in Bowdoinham. Her maiden name was Rachel Gardiner and she was married in Harpwell by the Rev. Mr. Eaton.

    3. [S184] Rootsweb.com Website or Tree, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/., tree named 'Harpswell'.
      Birth: Calculated to be Jun 1760 in of Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine
      Source:
      # Title: Book: (Coombs) Ancestor Anthony Coombs and Descendants
      Author: Sinnett, Charles Nelson
      Page: film 0461301; item 2
      Text: Rachel Gardiner born 1761; died at Bowdoinham 13 Feb 1853, aged 92 years and 8 months; buried in the Ridge Cemetery, Bowdoinham

    4. [S311] Bowdoinham Historical Society, http://www.bowdoinhamhistoricalsociety.org/home.
      Rachel Coombs cemetery card and Coombs Cemetery Gr 46 cemetery card. Age 92 years, 8 months.

    5. [S525] Record books of Rev. Elisha Eaton, Rev. Samuel Eaton, and Joseph Eaton of Harpswell, Maine, Copied by Frances M. Woodside, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York), FHL # 10933., Account book of Rev. Elisha Easton, page 11.
      Rachel, dau. to James Garner and wife, baptized in infancy July 5, 1761
      Copy of book in \HarpswellMERevEatonChurchRecords directory.

      I have assumed a child less than one year of age is still considered an infant. But is is possible the Jun 1760 calculated birth date was based on an incorrect age at death and the real birth date is closer to the baptism date.

    6. [S51] 1840 Federal Census, series M704 roll 145 page 282.
      Listed under son Samuel Coombs. In pensioners column, list Rachel Coombs, 79, widow of Samuel Coombs.
      Free white males:
      to 5 - 0
      5 to 10 - 0
      10 to 15 - 0
      15 to 20 - 1
      20 to 30 - 1
      30 to 40 - 0
      40 to 50 - 1
      50 to 60 - 1
      60 to 70 - 0
      70 to 80 - 0
      Free white females:
      to 5 - 0
      5 to 10 - 1
      10 to 15 - 0
      15 to 20 - 0
      20 to 30 - 1
      30 to 40 - 0
      40 to 50 - 1
      50 to 60 - 1
      60 to 70 - 0
      70 to 80 - 1

    7. [S38] 1850 Federal Census, series M432 roll 261 page 309.

    8. [S184] Rootsweb.com Website or Tree, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/., tree named 'Harpswell'.
      Death: 13 Feb 1853 in Bowdoinham, Sagadahoc, Maine
      Source:
      # Title: Book: (Coombs) Ancestor Anthony Coombs and Descendants
      Author: Sinnett, Charles Nelson
      Page: film 0461301; item 2
      Text: Rachel Gardiner born 1761; died at Bowdoinham 13 Feb 1853, aged 92 years and 8 months; buried in the Ridge Cemetery, Bowdoinham

    9. [S311] Bowdoinham Historical Society, http://www.bowdoinhamhistoricalsociety.org/home.
      Rachel Coombs cemetery card and Coombs Cemetery Gr 46 cemetery card. Cemetery may also be known as Ridge cemetery and is located on River Road Opposite the home of Harry Tome on wooded bluff, very near road.

    10. [S311] Bowdoinham Historical Society, http://www.bowdoinhamhistoricalsociety.org/home.
      Rachel Coombs cemetery card and Coombs Cemetery Gr 46 cemetery card.

    11. [S311] Bowdoinham Historical Society, http://www.bowdoinhamhistoricalsociety.org/home., FHL # 10564, Page 202.
      Record of the Samuel C. and Rachael Coombs family.

    12. [S312] History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Published by the Town, 1893, (University Press: John Wilson and Sons, Cambridge, Mass), v II, page 248.
      Gardner
      James born in Hingham Aug. 23, 1717, married Oct 25, 1742, Susanna Low, daughter Ambrose and Sarah (Beal) Low. She was born in Hingham Jan. 18, 1721-22.

    13. [S314] Major James Gardiner of Harpswell, Maine, and Descebdants, Rev. Chas. N. Sinnett, Brainerd, Minnesota, (Retyped by Virginia T. Merrill, Solon, Maine), 929.2.622s LUO.
      Major James Gardiner was born at Hingham, Mass., and removed to Harpswell, Me., at an early date. He appears to have first settledon Harpswell Neck, Me., then called Merriconeag Neck, and then moved to the Deacon Timothy Baley house at the upper end of Bailey's Island, Harpswell, Me., and is said to have bought the entire upper end of that Island. "James Gardiner was appointed Bog Reeve with Nathan Adams and John Snow, Mch 30, 1758, in the first recorded meeting of his District at Harpswell, Me." "May 30,,1759, the town of Harpswell, Me., voted that James Gardiner should be paid five shillings for carrying a pole for laying out the road to Brunswick, Maine, to the lower end of Harpswell Neck, Me." He appears to have been very interested and helpful in all the early affairs of the town of Harpswell, Maine. "He was a short man, and a very rapid talker. 'I venture to say that this man was as stout as am,' was one of his favorite expressions. He was a cooper by trade, and made pails, churns and tubs. He was a man of great industry. Some said that his title of 'Major' was a nickname given by some unknown party. But he surely was brave and trusty."

      Major James Gardiner m in Hingham, Mass., Susan Lowe, the daughter of Ambrose Lowe. Her sister, Mercy Lowe, married Caleb Curtis, Jr., of Harpswell Neck, Me. The Lowes removed from Hingham, Mass., to Harpswell Neck, Me., at an early date.

    14. [S312] History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, Published by the Town, 1893, (University Press: John Wilson and Sons, Cambridge, Mass), v III, page 46.
      Note: The following record conflicts with other records in the same book. Husband of Susanna is listed here as James Garnet, not James Gardner. Birth and marriage dates jive with other records.

      Ambrose born in Hingham March 27, 1695. Married Jan. 28, 1719-20, Sarah Beal, daughter of Lazarus and Susanna (Lewis) Beal. She was born in Hingham Apr. 4, 1696, and died 14 Sept. 1762, aged 66 years. He died 26 March, 1771, aged 76th year " Cordwainer." Resided on the paternal homestead, North St.
      Children born in Hingham included:
      Susanna, Jan. 18, 1721-22. married Oct. 25, 1742, James Garnet.
      Sarah, Aug. 31, 1725. married June 13, 1751, Nathaniel Josselyn.

    15. [S525] Record books of Rev. Elisha Eaton, Rev. Samuel Eaton, and Joseph Eaton of Harpswell, Maine, Copied by Frances M. Woodside, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, New York), FHL # 10933., Marriage book of Rev. Samuel Easton, page 8.
      Sam'l Coombs resident of Harpswell and Rachel Gardner of Harpswell were married 13th Dec 1781
      Copy of book in \HarpswellMERevEatonChurchRecords directory.


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