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Robert GARDENER
1793 - Yes, date unknown
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Robert GARDENER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born - As fertility drops with age an increasing gap between children is not that unusual, but 7 years is a particularly large gap. Were there other children baptised elsewhere, a baptism in Stokenham missing or was Robert not a young baby when baptised? I think all clergy knew that they would be called on from time to time to provide evidence of a marriage or baptism, and the latter were used to indicate age, hence an age or date of birth was included when a person was not a young baby. I expect that as with everything else, though, mistakes occasionally occured.
Jane would have been getting on a bit to have another child in 1793, but definitely not too old (assuming the age at death recorded in the burial register is accurate).
I suspect Robert was a young baby at baptism and so born no more than a few months before that.
Baptised 9 Jul 1793 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England 
- "Robert the son of William & Jane Gardner"
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William GARDNER, bur. 5 Apr 1802, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England (Father) 
Jane PEPPERELL, b. Abt 1747, bur. 11 Jan 1828, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England (Age ~ 81 years) (Mother) Person ID I16485 All Last Modified 4 Jul 2014
Father William GARDNER, bur. 5 Apr 1802, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England Mother Jane PEPPERELL, b. Abt 1747, bur. 11 Jan 1828, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England (Age ~ 81 years) Banns of marriage From 24 Dec 1769 to 7 Jan 1770 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - Register simply shows William Gardiner and Jane Pipperel, no marital status or other information.
Married 23 Jan 1770 St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Stokenham, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Nov 2015)
William Gardner Batchelor and Jane Pepparal (Pepperell) Spinster, by Banns, William signed, Jane made her mark, witnesses Robert Pepperall and Richard Michelmore (both signed) (Richard Michelmore almost certainly Parish Clerk)
Family ID F946 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- As fertility drops with age an increasing gap between children is not that unusual, but 7 years is a particularly large gap. Were there other children baptised elsewhere, a baptism in Stokenham missing or was Robert not a young baby when baptised? I think all clergy knew that they would be called on from time to time to provide evidence of a marriage or baptism, and the latter were used to indicate age, hence an age or date of birth was included when a person was not a young baby. I expect that as with everything else, though, mistakes occasionally occured.