Elizabeth GARDINER

14 Sep 1641 - Feb 1657

• BIRTH: 14 Sep 1641, Gardiner's Island, Long Island, NY
• DEATH: Feb 1657, East Hampton, Suffolk, Long Island, NY

• MARRIAGE: BEF 1657, Southampton, Suffolk, Long Island, NY

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[4880] "Descendants of Edward Howell (1584-1655) of Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon,
Buckinghamshire, [England], and Southampton, Long Island, New York"
Emma Ross Howell; Second Edition by Dr. David Faris, 1985.

"New England Marriages Before 1700"
Clarence A. Torrey, Baltimore, MD, 1985
(as found on NEHGS CD-ROM, Boston, 2001)
"HOWELL, Arthur (1632-1683) & 1/wf Elizabeth [GARDINER] (1641-1658);
by 23 Feb 1657; Southampton, LI"

An accusation of witchcraft made by Elizabeth Gardiner on her deathbed led to one of the
first witch trials in America. The accusation was made in February of 1657 against
Elizabeth "Goody" Garlick (who was acquitted), and is described in many places, such as:

Witchhunt in East Hampton
George DeWan, Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs319a,0,6764483.story

East Hampton's Legendary Witch
Loretta Orion, October 25, 2002
http://www.easthamptonlibrary.org/lic/lectures/legendary_witch%202002.htm