"Now Richard Gardiner the immigrant aquired a tract called
"Sacaweykitt" which became his home Plantation and 1,000 acre tract
on the Patuxent River which he named "St. Richards" St. Richard's
Manor was granted in 1640, adjoining the Sewell property "Mattapany".
In 1642 when the puritans had their rebellion in Maryland , the Manor
was siezed. The Gardiners took refuge in Virginia during the
rebellion. Luke Gardiner I and his sister Juliana returned to
Maryland in 1647 and Luke Gardiner I tried to obtain his father's
property which had been confiscated, along with other Catholic
Property,(Patents AB & H # 4) . on 8/26/1651 Lord Baltimore
instructed Governor William Stone to
re-grant "St. Richard's to Luke Gardiner I, the son of Richard
Gardiner and Elizabeth ______.

Richard Gardiner who died 1649 also a Catholic who immigrated into
the province of Maryland on 8/8/1637 with his wife Elizabeth _______.
they had the following children Richard Gardiner born abt 1616,
Elizabeth Gardiner born about 1618 married Richard Lustead, Dr.Luke
Gardiner born abt 1622 who married 1st to a daughter of James
Langworth. The 1st wife died without heirs. he then married Elizabeth
Hatton daughter of Richard Hatton (brother of Secretary Thomas
Hatton), Juliana Gardiner born abt 1628, and John Gardiner born abt
1630."

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Death Note: It is not known when and where Richard and Elizabeth
Hame Gardiner died. When Richard Ingall (Ingall's Rebellion) raided
the Province of Maryland, he totally destroyed St. Richard's Manor
House on the Patuxent River, home of Richard Gardiner, by turning the
ship's guns on the house as he destroyed St. Mary's City. Richard
and Elizabeth disappeared from the records about this time and some
of their children had to seek refuge in Virginia. It is not known
whether Richard and Elizabeth were taken back to
England on Ingall's Ship along with Fr. Andrew White and Rev. Philip
Fischer or whether they were killed in the destruction of the Manor
House. For this reason, their death dates are not known. (SOURCE:
Gardiner Generations, Vol. I, pg. 14.)

1643: Richard was assessed thirty five pounds of tobacco for a 4,000
pound of tobacco levy on the citizens of St. Mary's County to defray
the expense of the defense of the Province against the assault of the
Sesquilhanowe Indians in 1642. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber
PR. f. 107, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1642: Richard served as an election judge in Mattapanient Hundred on
16 Jul 1642. (SOURCE: Assembly Proceedings, Liber MC, ff 187, Hall
of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

6 Dec 1640: Richard demanded a grant of a manor of 1,000 acres of
land 4 Dec. 1640. A warrant was issued the following day authorizing
the surveyor to lay out a manor south of Patuxent River. The
surveyor's certificate was returned 6 Dec. 1640 and on that day 'St.
Richard's manor' was registered in the name of Richard Gardiner.
Richard also acquired a 200 acre tract of land south of the Patuxent
called 'Sacaweykitt'. (SOURCE: Maryland Patents, Liber ABH, f. 77,
& Liber 3, f. 7, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1640: Richard Gardiner demanded 600 acres of land 31 Mar 1640 for
the transportation of himself and seven other persons into Maryland.
(SOURCE: Maryland Patents, Liber 1, f. 62, Hall of Records,
Annapolis, MD.)

1638: The names of Richard Gardiner, Sr. and Richard Gardiner, Jr.
were recorded 27 Mar 1638 when Richard, Sr. was appointed
administrator of the estate of John Brian. Richard, Sr. gave
security in the amount of 1,000 pounds of tobacco and Richard, Jr.
gave security in the amount of 500 pounds of tobacco for his father.
In the final settlement, Richard, Sr. allowed himself 25 pounds of
tobacco for 'five daies travaile and neglect of his other business,
to follow the administration'. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber
Z. f. 54, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1638: Richard served as an election judge in Mattapanient Hundred on
14 Feb 1638. (SOURCE: Assembly Proceedings, Liber MC, ff 35-36,
Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

25 Jan 1637: Richard Gardiner, alias Richard Garnett, Senior, of
Mattapanient, planter, took his seat in the General Assembly held at
St. Mary's in St. Mary's County, MD on 26 Jan 1637 and severed almost
without interruption through 1642. Entries in the original
proprietary record books show that Gardiner was a member of the Lower
House of General Asembly and was therefore one of the freemen who was
influential in formulating democratic laws in the early history of
Maryland. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber Z, f. 15 Hall of
Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1637: Richard immigrated to the Province of Maryland and transported
his wife, Elizabeth; his son, Richard, aged twenty-one years; his
son, John, aged four years; his daughter, Elizabeth, aged nineteen
years; and his daughter, Julianna, aged six years. Luke was named as
the son of Richard when Luke demanded land in 1650 and named his
father and each of his brothers and sisters in the demand. (SOURCE:
Maryland Patents, Liber 1, f. 17 & 167-168, Hall of Records,
Annapolis, MD.)

"Now Richard Gardiner the immigrant aquired a tract called "Sacaweykitt" which became his home Plantation and 1,000 acre tract on the Patuxent River which he named "St. Richards" St. Richard's Manor was granted in 1640, adjoining the Sewell property "Mattapany". In 1642 when the puritans had their rebellion in Maryland , the Manor was siezed. The Gardiners took refuge in Virginia during the rebellion. Luke Gardiner I and his sister Juliana returned to Maryland in 1647 and Luke Gardiner I tried to obtain his father's property which had been confiscated, along with other Catholic Property,(Patents AB & H # 4) . on 8/26/1651 Lord Baltimore instructed Governor William Stone to
re-grant "St. Richard's to Luke Gardiner I, the son of Richard Gardiner and Elizabeth ______.

Richard Gardiner who died 1649 also a Catholic who immigrated into the province of Maryland on 8/8/1637 with his wife Elizabeth _______. they had the following children Richard Gardiner born abt 1616, Elizabeth Gardiner born about 1618 married Richard Lustead, Dr.Luke Gardiner born abt 1622 who married 1st to a daughter of James Langworth. The 1st wife died without heirs. he then married Elizabeth Hatton daughter of Richard Hatton (brother of Secretary Thomas Hatton), Juliana Gardiner born abt 1628, and John Gardiner born abt 1630."

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Death Note: It is not known when and where Richard and Elizabeth Hame Gardiner died. When Richard Ingall (Ingall's Rebellion) raided the Province of Maryland, he totally destroyed St. Richard's Manor House on the Patuxent River, home of Richard Gardiner, by turning the ship's guns on the house as he destroyed St. Mary's City. Richard and Elizabeth disappeared from the records about this time and some of their children had to seek refuge in Virginia. It is not known whether Richard and Elizabeth were taken back to
England on Ingall's Ship along with Fr. Andrew White and Rev. Philip Fischer or whether they were killed in the destruction of the Manor House. For this reason, their death dates are not known. (SOURCE: Gardiner Generations, Vol. I, pg. 14.)

1643: Richard was assessed thirty five pounds of tobacco for a 4,000 pound of tobacco levy on the citizens of St. Mary's County to defray the expense of the defense of the Province against the assault of the Sesquilhanowe Indians in 1642. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber PR. f. 107, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1642: Richard served as an election judge in Mattapanient Hundred on 16 Jul 1642. (SOURCE: Assembly Proceedings, Liber MC, ff 187, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

6 Dec 1640: Richard demanded a grant of a manor of 1,000 acres of land 4 Dec. 1640. A warrant was issued the following day authorizing the surveyor to lay out a manor south of Patuxent River. The surveyor's certificate was returned 6 Dec. 1640 and on that day 'St. Richard's manor' was registered in the name of Richard Gardiner. Richard also acquired a 200 acre tract of land south of the Patuxent called 'Sacaweykitt'. (SOURCE: Maryland Patents, Liber ABH, f. 77, & Liber 3, f. 7, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1640: Richard Gardiner demanded 600 acres of land 31 Mar 1640 for the transportation of himself and seven other persons into Maryland. (SOURCE: Maryland Patents, Liber 1, f. 62, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1638: The names of Richard Gardiner, Sr. and Richard Gardiner, Jr. were recorded 27 Mar 1638 when Richard, Sr. was appointed administrator of the estate of John Brian. Richard, Sr. gave security in the amount of 1,000 pounds of tobacco and Richard, Jr. gave security in the amount of 500 pounds of tobacco for his father. In the final settlement, Richard, Sr. allowed himself 25 pounds of tobacco for 'five daies travaile and neglect of his other business, to follow the administration'. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber Z. f. 54, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1638: Richard served as an election judge in Mattapanient Hundred on 14 Feb 1638. (SOURCE: Assembly Proceedings, Liber MC, ff 35-36, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

25 Jan 1637: Richard Gardiner, alias Richard Garnett, Senior, of Mattapanient, planter, took his seat in the General Assembly held at St. Mary's in St. Mary's County, MD on 26 Jan 1637 and severed almost without interruption through 1642. Entries in the original proprietary record books show that Gardiner was a member of the Lower House of General Asembly and was therefore one of the freemen who was influential in formulating democratic laws in the early history of Maryland. (SOURCE: Proprietary Records, Liber Z, f. 15 Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)

1637: Richard immigrated to the Province of Maryland and transported his wife, Elizabeth; his son, Richard, aged twenty-one years; his son, John, aged four years; his daughter, Elizabeth, aged nineteen years; and his daughter, Julianna, aged six years. Luke was named as the son of Richard when Luke demanded land in 1650 and named his father and each of his brothers and sisters in the demand. (SOURCE: Maryland Patents, Liber 1, f. 17 & 167-168, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD.)