The New York genealogical and biographical record . fice it to say, that thisbattle resulted in the overthrow of the Pequotnation of Indians, by far ihe most warlike inConnecticut or even in New England, andconsequently in the salvation of the settle-ments from destruction. Previous to the outbreak of the Pequot war the garrison at Saybrookunder Lion Gardiner, which originally numbered twenty men, was rein-forced by twenty others in 1656 under Capr. Underbill, and again the nextyear by twenty more under Capt. John Mason. During the four vearsthat Lion Gardiner was commanding officer at Saybroc
The New York genealogical and biographical record . fice it to say, that thisbattle resulted in the overthrow of the Pequotnation of Indians, by far ihe most warlike inConnecticut or even in New England, andconsequently in the salvation of the settle-ments from destruction. Previous to the outbreak of the Pequot war the garrison at Saybrookunder Lion Gardiner, which originally numbered twenty men, was rein-forced by twenty others in 1656 under Capr. Underbill, and again the nextyear by twenty more under Capt. John Mason. During the four vearsthat Lion Gardiner was commanding officer at Saybrock the anxietiesand privations of garrison life were also shared bv his wife. While thereshe became the mother of two children, a son and daughter, christenedDavid and Mary. David, born April 29th, 1636, was the first whitechild born in Connecticut. At the expiration of his term of service at Saybrook, Lion Gardinerwas succeeded by George Fenwick, an Englishman of good family, whowas afterwards M. P., Governor of Berwick, and Colonel in the Parlia-. GARDINER ARMS. I J he Gardiner Family and Gardiners Island. ] 6 ~- mentary airay. Colonel Fenwiek was accompanied by his wife, LadyAlice, who died at the fort and was buried there. She was the daughter ofSir Edward Apsley and widow of Sir John Boeteler. About twenty-liveyears ago her remains were disinterred and removed to the cemetery atSaybrook and the old monument re-erected there. Lion Gardiner now began to make preparations to remove to an islandhe had purchased of the sachem Wyandanch, whose acquaintance tiehad made during the Pequoi war. From this and during a long life,Wyandanch maintained for Gardiner an ardent, disinterested and constantattachment. It was in the autumn o\ the year 1639 that Lion Gardiner,accompanied by his family and a number of laborers from Saybrook, landedon his newly acquired island, called by the Indians Monchonac, signify-ing place where many had die,:, by Lion Gardiner the Isle of Wight,which n
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