Gardiner, James
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1738 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Domestic servant | ||
| Place of Birth | Auldearn | ||
| Marriage | Unnamed Scottish wife | ||
| Issue | Unnamed son and daughter | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Old Bailey Online, OA17381222 |
Executed at Tyburn for theft. 30 years old at the time of his death. Born to a respectable farming family, but disliked this lifestyle and instead became an under-butler, serving in turn two earls and a respectable gentlemen. Lived in Scotland until moving to London for his final post four or five years previously. Claimed to have been tricked into stealing goods from his master, Mr Waldron, while later was taking the waters at Bath.
