Married John Lyon Gardiner, the seventh proprietor of Gardiner’s Island, New York. During her marriage and subsequent widowhood, she resided on Gardiner’s Island and in East Hampton.
| When Burke met | 1821 |
| Where Burke met | Gardiner’s Island, NY |
| Occupation | Gentry |
| Interaction with Burke | Burke stayed with her and she wrote him letters and connected him to numerous people |
| Identity Status | Confirmed |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 113 |
Notes
Sarah Griswold Gardiner (August 12, 1781 – February 10, 1863) was the daughter of John and Sarah D. (Johnson) Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut. On March 4, 1803, she married John Lyon Gardiner, the seventh proprietor of Gardiner’s Island, New York. During her marriage and subsequent widowhood, she resided on Gardiner’s Island and in East Hampton. She was the mother of five children: David Johnson, Sarah Diodate (wife of David Thompson), Mary Brainard, John Griswold, and Samuel Buell. Her three sons—David Johnson, John Griswold, and Samuel Buell—successively became the eighth, ninth, and tenth proprietors of Gardiner’s Island. Following her husband’s death in 1816, she inherited a life estate in his East Hampton dwelling and provisions for her continued subsistence on the island.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.