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Zadock Gillett

Male 1753 - 1816  (62 years)


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  • Name Zadock Gillett 
    Born 12 Aug 1753  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 14 Mar 1816  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2272  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Thomas Gillett,   b. 16 Apr 1711, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Apr 1791, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Barlow,   b. 20 Apr 1719, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 1806, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 12 Jun 1744  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Tryon,   b. 2 Aug 1758, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Oct 1840, Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Bef 1781  of Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.

      2. Censuses:
      1790 US: Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts, p. 2 of 5:
      Zadok Gillet, males: 1(16+), 3(under 16): females: 2.

      1810 US: Granville, Hampshire, Massachusetts, p. 2 of 5:
      Zadock Gillet, males 1(45+); females 1(16-26), 1(26-45)

      3. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 48:
      "Zadoc Gillet, (Son of Thomas, gson of Samuel, ggson of John, gggson of Jonathan) b. 12 Aug 1753; d. 14 Mar 1816, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Barlow) Gillet [error]; m. Rebecca Tyron [s/b Tryon].
      Children:
      Warren Gillet, b. Granville, Mass., 12 May 1784; m. Jul 1809, to Martha Ensley of New Jersey, b. 22 Feb 1781; d. 4 Aug 1855.
      Zodoc Gillet, b. Granville, Mass., 27 Dec 1781; m. in New York State ___ (?); d. in New Albany township, Bradford Co., PA.
      Auth.: Heverly's 'History of Sheshequin;' Heverly's 'Pioneers and Patriotic Families,' Bradford Co., Pa., vol. II; Mrs. Eva A. Thomas, Owego, Tioga Co., NY."

      4. Partial biography of two of the three children of Zadock and Rebecca from Worldconnect database "chan83" of Cheryl ___ :
      A. "Warren Gillett, a native of Granville, Mass, and a brother of Dr. Zadoc Gillett, joined his brother in the new settlement in 1819. He made the following record of his removal: "October 1, 1819, this day moved with my family into the town of Sheshequin after a tiresome journey of 250 miles from the town of Granville, in Massachusetts, and settled on the highlands in the 35th year of my age. W. Gillett." Mr. Gillett had received an excellent education, and for eight years taught school in the city of New York. He returned to Massachusetts to care for his aged parents, and after the death of his father the old farm was sold to furnish means to purchase "cheap, rich lands in the new country of the West." His aged mother, Rebecca, came to Sheshequin with him. He purchased an improvement and settled on the place now including the farms of his son, Rosseter, and granddaughter, Mrs. Horace Horton. Here he lived and toiled till the close of his life. He also taught school after coming to Sheshequin. Mr. Gillett was born May 12, 1784; married July 29, 1809, to Martha Ensley of New Jersey; died September 29, 1840. Martha, his wife, was born February 22, 1781; died August 4, 1855. Their children were: Lewis Bachus, Warren Ensley, Martha Emaline, Darwin Tyron and Rosseter. Lewis B., born May 12, 1812, in New York City; married Jemima daughter of Caleb Shores; lived on the farm now occupied by his sons, Bird and Burton; died December 17, 1893. W. Ensley, born July 8, 1814, in Massachusetts; married Sarah E., daughter of Elijah Townsend of Rome; occupied a part of the homestead farm; died September 9, 1897. Martha E., born January 14, 1817, in Massachusetts; married Hiram Saunders of Waverly, N.Y.; died August 16, 1848. Darwin T., born August 15, 1821, in Sheshequin; married Viana, daughter of Jeremiah Kilmer; lived on the farm now occupied by his son, Allen; died March 22, 1882. Rosseter, born February 20, 1826, in Sheshequin; married Mary A., daughter of Elijah Townsend, occupies a part of the farm on which he was born."
      B. "Dr. Zadoc Gillett, a native of Granville, Mass., came to Sheshequin in 1815 and located on the Warren Gillett place. He had quite an extensive practice. After some years, he removed to Canada, where during an epidemic of cholera, he lost his wife and several children. He then returned to Sheshequin and practiced for a time, finally removed to Albany township where he died. He was the father of the late Jerome B. Gillett of Hornbrook."

      5. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 5:49-64. These pages have a five generation descendency listing of all the descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Mary Dolbair. I only transcribe my own descendency line which is the seventh child:
      "7 John Gillett- b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber (emigrant). She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. John d. 1682. Windsor p. 50 says Mary Barber bpt. 12 Oct. 1651, m. ___ Hale. res: Suffield. (Gillett-19)
      7.1 Thomas Gillett- b. 7 Jan. 1671, Windsor. d. by 1676
      7.2 John Gillett Jr.- b. 6 Aug. 1673, Windsor. d. 4 July 1699, Windsor, unmarr.
      7.3 Thomas Gillett- b. 18 July 1676 (Gillett p. 19 says 31 May 1678), Windsor. m. (1) Martha Mills. She d. without children. m. (2) Hannah Clark, 26 Feb. 1704 (1686-1709) Windsor, dau. of John Clark & Mary Crow (D. Clark-34). He d. 11 June 1708. Children of Thomas Gillett & Hannah Clark (2) (NER 101:285)…
      7.4 Samuel Gillett- b. 16 Feb. 1677/8, Windsor. m. Rebecca Bancroft, 22 Jan. 1701/2, Suffield, dau. of Thomas Bancroft. She was b. 1680. He d. 1739, Grnaville, Mass. (Gillett-23) Children of Samuel Gillett & Rebecca Bancroft (NER 101:286).
      7.4.1 Samuel Gillett, Jr.- b. 13 Sept. 1702, Suffield. m. Anna Pierce, 13 Apr. 1727. He d. Granville, Mass.
      7.4.2 John Gillett- b. 13 Jan. 1704/5, Suffield.
      7.4.3 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 10 May 1707, Suffield. m. Phebe ___. Children of Nathaniel Gillett & Phebe ___. (NER 101:286)…
      7.4.4 Hannah Gillett- b. 19 June 1709, Suffield. m. Joseph Kent, 26 Feb. 1728/9, Suffield (b. 1710), s. of John Kent & Abigail Winchell of Suffield. He m. (2) Elizabeth Palmer, 1748. Hannah d. 2 Nov. 1746, Suffield. Six children.
      7.4.5 Thomas Gillett- b. 16 Apr. 1711, Suffield. m. Elizabeth Barlow, 2 June 1744 (1719-1806). He d. 10 Apr. 1791, Granville, Mass. (Gillett-1955, 23, 34, 48) Children of Thomas Gillett & Elizabeth Barlow. (Gillett-23) [Note: The author lists only one child, which is of course very incomplete.]
      7.4.5.1 Zadoc Gillett- b. 12 Aug. 1753, m. wid. Rebecca Tyron (1758-1840). He d. 14 Mar. 1816, Granville, Mass. Two children (1781-1784). She d. Shesequin, Bradford Co., Pa. (Gillett-34)
      7.4.6 Gardner Gillett- b. 23 June 1715, Suffield. m. Mary Rowe, 27 Jan. 1740/1. Res: Dutchess Co., N.Y.
      7.4.7 Rebecca Gillett- b. 21 Sept. 1718, Suffield.
      7.5 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 3 Oct. 1680, Windsor. (Windsor-290)
      7.6 Benjamin Gillett- b. 1680, Windsor. m. Elizabeth Austin, 6 Sept. 1705 (1684-1752), dau. of Capt. Anthony & Esther Austin. (Gillett-21) (Benjamin's b. 3 Oct. 1680 in Gillett-22) Children of Benjamin Gillett & Elizabeth Austin (Gillett-21)…
      7.7 Mercy Gillett- b. 21 Jan. 1682, m. Jacob Adams, Jr. (1681-1736), s. of Jacob Adams & Anne Allen and gr. s. of Robert & Elinor Adams of Newberry, Mass. Res: Suffield, Conn. Children of Mercy Gillett & Jacob Adams, Jr. (NER 101:47)…"

      BIRTH:
      Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Birth Records" sourced from "Granville Vital Records" with parents Thomas and Elsebeth Gillet:
      25 Apr 1745 Elsebeth Gillet
      18 Mar 1746 Zuruiah Gillet
      14 Sep 1748 Thomas Gillet
      28 Sep 1749 Eli Gillet
      8 Mar 1751 Samuel Gillet
      12 Aug 1753 Zadock Gillet

      DEATH:
      1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Zadock Gillet, d. 14 Mar 1816, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Zadock, Mar. 14, 1861, a. 61, P.R.6. Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.

      SOURCES_MISC:
      1. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, 1572-1800"; Collection entitled, "Genealogy and Local History," by University Microfilming, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Microfiche no. G-1135; Public Library call no. GEN-R 929.3.