GARDINER- Richard Gardiner of Tintern Manor is named about 1680. In 1683 he bought Land of Morgan Bryan; 1685, Feb. 17, he had conveyed to him by proprietors 1OO acres of land at "Old Woman's Hill" in Middletown township. He was appointed clerk of Monmouth county 1683 and continued until 1687. Joseph and Richard Gardiner are called sons-in-law by William Winter, in his will 1722. A family of Gardiners of Rhode Island and said to have descended from Sir Thomas Gardiner, whose son, Joseph Gardiner, came to this country with first settlers; was b. 1601 and d. in King's county, Rhode Island. 1679. He left six sons; the fourth, George, d. a 94; some of the family settled on Long Island.

GAUNTT- Zachary Gauntt of Sandwich, Mass., was among the original purchasers of land, 1667, but he seems to have settled at Newport, R.I. He had brothers Annanias and Israel who came to Monmouth and Annanias' son removed to Burlington county. In Bishop's "New England Judged" an ancient Quaker work published in London, 1703, it is said that Peter Gaunt, Ralph Allen, William Allen and Daniel Wing were fined twenty shillings each for not taking off their hats in court, and distress to the value of five pounds taken to satisfy the fine. This was about 1658. The same work adds that from Peter Gaunt was taken five kine, two heifers £30; one mare, two three-year-old steers, £12, eight bushels peas, £1-4s; four bushels Indian corn and one-half bushel wheat, 10s 6d-£43 14s 6d, and other laws made to rob them of their goods. Zachary Gaunt of Sandwich sold his share of land in Monmouth to his brother Annanias, Jan. 30, 1668.

GIBESON, GUIBERSON- In 1693, John Gibbonson and Daniel Hendrick of Flatbush, L.I., sold land to William Whitlock. John Gabeson was juror, 1699. In 1701, John Gysbertson of Middletown, sold 104 acres of land to Peter Wyckoff of Kings county, Long Island. Sep. 21, 1717, "John Gysbertse of Neversink, in the township of Crosswicks in the Jersies," conveyed to his brother Harman of Flatbush, a house, barn, orchard and garden in Flatbush. After the Revolution, among land owners in what is now Ocean county, were Hezekiah Giberson and B. Giberson. About 1820 to '30 John Guiberson's saw mill, in what is now Ocean county, was on Tice Van Horn's brook.

GIBBONS- Richard Gibbons, one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, was an early settler of Gravesend, L.I., where he was held in such good estimation as to be chosen arbitrator in disputes. 1688, May 10, Mordecai Gibbons had 540 acres confirmed to him in right of his father. In 1693, he was named as ensign in the militia, Richard Gibbons, the founder of this family, while on Long Island, signed his name Richard Gibbine, as stated by Tunis G. Bergen. In Monmouth he signed it Richard Gibbings.

GIFFORD- William Gifford is named as being assigned a share of land in Monmouth among the original purchasers in 1667-70. He was probably the William Gifford who about that time lived at Sandwich, Mass. In 1658-9 he was fined £57 19s. for refusing to swear allegiance and he, Geo. Allen and Richard Kirby and other Quakers were quite prominent at Sandwich previous to and about the time the first settlers came to Monmouth. The will of William Gifford, founder of the family in this country, was probated March 2, 1687. It is said by Bristol county descendants that the Gifford family trace their origin back to the Conquest. At the battle of Hastings, A.D. 1066, Sire Randolph de Gifford was a standard bearer of William, the Conqueror; a descendant named Sir Ambrose Gifford had a son, Walter, who came to America in 1630 and was founder of the American Branch.

GOODBODY- William Goodbody is named in court proceedings 1693 as juror and also in the suit. In 1698 he bought land of Joseph Lawrence and in 1701 of John Stewart and Elizabeth, his w. His will was dated April 6, 1703.

GORDON- Thomas Gordon is occasionally mentioned in Freehold records as King's Attorney and in connection with other business. He was a native of Pitlochie, Scotland, and arrived in the Province of New Jersey in Oct., 1684, with his w. Ellen, and four children. A sketch of his life is given in Whitehead's History of Perth Amboy. In 1715 John Salter, of Freehold, deeded 120 acres to Peter Gordon, of same town. In 1753 Hon. Richard Salter had this deed recorded. In 1774 Elizabeth Gordon, dau. of Thomas, m. John Salter, son of the Hon. Richard above named. Hon. John B. Gordon, U.S. Senator from Georgia, probably descended from a native of Monmonth county. Judge Cyrus Bruen, now in the 89th year of his age, thinks that he is a descendant of a brother of Ezekiel Gordon, who formerly resided on the Battle Ground, and well known in Freehold. The brother preferred to remove to Georgia, and was at one time a merchant in Savannah. In Freehold, 1776, David Gordon and William Gordon were named in list of inhabitants taxed. In Christ Church graveyard, Middletown, are tombstones to the memory of Jos. Gordon, who d. 1841 in his 69th year; to his w., Ruth, in her 42d year, 1811, and to other members of the family.

GOULD- Daniel Gould of Newport, R.I., with Joshua Coggshall, paid for a share of land 1667. He did not settle, however, here. He was a deputy to the Rhode Island Colonial Legislature 1673, and Governor's assistant 1674. In 1677 he had a warrant for 120 acres of land in Monmouth under proprietors' concessions.

GOULDING, GOLDING- William Goulding was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth patent 1665. It is supposed that he first settled in New Amsterdam, now New York, as he owned land there in 1643. In the original division of town lots in Middletown, 1667, he was given lot 25 and also outlands. He sold his town lot and meadows to Richard Hartshorne, the deed for which was acknowledged Nov. 25, 1672. In Freehold records his name is signed Will. Golding. Joseph Golden or Goulding is next named in Freehold records. He bought 130 acres of land near Schenck's Hill, Middletown, of James Hubbard, Dec. 4, 1704; in 1709 himself and w. Anneke Davis were members of the Old Brick Church, Marlborough; he was grand juror 1713, etc. It is supposed that William Goulding, the Monmouth patentee, was one of Lady Deborah Moody's friends, who left Massachusetts on account of Puritan persecutions. The name, is an ancient one in Massachusetts.

GRANDIN- In 1720 Daniel Grandin bought land of Richard Salter. In 1728 Daniel Grandin of Freehold, "Practitioner of Law," deeded land to Sarah Powell, who he calls sister-in-law. Among tombstones in old Topanemus graveyard are some erected to the memory of members of the Grandin family. In surveys about 1755, recorded in proprietor's office, Perth Amboy, of land in what is now Brick township, "Grandin's Folly is occasionally referred to as a landmark, but no explanation is given of the origin of the term. In the Revolution, Daniel Grandin was a Loyalist officer in the New Jersey Royal Brigade.

GRANT- John Grant settled in what is now Ocean county, between Toms River and Cedar Creek before 1764, as in that year he was named among taxable inhabitants of old Shrewsbury township. He is frequently named in old records of deeds. John Grant of Monmouth had license to marry Sarah Irons, Nov. 3, 1750.

GREEN- In 1684, Sarah Reape sold to Abiah Edwards all her claim to land of Henry Green. Widow Green is named in a suit in court, 1705. John Green bought land of Stephen Colver, 1716. Elizabeth Green of Squan, was deceased in 1730, in which year letters of administration were granted on her estate to her son and heir Joseph Gifford. In 1764, Henry Green and Henry Green, Jr., were taxed in Shrewsbury township.

GROVER- James Grover was one of the twelve men to whom was granted the Monmouth Patent, 1665, and he came to the county with the first settlers who are named, 1667. He was granted home lot number sixteen, in Middletown and outlet number fifteen. He was among the first settlers of Gravesend, L.I., in 1646. He was collector for the poor, 1650. About 1654-5, James Grover, George Baxter and James Hubbard, prefering English to Dutch rule, hoisted the English flag at Gravesend, declaring themselves subjects of the Republic of England. Baxter and Hubbard sent Grover to England by way of Boston, in 1656, to take a memorial to Oliver Cromwell. Baxter and Hubbard were arrested as traitors by the Dutch and sent to Fort Amsterdam and where they were liberated by Gov. Stuyvesant at the earnest solicitation of Lady Deborah Moody. Under the Proprietors' Concessions, Grover received in 1676, a warrant for 500 acres of land as one of the twelve men named in the Monmouth Patent. James Grover, Sr., died about the beginning of the year 1686. He had three sons and two daus. Safety Grover, a son, and wife had a warrant for 120 acres of land in 1679, From the Proprietors under the Concessions. 1684, July 26, Safety Grover and Richard Hartshorne were the only ones in Middletown who voted against swine running at large on the commons. Among inhabitants taxed in Middletown, 1761, were James Grover, Esq., James Grover and Silvenus Grover. In Upper Freehold, 1758, Joseph Grover was taxed for 420 acres of land.

GULICK- Hendrick Gulick bought land in Middletown of Wm. Merrill May 22, 1704, being probably the same tract which Merrill bought of Richard Stout, Jr., and Francis, his w., in 1687. The first of the Gulick family in this country were Jochem and Hendrick. Jochem came in 1653. Hendrick's name appears the same year as a witness to a baptism in the old Dutch Reformed Church of New York. Jochem Gulick bought land at Six Mile Run, in Middlesex county, previous to 1717, where he owned 330 acres, situated on both sides of Ten Mile Brook. Peter lived in Middlesex county and had four sons and four daus, and d. near Franklin Park. Samuel Gulick, a brother of Abram, had four sons, Hiram, Joachim, Isaac and John. The Ocean county Gulicks, it is said, descend from Jacobus, who at one time lived at Pleasant Plains and then removed to Rhode Hall, where he kept the main hotel and stage house between New York and Philadelphia. He had children: Joachim, Cornelius, Abram (or "Brom," as the Dutch called him, John, Jacobus and Isaac. Isaac settled at Toms River about 1794, and m. Abigail Hatfield, a widow with one child. Isaac Gulick and w., Abigail, had five sons, viz: James, Stephen, Abner and William. Abner and William m., removed to Ohio and d. there, leaving issue. Nimrod moved to Tuckahoe. N.J., where he d., leaving issue. Stephen (from whom some of these items are derived) lived at Toms River and then in Berkeley township, and outlived all of the rest. James, who was the first judge appointed in Ocean county, was b. at Cranbury, in Middlesex county, Jan 9, 1793, the year before his father removed to Toms River, and he d. July 5th, 1855. He had sons: John Hatfield (at one time Surrogate), Sidney, Henry Clay, Horatio and another. Horatio was County Collector. Stephen, above named, was brother of Judge Jas. Gulick. In 1797 Isaac Gulick sold Dillon's Island to Abraham and George Parker, and in deed says he bought it 1794 of John Imlay. Members of the Gulick family became noted as missionaries and some settled in the Sandwich Islands, where, about 1870, Chas. T. Gulick held an official position in the Custom House.