Notable Cousin · via the maternal line
?-1787 · Continental Army officer in Crane’s 3rd Continental Artillery. Died unmarried in North Carolina, 1787. His individual FamilySearch record is sparse, but his descent is documented through his father, Job Gardner, and Massachusetts Registrar primary sources.
Relationship
Capt.-Lt. James Gardner is the 4th cousin, 7 times removed of John, Perry, and Patrick Long.
Through the Gardiner line of Rhode Island. James Gardner’s descent is anchored on his father, Job Gardner (L7NC-64W); his own FamilySearch record is sparse and his individual PID is research-pending. The specific shared Gardiner ancestor is not yet fixed to a page-level citation and no identifier has been invented for it.
The Gardiner line of Rhode Island (17th century). Shared Gardiner ancestry. James’s side is anchored on his father Job Gardner (L7NC-64W); the specific common ancestor is research-pending and no identifier has been invented. Distinct from the Society of the Cincinnati descent, whose MRCA is Benoni Gardiner.. This is the single shared ancestor that connects Capt.-Lt. James Gardner to John, Perry, and Patrick.
Both lines descending from the most recent common ancestor, The Gardiner line of Rhode Island. Research-in-Progress markers flag generations not yet enumerated. Click any PID to open the FamilySearch record.
VERIFIED on the family’s own Gardiner → Westcott → Perry line (George Gardiner II MLZH-F8N, Hannah Gardiner LHH8-J1M, Caleb Westcott, and onward), all enumerated on the Herodias Long and Plantagenet Descent pages. James Gardner’s descent is anchored at his father, Job Gardner (L7NC-64W). James’s own individual FamilySearch record is sparse and his PID is unresolved; the lineage is institutionally documented through his father, his siblings’ records, and the Massachusetts Registrar primary source, no identifier has been invented for him. The intermediate Gardiner generations (Benoni → Nathaniel → Benjamin) are marked Research-in-Progress, as is the specific shared ancestor.