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Gardner Gillett

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  • Name Gardner Gillett 
    Born 23 Jun 1715  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died , Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2263  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father Samuel Gillett,   b. 16/16 Feb 1677/8, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 20 Nov 1734, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 56 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Bancroft,   b. 23/23 Feb 1680/1, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 2 May 1736, of Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 55 years) 
    Married 22/22 Jan 1701/2  Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Rowe,   b. 25 Mar 1721, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. , Dutchess, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27/27 Jan 1740/1  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1336  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database:1821208" of David Palmer :
      A. The entire family moved to Cambridge, Washington, New York around 1783. Residence in Dutchess Co., New York. Found in account book of Joseph Mabbett, a business man in Duchess Co.
      B. Children"
      Gardner, b. 5 Feb 1742 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut.
      Mary, b. 4 Mar 1744 in Suffield.
      Susannah, b. 19 Jul 1746 in Suffield.
      Rosannah, b. 19 Jul 1746 in Suffield.
      Barnabus, chr. 22 Sep 1751 in Amenia, Duchess, NY.
      Samuel, chr. 10 Jul 1753 in Amenia.
      Gardner, chr. 4 May 1755 in Amenia.
      Joseph, chr. 5 Jun 1757 in Amenia.
      Samuel, b. 15 Jul 1759 in Amenia; chr. 15 Jul 1759 in Amenia.
      Mary, chr. 26 Mar 1764 in Nine Partners, Dutchess, NY.
      Gardner Jr., chr. 26 Mar 1764 in Nine Partners.
      Rosannah, chr. 30 Sep 1771 in Amenia.

      2. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 101, p. 285, Article: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett Descendants":
      "Samuel Gillett (son of John, grandson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60', but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934[typo?]) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680...
      [Her mother] Widow Jane Bancroft received 100 acres in Lynn in 1638. Her daughter Anna married 13 May 1647 Sergt. John Griffin, settled in Simsbury, Conn., had ten children and one of them, Sarah Griffin, married Elias Gillett (son of Nathan). Son Thomas Bancroft of Springfield, Mass. region, residence at the 'lower wharf,' now Enfield, Conn., was a selectman of Westfield; 8 Dec 1653 married Margaret Wright (dau. of Samuel) and their daughter Ruth Bancroft married John Stiles and had many Children; and daughter Rebecca married Samuel Gillett; and son Nathaniel had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville.
      Rev. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale from 1772 to 1795 was the son of Rev. Isaac and the grandson of John and Ruth (Bancroft) Stiles, and he wrote of his grandmother's family: 'The Family of Bancroft are a brisk, smart, quick, sensible and lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit to all (her) Children', etc. (Stiles Gens. 1892 and 1895).
      Children, born in Suffield:
      a. Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1702.
      b. John, b. 16 Jan 1704/5. Perhaps the 1724 John Gillett of his uncle Thomas Gillett's 1726 probate record?
      c. Nathaniel, 10 May 1707; m. Phebe ___...
      d. Hannah, b. 19 Jun 1709; d. in Suffield 2 Nov 1746, age 37; m. there, 26 Feb 1728/9 (int. Jan. 10) Joseph Kent (1898 Kent Gen.).
      e. Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1711.
      f. Gardner, b. 23 Jun 1715.
      g. Rebecca, b. 21 Sep 1718."

      3. 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)…"