Hannah Gardiner, born December 7th 1704, was a daughter of wealthy Bostonian, William Gardiner and the former Miss Abigail Remington, a daughter of John and Abigail [née Richmond] Remington.
On May 22nd 1722, Hannah Gardiner was married to the Reverend James MacSparran, an Episcopalian minister, the service was conducted by the Rev. James Honeyman of Newport, Rhode Island.
Rev. MacSparran, ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury in September 1720, was given a King's bounty of twenty pounds and sent to Rhode Island in April 1721 to become the Episcopalian minister at St Paul's Episcopal church in Narragansett. He continued as rector of St. Paul's for over thirty-six years.
When the MacSparrans were on visit to England in 1755, Hannah contracted smallpox and died June 24th of that year in London. She was buried in the Christ Church chapel in Westminster. The couple had no children and Rev. MacSparran never quite got over the death of his wife. He returned to Narrangansett and died there on December 1st 1757.
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Rev. James MacSparran was born Sept. 10, 1693, in — as it is believed, although without positive evidence — Dongiven, county of Derry, Ireland. Having been ordained to the diaconate of the Church of England by the Bishop of London, and to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he reached Narragansett, to which he had been appointed a missionary, April 28, 1721. Here he continued in faithful and fruitful service until his death, Dec. 1st 1757. In 1737 he was created a Doctor of Sacred Theology by the University of Oxford. Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran had no children.
On May 22nd 1722, Hannah Gardiner was married to the Reverend James MacSparran, an Episcopalian minister, the service was conducted by the Rev. James Honeyman of Newport, Rhode Island.
Rev. MacSparran, ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury in September 1720, was given a King's bounty of twenty pounds and sent to Rhode Island in April 1721 to become the Episcopalian minister at St Paul's Episcopal church in Narragansett. He continued as rector of St. Paul's for over thirty-six years.
When the MacSparrans were on visit to England in 1755, Hannah contracted smallpox and died June 24th of that year in London. She was buried in the Christ Church chapel in Westminster. The couple had no children and Rev. MacSparran never quite got over the death of his wife. He returned to Narrangansett and died there on December 1st 1757.
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Rev. James MacSparran was born Sept. 10, 1693, in — as it is believed, although without positive evidence — Dongiven, county of Derry, Ireland. Having been ordained to the diaconate of the Church of England by the Bishop of London, and to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he reached Narragansett, to which he had been appointed a missionary, April 28, 1721. Here he continued in faithful and fruitful service until his death, Dec. 1st 1757. In 1737 he was created a Doctor of Sacred Theology by the University of Oxford. Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran had no children.
Hannah Gardiner, born December 7th 1704, was a daughter of wealthy Bostonian, William Gardiner and the former Miss Abigail Remington, a daughter of John and Abigail [née Richmond] Remington.
On May 22nd 1722, Hannah Gardiner was married to the Reverend James MacSparran, an Episcopalian minister, the service was conducted by the Rev. James Honeyman of Newport, Rhode Island.
Rev. MacSparran, ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury in September 1720, was given a King's bounty of twenty pounds and sent to Rhode Island in April 1721 to become the Episcopalian minister at St Paul's Episcopal church in Narragansett. He continued as rector of St. Paul's for over thirty-six years.
When the MacSparrans were on visit to England in 1755, Hannah contracted smallpox and died June 24th of that year in London. She was buried in the Christ Church chapel in Westminster. The couple had no children and Rev. MacSparran never quite got over the death of his wife. He returned to Narrangansett and died there on December 1st 1757.
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Rev. James MacSparran was born Sept. 10, 1693, in — as it is believed, although without positive evidence — Dongiven, county of Derry, Ireland. Having been ordained to the diaconate of the Church of England by the Bishop of London, and to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he reached Narragansett, to which he had been appointed a missionary, April 28, 1721. Here he continued in faithful and fruitful service until his death, Dec. 1st 1757. In 1737 he was created a Doctor of Sacred Theology by the University of Oxford. Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran had no children.
On May 22nd 1722, Hannah Gardiner was married to the Reverend James MacSparran, an Episcopalian minister, the service was conducted by the Rev. James Honeyman of Newport, Rhode Island.
Rev. MacSparran, ordained by the Archbishop of Canterbury in September 1720, was given a King's bounty of twenty pounds and sent to Rhode Island in April 1721 to become the Episcopalian minister at St Paul's Episcopal church in Narragansett. He continued as rector of St. Paul's for over thirty-six years.
When the MacSparrans were on visit to England in 1755, Hannah contracted smallpox and died June 24th of that year in London. She was buried in the Christ Church chapel in Westminster. The couple had no children and Rev. MacSparran never quite got over the death of his wife. He returned to Narrangansett and died there on December 1st 1757.
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Rev. James MacSparran was born Sept. 10, 1693, in — as it is believed, although without positive evidence — Dongiven, county of Derry, Ireland. Having been ordained to the diaconate of the Church of England by the Bishop of London, and to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Canterbury, he reached Narragansett, to which he had been appointed a missionary, April 28, 1721. Here he continued in faithful and fruitful service until his death, Dec. 1st 1757. In 1737 he was created a Doctor of Sacred Theology by the University of Oxford. Dr. and Mrs. MacSparran had no children.
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