Patience Gardner
Patience Gardner
| Minister of the First Parish | |
| In Office | 1992 - 1994 |
| Preceded by | Richard Shprecher |
| Succeeded by | Alan Shaw |
Rev. Patience Gardner, the first woman settled as minister of the First Parish in Billerica (December 1992). Born in New Jersey; graduated Harvard Divinity School 1986. She resigned June 30, 1994, and died in 2024.