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Lion Gardiner

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Lion Gardiner (1599-1663) was an English engineer and colonist who founded the first English settlement in New York, acquiring land on eastern Long Island. He had been working in the Netherlands and was hired to construct fortifications on the Connecticut River, for the Connecticut Colony.

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Print of the Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton (Childe Hassam - 1920)Print of the Lion Gardiner House, Easthampton (Childe Hassam - 1920)The tomb of Lion Gardiner in East Hampton, New York was built in 1886 and designed by James Renwick Jr. It depicts him in recumbent effigy. (Photo, April 2006)The tomb of Lion Gardiner in East Hampton, New York was built in 1886 and designed by James Renwick Jr. It depicts him in recumbent effigy. (Photo, April 2006)

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Lion Gardiner (1599-1663) was an English engineer and colonist who founded the first English settlement in New York, acquiring land on eastern Long Island. He had been working in the Netherlands and was hired to construct fortifications on the Connecticut River, for the Connecticut Colony. His legacy includes Gardiners Island, which is held by his descendants.

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Lived 1599 to 1663 · aged 64
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