Gardiner, John, 1747-1808

John Gardiner (1747 – October 18, 1808) was an American farmer from South Kingstown and Narragansett, Rhode Island. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Rhode Island in 1789.

Born in South Kingstown in the Colony of Rhode Island, Gardiner engaged in agricultural pursuits in Narragansett. During the early days of the Revolutionary War, he served with a militia company known as the Kingstown Reds, and was commissioned as a Captain in November 1775. Gardner served several times as a judge or justice of the peace. His first such appointment came in 1776, and his last in 1791. In 1786 and 1787, he served in the Rhode Island General Assembly as a member of the Paper Money Party. The Assembly sent him as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1789.

Gardiner died in South Kingstown on October 18, 1808. He is buried in Platform Cemetery in North Kingstown.