Gardner Hinckley was born Oct. 19, 1766, in Pomfret, Conn. Married Mary(Polly) Randal, born 1771; died Jan. 19, 1826, in Russia. She was amember of the Baptist division in the Russia Union Church. GardnerHinckley was a carpenter by trade. He came from Stephentown, NY, toRussia with his brother in 1796. He died Apr. 10, 1842, in Russia, of thescourge known as "black tongue" that passed through that section. Polly(Randal) Hinckley was the daughter of Benjamin Randal; a sister ofCharles Randal who died, 1811, in Russia; and an aunt of Benjamin Collinsof Russia.