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1932.30.1

Ebenezer Gardner Jr. and Ruth Beard, 1778

One of the earliest Nantucket family records, painted as a memorial piece upon the death of Ebenezer Gardner Jr. in 1778. The register celebrates Gardner’s marriage to Ruth Beard in 1751. Twin hearts are embedded in a representative circular mound of earth, with a ribbon connecting the stems of the two roses marking the date of the marriage, and the names of ten children inscribed on pods.

NHA Collection Gift of Mr. William F. Macy from the Estate of Lizzie Macy 32.30.1