Henry Gardner Sr.

Henry Gardner, Sr.
1st Massachusetts Treasurer
In office
1780–1782
Preceded byNone
Succeeded byThomas Ivers
Personal details
Born
Henry Gardner

1731 (1731)
DiedOctober 7, 1782(1782-10-07) (aged 50–51)
Dorchester, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
SpouseHannah Clap[1]
ChildrenHenry Gardner; Joseph Gardner
Alma materHarvard College[2]

Henry Gardner Sr. (1731-October 7, 1782) was an American politician who served as Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Colony of Massachusetts Bay.[3][4] He was appointed receiver general and treasurer in 1774 by the Provisional Congress of Massachusetts.[2]

Gardner lived in Stow, Massachusetts[5][6] and moved to Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1778,[2] the year he married Dorchester native Hannah Clap. The couple had two children.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Dorchester Illustration 2398 Henry Joseph Gardner". Dorchester Historical Society. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Hale, Edward E (November 1907). "November Meeting, 1907. Tribute to Henry Gardner Denny; Tribute to Solomon Lincoln; Tribute to David Masson; Tribute to John Andrew Doyle; Tribute to Sir Spencer Walpole; Documents in the Boston Athenæum; More Letters of William Vassall; The Early History of Kansas; Silhouette of President Willard; Anecdote of the Yorktown Surrender". Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. 1: 186–187. JSTOR 25079943 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ "Colony of Massachusetts-Bay. Henry Gardner, Esquire. Treasurer and Receiver-general for said Colony. To [blank] Constable or collector of [blank] Greeting, &c … Given under my hand and seal at Watertown, the twentieth day of December, 1775". Library of Congress. Watertown, Massachusetts. 1775. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Taylor, Earl (March 31, 2019). "Dorchester Illustration 2398 Henry Joseph Gardner". Dorchester Historical Society. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Revolutionary War Stow". Town of Stow. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  6. ^ 2016 Stow Open Space and Recreation Plan (PDF). Stow, Massachusetts: Stow Conservation Commission. 2016. p. 16.