The namesake of a small island in the Town of New York was born in 1599.
Lion Gardiner (15991663), an early English settler and soldier in the New World, founded the first English settlement in what became the state of New York on Long Island. 
 His legacy includes Gardiners Island, which is held by his descendants. 
Gardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County. 
