
The cute little fellow in the dress (front right) is my Grandfather -Bowlen Green Gardiner.
Looking for the parents of William Gardiner (born 1794) in County Antrim, Ireland. Came to the USA @ 1819 with his sister, Catherine Gardiner and cousin William Clarke. Oh Willie who the heck are you parents?
Below is an abrieviated time line for William, his wife Henrietta and son William H. Gardiner
| William Gardiner Timeline | |||||||||||
| 1790 | Henrietta Simpson Gardiner born | ||||||||||
| 1794 | William Gardiner born in Ireland | ||||||||||
| 1820 | William Gardiner emmigrates to America | ||||||||||
| 1822 | William Gardiner filed declaration to become citizen in Rockville, MD | ||||||||||
| 1823 | William Gardiner marries Henrietta Simpson Rockville, MD | ||||||||||
| 1825 | William Gardiner becomes citizen of the US | ||||||||||
| 1825 | William Gardiner sells slave May Ann in Anne Arundel Co. | ||||||||||
| Liber JS 22 Folio 581 to Thomas Hammond of Frederick County, MD | |||||||||||
| 1825 | William H. Gardiner born son of William & Henrietta in Montgomery Co. MD Unity | ||||||||||
| 1828 | William & Henrietta Gardiner own 2 acres in Unity, MD 20 sq. ft of | ||||||||||
| land around a grave near the road leading from Henry C. Gaither’s house | |||||||||||
| Libor BS1 | |||||||||||
| 1829 | William Gardiner received $2,000 from Dr. Gustavus Warfield | ||||||||||
| for slaves & belongings of house | |||||||||||
| 1831 | Sheriff Sale of William Gardiners property in Unity formarly owned by | ||||||||||
| Francis Simpson | |||||||||||
| 1833 | William Gardiner declared insolvent in Mo. Co. William Price set as trustee | ||||||||||
| other men mentioned William Lands & Henry Bushey | |||||||||||
| advertised in Md. Free Prep | |||||||||||
| 1833 | 100 acres sold by William Clarke that belonged to Francis Simpson to satisfy debt | ||||||||||
| Hannahs Purchase & Brooke Grove | |||||||||||
| 1833 | William Gardiner rented house moved from Unity to protect his little sons life | ||||||||||
| 1825-1834 | Dr. Gustuvus Warfiled has accounts of doctor visits to the Gardiner’s | ||||||||||
| 1835 | William & Henrietta Gardiner gave testimony in the case of Williams vs. Clarke | ||||||||||
| 1840 | William & Henrietta moved to Clarksburg with son William H. | ||||||||||
| 1850 | William & Henrietta moved to Frederick, Co. | ||||||||||
| 1851 | William Gardiner & Son purchase farm on Glisans Mill Road | ||||||||||
| 1852 | Wiliam Gardiner & Son lose farm on Old Annapolis at Sheriffs sale by | ||||||||||
| Thornton Poole, trustee | |||||||||||
| 1854 | bond recorded state of Maryland from Thornton Poole paying bond to state | ||||||||||
| in accordance with the bond. | |||||||||||
| 1857 | Titus Atlas show a W. Gardiner in New Market adjacent to Mrs. Hammond | ||||||||||
| 1858 | William Gardiner dies | ||||||||||
| 1859 | Article published in National Intelligencer looking for William Clarke in case | ||||||||||
| Williams. Vs. Clarke | |||||||||||
| 1860 | William H. Gardiner, Ann and children on census with Henrietta in New Market, MD | ||||||||||
| 1857 Titus Atlas shows then next to Mrs. Hammond. | |||||||||||
| 1862 | Richard Hammond to Henrietta Gardiner 9/26/1862 BGF 7 & Folio 706 | ||||||||||
| took out mortgage to buy 4 acres of Peace & Plenty Farm. Mortgage was | |||||||||||
| assigned to James C. Clarke & recorded in BGF 8, 422 | |||||||||||
| 1863 | Henrietta Gardiner writes to Governor Augustus Bradford telling of the alleged | ||||||||||
| swindling of her land by Chief Justice Richard J. Bowie when he served as her | |||||||||||
| general counsel. | |||||||||||
| 1866 | Henrietta Gardiner dies in Frederick County | ||||||||||
| 1870 | William H. Gardiner appears on the 1870 census with his family minus Henrietta in the New Market District 9 Urbana Post Office | ||||||||||
| of Urbana | |||||||||||
| 1884 | William H. Gardiner purchases “Addition to Unity” close to “Snowdens Purchase | ||||||||||
| at one time owned one of the boundary markers states “a store planted at the SW | |||||||||||
| corner of a lot formerly owned by Francis Simpson conveyed to Andrew Graff | |||||||||||
| 1885 | William H. & Ann F. Gardiner sell to Joshua Russell 4 acres of Peace & Plenty | ||||||||||
| William being the only legal heir. | |||||||||||
It was the day after All Hallows Eve - the neighborhoods streets still lined with jack-o-lanterns and my paranormal senses still on overload from a ghost tour I had taken the night previous. I ventured out to the Central Church Cemetery in the countryside of Maryland surrounded by gorgeous autumnal views of the mountains, a spectacular array of colored foliage and the smell of outdoor fires.
I am a frequent visitor to the cemetery that holds the remains of my ancestors. Wrapped in my warm jacket I methodically made my way up and down the rows, taking note of the names on faded stones and lamenting the fact that so many stones have recently fallen over. Today was a little different from my previous trips. I had the strangest sensation of being watched.
I turned to look at the small and empty white chapel that sits outside the cemetery gates. I thought I saw movement in the window – despite an empty parking lot and locked door. I snapped two photo’s of the chapel with my blackberry camera phone. Stared a while at the window – seeing nothing out of the ordinary I decided to call it a day and head home.
After dinner, I started uploading tombstone photo’s when I ran across the photo of the chapel… I got the goosebumps. The two photo’s of the chapel seem to have a shadowy figure looking out the window. Is this my imagination gone wild or do you see it too?


The majority of my research is focused on the following family lines: Gardiner, Simpson, Clarke, Worthington, Green, Harris, Sullivan and Fealy.
If you landed on this page as a result
of search on a family name, let me know
and let's see if we are related! After all,
It's a small, small world.

March 26, 2009 by Sharon · Leave a Comment
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