Rhoda (Bunker) Gardner (1789)

Born 26 Nov 1789 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Jesse Gardner — married 2 Nov 1815 in New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford, North Carolina

Descendants

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Biography

Rhoda was born in 1789 to Reuben Bunker and Judith Macy Bunker of New Garden Friends Meeting of Guilford County, North Carolina. ^[1]

On the 2nd of the eleventh month of 1815 Jesse Gardner and Rhoda Bunker were married at New Garden Meeting, Guilford, North Carolina. Those in attendance who signed their names were, to the best of my transcribing ability, as follows: Isaac Gardner, Timothy Macy, Tristram Davis, John Barnard, Paul Macy, Love Davis, Judith Gardner, Lydia Bunker, Priscilla Gardner, Elizabeth Gardener, Jemima All........(unreadable).^[2]

On the 4th day of the tenth month, 1821, Jesse Gardner and family were granted a certificate to White Water Monthly Meeting in Indiana. On the same date Rhoda Gardner and three daughters were also granted a certificate of transfer to White Water Monthly Meeting. In time, some others of the Gardner family would travel the same route. ^[3]

Jesse, Rhoda and children: Diana, Eliza, Susanna and William are next mentioned in records of Chester Monthly Meeting, of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Wayne County, Indiana. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Rhode Bunker in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 VIEW U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Name: Rhode Bunker [Rhoda Bunker] Birth Date: 26 Nov 1789 Birth Date on Image: 26 Eleventh 1789 Birth Place: Guilford, North Carolina Father: Rubin Bunker Mother: Judith Event Type: Birth Monthly Meeting: New Garden Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Yearly Meeting: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Meeting State: North Carolina Meeting County: Guilford Source Citation Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Minutes, 1700-1900; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Arch
2. ↑ Source Citation Guilford College; Greensboro, North Carolina; Men's Minutes, 1783-1800; Collection: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. ↑ Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994. Hinshaw, William Wade. Marshall, Thomas Worth, comp. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Supplement to Volume 1. Washington, D.C.: n.p. 1948.
4. ↑ Source Citation Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Births and Deaths, Book A 20 Aug 1903-17 Sept 1919; Collection: Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Swarthmore, Quaker Meeting Records. Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes. Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. Haverford, Quaker Meeting.