The Gardiner or Gardner Family Crest

The original Gardiners and Gardners seem to have borne in the old country very similar coats of arms, and both spellings are frequently found in old records of the same families. In America, the same state of things seems to have existed, as we find the identical coat of arms (the one we give in this work) borne, with slight modifications, by some branches of the Gardiner and Gardner stock. The tomb of Chief Justice John Gardner of Rhode Island (1767), shows the coat of arms we insert, except the crest, none being visible. This eminent citizen was son of the emigrant, Joseph Gardner (1669-1726). Lion Gardiner reached Boston in 1635. In 1639 he took possession of his principalty of ""Gardiner's Island"" and made it a real little kingdom. On his seal (1636) we find the crest as sole device. On the tomb of his descendant, David Gardiner, the fourth Lord—1691-1751—is found the coat of arms we give here. We notice in Burke the same arms as belonging to the Reverend Richard Gardiner, D.D., C

Family

Gardiner or Gardner

Motto

Deo non fortuna.Trusting in God, not in chance.

Blazon

On A Seal Of Lion Gardiner: A Pelican, Sable, Vulning Itself, Gules.

Source

America Hereldica