Gardner, Stephen, 1759 - 1825
Stephen Gardner was a Narragansett who married Margaret (Peggy), most likely an Eastern Pequot woman. The couple had a number of children: Harry, Lucinda, and Clark. He and his family appear on the 1800 Stonington census with a household of five. Ten years later, the number grew to seven. In 1820, his family included Stephen, aged 45 +), his wife Peggy (45+), a boy and two girls under 14, a young man and woman 14-25, two adult males 26-44. Two people were engaged in agriculture, two in commerce. Stephen died in 1825 and was buried in the David Cemetery in Stonington, Connecticut
