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From: "Cci" <>
Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] LORD GARDEN Aberdeenshire Banffshire
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:45:57 +0800
References: <001401c8fbe9$aa2851e0$14454818@mainho9vn9rqyx>

Hi,
If you have access to Ancestry.com it has a lot of records of the
Garden's,Gardyn's etc of Troup.



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From: "USS Enterprise" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:37 AM
Subject: [ABERDEEN] LORD GARDEN Aberdeenshire Banffshire


> The following info was contained in a NOVA SCOTIA (Province of Canada)
> newspaper. It was an obit for a James R Garden, grandson of William Henry
> Garden, Loyalist. WH Garden fled the States after the American Revolution,
> settling in New Brunswick. The obit mentions James' father, Frederick
> Starr Garden and then reads:
>
>
>
> The first of his name and lineage in America was Rev. Alexander Garden,
> who about 1720, was Rector of the Church of St. Phillip, Charlestown,
> South Carolina. Rev. A Garden was a grandson of Major Garden, s/o Lord
> Garden (anciently spelt "Gardyne") of Banchory, in the Valley of the Dee,
> on the southern boundary of Aberdeenshire, and who was an officer in the
> Scottish Contingent sent by Charles 1 to the aid of Gustavus Adolphus in
> his war with the "Catholic League". Alexander Garden, a son of Rev. A
> Garden, became a physician and espousing the loyal cause in the
> Revolutionary War, moved to England, where he became very distinguished as
> a naturalist and botanist, attaining the high position of Vice President
> of the Royal Society.
>
>
>
> Can anyone shed some light on the different "personalities" mentioned in
> the above obituary?
>
>
>
> Lord Garden? Banchory? I have an article that refers to the "Gardynes of
> Banchory and of Troup House, Banffshire. an ancient and honourable
> Scottish family?!!
>
>
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
>
>
> Schani Biermann
>
> Canada
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