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| 1851 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Connecticut Death Index": John J. Herzenberg, d. 5 Dec 1950 at Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, age 57, never married. 2. Censuses: 1930 US: Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, p. 9 of 50, 7 Apr 1930, house 30, family 130: John J. Herzenberg, rents, $60, 36, md. at age 27, PA Rus Rus, manager of men's clothing store. Betty, wife, 30, md. at age 21, CT Rus Rus. 3. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual: PM notes John as being the eldest and born in Latvia with a wife named Betty and no children. HJ. Fought in WWI - opened a shop on his return to Waterbury, CT. BIRTH: 1. Ancestry.com's "WWI Draft Registrations": John Jeanot Herzenberg, b. 3 Aug 1893 in Philadelphia, PA, residing at 278 North Main St., Waterbury, Conn., self-employed merchant at 227 Bank St. in Waterbury, single, med. ht., stout build, blue eyes, brown hair, bald, no physical handicaps, reg. at Waterbury 5 Jun 1917. 2. Ancestry.com's "WWII Draft Registrations": John Jeannott Herzenberg, b. 3 Apr 1893 in Philadelphia, PA, residing with wife at 50 Johnson St., in Waterbury, employer is John Jay's Clothes Shop at 205 Bank St. in Waterbury. 3. FHL film C004637 extracted birth record: Johan Herzenberg, b. 3 Aug 1893 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, parents Herman and Sara Herzenberg. | Herzenberg, Johan or John Jeannott (I4222)
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| 1852 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Data concerning the family of Bancroft, Bradstreet, Browne, Dudley...," by George Gamble, 1906, pp. 156b, 156: "Bancroft Family. Corrections and Additional Data. From data furnished by Mr. John M. Bancroft, of Bloomfield, N.J., and obtained from other sources, the following additional information has been prepared: Thomas Bancroft was born in England, probably in Derbyshire in 1622. He married, 1st, at Dedham, Mass., 31 Jan 1647, Alice, dau. of Michael Bacon, who died 29 Jan 1648, without living issue; married 2d at Dedham 15 (13) Sep 1648, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, who was born in England 4 Oct 1626, and died at Lynnfield, Mass, 1 May 1711. She was dismissed from the church at Dedham to that at Reading 25 Oct 1662. Their daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Browne and was the ancestress of Gen. Joseph Browne, of the Revolutionary army. Thomas Bancroft was the owner of real estate at Dedham until 28 Oct 1652 when he disposed of his holdings there and moved to the vicinity of Reading. In 1670 he located at what is now Lynnfield. In a survey made by Thomas Gardner in 1660, the old Bancroft place, in the township of Lynn, is referred to as 'the place they call Ensign Bancroft's', showing his early connection with the miltary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was relieved from this office of Ensign (p. 156) 15 Oct 1679, on the grounds of long servcice and poor health. He had probably served as Ensign for a quarter of a century. He died 19 Aug 1691, and was burind at Reading, (now Wakefield), Mass. He gravestone bears this inscription: 'Memento Mori, Fugit Hora. Here Lieth the Body of Lt. Thomas Bancroft, Aged 69 Years, Deceased Ye 19th Day of August 1691.' The confirmation of Lieut. Bancroft, as an officer of the Foot Company of Lynn, on 12 Jul 1689, in all probablily referred not to Ensign Thomas Bancroft, but to his son Ebenezer, afterwards Captain. The old Ensign was then 67 years of age, and in bad health, as seen from his petition to the General Court, and it was hardly probable that with warfare on with the French and Indians he would again have undertaken active military service. He son Ebenezer was then 22 years old. Ebenezer Bancrroft continued in the military service of the colony for many years. In an item of Lynn military affairs, of 1706-07, in the regiment under Col. Theophilus Burrell, Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft appears in the list of officers. He served in the King Williams' war as Lieutenant... Captain Ebenezer Bancroft's brother Thomas, born at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649 was a prominent member of the church and active in the affairs of the community. His graveston eptaph refers to him as 'Deacon.' From im is descended the historian, George Bancroft, and a number of others peominet in American Affoars. Mr. John M. Bancroft, who has gone exhaustively into the subject, points out that Lieut. Thomas Bancroft was not the son of John and Jane Bancroft, of Lynn, as claimed by some Lynn publications, but was probably their nephew and the son of Ralph, brother of John. In one of the volumes of the Essex Institute Collections, containing sketches of the pedigrees of early members of the Lynnfield church, in that of the Bancrofts no reference is made to John and Jane as in any wise connected with Thomas. As these sketches were prepared at an early date it would have been known to their compiler had Thomas been a son of John. Hon. George Bancroft, the historian, was also probably convinced of this. In the 'Ancestry of John Davis and Eliza Bancroft,' the latter the sister of the historian, which was prepared and published by Hon. Horace Davis, of San Francisco, when a member of Congress, and during the life time of George Bancroft, John and Jane are not considered as the parents of Thomas. [This author then quotes the work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., who I quote elsewhere in this database, as to the surmising that the pedigree of this Thomas is most likely through Ralph Bancroft of England.] 2. "New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 24, p. 425, Notes and Queries: Bancroft: Herein are noted items in regard to the advent and settlement of persons by the name of Bancroft in New England. A. Thomas Bancroft married in Dedham, Mass., in 1647, Alice Bacon. 15 Sep 1648, Elizabeth Metcalf. He resided in Lynnfield (Reading), then a part of Lynn, Mass. Born 1622. Sons: Thomas, John, Ebenezer. B. John Bancroft resided at Windsor, Conn., 1645; m. 3 Dec 1650, Hannah Duper or Draper. He died 1662. Sons: John, Nathaniel, Ephraim. C. Thomas Bancroft, m. 8 Dec 1653, Margaret Wright, of (Westfield) Springfield, Mass. sons: Thomas, Samuel. To one of the above three families the lineage of most of those bearing the name oon this continent can be traced. The proofs of the connection existing between these families are not so apparent." 3. Ancestry.com's "Some Ancestors of Moses Bancroft," Frank S. Parks, 1934, p. 4: "Thomas Bancroft (1622-1691). Born in England, it is supposed, 1622. We find him first at Dedham, Mass., in 1647, on the occasion of his 1st marriage. He sold his property there in 1652, and the name disappears form Dedham records. We definitlely locate him in 1655 by an affidavit at Salem, which records that he had at that time, 1655, hired a farm of Samuel Bennett Sr., who owned some 500 acres in what is the norhtwesterly part of Saugus, some three miles or so south of the Reading church and settlement, on whose records they appear; though he did not have 'common lands,' or participate in the Reading town business. There are some accounts of the survey of the line, now the westerly boundary of Saugus that mentions the 'house of Ensign Bancroft.' In 1670, he purchased 60 acres at Beaver Dam, Lynnfield, deeded 'by power of attorney' by John Symonds and Elizabeth his wife, of Harold, in the county of Bedford in England, husbandman, it having been the land of Wm. Blote, formerly the husband of the said Elziabeth'; and was bounded N.W. on My. Holyoke; N.E. on Isaac Hart; S.E. on Goodman Collins and S.W. by Redding meadow.' In 1678 Elizer Holyoke (3), of Springfield, sold the 550 acre plot N.W., (except 1-2 acres with a building on that he sold to Thomas Bancroft,) and mentioned that 'it had been some years in use and improvement of thomas Bancroft.' Here he continued until death; 1691. He was buried at Reading, now Wakefield... He died intestate, but the estate was mutually settled and all details are on Salem, Mass., records; naming the several children, the widow, etc.; signed by name of mark as the person was qualified. After he came to Lynnfield he was appraiser of several estates. In 1688 he subscribed ₤5 to build a new church at Reading. About this time he petitioned for relief from military duty, which was granted. He married first, Alice, daughter of Miguel Bacon, of Ireland, 31 Jan 1647, who died 29 Jan 1648. He married 2nd, Elizabeth, dau. of Michael and Sarah (Ellwyn) Metcalf, 15 Sep 1648. She was b. 4 Oct 1626, d. at Lynnfield 1 May 1711. Child by 1st wife: A. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 11 Jan 1648; d. 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife: B. Thomas, b. at Dedham, 14 Jul 1649. C. Elizabeth, b. at Dedham; d. 21 Nov 1650. D. John, b. at Dedham 1651; died ___. E. Elizabeth, b. 7 Oct 1653. (RCR = Reading Church Records). F. John, b. 3 Mar 1656 (RCR). G. Sarah, b. 14 Jan 1657/8; d. 19 Jul 1661 (RCR). H. Ralph, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 Jul 1661 (RCR). I. Raham, b. 27 Jun 1662; d. 19 May 1688 (RCR). J. Sarah, b. 1 Apr 1665 (RCR). K. Ebenezer, b. 26 Apr 1667 (Lynn Records). L. Mary, b. 16 May 1670 (Lynn Records)." 4. The periodical "The Essex Genealogist," vol. 19, "THOMAS BANCROFT and his descendants of Lynnfield," by Marcia Wiswall Lindberg, pp. 211-17: "The ancestry of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fleld] is uncertain. An article published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, hereafter NEHG Register, [January 1902], 84-87; [April 1902], 196-197) titled "Genealogical Gleanings Among the English Archives," by J. Henry Lea, gives information that may pertain to Thomas Bancroft of Dedham and Lynn. Mr Lea concluded: "John Bancroft who, with wife Jane, came to New England on the James in 1632 [Hotten's Lists, 150, etc.], settled at Lynn and died in 1637, leaving children: Anne, John and Thomas (and possibly Samuel and William), probably all born in England, although they are not mentioned in the passenger list with their parents (there called "BARCROFT"). The widow had a grant of land in Lynn in 1638 and afterwards removed to Southampton, L.I., and then to Connecticut." Robert Charles Anderson, in his "Great Migration Begins" (vol. 1, page 92) states that "McCracken and Jacobus argue that the name Barcroft had no connection with the Bancrofts ["The Essex Genealogist," 37:154-60). The origins of Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] must remain "unknown." This account of Thomas Bancroft is derived partly from the study by John Kermett Allen (NEHG Register, 94: Oct (1940), 214-224, 311-321; Jan (1941), 56-59, 109-118. Mr. Allen presented all the descendants of Thomas1 Bancroft for 6 generations. Only Thomas's Lynnfield descendants will be given here. Deeds, wills, court records and town records have been added. The present town of Wakefield was known as Reading in the 17th century, then became South Reading in 1812. The name was changed to Wakefield 25 February 1868. Lake Quannapowitt today, was then called "The Great Pond." Lynnfield was established as a district from part of Lynn on 3 July 1782, and was incorporated as a town, 28 February 1814. Genealogists who rely on the Massachusetts published Vital Records need to be careful. Births, marriages and deaths (of families who lived in what is today Wakefield), were published in "Vital Records of Reading to 1850." Likewise, the vital records of early Lynnfield will be found in the published "Vital Records of Lynn to 1850." Lieut. THOMAS1 BANCROFT was born in England in 1625 (according to his age given in a court testimony -- see below), and died at Lynnfield, 19 August 1691 (Lynn Vital Records). He was interred in the old burying ground at 'Reading (now Wakefield), as there was no cemetery in Lynnfield at that time. His tombstone is inscribed: "Memmento Mort, Fugit Hora. Here lies the body of Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft, aged 69 years. The Memory of the Just is Blessed. Deceased ye 19th of August 1691." Lieut. Thomas married, first, at Dedham, 3/31/1647, ALICE BACON (Dedham VR), who died at Dedham 3/29/1648 (ibid.). She was the daughter of Michael Bacon, whose will, dated 14: 2 mo. 1648 named his son-In-law, Thomas Bancroft. Thomas Bancroft married, secondly, at Dedham, 9/15/1648, ELIZABETH METCALF (Dedham VR), who was baptized at St. Benedict (Norwich County), England, 20 September 1626 and died at Lynnfield, 11 May 1711, age 85 (Lynn VR). She was the daughter of Michael and Sarah (Ellington or Eliwyn) Metcalf (NEHG Register, 6 [1852]:171-173; 78:64). Thomas Bancroft was residing In Dedham before 3/31/1647, when his marriage was recorded there. On 12: 10th month 1650, he was granted three acres of land there. He was taxed at Dedham from 1648 to 1653, when his name disappears from the records. By 29 September 1648, Thomas had become a member of the First Parish Church there. His wife Elizabeth (Metcalf) Bancroft, joined the Dedham Church 14: 10th month: 1651 and retained her membership there until 16: 4th month: 1662, when she Joined the Reading church. On 29: 4: 1664, Thomas Bancroft and Robert Gowing took the inventory of William Stuart's estate ("Probate Records of Essex County," 1:449). On the 14th of May 1679, the inventory of John Pearson was taken by William Cowdry, Thomas Bancroft and Hannaniah Parker (ibid., 3:323). On 14 May 1679, Thomas Bancroft, William Cowdry and Hannaniah Parker took inventory of John Pearson's estate (ibid., 7:230). In 1678/9, Thomas Bancroft was administrator of the estate of his nephew, Benjamin Bicknal, son of William and Martha (Metcalf) Bicknal of Charlestown (Middlesex Probate). In July of 1675, Thomas Bancroft, age 50, and John Pearson, age 60, appraised the land of the late Capt. Richard Walker. Thomas was called "Ensign Bancroft" when he served on a Grand Jury on 27: 9: 1677. He served on Juries of Trials in 1666, 1669, 1672 and 1677, and on Grand Juries in 1674, 1675, 1679 and 1680 ("Records & Flies of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County," hereafter EQCR, 3:321; 4:143; 5: 106, 417, 6:31, 345; 7:290, 384). In January of 1678, Thomas Bancroft took the "Oath of Allegiance" before Capt. Thomas Marshall of Lynn, and was appointed a Squadron Leader. He would have been 53 years of age. Serving under him were his neighbors, Edward Marshall, John Pearson, Jr., Francis Hutchinson, John Hawks, Moses Hawkes, Daniel Gowing, Nathaniel Gowing, Daniel Eaton, John Coles, Thomas Hutchinson, Samuel Stocker, William Clemons, Samuel Penfield, Nathaniel Lewis and John Dean -- all from Lynn[field] and what is now north Saugus. In the Massachusetts Military Archives (Vol. 69; p. 245) appears the following petition: "To the Honorable General Court now sitting In Boston, Oct 15th 1679: The Request of Thomas Bancroft Showeth that he hath served the country as an Ensign for the town of Redding for many years; and his habitation going remote from his said town, and himself under some indisposition of body, cannot [be] so serviceable to the Military Company the way formerly. Therefore humbly entreats that he may be discharged from his ... company; this is his own prayer. Thomas Bancroft" Deeds on file at the Essex County Registry of Deeds On 8 November 1670, Ensign Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[field] bought for 17 pounds from John Robinson of Exeter (attourney for John and Elizabeth Simonds of Carroll, co. Bedford, England), 60 acres of upland and meadow in Lynn[field] near Beaver Dam, bounded NW by land of Mr. Holyoke and NE by land of Isaac Hart and SE by land of Goodman Collins and SW on Reading meadow, once land of William Blotts, formerly husband of said Elizabeth Simonds (Essex Deeds, 3:99). On 20 August 1678, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, bought from Eliezur Holyoke, "now resident in Boston (Suffolk County), Mass. Bay Colony," for a valuable sum, 1 1/2 acres of land in Lynn[field], with fences, near Beaver Dam at the east corner of his farm that Eliezur had recently sold to James Russell of Charlestown; witnesses: Jacob and Mary Eliot; recorded 7 June 1679 (ibid., 5:37) (see what appears to be a duplicate deed below). On 21 June 1681, Thomas Bancroft, Sr., "age about 58," deposed that "about 1655, he hired the farm where Daniel Hitchens dwells, from Samuel Bennett, Sr. and the land In controversy lay common for the free feed of cattle. Lately he heard that Thomas Browne had fenced in some of that land" (ibid., 8:121). On 13 December 1687, Thomas Bancroft, Sr. of Lynn[field] bought for 6 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 pence from Ann Collins of Lynn, Executor of the estate of Henry Collins, Sr., deceased, 20 acres of land in Lynn(field) bounded E by land of. Robert Gowing, N by Robert Gowing and Ensign Thomas Bancroft, W on Reedy Meadow, and S by lands of John Bancroft. Witnesses were Henry and Nathaniel Ingalls and Thomas Putnam; recorded 15 February 1688 (ibid., 9:171). On 3 April 1690, an indenture was made between John Simond of Carroll (Bedfordshire) England and Jane Simonds of the same (spinster), son and daughter of Elizabeth Simons late of Carroll, widow, deceased, and Thomas Bancroft Sr. of Lynn[field], gentleman, for 26 pounds paid by said Thomas Bancroft and John Bancroft his son unto Thomas Fairweather, Attourney for John and Jane Simons, for 60 acres of land in Lynn[field], formerly William Biott's, bounded NW on lands formerly in possession of Mr. Holyoke, and NE by land of Robert Gowing, SE by land of said Thomas Bancroft and S with Reedy Meadow. Witnesses: Thomas Hall, Thomas Fairweather and Adam Goodaker. Signed John Simons and Jane Simons; recorded 3 April 1690 (ibid., 4:173). On 10 July 1690, Thomas Qancroft of Lynn(field) was granted by William and Sarah Bassett of Lynn, 3 acres of meadow in Reedy Meadow, bounded south by Daniel Eaton, east by the great brook and John Bancroft, north with upland of Robert Bates. Witnesses were John Lewis, Edward Baker and Samuel Johnson; recorded 4 December 1693 (ibid., 9:172). Deed of Thomas Bancroft to son John Bancroft On 28 April 1691, Thomas Bancroft of Lynn[fieid], "for diverse good causes ... and especially for 15 pounds to me in hand paid," sold to his son John Bancroft of said town, a parcel of land out of my homestead ... about 25 acres, butted E by land of Robert Gowing on the highway as runs by Gowing's land & S by a pine tree marked TB, & a white oak marked TB, upwards from said pines to Gowing's land and downward & W along by Reedy Meadow .... also a parcel of meadow In Reedy Meadow, for 6 pounds in money ... which meadow was half of the parcel of meadow he had bought from Jonathan Pickering of Salem, i.e., the W side, bounded by meadow of Henry Collins (now Andrew Mansfield's), S with the swamp called, Dark Swamp, E with the other half part, N with his own upland, all within the township of Lynn[field]." Acknowledged by Thomas Bancroft, 13 May 1691; witnesses: John Browne, Jeremiah Swayne & Joshua Eaton; recorded, 24 January 1692/3 (ibid., 9:58-9). Settlement of Thomas Bancroft's Estate, 23 November 1691 Lieut Thomas1 Bancroft died 19 August 1691, 4 months after the above deed was written. The Essex County Deeds contains the following account of his estate: "Whereas It has pleased the Almighty God to take from the land of the living Lieut Thomas Bancroft of Lynn, who deceased on the 9th (sic) of August last past and he died intestate, the widow of said Thomas Bancroft with sons John Bancroft and. Ebenezer Bancroft and Joseph Brown, who married with Elizabeth Bancroft, and also John Woodward who married with Sarah Bancroft, as also the youngest daughter that is yet unmarried, namely Mary Bancroft, met all together and conferred about a way of division upon the estate that the deceased died possessed of, and taking account of what most of us have already had in our father's lifetime and taking an inventory of the said estate, now have agreed upon the following division: First: that Ebenezer Bancroft shall present the honored court with an Inventory of the estate, and also take administration upon it, and also that Ebenezer shalt enjoy all the housing and lands that said deceased died siezed of, excepting 1/2 the lot which was by the said deceased purchased of Henry Skerry in Lynn[field], which contains 20 acres & also 1/2 of the Ashen swamp and 1/2 the Cedar swamp (which was laid out to the deceased), in Reading in Middlesex County, according to his deed recorded in Reading -- those 3 half-lots last mentioned are to be left out by the said Ebenezer Bancroft to his brother John Bancroft, who, with what John has received already, is to be in full satisfaction to him for his part of Thomas Bancroft's estate. Furthermore, the above-named Ebenezer is to have and enjoy all the cattle and utensils of husbandry and all other moveables that belong to said estate, excepting the household goods that the widow is to enjoy. He, the said Ebenezer, paying what is hereafter mentioned." The abovesaid widow, Elizabeth Bancroft, shall have and enjoy the household goods that belong to Thomas Bancroft's estate to herself for her own purpose and use forever and dispose of it if she shaii see fit in her lifetime, and if she stand in need thereof, she may sell the same and what may be left at her death she shall have leave to dispose of. Also she shall have liberty to live in the said house, with meat and drink, lodging and washing and all things necessary in sickness and in health during her natural life. Also the said Ebenezer shall pay unto his said mother yearly every year during the time she shall live with him, the sum of 20 shillings In money current sliver of New England, if his said mother demand the same every year. And if Thomas's said widow do desire to remove to any of those of her other children and to live with them or any other places, she has her liberty so to do. And her son Ebenezer Bancroft shall then pay her annually, 5 pounds in corn, pork and beef, proportionally at the common country prices but not at money prices; also 45 shillings a year yearly in money current silver of New England for as long as she shall live from him. Also the said Ebenezer Bancroft shall, within 2 or 3 years after his mother's decease, pay or cause to be paid to his 3 sisters, these following legacies, viz. to Elizabeth Brown, 10 pounds, and to Sarah Woodward 10 pounds, and to Mary Bancroft 5 pounds, all In current country pay at the common price but not at money price. Only in case that Mary Bancroft shall marry before the time above mentioned, then said Ebenezer shall pay her 1/2 of her said portion upon marriage. And in case said Ebenezer shall perform and pay every particular as is abovesaid, then he is to have, hold and enjoy the above mentioned housing and lands and moveables forever." Lastly, as to Thomas Bancroft, the deceased's house he possesses already. together with a bill of his brother Ebenezer, for payment of same, the matter [is] solved and Thomas Bancroft expressed his full satisfaction for his part; viz. a double portion. This is our mutual agreement and we have set our hands and seals, and humbly pray that this is to satisfy and confirm the same and cause it to be recorded as a full and final settlement of said estate. Dated November 23, 1691. Witnesses: John Pearson & John Poole. Signed: Elizabeth Bancroft & a seal, Thomas Bancroft & a seal, John Bancroft & a seal, Ebenezer Bancroft & a seal, Joseph Brown & a seal, John Woodward & a seal and the mark of Mary Bancroft & a seal. "Inventory of the estate of Thomas Bancroft, who died 19 August 1691: Taken by John Bachelder, Nathaniel Goodwin & John Pearson The homestead, housing and 35 acres of land adjoining 200.00.00 42 acres of land bought from Francis Skerry of Salem 30.00.00 20 acres bought of Goodman Collins of Lynn 10.00.00 1 1/2 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Jackson of Salem 5.00.00 3 acres of meadow bought of Goodman Bassett of Lynn 9.00.00 8 acres of swamp in Reading also called cedar lot 12.00.00 2 cows, 4 heifers, 2 yearlings & 2 cows; husbandry tools, etc. 16.00.00 Household furnishings, books, etc. 107.00.00 Total Estate 384.00.00 Child by 1st wife, Alice (Bacon), b. at Dedham (Dedham VR) i. "THOMAS,2 s. of Thomas & Alice, b. 3/11/1648," d. at Dedham, 24 Jan 1648. Children by 2nd wife, Elizabeth (Metcalf), first 3 b. at Dedham, the rest at Reading (Vital Records): . ii. "THOMAS, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 9/14/1649" (Dedham VR); d. at Reading (the part now Wakefield), 12 June 1718, age 69. He married 10 April 1673, SARAH POOLE, who was born 11 July 1656 and died 20 May 1723, daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Judith (Jacobs) Poole. Thomas was a soldier in King Phillip's War (George Madison Bodge, "Soldiers in King Phillip's War," 424). He was a leader in the community and made many purchases of land in Reading [Wakefield], recorded at the Registry of Deeds In Middlesex County, at Cambridge: His will, dated 15 Jan 1713; proved 8 July 1718 (Middlesex Probate, 15:206-210) bequeathed to wife Sarah, to three daughters, Sarah Briant, Judith Parker, and Elizabeth Lamson, to his son Thomas, to daughter Judith Parker, to son-in-law Jonathan Parker, to son Raham (he to pay his sister Sarah Briant), to Mehitable Briant, to son Samuel, Elizabeth Lamson to his grandson Jonathan Bancroft. Children b. at Reading (now Wakefield); recorded in Reading VR: 1. Thomas, b. 8 Sept 1673; m. Mary Webster (5 children). 2. Jonathan, b. 28 Oct 1675; died young. 3. Sarah b. 28 Dec 1676; m. Lieut. Abraham Bryant (7 children surname Bryant). 4. Mehitable, b. 1 Feb 1678; m. 2 Jan 1699, Jonathan3 Parker (1 child d.y.). 5. Jonathan b. 4 Oct 1681; d. 28 Jan 1703. 6. Raham b. 14 Feb 1684; m. (1) Abigail Eaton; m. (2) Ruth Kendall (8 children, 4 by each wife). 7. Judith, b. 7 Mar 1687/8; m. (1) 22 Nov 1709, David (or Daniel) Parker; m. (2) Ebenezer Flint (4 children all by 1st husband, surname Parker). 8. Samuel, b. 13 Dec 1691; d. 27 Jan 1691/2. 9. Samuel, b. 26 Dec 1693; m. (1) Sarah Lampson; m. (2) Sarah Leathe; m. (3) Mehitable Fitch (8 children all by 1st wife). 10. Elizabeth, b. 22 June 1696; m. at Reading, 26 Nov 1713, John Lampson (no children). iii. "ELIZABETH, b. 1/4/1651," (Dedham VR); d. at Dedham, 1/25/1651 (ibid.). iv. "JOHN, s. of Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 2/3/1652" (Dedham VR); died young. v. ELIZABETH, b. 7 Dec 1653; m. 26 May 1674, prob. as 2nd wife, JOSEPH BROWNE, b. 10 Dec 1647; d. 16 Oct 1723, son of Nicholas and Elizabeth Browne of Reading. Child by 1st wife, b. at Reading (surname Browne): 1. Elizabeth b. 17 Jan 1671, dau. of Joseph; d. at Reading, 1 Nov 1674. Children by Elizabeth Bancroft, b. at Reading: 2. Elizabeth,3 b. 18 Jan 1675. 3. Nicholas b. 22 Sept 1677; d. at Reading, 2 Sept 1713; m. 22 May 1700, Rebecca Nichols (5 children, surname Browne). 4. Joseph, b. 16 Nov 1679; m. Dorcas Gould of Stoneham (5 children). 5. Thomas, b. 14 Apr 1682. 6. Ebenezer b. 12 Jan 1684; died young. 7. Ebenezer, b. 16 Jan 1688; d. 4 July 1688. 8. Hephsabeth, b. 23 Feb 1692/3. 9. A son b. & d. 20 Feb 1694/5. 10. Tabitha, b. 13 Sept 1696. (see "Nicholas Browne of Lynn & Reading" TEG, 8 [1988], 188). vi. JOHN, b. 3 Mar 1656; m. (1) ELIZABETH EATON; m. (2) HANNAH (WAYTE) (BUCKMAN) HASEY. vii. SARAH, b. 14 Mar 1657/8; d. 19 July 1661. viii. RALPH, b. 20 Aug 1660; d. 13 July 1661. ix. RAHAM, b. 14: 6: 1662; d. 19 May 1663. x. SARAH, b. 1 Apr 1665; d. 23 Feb 1697; m. 7 July 1686, as his 2nd wife, JOHN WOODWARD, b. 1649, son of George & Mary Woodward. Children (surname Woodward): 1 James,3 b. 27 July 1687; d. 1 Mar 1687/8. 2. Sarah, b. 23 June 1689; d. 30 May 1706. 3. Mary, b. 30 Jan 1693/4; m. 1717, John Teal of Charlestown. 4. John, b. 16 Sept. 1696. xi. EBENEZER, b. 26 Apr 1667; m. ABIGAIL EATON. xii. MARY, b. 1670; unmarried In 1691 (settlement of father's estate). (Note: J. K. Allen adds twins Thomas & Elizabeth, b. 3 Nov 1650 at Dedham & died young, but no record is found in Dedham VR.)" | Bancroft, Thomas (I4559)
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| 1853 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The information tentatively would indicate Levin had a son Joseph whose wife was Jette from the two entries below, which has a shared family and tax number (see notes of father Levin for more context): A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 40 in 1871, b. abt 1831, registration town Piltene, father Levin, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. B. Jette Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. 2. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.)" | Herzenberg, Jossel or Joseph (I3013)
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| 1854 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The information tentatively would indicate Levin had a son Joseph whose wife was Jette from the two entries below, which has a shared family and tax number (see notes of father-in-law Levin for more context): A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 40 in 1871, b. abt 1831, registration town Piltene, father Levin, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. B. Jette Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. 2. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: " -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.)" | Jette (I3005)
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| 1855 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Heymannson, Emma (I3232)
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| 1856 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Herzenberg, Joseph (I3231)
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| 1857 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Herzenberg, Hirsch (I3230)
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| 1858 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Sorre or Sarah Leie (I3229)
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| 1859 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Herzenberg, Hirsch (I3227)
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| 1860 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Herzenberg, Levin (I3012)
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| 1861 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen searched on the surname "Herzenberg" using exact spelling gives a list of 23 hits. They are all for 1868-1874 for the registration towns of Piltene, Liepaja (Libau), Kuldiga (Goldingen), Aizpote (Hasenpoth), and Bauska. I can match-up most of them except for the following: A. Liepaja: a. Family/oklad (tax) no. 172/444 [probably husband and wife]: -Emma Herzenberg, registered 1868, father's name Heymannson. -Joseph Herzenberg, b. abt 1809, registered 1868, father's name: Hirsch. b. Family/oklad (tax) no. 169/439: Laura Herzenberg, registered 1868, father: Levin Herzenberg. B. Bauska; this town is a ways off from the other towns. The following two are most likely husband and wife: -Hirsch Herzenberg, b. abt 1837, registered 1874. -Sorre [Sarah] Leie Herzenberg, b. abt 1839, registered 1874. | Herzenberg, Laura (I3011)
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| 1862 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "New York Passenger Lists": 15 Sep 1928, Ship Voordam sailing from Rotterdam, Gabriel Herzenberg, Lat. Heb., age 28, engineer, speaks German, married, b. at Lebau, Latvia, visa issued at Riga, Russia 16 Aug 1928, last permanent address was Lebau, Latvia. 2. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of much of his data from the website in my possession. He indicates references by codes, which pertain to the original source and file held in his database, which I have not seen. I have no key to the sources except HL is Leonardo Herzenberg, HG is Gail Herzenberg, PC is probably Piltene Cemetery records, LA is probably Latvian Archives, FA is probably Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL is Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes); however, he lists the main researchers and their contributions in a lengthy report which I include in full in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg of this database. In regards to this individual: HG016 note Gabriel William b. 19 Jul 1900 and d. 27 May 1985 at Chevy Chase, MD, md. to Schloss. SSDI Mechanical Engineer. Born in 1900, moved to US in 1928 where he attained a masters degree in civil engineering in Pittsburgh. 3. 22 Aug 2009 Ron Lapid beyond the descendants of Adolph and Lydia. Ron Lapid 8/7 Halamed Heh St. Ra'anana 43341, ISRAEL Phone & Fax +972-9-774-5407 Cell +972-52-3566-155 Skype: ronlapid1155 lapid.ron@gmail.com 4. From Ron Lapid's email dated 3 Aug 2010 "GABRIEL William6 Herzenberg (Lydia (Liebe)5 Raivid, Dov (Ber/Berel) Zussman4, Abram3, Yankel2, Abram1) was born 19 Jul 1900 in Liepaja/Libau, Courland, Latvia, and died 27 May 1985 in Chevy Chase, Montgomery, MD. He married TOBA SCHLOSS 31 May 1938 in Washington, DC, daughter of Samuel SCHLOSKY and CLARA. She was born 17 May 1911 in PA, and died 10 May 1997 in Rockville, Montgomery, MD. Notes for GABRIEL William Herzenberg: SSN 578-03-3848. 1923- was living in Libau, Latvia. A mechanical engineer. 5.9.1928- Immigration via Rotterdam. Age 28. Known as "Willy." Married twice- Tova was second wife - (Source unknown, and fact not clear) - [KP: This looks suspicious escpeially considering the closeness of Toba and Tova.] Notes for TOBA SCHLOSS: 1920 Census- Aged 8 and a half. Living in DC with parents and brother Leo. SSN 577-48-7465. "My mother always used Schloss, but her parents used Schlosky. As far as marriage, my parents got married in Wash DC in 1938, but I just can't remember the date." (Source: Berl Herzenberg, October 2009) Children of GABRIEL Herzenberg and TOBA SCHLOSS are: i. BERL Jacob7 Herzenberg, b. 07 May 1942, Washington, DC; m. JOANNE MAFUCCI; b. 1940. Notes for BERL Jacob Herzenberg: Hebrew name: Dov. Works in computers. 2009- Separated from Joanne- no children. Until then lived and worked in DC. 06.2010 - Lives in North Bethesda, Maryland. ii. GAIL JOANNE Herzenberg, b. 26 Apr 1945, Washington, DC. 5. Email dated 22 Jan 2018 from Gilda Kurtzman of Petach Tikva, Israel 1 Yosef Herzenberg + Rebecca Iddelson 2 Tzvi Hirsch Herzenberg b: 1836 in Libau, Latvia, d: 1925 in Libau, Latvia + Lena Kramer b: Abt. 1834 in Libau, Latvia, d: Nov 27, 1929 in Libau, Latvia 3 Adolph HERZENBERG b: Abt. 1870 in Aizpute (Hazenpoth) or Grobin, Courland, Latvia, d: Dec 1941 in Lativa, Holocaust + Lydia RAIVID b: Abt. 1879 in Possibly Telsiai, d: Sep 08, 1926 in Libau, Latvia 4 Leo HERZENBERG b: Jan 04, 1899 in Lativa, d: Mar 06, 1971 in Tel Aviv, Israel + Lucy ??? b: Abt. 1900 in Lithuania, m: Bef. 1927 in Lithuania, d: Aug 01, 1969 in Wiesbaden, Germany 5 Lilli HERZENBERG b: Mar 17, 1928 in Lithuania, d: May 29, 2000 in Wiesbaden, Germany + Julius FARKAS b: Jul 02, 1910 in Frankfurt, Germany, m: Jun 27, 1950 in Tel Aviv, Israel, d: Jun 10, 1996 in Wiesbaden, Germany 6 Daniel Josef FARKAS b: Jul 30, 1956 in Wiesbaden, Germany + Dalia MIZRACHI b: Sep 11, 1957 in Tel Aviv, Israel, m: Aug 25, 1980 in Wiesbaden, Germany 7 Inbal FARKAS b: Feb 26, 1982 in Wiesbaden, Germany + Shmuel COHEN m: Nov 17, 2011 in Haifa, Israel 7 Chaim FARKAS b: Jun 01, 1985 in Holon, Israel + Adva MADANES m: Jun 10, 2016 in Chavat Ronit, Israel 7 Avital FARKAS b: Nov 14, 1991 in Holon, Israel 4 Gabriel William HERZENBERG b: Jul 19, 1900 in Libau, Latvia, d: May 27, 1985 in Chevy Chase, MD + Toba SCHLOSS b: May 17, 1911 in Pennsylvania, m: May 31, 1938 in Washington, DC, d: May 10, 1997 in North Bethesda, MD 5 Berl Jacob HERZENBERG b: May 07, 1942 in Washington, DC + Joanne MAFUCCI b: 1940 5 Gail Joanne HERZENBERG b: Apr 26, 1945 in Washington, DC, d: Jan 17, 2013 + Jerrold Leslie ZIMMERMAN b: Jan 04, 1946, m: May 30, 1970 6 Joanna Herzenberg ZIMMERMAN b: Feb 22, 1978 in Richmond, VA + Jonathan Paul LACROIX b: Sep 01, 1962, m: Jul 08, 2005 in Lexington, VA 7 Tova ZIMMERMAN LACROIX b: May 20, 2008 in Virginia 6 Noah Herzenberg ZIMMERMAN b: Sep 28, 1981 in Washington, DC 4 Irving HERZENBERG b: Nov 03, 1903 in Libau, Latvia, d: Apr 27, 1964 in New York City, NY + Janice WILE b: May 15, 1913 in New York, m: Feb 04, 1937 in New York City, NY, d: Nov 07, 1982 in Burlington, VT 5 Linda HERZENBERG b: Jun 21, 1942 in New York + Peter W. SPARKS b: Mar 15, 1942, m: Feb 08, 1964 in Burlington, VT 6 Lauren SPARKS b: Sep 18, 1964 in Burlington, VT. + Timothy E. WRIGHT b: Oct 16, 1963, m: Jun 11, 1995 in Vermont 7 Liam WRIGHT b: Feb 13, 1998 in Concord, NH 7 Garret WRIGHT b: Jul 15, 1999 in Concord, NH 6 Jennifer SPARKS b: Mar 04, 1967 in Burlington, VT. + Ari GOLDSTEIN m: Dec 28, 2002 in Jackson Hall, WY 7 Beatarix GOLDSTEIN b: Feb 27, 2006 in Jackson Hall, WY 5 Carol Joan HERZENBERG b: May 08, 1944 in New York + Jake Simon MEYER 6 Cecelia MEYER b: 1971 6 Danielle Neva MEYER b: Apr 29, 1978 in El Paso County, TX + Andrew Eric GEISHEIMER b: Sep 01, 1977, m: Nov 02, 2009 in Adams, CO 6 Jared Cephas MEYER b: Aug 06, 1980 in El Paso County, TX 3 Edward Herzenberg 3 Max Herzenberg 3 Joseph Jacob Herzenberg 3 Sarah Herzenberg 3 Willy Gabriel Herzenberg" DEATH: 1. Social Security Death Index: Gabriel Herzenberg, b. 19 Jul 1900, d. May 1985 at Chevy Chase, Montgomery, Maryland, ssn 578-03-3848 iss. in District of Columbia bef. 1951. PHOTO: 1. I have on file a photo of Lena (Kramer) Herzenberg and her descendants taken circa 1927 from Ron Lapid per his email dated 3 Aug 2010 -Lena (at an advanced age). -Lena's sons (missing Max Mordechai and Edward): -Adolf (Avraham) with no wife but with adult son Leon standing behind Adolf resting a hand on Adolf's shoulder. Leon's name is an error and the son is confirmed by Gail as her father Willy Gabriel. -Willy Gabriel, wife Sarah Hellman, dau. Frieda, sons Eliezer, Joseph, Zvi (Harry). -Joseph Jacov, wife Rachel Freudberg, children Klara, Taube, Nichole, Bernie, Judith; son Willy is missing from photo. -Lena's daughter Sarah Levenstein (seated) and unidentified girl standing behind her with resting an arm on Sarah's shoulder who could be Sarah's daughter Hinda. No husband shown (deceased?) for Sarah. Both seem to be wearing black in the photo (perhaps a sign of mourning?). -One unidentified adult male sitting on Lena's immediate left (Adolphe sitting in same position on opposite side of Lena). By looks, he appears same age as other brothers. Could this be Max Mordechai (without his wife and Children) or even Edward (on a visit back from the US)? | Herzenberg, Gabriel William (I4253)
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| 1863 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I4307)
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| 1864 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I4305)
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| 1865 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter Filer after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan (son of Jonathan) Gillett, bought that part of the Hydes lot in Windsor east of Mill road, and built there. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 (Gillett-Holcombe Bible gives this as 22) Apr 1661 (O.C.R.); m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec 1676, who d. undelivered in Childbed, 18 Apr 1687. He probably (acc. to D.W.P.) d. 5 Sep 1708; was admitted member Windsor 6 Apr 1662. - Old Church Record. [Note: No biographies in book about Kelsey family.] Children (*O.C.R. **Gillett-Holcomb Bible): A. By first wife: a. Mary **, b. 1, bp. 27 Oct 1667. b. Jonathan **, b. 18, bp. 19 Feb 1670; d. 1 Sep 1683. c. William **, b. 4 Dec 1673. B. By second wife: a. Thomas **, b. 31 May 1678 (O.C.R.) 11 Jun, age 11 days. b. Ebenezer **, b. 28 Oct 1679; d. (O.C.R.) 17 Dec 1680. c. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. d. Anna **, b. 18 Sep 1682. e. Jonathan **, b. 15 Oct 1685. - 'Col. Rec.' f. Miriam **, b. 14 Mar 1688." 3. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 4. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jonathan Gillett, Jr., born in Dorchester Dec. 1634 - Jan. 1634/5, married (1) Mary (Anna?) Kelsey 23 Apr. 1661 in Windsor, married (2) Miriam Dibble 14 Dec. 1676 also in Windsor, died 27 Feb. 1697/8. Mary was born ca. 1634, died 18 Apr. 1676 in Windsor. She was a daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford. Miriam was born 19 Feb. 1644/5 in Windsor, baptized there 7 Dec. 1645, died after May 1703. She was a daughter of Thomas Dibble. On 21 May 1657 "Jonath: Gillet Junir" was among 65 Windsor men "made free before the Court." On 6 Apr. 1662 he was admitted to the Windsor Church. On 11 Oct. 1669 Jonathan Gillet, Jr., was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Jonathan inherited from his father 20 acres of woodland joining on to the 20 acres expressed to his mother. He also inherited 10 acres next to Thomas Barber. It adjoined 10 acres he already owned. Jonathan also co-inherited with his brother Cornelius from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 24 Dec. 1679 Jonathan Gillett was one of four who took the inventory of the estate of James Egleston of Windsor who had died 1 Dec. 1679. On 4 Mar. 1679/80 Jonathan and Cornelius (see below) were appointed to assist Mr. John Loomis, administrator to the above widow.[Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 22-24 & 34.] Jonathan wrote his will 25 Aug. 1694. It was proven 5 Apr. 1698. Witnesses were Henry Wolcott, Sr., and Nathaniel Gillet. The inventory totaled £360/13/00. Jonathan had 10 children." 5. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 16-17: "Jonathan Gillet, (son of Jonathan) of Windsor, Conn., probably born in January 1634/5 or a few days earlier in Dec. 1634; d. 27 Feb 1697-8. (Connecticut Probate Rec. Manwaring, vol. 1, p. 557). He married first in Windsor, Conn, 23 Apr 1661, Mary Kelsey, b. abt 1634; d. in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn., m. (2) in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, b. Feb 1644-5 and Bapt. 7 Dec 1645 at Windsor; d. after May 1703, according to Conn. Probate Records [Miriam Dibble's death date is disputed by other more vital records as noted below in separate notes for this individual.] Children by first marriage, b. in Windsor: Mary, b. 5 Apr 1665; d. by 1667. Mary, b. 18 Oct 1667; d. in Windsor 19 Aug 1734; m. (1) by 1689, Jacob Bissell; m (2) 30 Jun 1698, Sergt. Peter Buell of Simsbury, Conn. Jonathan, b. 18 Feb 1670; d. 1683. William, of Windsor and Simsbury, b. 4 Dec 1673; d. in Simsbury 27 Jan 1718-19; m. 14 Sep 1699, Mary Saxton (Sexton), b. 4 May 1673. [Lists his children.] Children by second marriage: Thomas, d.y. Ebenezer, b. 27 Oct 1679; d. 1680. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. Hannah, b. 18 Sep 1682; m. in Hartford, Conn., 23 Apr 1702. Jonathan, b. 15 Oct 1685." 6. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsie of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; WIN638:57. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; CHS930:39. Gillet, Mary Kelsey; death 18 Apr 1676; CHS930:39; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mrs.; death 18 Apr 1676; WEL898:28; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. 7. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 38-39. in regards to Jonathan's first wife's name, the name Anna Kelsey appears to be in conflict with the more commonly accepted name of Mary Kelsey: "Jonathan Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., according to the family Bible (1599) almost surely born in January 1634-5 or a few days earlier in December 1634, died 27 Feb 1697-8 (Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 1, p. 557). He married first, in Windsor, 23 April 1661 Anna Kelsey, born about 1634, died in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn.; and secondly, in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, born there 19 Feb 1644-5 and baptized there 7 Dec 1645, died after May 1703 (according to Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 2, pp. 140, 156 Miriam Gillet was living in May 1700 and later), daughter of Thomas Dibble. In two modern Gillett records there have been errors about the dates of death of Jonathan Gillett and second wife." 8. "The American Genealogist," v. 68 [Oct 1999], pp. 208-215, "The Family of William1 Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut, With Notes on Hester2 Kelsey, Wife of James2 Eggleston, James1 Eno, and John1 Williams of Windsor, Connecticut," by Gale Ion Harris. "A record of the death of widow Esther Williams at Windsor, Connecticut, on 10 July 1720 informs us that she was "formerly widow of James Eg1eston," and rouses our curiosity with a comment: "It is reported she was first female child born in Hartford" (Windsor VR [if not stated otherwise, cited vital records are from the Barbour Index, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, and available on microfilm]). No doubt this record is a cause of the repeated error that James2 Eggleston (Bygod1) of Windsor married one Hester Willams, and of derivative errors that this Hester Williams subsequently became the wife of Windsor's barber James1 Eno and of John1 Williams Sr. The Williams maiden name for Hester found its way into the Eggleston and Eno sketches by Henry Reed Stiles ("The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 2 vols. [Hartford, 1891-92], hereafter Stiles's "Windsor," 2:198-99, 240) and persists in Clarence Almon Torrey's "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ([Baltimore, 1985], 253, 820). However, as George E. McCracken pointedly remarked, Hester "was surnamed Williams at death, not, as so often claimed, at her birth" (TAG 35[1959]:21). The present article presents evidence proving that Hester was a daughter of Hartford's pioneer settler William1 Kelsey and provides significant corrections to existing accounts of his family. Her parentage aside, we need first to establish that Hester was identical with the widow Williams who died at Windsor in 1720. If the comment in her death record is accepted, this woman was born in Hartford probably in the winter of 1635-36 or perhaps later in 1636. It is well known that a pioneer party of men, women, and children from Newtown [Cambridge], Massachusetts arrived there in the fall of 1635 before the main body came next spring with Mr. Thomas Hooker (William DeLoss Love, "The Colonial History of Hartford" [Hartford, 1914], hereafter Love's "Hartford," 1-16). By an unrecorded marriage, Hester became the wife of James2 Eggleston of adjoining Windsor and mother of his nine children born there between 1 January(1656[/7] and 19 December 1676 ("Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 [Hartford, 1930], hereafter "Windsor Early Recs.," 36). Their fourth child and eldest daughter, a key figure in this case, was Hester3 Eggleston, born on 1 December 1663. This child's father, James2 Eggleston, was born in England about 1620 and died "suddenly" at Windsor on 1 December 1679; on 21 April 1680, administration was granted to "the Relict and her present husband, James Ennoe." In December 1679, Mark Kelsey, Jonathan Gillett, and two other Windsor men took an inventory naming eight surviving Children, including "Ester [aged] 16." (Charles W. Manwaring, "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-6], hereafter Manwaring, 1:300-1.) Kelsey and Gillett, who took the inventory, were a son and son-in-law of William1 Kelsey of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hartford and Killingworth, Connecticut. (See Edward A. Claypool, Azalea Clizbee, and Earl Leland Kelsey, "Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey," 3 vols. [New Haven, 1928-47], hereafter "Kelsey Gen.," 1:38-39, 43, a work rated "excellent" by John Insley Coddington [TAG 38(1962):210]). "Hester that was the wif of James egelston" married next, on 29 April 1680,[1] James Eno Sr., a widower ('Windsor Early Recs.," 76). Eno died soon after on 11 June 1682 (Windsor VR), and [son] James2 Eno and [widow] Hester Eno were named administrators. In December 1682, by agreement among James Eno's children, the court appointed distributors "to lay out to the widow Ennoe her jointure of ₤20." (Manwaring, 1:301.) Reverting to her former married name, "Easter Egelston" married third, at Windsor on 10 June 1686, seventy-year-old John Williams Sr., both "of Windsor" (Windsor VR). The Windsor rate list that year for "Jno Williams" includes a head tax for Isack Egleston, "house land of his wifes," and five acres of meadow "th[a]t was James Eglestons" (i.e., Hester's former husband James Eggleston) ("Windsor Early Recs.," 188). Isaac plainly was James2 and Hester Eggleston's seventeen-year-old son Isaac, born on 27 February 1668[/9]. John Williams, born about 1616, died at Windsor before 14 May 1712 (inventory), "a person," so his creditors alleged, "96 years of age [who] had become Childish and infirm in his intellectuals." His will, executed by mark at Windsor on 10 February 1707/8, named several children and grandchildren, and gave property to "Easter Williams, my dearly beloved wife... during her widowhood." In June 1713, the court approved dower set out to "Esther Williams, widow, from the estate of her late husband John Williams." (Manwaring, 2:333-34.) In summary, the widow Esther Williams who died at Windsor in 1720 indeed was Hester, the former widow of James Eggleston, just as the record states, her brief intermediate marriage to James Eno leaving no impression on the manner in which she styled herself. Who, then, were the parents of this "first female child born in Hartford"? Important clues to Hester's identity exist in references to her child Hester3 Eggleston born at Windsor in December 1663. From 1657 to 1668, John Winthrop Jr. at Hartford made note of several prescriptions for William Kelsey and his family, referring to him variously as "Kelsy Willm," "G[oodman] Kelsie," and thrice, by obvious mistakes, as "Kelsy Tho" ("Medical Records of John Winthrop," hereafter Winthrop Med. Recs., MS, Mass. Hist. Soc., Boston, 192, 646, 691). Further discussion of these entries appears below, but three of them are pertinent here. On 18 August 1666, Winthrop prescribed for "Gillet Mary wife of Jonathan Gillet at Winsor & daughter of goodma[n] Kelsy of Hartford" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 682). Consistently, Windsor records note the marriage of Mary Kelsey "of Hartford" to Jonathan Gillett Jr. on 23 April 1661 (Windsor VR). This Mary Kelsey is known to be a daughter of Hartford's William Kelsey (Kelsey Gen., 39, 43), and, as shown above, her husband Gillett took inventory of James Eggleston's estate in 1679. The following entries, though incomplete in certain details, concisely provide the evidence we need (Winthrop Med. Recs., 605, 720): 16 Nov. 1664-Egleston Hester 2y: of Windsor hir mother is g[oodman} Kelsies daughter 5 April 1667-Egleston Hester 3y: daught[er] of [blank] Egleston of Windsor whose wife is g[oodman] Kelsies daught[er] It seems that the given name of this girl's father simply escaped Winthrop's memory when he made the latter entry. A few years before, in 1659 and 1660, he had prescribed for "Egleston Jeames his wife" of Windsor, and for "Egleston Jeames 4y: [son of Jeames Egleston at Winsor] sore and sick" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 450, 486). The only identifiable child Hester Eggleston in Windsor who would be near the stated ages in 1664 and 1667 is James Eggleston's eldest daughter Hester, born there on 1 December 1663. This girl's mother therefore was Hester, James Eggleston's wife and a previously unknown daughter of William Kelsey. The Family of William1 Kelsey The detailed account of William1 Kelsey (Kelsey Gen., 25-39) need not be repeated here except to place several corrections in context. He was born in England about 1600, perhaps in county Essex, and was present in New Town [Cambridge], Massachusetts, by 5 August 1633 ("The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly New Towne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703" [Cambridge, 1901], 5). A statement in the Kelsey Genealogy that he was in Cambridge by 29 March 1632 is not supported by records of that town. (I thank Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, for his comments on this point and others concerning the Cambridge records.) There is some uncertainty about the exact time Kelsey left Cambridge to join the new settlement at Hartford - then also called New Town after the Massachusetts Bay settlement. He was styled "of the New Towne," meaning the Bay town, as late as 19 April 1636 when, by mark, he sold his meadow land to Thomas Fisher ("The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge" [Cambridge, 1896], 42). From this record, the Kelsey Genealogy authors concluded that Kelsey migrated to Hartford with Hooker's company two months afterward in June. Perhaps so, but he had sold his house lot at Cambridge sometime between 5 October 1635 and 8 February 1635/6, and there are independent reasons to believe that Kelsey was with the pioneer group of about fifty men, women, and children at Hartford in the fall and winter of 1635-36 (Love's "Hartford," 4-16). The discovery that Kelsey had a daughter reputed in 1720 to have been the first female child born in Hartford tends to support Love's arguments. In any case, Kelsey received a home lot amid those in Hartford's oldest English settlement, on the north side, primarily taken up by the pioneers, while Hooker's company of 1636 mainly settled across the Little River on the south side. In 1664, William Kelsey and his son John were among the "original proprietors" of Killingworth [modern Clinton], Connecticut. From this fact, it was concluded that William had moved there with "the new emigration of March 1663" ("Kelsey Gen.," 31). Winthrop proves otherwise. As noted above, he prescribed regularly for Kelsey and family members between 1657 and 1668. The later entries include one dated 18 August 1666 for "goodma[n] Kelsy at Hartford," and another on 21 December 1666 for "Kelsy Tho [sic]: his wife at Hartford" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 682, 691). The substitution of "Tho" for William in the latter entry is one of three such cases already mentioned. Winthrop clearly intended William Kelsey; in a similar slip on 10 March 1659[/60] - "Kelsy Tho: his wife" - he explicitly referred to prior treatments for this patient's sore "right elboe" in February, March, and April 1659, then recorded as "Kelsy Willm his wife" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 153, 192). The Kelseys were therefore still in Hartford as late as December 1666. William had moved to Killingworth before May 1669, however, when he was listed as a freeman of that town. He was living there as late as 17 June 1675 when he witnessed a deed for his sons Daniel and John Kelsey (Killingworth Town Recs., 1:33, cited in "Kelsey Gen.," 34). The authors of the Kelsey Genealogy discuss the question of William Kelsey's wife, noting that they found no mention of her in records available to them. They dismiss old statements that her name was "Bethia" with a comment: "[T]here is no more reason to suppose that Bethia was her name, than that it was Mary or Priscilla or Abigail - the names of the other daughters." They also dismiss as "mere speculation" suggestions that she was a sister of John Hopkins of Cambridge and Hartford, yet propagate the fiction by choosing to "call her Bethia" ("Kelsey Gen.," 35-36). In 1961, George E. McCracken gave an account of the origins of the mythical Bethiah Hopkins and, furthermore, showed that there was no Kelsey daughter named Bethiah whom the compilers of the Kelsey Genealogy had married off to David Phillips ("The Wife of William Kelsey," TAG 37[1961]:38-42). Additional material found in the present study confirms and adds to McCracken's analysis. The name Bethiah for Kelsey's wife and daughter arose from a September 1665 record of a Hartford town vote to give David Phillips of Milford £10 if he would "remove from Hartford with Bethiah Kelly his wife" (Hartford Town Votes, Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 6[Hartford, 1897]:148). This record had been interpreted to mean that Bethiah "Kelly" was the widow of William Kelsey. Bethiah (___) (Kelly) Phillips, however, was the widow of Hartford's Irishman, John Kelly, born about 1603, "having accomplisht the age of 60 yeares" on 28 April 1663 ("Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut," 1639-1663, Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 22 [Hartford, 1928], hereafter Particular Court Recs., 271). He died before 18 February 1663[/4] when the Townsmen asked Thomas Catlin to take on as apprentice John Kelly, aged eight years July last, "son to John Keely deceased and bethiah kely." They had other children: In February 1664[/51, the town voted to provide for "goody Kely and hur child either to put out the child and provid for hur: or provid for them together." Next September, the town offered David Phillips of Milford £10 to get "Bethiah Kelly his wife" out of town. ("Hartford Town Votes, 147-48, 324-25.) Winthrop provides additional evidence. From November 1657 to June 1660, he prescribed on fifteen occasions for "the Irishman" John Kelly and his wife, or their children Elizabeth, born about July 1653, and John, born in July 1655. Elizabeth is probably the young daughter of John Kelly who died in the spring of 1662, having made in "the delirium of sickness" accusations that precipitated the last executions for witchcraft in Connecticut (Love's "Hartford," 284). In October 1664, Winthrop treated widow Kelly and her daughter Hanna, aged three years, and, in November 1665, "Philips David his wife th[a]t.was Kellies widdow." Finally, on 1 January 1666[/7], he prescribed for "Philips Sarah ½y: daughter of David Philips of Milford th[a]t married g[oodman] Kellies widow." (Winthrop Med. Recs., 574, 607, 696.) The child Sarah, born 13 July 1666, and a later child Samuel Phillips, born 30 May 1670, are recorded at Milford (TAG 9[1932-33]:106). Winthrop provides some help with William Kelsey's wife, but he does not solve that problem. He prescribed for Kelsey's wife six times between 23 February 1658[/9] and 21 December 1666, but never recorded her name (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 153, 192, 519, 646, 691). In the first of those entries, however, he supplies an important fact by recording her age as forty-six years on 23 February 1658[/9]. Thus she was born about 1613 and was living at Hartford in December 1666. We cannot be certain, but the apparent regular spacing of Kelsey's children (as shown below) suggests that this woman, whatever her name, was his only wife and the mother of all his children. She would have been about age twenty when Kelsey first appears at Cambridge in 1633. Her youth implies either that they married in England just prior to their passage to New England, or that William came alone and married her there soon after he arrived. The age of Kelsey's wife is also in accord with other evidence in Winthrop's notes showing that estimates of his older children's birth dates in the Kelsey Genealogy are generally too early, a point also made by McCracken (TAG 37[1961]:38-39). The birth dates of the three youngest children (Abigail, Stephen, and Daniel) are on record from 1645 to 1650 ("Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford, 1639," Conn. Hist. Soc. Coil., 14 [Hartford, 1912], hereafter "Original Distribution," 575, 578, 581). I have found no record of a child William Kelsey, allegedly born on 23 March 1654 and died young ("Kelsey Gen.," 38). Four older children, excluding the nonexistent Bethia, were given estimated birth dates from "about 1628" to "about 1636," leaving a nine-year gap unaccounted for ("Kelsey Gen.," 38). Winthrop shows that at least two of the older children (Priscilla and Mary) were born much later than estimated: in about 1640 and 1644 versus "about 1632" and "about 1633," respectively. Information now available, including the newly substituted eldest daughter Hester, yields a reconstructed list of eight or nine children with birth dates regularly spaced from about 1634 to 1650 or 1654, a result in harmony with the expected Childbearing years of a woman born about 1613. We still have no record of the name of William Kelsey's wife, but an onomastic argument now can be made that it may have been Hester. Kelsey's first daughter is now identified as a Hester and, as shown below, his eldest son Mark Kelsey named his second daughter Hester, after a daughter named for his wife Rebecca. Similarly, his daughters Priscilla Gillett and Abigail Hull, and son John Kelsey, all had elder daughters named Hester. (Kelsey Gen., 42, 45, 52.) William1 Kelsey was born about 1600 and was living at Killingworth, Connecticut, in June 1675 ("Kelsey Gen.," 24, 34). He married probably about 1632 or 1633 in England, or perhaps soon after he arrived at Cambridge in New England, an unidentified woman born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666 (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 691). Children (Kelsey) of William1, probably all by the same mother (where not indicated otherwise, data are from the Kelsey Genealogy): i. MarK2 b. [by present estimate, say 1634, most likely at Cambridge], d. prob. Windsor bet. May 1715 and Feb. 1722/3. He m. (1) Windsor 8 March 1658/9 Rebecca Hoskins (Windsor VR), b. ca. 1634, d. 23 Aug. 1683, aged 49 (Stiles's "Windsor," 2:404), but not a daughter of Windsor's John Hoskins as Stiles claims (TAG 30[1954]:191-92). Mark m. (2) Windsor 26 Dec. 1683 Abigail (___) Atwood (Windsor VR), b. ca. 1645-48, d. 28 March 1713, widow of Capt. Thomas Atwood of Wethersfield. It seems that Mark was little past his teenage years on 7 Dec. 1654 when he was found guilty at Hartford of "several evill carriages & misdeameanors," for which he was "to be publiquely Corrected to Morrow morning & in the meane time to goe to prison" ("Particular Court Recs.," 133-34). As shown above, Mark took inventory of his brother-in-law James Eggleston's estate at Windsor in 1679. Winthrop made several references to Mark Kelsey worthy of note. He put Mark down as "a young married man bruised by fall about making an house" at Windsor on 19 March 1658[/9}. By 27 Nov. 1663, Mark was "of Hockanum," prob. in that section of it in present Glastonbury, then Wethersfield, when his 3½-year-old daughter Rebecca was "broake out about the Eys." He was still there in Nov. 1665 when his "Child [of] 4 months old" received Winthrop's attention. Mark was "of Hartford," however, on 3 March 1667[/8} when his daughter Hester, aged "2y & 2 months" received similar treatment. (Winthrop Med. Recs., 455, 522, 608, 790.) The four-month-old child in Nov. 1665 and the daughter Hester, b. ca. Jan. 1665/6 - the birth dates conflict - are not among the eight children included in Kelsey Genealogy (p. 40). ii. HESTER b. [as discussed above, prob. Hartford in the winter of 1635-36, or later in 1636, and reputed to be the 1st female child b. there], d. Windsor 10 July 1720 (Windsor VR). She m. (1) by Jan. 1656[/7] (1st Child), James2 Eggleston (Bygod1), b. ca. 1620, d. Windsor 1 Dec. 1679; (2) Windsor 29 April 1680 James1 Eno Sr, who d. there 11 June 1682; and (3) Windsor 10 June 1686 John1 Williams Sr., b. ca. 1616, who d. there bef. 14 May 1712 (inventory). Nine children by James Eggleston ("Windsor Early Recs.," 36). iii. Johnb. [by present estimate, say 1638, prob. Hartford], d. Killingworth 22 July 1709. He m. by Sept. 1668 (1st Child) Hannah2 Desborough, b. "say 1644" d. Killingworth 23 Oct. 1718, dau. of Nicholas1 and Mary (Brownson) Desborough/Disborough of Hartford. For disproof of statements that John's wife was' Hannah's sister Phebe Desborough and for evidence that Hannah was John's only wife, see comments in Kelsey Genealogy (pp. 45, 47) and a later discussion by John Insley Coddington, "The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family…" (TAG 38[1962]:208-11). Coddington also shows that Hannah's sister Sarah Desborough married Samuel2 Eggleston, brother of Hester Kelsey's husband above. Nine Children. iv. PRISCILLA b. prob. Hartford ca. 1640 (aged 17 on 22 Dec. 1657 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 74]), d. Windsor 7 Jan. 1722/3 (Windsor VR); m. by Jan. 1659[/60?] (1st Child) Cornelius2 Gillett, b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. 1635-36, d. Windsor 26 June 1711 (Windsor VR), son of Jonathan1 and Mary (Dolbear) Gillett of Windsor (TAG 15[1938-39]:202-17; NEHGR 100[1946]:276-77). Nine Children. v. Mary b. prob. Hartford ca. 1644 (aged 14 in May 1658 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 109]), d. Windsor 18 April 1676 (Windsor VR); m. there 23 April 1661 Johnathan2 Gillette (Windsor VR), b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. Dec. 1634, d. Windsor 27 Feb. 1697/8 (Windsor VR), brother of Cornelius above (TAG 15[1938-39]:211; NEHGR 100[1946}:275-76). Four Children. vi. Abigail b. Hartford 19 April 1645 ("Original Distribution," 575), d. Killingworth 12 May 1717; m. there 3 Dec. 1668 Lt. John3 Hull, b. Windsor 17 Dec. 1644 (Windsor VR), d. Killingworth 24 July 1728, son of Josiah/Josias2 Hull (George1) and his wife Elizabeth (Loomis) of Windsor and Killingworth (Donald Lines Jacobus, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. [Fairfield, Conn., 1930-33], 1:307-8; TAG 20[1943-44]: suppl. 18-19; Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, 2 vols. [n.p., 1931-43], hereafter Dawes-Gates, 2:453-62; Selim Walker McArthur, "McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines" [Portland, Maine, 1964], 120, 125-26). Four Children. vii. Stephen bp. Hartford 7 Nov. 1647, d. there 30 Nov. 1710 ("Original Distribution," 578, 613); m. Hartford 15 Nov. 1672 Hannah2 Ingersoll (Hartford VR), b. there 1652, d. aft. 5 Dec. 1714, dau. of John1 Ingersoll of Hartford and later of Westfield, Mass., and his 1st wife Dorothy (Lord) (Ernest Flagg, "The Founding of New England [Hartford, 1926], 227). Ten Children. viii Daniel b. Hartford July 1650 ("Original Distribution," 581), d. Killingworth 5 June 1727. He m. (1) there 27 March 1672 Mary3 Stevens, b. ca. 1653, d. bet. 1683 and 1693, dau. of Thomas2 Stevens (John1) and his wife Mary (Fletcher) of Milford (Claude Willis Barlow, John Steevens ofGuilford, Connecticut [Rochester, N.Y., 1976], 19). He m. (2) by 1693 Jane2 Chalker, b. Saybrook, Conn., 25 March 1662, d. Killingworth 26 Oct. 1742, dau. of Alexander1 and Katherine (Post) Chalker (Dawes-Gates, 175-77; TAG 68[1993]:231). Ten Children. ix. (poss.) William b., according to "Kelsey Genealogy" (p. 38), 23 March 1654 and d.y. I have seen no record of this child. Footnote: 1. Either this date or 21 April 1680, when administration of the estate of James Eggleston was granted to "the relict and her present husband, James Ennoe," must be in error." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsie of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; WIN638:57. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; CHS930:39. 2. The newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 11-13, copy from Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society, has an article entitled "Flora Clark - Vol. 1." Flora Clark appears to be the submitter of information concerning the "Bear Bible." I note the following which I extract from her article: "The script of the Gillet entries is very old style which was in use before and after 1600. These entries are in the hand of Jonathan Gillet of the second generation. His identity is proved by the references to himself in the following items: 'my father Gille came Into new:inglon the secon time In June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonn was born about half a yeare aftar he came to land.' '(my) father Gillett dyed in 1677...' ''(Jon)athan Gillett his first maredg -aprel 22 1661 Mary born october 18, 1667 Jonathan born feber 18 1670 William born december 4 1673 my second maredg in decem 14. 1676 My sonne thomas born by my secon wife in may the last 16. 1678 Ebenesor born in the year 79. octob 27 Samuel borne in the yeare 80. decem 17 his grandmother dyed in may. 14: 81 (..)nna born september 10, 1682 (16?) Jonathan born to me by my secon wife was born in 1685: oct. 15 mirriam born in 1688 May:14" 3. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: A. "Gillett, Jonathan (-1698) & 1/wf Mary Kelsey (-1676); 23 Apr 1661, 22 Apr; Windsor, CT/?Hartford." B. "Gillett, Jonathan (?1634-1698) & 2/wf Miriam Dibble (1645-1710+, 1703+), m/2 Timothy Palmer; 14 Dec 1676; Windsor, CT." DEATH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Mary Kelsey; death 18 Apr 1676; CHS930:39; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mrs.; death 18 Apr 1676; WEL898:28; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. | Kelsey, Mary (I2237)
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| 1866 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter Filer after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Sister of Mary Kelsey, Cornelius' brother Jonathan's first wife, Mary Kelsey. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Cornelius (son of Jonathan) Gillett, sett. on pl. occup. (1859) by family of Oliver S. Gillett; bought of Josias Ellsworth, 1658, the Alford lot west of Thomas Barber, where his desc. remained until after death of Lieut. Cornelius G., 1866. He m. Priscilla Kelsey; he d. 26 Jun 17 - ; was adm. member Windsor Church 16 Jan 1665 (O.C.R.); his wife adm. Feb. 1671. - O.C.R. Children (b. Windsor, bp. O.C.R.): A. Priscilla, b. 23 Jan 1659; d. young. B. Priscilla, b. May 1661; m. a Grimes. C. Abigail, b. 20 Sep 1663; m. (1) a Loomis; (2) a Birge. D. Cornelius, b. 15 Dec 1665; bp. 28 Jan 1665/6. E. Mary, b. 12 Aug 1668. F. Hester, b. 24 May 1671. G. Sarah, b. 3 Jan 1673; m. a Webb. H. Joanna, b. 22 Apr, bap. 'ye 23 day 1676;' m. (1) an Allyn; (2) a Bancroft. I. Daniel, b. 30 Jun 1678; bp. 'ye 23 day of July.' " [Note: No biographies in book about Kelsey family.] 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: A. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. B. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. C. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. D Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. E. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. F. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. G. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. H. Abigail, 1646-1649. I. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. J. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Cornelius Gillett born ca. July 1636 in Dorchester, married PRISCILLA Kelsey 16 Jan. 1658, died 26 June 1711 in Windsor. He was named for his uncle Cornelius Dolbiar. Priscilla was born ca. 1632, died 7 Jan. 1722/3. In 1658 Cornelius Gillett bought from Josiah Ellsworth lot of length 60 rods & width 18 rods. This lot had been granted to Alexander Alford (Alvord) in 1645. [Stiles, Henry R., "History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:149.] On 20 May 1658 "Cornel: Gillet" was among 70 Windsor men "made free before the court." Cornelius was admitted to the Windsor Church 16 Jan. 1665. On 11 Oct. 1669 "Cornelius Gillet" was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Priscilla was admitted in Feb. 1671. She was a sister of Miriam Kelsey [Mary Kelsey, wife of Cornelius' older brother Jonathan]. On 2 July 1687 Priscilla Gillett witnessed with her "X" the will of Mary Randolph of Hartford. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1667-1687," 57.] Cornelius co-inherited with his brother Jonathan from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 23 Mar. 1691 Cornelius Gillett and two others took inventory of the estate of Peter Browne, Sr., of Windsor. It amounted to £408-15-06. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1687-1695," 127-8.] Cornelius wrote his will 2 June 1711 in Windsor. It was proved 3 Sept. 1711. The inventory of £44-07-06 was taken 27 July 1711. Cornelius & Priscilla had 9 children." 6. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler. I also include daughter's with apparently the same name as Priscilla, the mother: Gillet, Prissella; birth 22 Jan 1660; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Prissella; birth 23 Jan 1660; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prisilla; death 1660; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prissella-2nd; birth 30 Mar 1661; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prissilla; birth 30 May 1661; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillett, Priscilla 639, church member 1672; CHS930:11; spelling: Gillet, wife of Cornelus. Gilet, Cor's wife; church member; Feb 1672; CHS930:96. 7. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 18 [Cornelius' birth date varies from other reports.] "Cornelius Gillet (son of Jonathan) of Windsor,Conn., b. in Dorchester, Mass., 1633; d. in Winsor 26 Jun 1711. He m. bef. 1658, Priscilla Kelsey, who d. in Windsor 7 Jan 1722-23, sister of Jonathan Gillet's first wife, Mary Kelsey and dau. of William Kelsey. Children: Priscilla, b. 22 Jan 1659; d. 1661. Priscilla, b. 30 Mar 1661; d. after 6 Oct 1719 (probate record); m. by June 1711, John Grimes. Abigail, b. 20 Sep 1663; d. after 17 Jan 1733; m. (1) in 1687-8, Daniel Birge, d. 1697; m. (2) Feb. 1702-3, Joseph Loomis, son of Joseph. Cornelius, b. 15 Dec 1665. Mary, b 1668; d. after June 1711. Hester, b. 24 May 1671. Sarah, b. in 1673; m. Joseph Phelps; d. 1716. Joanna, b. 22 Apr 1676; m. (1) Thomas Allyn of Windsor; m. (2) 23 Feb 1709-10, Samuel Bancroft. Daniel, b. Jun 1678; m. Mary Eno." 8. "The American Genealogist," v. 68 [Oct 1999], pp. 208-215, "The Family of William1 Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut, With Notes on Hester2 Kelsey, Wife of James2 Eggleston, James1 Eno, and John1 Williams of Windsor, Connecticut," by Gale Ion Harris. "A record of the death of widow Esther Williams at Windsor, Connecticut, on 10 July 1720 informs us that she was "formerly widow of James Eg1eston," and rouses our curiosity with a comment: "It is reported she was first female child born in Hartford" (Windsor VR [if not stated otherwise, cited vital records are from the Barbour Index, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, and available on microfilm]). No doubt this record is a cause of the repeated error that James2 Eggleston (Bygod1) of Windsor married one Hester Willams, and of derivative errors that this Hester Williams subsequently became the wife of Windsor's barber James1 Eno and of John1 Williams Sr. The Williams maiden name for Hester found its way into the Eggleston and Eno sketches by Henry Reed Stiles ("The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 2 vols. [Hartford, 1891-92], hereafter Stiles's "Windsor," 2:198-99, 240) and persists in Clarence Almon Torrey's "New England Marriages Prior to 1700" ([Baltimore, 1985], 253, 820). However, as George E. McCracken pointedly remarked, Hester "was surnamed Williams at death, not, as so often claimed, at her birth" (TAG 35[1959]:21). The present article presents evidence proving that Hester was a daughter of Hartford's pioneer settler William1 Kelsey and provides significant corrections to existing accounts of his family. Her parentage aside, we need first to establish that Hester was identical with the widow Williams who died at Windsor in 1720. If the comment in her death record is accepted, this woman was born in Hartford probably in the winter of 1635-36 or perhaps later in 1636. It is well known that a pioneer party of men, women, and children from Newtown [Cambridge], Massachusetts arrived there in the fall of 1635 before the main body came next spring with Mr. Thomas Hooker (William DeLoss Love, "The Colonial History of Hartford" [Hartford, 1914], hereafter Love's "Hartford," 1-16). By an unrecorded marriage, Hester became the wife of James2 Eggleston of adjoining Windsor and mother of his nine children born there between 1 January(1656[/7] and 19 December 1676 ("Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 [Hartford, 1930], hereafter "Windsor Early Recs.," 36). Their fourth child and eldest daughter, a key figure in this case, was Hester3 Eggleston, born on 1 December 1663. This child's father, James2 Eggleston, was born in England about 1620 and died "suddenly" at Windsor on 1 December 1679; on 21 April 1680, administration was granted to "the Relict and her present husband, James Ennoe." In December 1679, Mark Kelsey, Jonathan Gillett, and two other Windsor men took an inventory naming eight surviving Children, including "Ester [aged] 16." (Charles W. Manwaring, "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-6], hereafter Manwaring, 1:300-1.) Kelsey and Gillett, who took the inventory, were a son and son-in-law of William1 Kelsey of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Hartford and Killingworth, Connecticut. (See Edward A. Claypool, Azalea Clizbee, and Earl Leland Kelsey, "Genealogy of the Descendants of William Kelsey," 3 vols. [New Haven, 1928-47], hereafter "Kelsey Gen.," 1:38-39, 43, a work rated "excellent" by John Insley Coddington [TAG 38(1962):210]). "Hester that was the wif of James egelston" married next, on 29 April 1680,[1] James Eno Sr., a widower ('Windsor Early Recs.," 76). Eno died soon after on 11 June 1682 (Windsor VR), and [son] James2 Eno and [widow] Hester Eno were named administrators. In December 1682, by agreement among James Eno's children, the court appointed distributors "to lay out to the widow Ennoe her jointure of ₤20." (Manwaring, 1:301.) Reverting to her former married name, "Easter Egelston" married third, at Windsor on 10 June 1686, seventy-year-old John Williams Sr., both "of Windsor" (Windsor VR). The Windsor rate list that year for "Jno Williams" includes a head tax for Isack Egleston, "house land of his wifes," and five acres of meadow "th[a]t was James Eglestons" (i.e., Hester's former husband James Eggleston) ("Windsor Early Recs.," 188). Isaac plainly was James2 and Hester Eggleston's seventeen-year-old son Isaac, born on 27 February 1668[/9]. John Williams, born about 1616, died at Windsor before 14 May 1712 (inventory), "a person," so his creditors alleged, "96 years of age [who] had become Childish and infirm in his intellectuals." His will, executed by mark at Windsor on 10 February 1707/8, named several children and grandchildren, and gave property to "Easter Williams, my dearly beloved wife... during her widowhood." In June 1713, the court approved dower set out to "Esther Williams, widow, from the estate of her late husband John Williams." (Manwaring, 2:333-34.) In summary, the widow Esther Williams who died at Windsor in 1720 indeed was Hester, the former widow of James Eggleston, just as the record states, her brief intermediate marriage to James Eno leaving no impression on the manner in which she styled herself. Who, then, were the parents of this "first female child born in Hartford"? Important clues to Hester's identity exist in references to her child Hester3 Eggleston born at Windsor in December 1663. From 1657 to 1668, John Winthrop Jr. at Hartford made note of several prescriptions for William Kelsey and his family, referring to him variously as "Kelsy Willm," "G[oodman] Kelsie," and thrice, by obvious mistakes, as "Kelsy Tho" ("Medical Records of John Winthrop," hereafter Winthrop Med. Recs., MS, Mass. Hist. Soc., Boston, 192, 646, 691). Further discussion of these entries appears below, but three of them are pertinent here. On 18 August 1666, Winthrop prescribed for "Gillet Mary wife of Jonathan Gillet at Winsor & daughter of goodma[n] Kelsy of Hartford" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 682). Consistently, Windsor records note the marriage of Mary Kelsey "of Hartford" to Jonathan Gillett Jr. on 23 April 1661 (Windsor VR). This Mary Kelsey is known to be a daughter of Hartford's William Kelsey (Kelsey Gen., 39, 43), and, as shown above, her husband Gillett took inventory of James Eggleston's estate in 1679. The following entries, though incomplete in certain details, concisely provide the evidence we need (Winthrop Med. Recs., 605, 720): 16 Nov. 1664-Egleston Hester 2y: of Windsor hir mother is g[oodman} Kelsies daughter 5 April 1667-Egleston Hester 3y: daught[er] of [blank] Egleston of Windsor whose wife is g[oodman] Kelsies daught[er] It seems that the given name of this girl's father simply escaped Winthrop's memory when he made the latter entry. A few years before, in 1659 and 1660, he had prescribed for "Egleston Jeames his wife" of Windsor, and for "Egleston Jeames 4y: [son of Jeames Egleston at Winsor] sore and sick" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 450, 486). The only identifiable child Hester Eggleston in Windsor who would be near the stated ages in 1664 and 1667 is James Eggleston's eldest daughter Hester, born there on 1 December 1663. This girl's mother therefore was Hester, James Eggleston's wife and a previously unknown daughter of William Kelsey. The Family of William1 Kelsey The detailed account of William1 Kelsey (Kelsey Gen., 25-39) need not be repeated here except to place several corrections in context. He was born in England about 1600, perhaps in county Essex, and was present in New Town [Cambridge], Massachusetts, by 5 August 1633 ("The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly New Towne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703" [Cambridge, 1901], 5). A statement in the Kelsey Genealogy that he was in Cambridge by 29 March 1632 is not supported by records of that town. (I thank Robert Charles Anderson, FASG, for his comments on this point and others concerning the Cambridge records.) There is some uncertainty about the exact time Kelsey left Cambridge to join the new settlement at Hartford - then also called New Town after the Massachusetts Bay settlement. He was styled "of the New Towne," meaning the Bay town, as late as 19 April 1636 when, by mark, he sold his meadow land to Thomas Fisher ("The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge" [Cambridge, 1896], 42). From this record, the Kelsey Genealogy authors concluded that Kelsey migrated to Hartford with Hooker's company two months afterward in June. Perhaps so, but he had sold his house lot at Cambridge sometime between 5 October 1635 and 8 February 1635/6, and there are independent reasons to believe that Kelsey was with the pioneer group of about fifty men, women, and children at Hartford in the fall and winter of 1635-36 (Love's "Hartford," 4-16). The discovery that Kelsey had a daughter reputed in 1720 to have been the first female child born in Hartford tends to support Love's arguments. In any case, Kelsey received a home lot amid those in Hartford's oldest English settlement, on the north side, primarily taken up by the pioneers, while Hooker's company of 1636 mainly settled across the Little River on the south side. In 1664, William Kelsey and his son John were among the "original proprietors" of Killingworth [modern Clinton], Connecticut. From this fact, it was concluded that William had moved there with "the new emigration of March 1663" ("Kelsey Gen.," 31). Winthrop proves otherwise. As noted above, he prescribed regularly for Kelsey and family members between 1657 and 1668. The later entries include one dated 18 August 1666 for "goodma[n] Kelsy at Hartford," and another on 21 December 1666 for "Kelsy Tho [sic]: his wife at Hartford" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 682, 691). The substitution of "Tho" for William in the latter entry is one of three such cases already mentioned. Winthrop clearly intended William Kelsey; in a similar slip on 10 March 1659[/60] - "Kelsy Tho: his wife" - he explicitly referred to prior treatments for this patient's sore "right elboe" in February, March, and April 1659, then recorded as "Kelsy Willm his wife" (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 153, 192). The Kelseys were therefore still in Hartford as late as December 1666. William had moved to Killingworth before May 1669, however, when he was listed as a freeman of that town. He was living there as late as 17 June 1675 when he witnessed a deed for his sons Daniel and John Kelsey (Killingworth Town Recs., 1:33, cited in "Kelsey Gen.," 34). The authors of the Kelsey Genealogy discuss the question of William Kelsey's wife, noting that they found no mention of her in records available to them. They dismiss old statements that her name was "Bethia" with a comment: "[T]here is no more reason to suppose that Bethia was her name, than that it was Mary or Priscilla or Abigail - the names of the other daughters." They also dismiss as "mere speculation" suggestions that she was a sister of John Hopkins of Cambridge and Hartford, yet propagate the fiction by choosing to "call her Bethia" ("Kelsey Gen.," 35-36). In 1961, George E. McCracken gave an account of the origins of the mythical Bethiah Hopkins and, furthermore, showed that there was no Kelsey daughter named Bethiah whom the compilers of the Kelsey Genealogy had married off to David Phillips ("The Wife of William Kelsey," TAG 37[1961]:38-42). Additional material found in the present study confirms and adds to McCracken's analysis. The name Bethiah for Kelsey's wife and daughter arose from a September 1665 record of a Hartford town vote to give David Phillips of Milford £10 if he would "remove from Hartford with Bethiah Kelly his wife" (Hartford Town Votes, Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 6[Hartford, 1897]:148). This record had been interpreted to mean that Bethiah "Kelly" was the widow of William Kelsey. Bethiah (___) (Kelly) Phillips, however, was the widow of Hartford's Irishman, John Kelly, born about 1603, "having accomplisht the age of 60 yeares" on 28 April 1663 ("Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut," 1639-1663, Conn. Hist. Soc. Coll., 22 [Hartford, 1928], hereafter Particular Court Recs., 271). He died before 18 February 1663[/4] when the Townsmen asked Thomas Catlin to take on as apprentice John Kelly, aged eight years July last, "son to John Keely deceased and bethiah kely." They had other children: In February 1664[/51, the town voted to provide for "goody Kely and hur child either to put out the child and provid for hur: or provid for them together." Next September, the town offered David Phillips of Milford £10 to get "Bethiah Kelly his wife" out of town. ("Hartford Town Votes, 147-48, 324-25.) Winthrop provides additional evidence. From November 1657 to June 1660, he prescribed on fifteen occasions for "the Irishman" John Kelly and his wife, or their children Elizabeth, born about July 1653, and John, born in July 1655. Elizabeth is probably the young daughter of John Kelly who died in the spring of 1662, having made in "the delirium of sickness" accusations that precipitated the last executions for witchcraft in Connecticut (Love's "Hartford," 284). In October 1664, Winthrop treated widow Kelly and her daughter Hanna, aged three years, and, in November 1665, "Philips David his wife th[a]t.was Kellies widdow." Finally, on 1 January 1666[/7], he prescribed for "Philips Sarah ½y: daughter of David Philips of Milford th[a]t married g[oodman] Kellies widow." (Winthrop Med. Recs., 574, 607, 696.) The child Sarah, born 13 July 1666, and a later child Samuel Phillips, born 30 May 1670, are recorded at Milford (TAG 9[1932-33]:106). Winthrop provides some help with William Kelsey's wife, but he does not solve that problem. He prescribed for Kelsey's wife six times between 23 February 1658[/9] and 21 December 1666, but never recorded her name (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 153, 192, 519, 646, 691). In the first of those entries, however, he supplies an important fact by recording her age as forty-six years on 23 February 1658[/9]. Thus she was born about 1613 and was living at Hartford in December 1666. We cannot be certain, but the apparent regular spacing of Kelsey's children (as shown below) suggests that this woman, whatever her name, was his only wife and the mother of all his children. She would have been about age twenty when Kelsey first appears at Cambridge in 1633. Her youth implies either that they married in England just prior to their passage to New England, or that William came alone and married her there soon after he arrived. The age of Kelsey's wife is also in accord with other evidence in Winthrop's notes showing that estimates of his older children's birth dates in the Kelsey Genealogy are generally too early, a point also made by McCracken (TAG 37[1961]:38-39). The birth dates of the three youngest children (Abigail, Stephen, and Daniel) are on record from 1645 to 1650 ("Original Distribution of the Lands in Hartford, 1639," Conn. Hist. Soc. Coil., 14 [Hartford, 1912], hereafter "Original Distribution," 575, 578, 581). I have found no record of a child William Kelsey, allegedly born on 23 March 1654 and died young ("Kelsey Gen.," 38). Four older children, excluding the nonexistent Bethia, were given estimated birth dates from "about 1628" to "about 1636," leaving a nine-year gap unaccounted for ("Kelsey Gen.," 38). Winthrop shows that at least two of the older children (Priscilla and Mary) were born much later than estimated: in about 1640 and 1644 versus "about 1632" and "about 1633," respectively. Information now available, including the newly substituted eldest daughter Hester, yields a reconstructed list of eight or nine children with birth dates regularly spaced from about 1634 to 1650 or 1654, a result in harmony with the expected Childbearing years of a woman born about 1613. We still have no record of the name of William Kelsey's wife, but an onomastic argument now can be made that it may have been Hester. Kelsey's first daughter is now identified as a Hester and, as shown below, his eldest son Mark Kelsey named his second daughter Hester, after a daughter named for his wife Rebecca. Similarly, his daughters Priscilla Gillett and Abigail Hull, and son John Kelsey, all had elder daughters named Hester. (Kelsey Gen., 42, 45, 52.) William1 Kelsey was born about 1600 and was living at Killingworth, Connecticut, in June 1675 ("Kelsey Gen.," 24, 34). He married probably about 1632 or 1633 in England, or perhaps soon after he arrived at Cambridge in New England, an unidentified woman born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666 (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 691). Children (Kelsey) of William1, probably all by the same mother (where not indicated otherwise, data are from the Kelsey Genealogy): i. MarK2 b. [by present estimate, say 1634, most likely at Cambridge], d. prob. Windsor bet. May 1715 and Feb. 1722/3. He m. (1) Windsor 8 March 1658/9 Rebecca Hoskins (Windsor VR), b. ca. 1634, d. 23 Aug. 1683, aged 49 (Stiles's "Windsor," 2:404), but not a daughter of Windsor's John Hoskins as Stiles claims (TAG 30[1954]:191-92). Mark m. (2) Windsor 26 Dec. 1683 Abigail (___) Atwood (Windsor VR), b. ca. 1645-48, d. 28 March 1713, widow of Capt. Thomas Atwood of Wethersfield. It seems that Mark was little past his teenage years on 7 Dec. 1654 when he was found guilty at Hartford of "several evill carriages & misdeameanors," for which he was "to be publiquely Corrected to Morrow morning & in the meane time to goe to prison" ("Particular Court Recs.," 133-34). As shown above, Mark took inventory of his brother-in-law James Eggleston's estate at Windsor in 1679. Winthrop made several references to Mark Kelsey worthy of note. He put Mark down as "a young married man bruised by fall about making an house" at Windsor on 19 March 1658[/9}. By 27 Nov. 1663, Mark was "of Hockanum," prob. in that section of it in present Glastonbury, then Wethersfield, when his 3½-year-old daughter Rebecca was "broake out about the Eys." He was still there in Nov. 1665 when his "Child [of] 4 months old" received Winthrop's attention. Mark was "of Hartford," however, on 3 March 1667[/8} when his daughter Hester, aged "2y & 2 months" received similar treatment. (Winthrop Med. Recs., 455, 522, 608, 790.) The four-month-old child in Nov. 1665 and the daughter Hester, b. ca. Jan. 1665/6 - the birth dates conflict - are not among the eight children included in Kelsey Genealogy (p. 40). ii. HESTER b. [as discussed above, prob. Hartford in the winter of 1635-36, or later in 1636, and reputed to be the 1st female child b. there], d. Windsor 10 July 1720 (Windsor VR). She m. (1) by Jan. 1656[/7] (1st Child), James2 Eggleston (Bygod1), b. ca. 1620, d. Windsor 1 Dec. 1679; (2) Windsor 29 April 1680 James1 Eno Sr, who d. there 11 June 1682; and (3) Windsor 10 June 1686 John1 Williams Sr., b. ca. 1616, who d. there bef. 14 May 1712 (inventory). Nine children by James Eggleston ("Windsor Early Recs.," 36). iii. Johnb. [by present estimate, say 1638, prob. Hartford], d. Killingworth 22 July 1709. He m. by Sept. 1668 (1st Child) Hannah2 Desborough, b. "say 1644" d. Killingworth 23 Oct. 1718, dau. of Nicholas1 and Mary (Brownson) Desborough/Disborough of Hartford. For disproof of statements that John's wife was' Hannah's sister Phebe Desborough and for evidence that Hannah was John's only wife, see comments in Kelsey Genealogy (pp. 45, 47) and a later discussion by John Insley Coddington, "The Brownson, Bronson, or Brunson Family…" (TAG 38[1962]:208-11). Coddington also shows that Hannah's sister Sarah Desborough married Samuel2 Eggleston, brother of Hester Kelsey's husband above. Nine Children. iv. PRISCILLA b. prob. Hartford ca. 1640 (aged 17 on 22 Dec. 1657 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 74]), d. Windsor 7 Jan. 1722/3 (Windsor VR); m. by Jan. 1659[/60?] (1st Child) Cornelius2 Gillett, b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. 1635-36, d. Windsor 26 June 1711 (Windsor VR), son of Jonathan1 and Mary (Dolbear) Gillett of Windsor (TAG 15[1938-39]:202-17; NEHGR 100[1946]:276-77). Nine Children. v. Mary b. prob. Hartford ca. 1644 (aged 14 in May 1658 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 109]), d. Windsor 18 April 1676 (Windsor VR); m. there 23 April 1661 Johnathan2 Gillette (Windsor VR), b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. Dec. 1634, d. Windsor 27 Feb. 1697/8 (Windsor VR), brother of Cornelius above (TAG 15[1938-39]:211; NEHGR 100[1946}:275-76). Four Children. vi. Abigail b. Hartford 19 April 1645 ("Original Distribution," 575), d. Killingworth 12 May 1717; m. there 3 Dec. 1668 Lt. John3 Hull, b. Windsor 17 Dec. 1644 (Windsor VR), d. Killingworth 24 July 1728, son of Josiah/Josias2 Hull (George1) and his wife Elizabeth (Loomis) of Windsor and Killingworth (Donald Lines Jacobus, "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," 3 vols. [Fairfield, Conn., 1930-33], 1:307-8; TAG 20[1943-44]: suppl. 18-19; Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, 2 vols. [n.p., 1931-43], hereafter Dawes-Gates, 2:453-62; Selim Walker McArthur, "McArthur-Barnes Ancestral Lines" [Portland, Maine, 1964], 120, 125-26). Four Children. vii. STEPHEN bp. Hartford 7 Nov. 1647, d. there 30 Nov. 1710 ("Original Distribution," 578, 613); m. Hartford 15 Nov. 1672 Hannah2 Ingersoll (Hartford VR), b. there 1652, d. aft. 5 Dec. 1714, dau. of John1 Ingersoll of Hartford and later of Westfield, Mass., and his 1st wife Dorothy (Lord) (Ernest Flagg, "The Founding of New England [Hartford, 1926], 227). Ten Children. viii Daniel b. Hartford July 1650 ("Original Distribution," 581), d. Killingworth 5 June 1727. He m. (1) there 27 March 1672 Mary3 Stevens, b. ca. 1653, d. bet. 1683 and 1693, dau. of Thomas2 Stevens (John1) and his wife Mary (Fletcher) of Milford (Claude Willis Barlow, John Steevens ofGuilford, Connecticut [Rochester, N.Y., 1976], 19). He m. (2) by 1693 Jane2 Chalker, b. Saybrook, Conn., 25 March 1662, d. Killingworth 26 Oct. 1742, dau. of Alexander1 and Katherine (Post) Chalker (Dawes-Gates, 175-77; TAG 68[1993]:231). Ten Children. ix. (poss.) William b., according to "Kelsey Genealogy" (p. 38), 23 March 1654 and d.y. I have seen no record of this child. Footnote: 1. Either this date or 21 April 1680, when administration of the estate of James Eggleston was granted to "the relict and her present husband, James Ennoe," must be in error." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Cornelius (ca. 1636-1711) & [Priscilla Kelsey] (-1723); b. 1658, b. 1659(60?); Windsor, CT." Appears the 1658-1660 dates should be marked "m" and not "b." | Kelsey, Priscilla (I2236)
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| 1867 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter Filer after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Cornelius (son of Jonathan) Gillett, sett. on pl. occup. (1859) by family of Oliver S. Gillett; bought of Josias Ellsworth, 1658, the Alford lot west of Thomas Barber, where his desc. remained until after death of Lieut. Cornelius G., 1866. He m. Priscilla Kelsey; he d. 26 Jun 17 - ; was adm. member Windsor Church 16 Jan 1665 (O.C.R.); his wife adm. Feb. 1671. - O.C.R. Children (b. Windsor, bp. O.C.R.): a. Priscilla, b. 23 Jan 1659; d. young. b. Priscilla, b. May 1661; m. a Grimes. c. Abigail, b. 20 Sep 1663; m. (1) a Loomis; (2) a Birge. d. Cornelius, b. 15 Dec 1665; bp. 28 Jan 1665/6. e. Mary, b. 12 Aug 1668. f. Hester, b. 24 May 1671. g. Sarah, b. 3 Jan 1673; m. a Webb. h. Joanna, b. 22 Apr, bap. 'ye 23 day 1676;' m. (1) an Allyn; (2) a Bancroft. i. Daniel, b. 30 Jun 1678; bp. 'ye 23 day of July.' " Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: [Note: No biographies in book about Kelsey family.] 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Cornelius Gillett born ca. July 1636 in Dorchester, married Priscilla Kelsey 16 Jan. 1658, died 26 June 1711 in Windsor. He was named for his uncle Cornelius Dolbiar. Priscilla was born ca. 1632, died 7 Jan. 1722/3. In 1658 Cornelius Gillett bought from Josiah Ellsworth lot of length 60 rods & width 18 rods. This lot had been granted to Alexander Alford (Alvord) in 1645. [Stiles, Henry R., "History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:149.] On 20 May 1658 "Cornel: Gillet" was among 70 Windsor men "made free before the court." Cornelius was admitted to the Windsor Church 16 Jan. 1665. On 11 Oct. 1669 "Cornelius Gillet" was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Priscilla was admitted in Feb. 1671. She was a sister of Miriam Kelsey [Mary Kelsey, wife of Cornelius' older brother Jonathan]. On 2 July 1687 Priscilla Gillett witnessed with her "X" the will of Mary Randolph of Hartford. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1667-1687," 57.] Cornelius co-inherited with his brother Jonathan from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 23 Mar. 1691 Cornelius Gillett and two others took inventory of the estate of Peter Browne, Sr., of Windsor. It amounted to £408-15-06. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1687-1695," 127-8.] Cornelius wrote his will 2 June 1711 in Windsor. It was proved 3 Sept. 1711. The inventory of £44-07-06 was taken 27 July 1711. Cornelius & Priscilla had 9 children." 6. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Prissella; birth 22 Jan 1660; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Prissella; birth 23 Jan 1660; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prisilla; death 1660; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prissella-2nd; birth 30 Mar 1661; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Prissilla; birth 30 May 1661; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Abigail; birth 20 Sep 1663; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Abigail; birth 20 Sep 1663; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Abigail; birth 20 Sep 1663; WEL898:18; Father: Gillet, Cornelius. Gillet, Cornelius; birth 15 Dec 1665; CHS930:39. Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Cornelius; birth 15 Dec 1665; WEL898:21. Father: Gillet, Cornelius. Gillet, Cornelious; birth 15 Dec 1665; WIN638:15. Father: Gillet, Cornelious. Gillet, Cornels; church member; Jan 1666; CHS930:95. Gillett, Cornelius 636, church member 1666; CHS930:11; spelling: Gillet, Cornelus. Gillet, Cornelious; baptism 28 Jan 1666; WIN638:15. Father: Gillet, Cornelious. Gillet, Marey; birth 12 Aug 1668; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Mary; birth 12 Aug 1668; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillett, Cornelius 636, church member 1669; TRU852:519; spelling: Gillet, Cornelus. Gillett, Cornelius 636, household size: 7; 7 Mar 1670; WYL924:194; spelling: Gillet. Gillet, Hester; birth 24 May 1671; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Hester; birth 24 May 1671; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Male; birth 10 Jun 1671; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Male; birth 10 Jun 1671; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillett, Priscilla 639, church member 1672; CHS930:11; spelling: Gillet, wife of Cornelus. Gilet, Cor's wife; church member; Feb 1672; CHS930:96. Gillet, Nathanell; birth 4 May 1673; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillett, Cornelius 636, estate in pounds = 48, 1674; GRA674:16; spelling: Gillet, Cornals. Gillet, Sarah; birth 3 Jan 1674; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Sarah; birth 3 Jan 1674; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gilet, Cornels; estate in pounds = 49, 1675; GRA675:19. Gillet, Corn; Tax list; 1675; STI891:88; note: family and horse. Gillet, Hanna; birth 30 Jan 1675; CHS930:40; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Cornelus; estate in pounds = 47; 1676; GRA676:28. Gillett, Cornelius 636, donation in pence = 30, 1676; CHS930:87; spelling: Gillet, Cornelus. Gillet, Joanna; birth 22 Apr 1676; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Joanna; birth 22 Apr 1676; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Joanna; baptism 23 Apr 1676; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Cornelus; children born 8; 1677; CHS930:91. Gillet, Cornelus; estate in pounds = 45; 1677; GRA677:3. Gillett, Cornelius 636, church member 1678; CHS930:7; spelling: Gillet, Cornelus. Gillet, Daniel; birth 30 Jun 1678; CHS930:40; Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Danell; birth 30 Jun 1679; CHS930:75; Father: Gillet, Cornelus. Gillet, Daniel; birth 1 Jul 1679; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Daniel; baptism 27 Jul 1679; WIN638:15; Father: Gillet, Cornellious. Gillet, Cornelius; estate in pounds = 28; 1686; CHS930:160; note: taxable heads 2. Gillet, Cornelius; birth 1693; WIN638:17. Father: Gillet, Cornelis. Gillet, Cornelius; estate in pounds = 36; 1702; WIN702:9; note: taxable heads 2. Gillet, Cornelius Jr.; estate in pounds = 10; 1702; WIN702:9; note: taxable heads 1. Gillet, Cornelius Jr.; Freeman, 27 Apr 1703; CHS930:119. Gillet, Cornelius Sr.; Freeman, 27 Apr 1703; CHS930:119. 7. One page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book; also an almost word for word version found in The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955): "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678. He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." 8. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 18 [Cornelius' birth date varies from other reports.] "Cornelius Gillet (son of Jonathan) of Windsor, Conn., b. in Dorchester, Mass., 1633; d. in Windsor 26 Jun 1711. He m. bef. 1658, Priscilla Kelsey, who d. in Windsor 7 Jan 1722-23, sister of Jonathan Gillet's first wife, Mary Kelsey and dau. of William Kelsey. Children: Priscilla, b. 22 Jan 1659; d. 1661. Priscilla, b. 30 Mar 1661; d. after 6 Oct 1719 (probate record); m. by June 1711, John Grimes. Abigail, b. 20 Sep 1663; d. after 17 Jan 1733; m. (1) in 1687-8, Daniel Birge, d. 1697; m. (2) Feb. 1702-3, Joseph Loomis, son of Joseph. Cornelius, b. 15 Dec 1665. Mary, b 1668; d. after June 1711. Hester, b. 24 May 1671. Sarah, b. in 1673; m. Joseph Phelps; d. 1716. Joanna, b. 22 Apr 1676; m. (1) Thomas Allyn of Windsor; m. (2) 23 Feb 1709-10, Samuel Bancroft. Daniel, b. Jun 1678; m. Mary Eno." 9. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 39-40: "Cornelius Gillett, (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., born in Dorchester, Mass., probably about July 1636, died in Windsor 26 Jun 1711. He married, before 1658, Priscilla Kelsey, who died in Windsor 7 Jan 1722-3, sister of Jonathan(2) Gillett's first wife, Mary Kelsey, and daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn. In the Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. II, page 205: Cornelius Gillett Sen., Windsor. Inventory ₤44-07-06. Taken 27 July 1711, by Samuel Moore and John Palmer. The children, Priscilla, Abigail, Cornelius, Mary, Hester, Sarah, Joanna and Daniel. Will dated 2nd June 1711: 'I, Cornelius Gillett, Sen., of Windsor, do make... My will is that after my debts and funeral expenses be paid, all my personal or moveable estate shall be and remain to my wife Priscilla for her as her own. Whereas, I have made over my lands by deed of gift, excepting 4 acres at Wash Brook and 2 acres now in possession of John Grimes, my will is that whereas my son-in-law Joseph Phelps is become surety for my son Cornelius for a debt which he owes to Capt. Timothy Thrall, that the sd acres of marsh at Wash Brook shall be and remain to my son Joseph Phelps and to his heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby give to him, my sd. son Joseph Phelps, also, the 2 acres of land in John Grimes possession. And I appoint my wife executrix. (Signed) Cornelius Gillett, Sen. Witnesses: John Moore, Sarah Enno. Will proven 3 Sept. 1711.' [Names of nine children follow.]" 10. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. Quote: "Cornelius, b. July 1636 Dorchester, Mass. (FO) (NEH), d. 26 Jun 1711 (Wivr), will dated 6 Feb 1711, m. ca. 1658 (FC) Pricilla ___ (FC) Kelsey (MJ5), b., d. 7 Jan 1722/3 (Wivr)." 11. Mentioned in the will of Jeremiah Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 159. (Will on File). Gillett, Jeremiah, Windsor. Invt. £56-12-00. Taken 19 March, 1692-3, by Job Drake Jr., James Enno and Joseph Phelps Jr. Will dated 17 December, 1692. I Jeremiah Gillett of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife all my whole Estate for her Use & Improvement during the time of her natural life, as also my house & Homested, the Land being 3 acres more or less, bounding East on Josiah Gillet, north the Highway, West Jonathan Gillett, South against the Mill Brooke. I give my Marsh Land at Simsbury (the sd. Land given me by his last Will) I give to my wife as her proper Right, to sell or dispose of to whom she will. I give my daughter Deborah, at the day of her marriage, my Woodland, which is 10 acres more or less. I give my Homested, that Land being 5 acres more or less, to my daughter Deborah after her Mother's Decease. My Will is my wife shall give my daughter, after her marriage, 20 shillings per year, to be paid in Apples or Syder, or in Both. I constitute my wife to be sole Executrix. Witness: John Fyler, Benjamin Bartlett. [Signed:] Jeremiah Gillett. Ls. Court Record, Page 56 - 12 April, 1693: A Will was exhibited in Court and was not allowed. Some Testimony was offered by Timothy Phelps sen., age 54 years, Joseph Loomis, age 41 years, son of John Loomis, Peter Brown, age 25 years, & Joseph Skiner. Order to Dist. the Estate to the Widow Deborah and the daughter. Adms. was granted to James Eno & Deborah the Relict. Page 62 - 7 September, 1693: It appears the daughter had died. This Court now Order her part of Jeremiah Gillett's Estate to be divided among the uncles and aunts, her father's brothers and sisters. Lt. Return Strong and Mr. John Porter appointed Distributors. Page 36 - (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: Whereas, there have been differences between Jonathan Gillett of Windsor in behalf of himself and his brothers & sisters on the one part, and Samuel Adams of the same Windsor on behalf of his wife Deborah, as she was Adms. to the Estate of Jeremiah Gillett, her late Husband, on the other part, respecting the division of the estate of the sd. Jeremiah Gillett, which was ordered by the Court to him sd. Jonathan Gillett, and set out to him and them, his brothers and sisters, by Lt. Returne Strong and Mr. John Porter, by the Order of sd. Court, as by the Records of the Court may fully appear. And that the sd. Difference may be put to an End and fully issued, they the sd. Gillett and the sd. Adams have mutually and full agreed, and do by these presents fully and absolutely agree in manner and form following: ( - - ) And for Confirmation hereof, and every part of this Agreement, we have hereunto set our Hands this 30th day of April, 1695. Witness: Daniel Clarke sen., Joseph Mygatt. [Signed:] Jonathan Gillett, Peter Brown, Cornelius Gillett, Samuel X Adams, DEBORAH X Adams." [From this we ascertain that Jeremiah's wife was Deborah who later married Samuel Adams. Brothers include Jonathan, Cornelius; and a probable nephew: Peter Brown (probably a nephew at age 25 in 1693). We can also infer a probable relationship with next door neighbor Josiah Gillett. Also confirms ages of Timothy Phelps, Sr. at 54 in 1693 and Joseph Loomis (son of John) as 41 in 1693.] 12. "The American Genealogist," v. 68 [Oct 1999], pp. 208-215, "The Family of William1 Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut, With Notes on Hester2 Kelsey, Wife of James2 Eggleston, James1 Eno, and John1 Williams of Windsor, Connecticut," by Gale Ion Harris. "...William1 Kelsey was born about 1600 and was living at Killingworth, Connecticut, in June 1675 ("Kelsey Gen.," 24, 34). He married probably about 1632 or 1633 in England, or perhaps soon after he arrived at Cambridge in New England, an unidentified woman born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666 (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 691). Children (Kelsey) of William1, probably all by the same mother (where not indicated otherwise, data are from the Kelsey Genealogy)... iv. Priscilla b. prob. Hartford ca. 1640 (aged 17 on 22 Dec. 1657 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 74]), d. Windsor 7 Jan. 1722/3 (Windsor VR); m. by Jan. 1659[/60?] (1st Child) Cornelius2 Gillett, b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. 1635-36, d. Windsor 26 June 1711 (Windsor VR), son of Jonathan1 and Mary (Dolbear) Gillett of Windsor (TAG 15[1938-39]:202-17; NEHGR 100[1946]:276-77). Nine Children..." 13. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 14. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Cornelius (ca. 1636-1711) & [Priscilla Kelsey] (-1723); b. 1658, b. 1659(60?); Windsor, CT." Appears the 1658-1660 dates should be marked "m" and not "b." SOURCES_MISC: 1. Marion Edward Lee, "The Lees of New England and Some Allied Families", pp. 89-92. This book is very sketchy with just the vital information and some highlights in a sentence or two of each person. No footnotes or sources given. Better material can be had from other sources quoted above. 2. "The American Genealogist," v. 56, pp. 73-79, has the descendants of Cornelius2 and Joseph2. | Gillett, Cornelius (I2222)
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| 1868 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," v. 47, p. 633, entry for Everett Roswell Filley (b. 1894): "His first paternal American ancestor was William Filley, who came to this country from England in 1640 and settled in Windsor, Conn. From him and his wife, Margaret, the descent was through Samuel and Ann Gillet (etc.)" 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "William Filley, m. Margaret ___, 2 Sep 1642 (O.C.R.); she adm. to Windsor church, 17 Jul 1751; he adm. to 'ch. communion, 8 Mar 1673.' (O.C.R.); those marked thus (*) bp. 3 Aug 1651. O.C.R.: a. Samuel, * b. 24 Sep 1643. b. John, * b. 15 Dec 1645; (Sheldon's 'Doct. Hist. Suff.' says he m. Abigail {prob. dau. Abraham} Dyble of Suffield, 1 Feb 1681, and d. there, 1690, leaving three daus., since when the name is extinct upon Suff. Record.) c. Mary *. d. Elizabeth *, b. 4 Mar 1650; m. David Winchel, 1669. e. Hannah, bp. 3 Jul 1653; (prob. the H. who {acc. to Sheldon's 'Doc. Hist. Suff.'} m. Joseph Harmon of Suffield {b. Springfield, 1647}, at Windsor 1673, and had 3 children; she d. at Suffield 28 Aug 1729; he d. 28 Oct 1729.) f. Abigail, b. 21, bp. 22 (another entry in O.C.R. says 28) Aug 1658. g. Deborah, b. 21 Mar, bp. 24 Nov 1661; prob. the D. who m. John Sackett of Wethersfield 1 Dec 1686. - Col. Rec. h. William, b. 7 Mar, bp. 12 Nov 1664/5." 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "Samuel, son of William, Filley, m. Anna (dau. Jona.) Gillet, 29 Oct 1663. (O.C.R.); rem. to Massaco (Simsbury) 1669; subseq. rem. back to Windsor where he d. 4 Jan 1711/12; wife d. 18 Nov 1711; 'Samuel Filley taken into full communion 18 Dec 1670' (O.C.R.); she was adm. to church at Windsor Dec 1665 (O.C.R.), which, however, gives, in another place, the date Dec. 1670. Ch. (those marked thus [*] from O.C.R.): a. Anna, b. 16 Aug, bp. 25 Sep 1664. b. Mary, b. 12 Apr 1667, d. 20 Jul 1683. c. Abigail, b. 20 Jan 1668; d. bef. 1674. * d. Samuel, b. 2, bp. 3 Apr 1670; d. bef. 1674. * e. Jonathan, b. 30 Nov 1672. f. Samuel, b. 7 Mar 1673; d. 7 Oct 1679; 'killed with a cart.' - O.C.R. g. Josiah, b. 21 Jan 1675. h. John, b. 10, bp. 17 Feb 1677. i. Abigail, b. 3 Jan 1679. j. Samuel, b. 8 Sep 1681. k. Mary, b. 14 Dec 1683." 5. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": A. "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." B. "Samuel Filly, (Simsbury) m. Anna Gillett, 29 Oct 1663; chil. Anna, b. 16 Aug 1664; Mary, b. 12 Apr 1667; Abigayl, b. 20 Jan 1668; Samuel, b. 2 Apr 1670; Jonathan, b. 30 Nov 1672; Samuel, b. & Mar 1673; Josia, b. 21 Jan 1675; John, b. 10 Feb 1677; Abigayl, b. 3 Jan 1679." 6. DFAW, v. XI, No. 4, Summer 1994, article "The Captain Oliver Filley Family," by Eileen Phelps, 151 Wintonbury Ave., Bloomfield, CT, 06002: "The history of the Filley family in America begins with William Filley, an immigrant from England. William owned land in Windsor in the year 1640 and records show he married in 1642. William fathered eight children, three sons and five daughters. Many of the early Filley family owned land and lived in Massaco (Simsbury) and Wintonbury. Samuel, one of the men of the second generation, had a house laid out for him in Massaco on Hopmeadow Street in 1667..." 7. Excerpts from the book "The Filleys: 350 Years of American Entrepreneurial Spirit," by Donald G. Southerton, 2005: "Samuel and his wife Anna had eleven children, but endured the heartbreak of seeing two children die violently as infants. One child drowned in a well and another was run over by a cart; both were named Samuel. Records show that three of Samuel's male Children, Jonathan, Josiah and John, survived into the 18th century. There are no records of the whereabouts and lives of the three later born Children, Abigail, Mary, and a third son named Samuel. It was likely the children stayed in the Windsor area... ...by March of 1663, Windsor inhabitants... expanded west to unclaimed Massacoe, later named Simsbury. Although this section was never part of Windsor's town limits, the settlers had always considered it as belonging to the plantation. In 1647, the colony's General Court officially endorsed their claim: 'The Court thinks fit that Massacoe be purchased (possibly from the American Indians) by the county, and that there be a committee chosen to dispose of it to such inhabitants of Windsor.' A town committee of Windsor settlers interested in moving to Simsbury was formed to lay out lots in the new territory. The settlers met on Oct. 5, 1668, at the home of a local leader, John Moore, in Windsor. The committee agreed that by the first of May 1669, the settlers would have to fence in their respective properties. Furthermore, they agreed that failure to do so would result in a fine of 5 pounds. 25 people agreed to take land in quantities from 40 to 80 acres. The committee specified that those who took up the land were to make improvements by plowing, fencing, and constructing buildings. They also had to live on the land for two years. The costs to individual settlers for the Massacoe land grants are not known, but it was thought by local historians that the land fee probably consisted of only the expense incurred by the committee. These costs were kept minimal, usually just the administrative and land survey expenses. Any grantee not complying with the terms forfeited his land, usually to other inhabitants. Samuel Filley moved to Massacoe, along with his father-in-law, John Gillett, and his brother Nathan Gillett. Readily available land provided a powerful motivation for the Windsor settlers. Furthermore, a three year tax abatement encouraged settlement in this area. The land, having already been 'conveniently' cleared by an earlier American Indian Tribe, required little labor to prepare it for cultivation. Windsor records show that in 1669 Samuel was a freeman living in Massacoe, but there is no record of him having a land title. Perhaps he did not stay the two years required to finalize the land grant. It was a hard place to live with the settlement located near two rivers, and no roads, no bridges, and no market for its produce. It also lacked protection on two sides, making it vulnerable to an American Indian attack. Sometime in the 1670s, these economic and personal safety issues led many, including Samuel and his family, to return to their Windsor homes. Soon after this, the General Court in Hartford renamed Massacoe, as Simsbury." 8. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 9. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Anna (Hannah) Gillett born 29 Dec. 1639 in Windsor, married Samuel Filley 29 Oct. 1663 in Windsor, died 18 Nov. 1711 in Windsor. Samuel was born 24 Sept. 1643 in Windsor and died there 4 Jan. 1711 - 1712. He was a son of William & Margaret Filley of Windsor. In Dec. 1665 Anna was admitted a member of the Windsor Church. In 1669 Samuel & Anna removed to Massaco (now Simsbury), CT, but subsequently removed back to Windsor. Samuel's estate was valued at £327 plus. They had 10 children." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 11. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Anna; marriage to Samuel Filly, 29 Oct 1663; CHS930:37. Gillet, Anna; marriage to Samuel Filly, 29 Oct 1663; WEL898:10. ~ORDINANCES: Verified 1 Mar 2008. BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 170502, p. 826, ref. 31810; parents William and Margaret Filley. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239590, ref. 23044; Samuel Filley and Anne Gillett. | Filley, Samuel (I2348)
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| 1869 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 174: "Thomas Dibble, early both at Dorchester and Windsor; m. (1) ___, who died 14 May 1681. - O.C.R. 'Thomas, Sr.' (prob. same) m. (2) Elizabeth Hayden of Hadley, 25 Jun 1683; she d. 25 Sep 1689 (Col. Rec.); he d. 17 Oct 1700. He contrib. 1s 3d to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676; he and his wife (called O.C.R. 'Sister Dible') were members of the church in Dorchester as well as Windsor. - Old Ch. Rec. Children: a. Israel, b. 29 Aug 1637. b. Ebenezer, bp. 26 Sep 1641. c. Hepzibah, bp. 25 Dec 1642. d. Samuel, bp. 24 mar 1643. e. Miriam, b. 10 Feb, bp. 7 Dec 1645. f. Thomas, b. 3 Sep 1647. ('Thomas Dible husband'm aged 22 years,' embarked for New Eng., 'Weymouth ye 20th of March, 1635.' - 'Pub. Rec. London; N. Eng. Gen. Reg.,' xxv. 14. At Dorchester, Mass., 17 Dec 1635, land was allotted to Robert Deeble and his s. Thomas, then of age; Thomas to build a house. - 'Dorch. Rec.; N. Eng. Gen Reg.,' xxi, 14. This Thos. Prob. our W. settler. This name spelt on Windsor and Simsbury Records: Deble, Deeble, and Dibol.)" 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan (son of Jonathan) Gillett, bought that part of the Hyde's lot in Windsor east of Mill road, and built there. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 (Gillett-Holcombe Bible gives this as 22) Apr 1661 (O.C.R.); m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec 1676, who d. undelivered in Childbed, 18 Apr 1687. He probably (acc. to D.W.P.) d. 5 Sep 1708; was admitted member Windsor 6 Apr 1662. - Old Church Record. [Note: No biographies in book about Kelsey family.] Children (*O.C.R. **Gillett-Holcomb Bible): A. By first wife: a. Mary **, b. 1, bp. 27 Oct 1667. b. Jonathan **, b. 18, bp. 19 Feb 1670; d. 1 Sep 1683. c. William **, b. 4 Dec 1673. B. By second wife: a. Thomas **, b. 31 May 1678 (O.C.R.) 11 Jun, age 11 days. b. Ebenezer **, b. 28 Oct 1679; d. (O.C.R.) 17 Dec 1680. c. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. d. Anna **, b. 18 Sep 1682. e. Jonathan **, b. 15 Oct 1685. - 'Col. Rec.' f. Miriam **, b. 14 Mar 1688." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jonathan Gillett, Jr., born in Dorchester Dec. 1634 - Jan. 1634/5, married (1) Mary (Anna?) Kelsey 23 Apr. 1661 in Windsor, married (2) Miriam Dibble 14 Dec. 1676 also in Windsor, died 27 Feb. 1697/8. Mary was born ca. 1634, died 18 Apr. 1676 in Windsor. She was a daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford. Miriam was born 19 Feb. 1644/5 in Windsor, baptized there 7 Dec. 1645, died after May 1703. She was a daughter of Thomas Dibble. On 21 May 1657 "Jonath: Gillet Junir" was among 65 Windsor men "made free before the Court." On 6 Apr. 1662 he was admitted to the Windsor Church. On 11 Oct. 1669 Jonathan Gillet, Jr., was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Jonathan inherited from his father 20 acres of woodland joining on to the 20 acres expressed to his mother. He also inherited 10 acres next to Thomas Barber. It adjoined 10 acres he already owned. Jonathan also co-inherited with his brother Cornelius from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 24 Dec. 1679 Jonathan Gillett was one of four who took the inventory of the estate of James Egleston of Windsor who had died 1 Dec. 1679. On 4 Mar. 1679/80 Jonathan and Cornelius (see below) were appointed to assist Mr. John Loomis, administrator to the above widow. [Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 22-24 & 34.] Jonathan wrote his will 25 Aug. 1694. It was proven 5 Apr. 1698. Witnesses were Henry Wolcott, Sr., and Nathaniel Gillet. The inventory totaled £360/13/00. Jonathan had 10 children." 6. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bartle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 16-17: "Jonathan Gillet, (son of Jonathan) of Windsor, Conn., probably born in January 1634/5 or a few days earlier in Dec. 1634; d. 27 Feb 1697-8. (Connecticut Probate Rec., Manwaring, Vol. 1, p. 557). He married first in Windsor, Conn., 23 Apr 1661, Mary Kelsey, b. abt 1634; d. in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn., m. (2) in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, b. Feb 1644-5 and bapt. 7 Dec 1645 at Windsor; d. after May 1703, according to Conn. Probate Records [Miriam Dibble's death date is disputed by other more vital records as noted below in separate notes for this individual.] Children by first marriage, b. in Windsor: Mary, b. 5 Apr 1665; d. by 1667. Mary, b. 18 Oct 1667; d. in Windsor 19 Aug 1734; m. (1) by 1689, Jacob Bissell; m. (2) 30 Jun 1698, Sergt. Peter Buell of Simsbury, Conn. Jonathan, b. 18 Feb 1670; d. 1683. William, of Windsor and Simsbury, b. 4 Dec 1673; d. in Simsbury 27 Jan 1718-19; m. 14 Sep 1699, Mary Saxton (Sexton), b. 4 May 1673. [Lists his children.] Children by second marriage: Thomas, d.y. Ebenezer, b. 27 Oct 1679; d. 1680. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. Hannah, b. 18 Sep 1682; m. in Hartford, Conn., 23 Apr 1702. Jonathan, b. 15 Oct 1685." 7. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 8. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Meriam Deble; 14 Dec 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Merriam Dible; 14 Dec 1676; WIN638:57. Gillett, Jonathan 634; will dated 25 Aug 1694; MAN904:557; wife: Gillett, Miriam 645. DEATH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. The following entry seems to be in conflict with other information available about a later death for Miriam based on probate records as noted separately in these notes: "Gillet, Mrs. Jonathan Jr.; death 18 Apr 1687; WIN638:44; died in childbirth." 2. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 16-17, as reported above, reports a death date after May 1703, according to Conn. Probate Records. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 38-39: "Jonathan Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., according to the family Bible (1599) almost surely born in January 1634-5 or a few days earlier in December 1634, died 27 Feb 1697-8 (Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 1, p. 557). He married first, in Windsor, 23 April 1661 Anna Kelsey, born about 1634, died in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn.; and secondly, in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, born there 19 Feb 1644-5 and baptized there 7 Dec 1645, died after May 1703 (according to Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 2, pp. 140, 156 Miriam Gillet was living in May 1700 and later), daughter of Thomas Dibble. In two modern Gillett records there have been errors about he the dates of death of Jonathan Gillett and second wife. The will of Jonathan(2) Gillett was dated 25 August 1694, and reads in part: 'I, Jonathan Gillet of Windsor... I give to my son William all my Houseing & Lands lying in the Township of Simsbury except 5 acres of marsh lying under the Mountains. I give to my sd son William half my Marsh lying in the Township of Windsor at Wash Brooke which adjoins Simon Drake. I give him 10 acres of woodland which my Father gave me that abutts south on the land of Thomas Barbour. I give him a Gunn and a Sword. I give to my wife Miriam the benefit of all my Houseing and Lands in Windsor (except what is before given to my son William) until my son Jonathan is 21 years of age, and then 1/2 of my Houseing and Lands during her natural life. And if she see Cause to marry again I give her ₤3-10 per annum to be paid her by my son Jonathan, and 1/3 of my moveable estate. I give to my son Jonathan all my Houseing and Lands at Windsor (except those given to son William), and also the Land I bought and to have of Father Dibble, he to enter upon 1/2 of sd. houseing and Lands at 21 years of age, and the other half after the decease of my wife. I give to my daughter Mary 10 shillings beside what I have already given her. I give to my daughters Hannah and Miriam, to each of them, 1/3 part of my moveable estate, except 10 shillings to be taken out of their part. Appoint my wife Miriam to be sole Executrix.' Witnesses were Henry Wolcott sen., Nathaniel Gillett. Will proven 5 April 1698. Inventory taken by Capt. Timothy Phelps and James Enno. Amount, ₤360-13-00. Jonathan (1) Gillett, Sr. 1677 inventory, ₤273-10-00. Probate Records, v. 11, p. 140, 17 May 1700: Miriam Gillett, the Relict of Jonathan Gillett request this Court that 1/2 acre of Land not disposed of by the Will be allotted to her to aid in the Payment of Debts. There being no provision in the Will for the payment of Debts. There being no provision in the Will for the payment of Debts, she, being Executrix, is necessitated to pay them out of her own particular Legacy. (The Court gave her the Land.) Probate Records, vol. II, p. 56: Thomas Dibble, Sen., Windsor. Inventory ₤60-14-01 taken 1 Nov 1700. Will dated 17 Feb 1699-1700. 'I give to my daughter Miriam Gillett that two acres of meadow she now posseth. Item: To my said daughter Miriam I give, for the use of her son, my best broadclth coat, hatt and breeches. All the rest of my apparrel to be divided, two parts to my sons Samuel and Thomas, the other part to be to my grandson Josiah Dibble and Wakefield Dibble. I appoint Mr. John Eliot and son-in-law Samuel Gibbs to be executors. MARRIAGE: 1. The newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 11-13, copy from Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society, has an article entitled "Flora Clark - Vol. 1." Flora Clark appears to be the submitter of information concerning the "Bear Bible." I note the following which I extract from her article: "The script of the Gillet entries is very old style which was in use before and after 1600. These entries are in the hand of Jonathan Gillet of the second generation. His identity is proved by the references to himself in the following items: 'my father Gille came Into new:inglon the secon time In June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonn was born about half a yeare aftar he came to land.' '(my) father Gillett dyed in 1677...' ''(Jon)athan Gillett his first maredg -aprel 22 1661 Mary born october 18, 1667 Jonathan born feber 18 1670 William born december 4 1673 my second maredg in decem 14. 1676 My sonne thomas born by my secon wife in may the last 16. 1678 Ebenesor born in the year 79. octob 27 Samuel borne in the yeare 80. decem 17 his grandmother dyed in may. 14: 81 (..)nna born september 10, 1682 (16?) Jonathan born to me by my secon wife was born in 1685: oct. 15 mirriam born in 1688 May:14" 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: A. "Gillett, Jonathan (-1698) & 1/wf Mary Kelsey (-1676); 23 Apr 1661, 22 Apr; Windsor, CT/?Hartford." B. "Gillett, Jonathan (?1634-1698) & 2/wf Miriam Dibble (1645-1710+, 1703+), m/2 Timothy Palmer; 14 Dec 1676; Windsor, CT." | Dibble, Miriam (I2238)
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| 1870 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Joseph (son of Jonathan) Gillett, settled at Simsbury; m. Elizabeth (dau. of John) Hawkes, 1664; bought the Hawkes place at Windsor, where he resided until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Massachusetts, and sold the Hawkes place to Thomas Parsons, and he sold it to John Osborn, Jr. Children (Old Church Records): A. Joseph, b. 2 Nov 1664. B. Elizabeth, b. 11 or 12 Jun 1666. C. Mary, b. 10 Sep 1667. D. Jonathan, b. 11 Aug 1669; acc. to 'Col. Rec.,' d. 3 Jun 1686. E. John, b. 10 Jun 1671; m.; had Joseph, b. 16 Feb 1692. F. Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1673. G. Hannah, b. 30 Jan 1674. H. Daughter. I. Daughter. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 369: "John (Hakes) Hawkes, land grant (see page 158, Vol. 1); removed to Hadley about 1660; dying, his widow sold lands to their son-in-law, Joseph Gillett, 1666. Children (Old Church Records gives him eleven; all these are given in O.C.R. as births): A. John, b. 13 Aug 1643. B. Nathaniel, bp. 16 Feb 1644. C. Elizabeth, bp. 10 Jan 1646; m. Joseph Gillett, who prob. resided on the Hawkes lands until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield. D. Ann, bp. 1 Oct 1648. E. Isaac, b. 11 Aug 1650; 'was drowned in the Great River June 22, 1659, by voluntarily going in to swim, and on the day following was found (by an Indian), driven far down, and was brought and buried.' - Windsor Records. F. Mary, b. 23 May 1652. G. Joanna, b. 8 Feb 1653; d. bef. 1674. H. Eleazer, b. 20 Dec 1655. I. Sarah, b. 29 Sep 1657. J. Gershom (Jesom, in rec.), b. 12 Apr 1659 (None of this family remained in Windsor.)" 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: A. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. B. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. C. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. D Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. E. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. F. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. G. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. H. Abigail, 1646-1649. I. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. J. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm "Joseph Gillett baptized 25 July 1641 in Windsor. CT, married Elizabeth HAWKES 24 Nov. 1663 in Hadley, MA,[45] killed in an Indian massacre 18 Sept. 1675 at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. Elizabeth was baptized 10 Jan. 1646/7 in Windsor, CT, died 11 Oct. 1681 in Hatfield, MA(?). She was a daughter of John & Elizabeth (Browne) Hawkes. She married (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec. 1680 in Hatfield, MA. He died 11 Oct. 1710. Elizabeth's father, John Hawkes, died intestate in June 1662 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. In the estate settlement: "Elizabeth shall have the sum of twenty pounds at her day of marriage in such pay as the estate will afford."[46] In 1666 Joseph bought Windsor land from his widowed mother-in-law. No doubt this was the "homelot with the addition eight acres" (annotated "sold to Joseph Gylitt") in John Hawkes' Windsor, CT, estate settlement. Joseph and his young family probably lived on this land until their removal to Deerfield, MA. Joseph was listed as a freeman in Windsor on 8 Oct. 1668 and on 11 Oct. 1669.[47] The first record of Joseph in Deerfield is 7 Nov. 1673 when he was present at a plantation meeting there. Deerfield lot numbers 31 & 32 had been drawn in 1671 by Robert Hinsdale and Nathaniel Colburne. In 1673 these 2 lots were owned by "Joseph Gillett, son of Jonathan (1), born 1641." (Note that Robert Hindsdale had married (2) widow Elizabeth {Brown} Hawkes in 1668.) When the lots were sold in 1694 they were described as "Sometime two town lots, 16½ by 72 rods with a house on it." In Sept. 1675 during King Philip's War Deerfield was attacked several times by the Indians. It was decided to evacuate Deerfield. Capt. Thomas Lathrop's company of soldiers were bringing loaded carts toward Northampton when they were ambushed at a spot since known as Bloody Brook, about 5 or 6 miles due south of Deerfield. The men were taken completely by surprise. Joseph Gillett and Capt. Lathrop were among the 64 English killed on 18 Sept.[48] Reoccupation of Deerfield did not occur until the spring of 1682. The 1676 inventory of Joseph Gillit's estate was presented to the Corte by John Hawks (Joseph's mother's father or brother?). The inventory totaled £010-09-00. Also belonging to the estate "Land at Deerfield, viz. two homelotts & Land in ye meadows vallued at 8 Commons. Debts due ye estate: £02-12-00. As noted above, Joseph's widow, Elizabeth, married (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec. 1680. Elizabeth then died 11 Oct. 1681. On 18 Apr. 1682 Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield requested power of administration of Jos. Gillett's estate. In 1686 the estate was finally settled with Joseph Gillett's 4 sons and 2 daughters. The oldest son, Joseph Gillett, received a double part.[49]" [Note that the article continues with an extensive list of descendancy, a copy of which I provide in husband Joseph Gillett's notes.] 6. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 18-19: "Joseph Gillett, (son of Jonathan) bapt. 25 Jul 1641, Windsor, Conn., another rec. says he was bapt. in Simsbury, Conn., son of Jonathan and Mary Dolbiar Gillet, m. 24 Nov 1663, Elizabeth Hawks, dau. of John and Eliza Hawks of Haddam. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec 1680. The Hist. of Deerfield, Vol. 2, p. 173 says 'Joseph came as one of our earliest settlers, built on No. 32, on the Dr. Willard lot; was killed with Capt. Lothrop 18 Sep 1675 in King Philiips War at Battle Creek. [Someone has penciled in 'Blood Brook, South Deerfield, MA.'] Children: Joseph, b. 2 Nov 1664, Windsor, Conn., d. 1745-6; m. 2 Nov 1687, Esther Gall. Elizabeth, b. 12 Jun 1666. Mary, b. 10 Sep 1667. Jonathan, b. 11 Aug 1669; d. 3 Jun 1686. John, b. 10 Jun 1671; captured by the Indians 16 Sep 1696; d. Lebanon, Conn., Apr 1755; m. Lebanon, Conn., 3 Jan 1700 to Experience Dewey, b. Westfield, Mass., 9 Apr 1682. On 23 Oct 1696, administration was granted on his estate, he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore, as to his personal residue in Deerfield is dead. He was taken to Canada; was sent to France, thence to England, where he was sent home about 1698. John was one of the 51 charter members or proprietors of Lebanon, Conn. Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1673; d. 10 Jul 1714; m. abt 170?, Sarah Culver, d. 6 Jan 1716-17. Hannah, b. 30 Jan 1675; d. 11 Aug 1683. Jonathan, Joseph's father in his will mentions 'and to ye two children, which I taken that were my son Joseph's dead, as ye little son Jonathan 5, and ye garle 5 (Mary?) there seems to be no further mention in Jonathan's wil of either Joseph or Samuel or their families." 7. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 41-43: "Joseph Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., and Deerfield, Mass., baptized in Windsor 25 Jul 1641, died in Deerfield, in the tragic warfare at Bloody Brook, 18 Sept 1675. He married, probably in Hadley, Mass., in 1663 or 1664, Elizabeth Hawkes, baptized in Windsor 10 Jan 1646/7, died almost surely 1681, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hawkes. Elizabeth (Hawkes) Gillett married secondly, 16 Dec. 1680, as his second wife, Nathaniel Dickenson of Hatfield, Mass. Joseph Gillett was made a freeman in Windsor 8 Oct 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. These records indicate the error of statements that Joseph was of Simsbury, Conn., and had nine children; the probable gound for the latter error to be indicated later by a 1686 probate record. While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was finanacially interested in the projective settlement by 1673. Another erroneous statement is the Joseph Gillett and Elizabeth Hawkes marriage date, and probably the place: 'at Windsor 24 Nov 1664.' There is no known Windsor record of the marriage, and Windsor would not have recorded the birth of Josoph's first Child, 2 Nov 1664 (or even 20 Nov 1664, as one statement has it) if the parents were then not married. Hence the birth record seems to guarantee the marriage by 1664 before 2 Nov.; and it may have been in 1663, but probably not earlier. Stiles states that John Hawkes' widow sold Windsor lands to their son-in-law Joseph Gillett in 1666, 'who probably resided on the Hawkes lands until about 1673 when he removed to Deerfield.' Another Windsor record is: ' Joseph Gillett, adult, church member 16().' In 1669 the first house was built in Deerfield; the second house in 1670; and house lots were drawn 14 May 1671. In 1673 at least twenty men were present, Joseph Gillet one of them; also Robert Hinsdell (later Hinsdale) and his five sons; and Robert had married (2) Widow Elizabeth Hawkes, and his son had married her daughter Mary Hawkes in 1672 and gone at once to Deerfield with her. Lots No. 31 and 32, drawn 1671 by Robert Hinsdale and Nathaniel Colburne, in 1673 were owned by 'Joseph Gillett, son of Jonathan (1), born 1641' and he 'built on No. 32 - the Dr. Willard lot; was killed with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675' (Sheldon, 'History of Deerfield'). when the lots were sold in 1694 by Joseph Gillett's son, they are described as "Sometime two town lots, 16-1/2 by 72 rods, with a house on it.' In two or three days after Bloody Brook battle, the garrison and inhabitants of Deerfield abandoned the place, and a third village in Hampshire County was given up to desolation. The surviving inhabitants retired to Hatfield and other places. In 1680 measures were taken for the reoccupation of their lands by the Proprietors of Deerfield, and the spring of 1682 is considered as the date of the permanent settlement. And by the spring of 1682 Joseph Gillett's widow (Hawkes) was also dead, after having married (2) 16 Dec. 1680, as his second wife, Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield, Mass.; and at that date her seven children were all living. Hampshire Conty, Mass., Probate Reocrds in Northampton give the following records of the estate of Joseph Gillett; Card Index - Joseph Gillet, Deerfield. Adm., vol. 1, p. 172, year 1676. Inventory, adms., p. 222, year 1682. Ad., Inv., & Dist., p. 257, year 1686: 'John Hawks presented to this Corte ye Inventory of ye Estate of Joseph Gillit deceased to wch he mad Oath wch Inventory is on ffile with the Reocrder of this Corte & Powere of adminstration upon ye Estate of Joseph Gillit Deceased is by this Corte granted to Elizabeth Gillit the Relict. Here following a copy of ye Inventory of ye Estate of Joseph Gillitt deceased (Inventory difficult to read in the opening part of list of stock, tools, etc. It includes: cow, yearling, young mare: and 'due from Eldr Storng 20 due from Caaleb Pomery') Above Inventory taken by Quimtan Stockwell, Samll Billing. Sum total 010 - 09-00. There is Likewise belonging to this Esate, land at Deerfield viz two homelotts & Land in ye meadows vallued at 8 Comons. Debts due from ye Estate 02 - 12 - 00. Page 222, Adms. on Jos. Gillett Estate, April 18, 1682. Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield (appearing before magistrates Pynchon & (?) both Assistants of this Jurisdiction & a clerk present - desiring power of administration upon ye Estate of Joseph Gillitt sometyme of deerfield deceased whose Widdow or Relict sd Dickinson had married & in her Right was adminsitrator to sd Estate, wch ceased at sd Widdow's death, and it being needful to conserve same for his children sd Dickinson desiring of it. - Granted. Page 257 - Settlement Estate Joseph Gillett 1686. Dist. - March 30, 1686 - Additional inventory, of clothes etc. presented by Nathaniel Dickenson, who stated after her marriage to him, the widow of Joseph Gillett 'soon after died'...'the sd Nathaniel Dickenson shewing himself faithful to his trust & also to settled sd children in some comfortable way and there bieng 4 sons and two daughters'... eldest son Joseph Gillett, to have a double part, and to have the land for his use till his brothers come of age. court orders Nathaniel Dickinson, Joseph Barnard & Thomas Wells to make the division.' As Windsor death records show, the youngest child Hannah, had died 11 Aug 1683; and Jonathan(3), second of the four sons referred to in the above probate record, died the following 3rd of June 1686. But there is nowhere suggestion of the deaths of two older sisters, Elizabeth(3) and Mary(3), and they were doubtless the 'two daughters' of their stepfather's statement; not any imaginary and almost impossible two daughters younger than the Hannah (3) for whom Barbour's Collection gives the birth records for Joseph's birth, one making it Nov. 2 and two making it Nov. 20; and two different records for sister Mary, one Sept. 1 and the other Sept. 10, 1667. [Seven children listed.]" 8. From "The Great Migration," by Anderson: "JOHN HAWKES Origin: Unknown. Migration: 1634 (based on date of freemanship). First Residence: Dorchester Removes: Windsor 1635, Hadley by 1660. Church Membership: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 3 Sep. 1634 implied by freemanship. John Hawkes or his wife (and probably both had apparently been admitted to Windsor church by 13 August1643, if that be the date of baptism of their son John. On 18 January 1659/60 "John Hakes" was listed among those who had been placed in the long seats in Windsor meetinghouse [Windsor .Hist 1:178, citing "Book of Rates"]. Freeman: 3 September 1634 (third in a sequence of three Dorchester men) [MBCR 1:369]. Offices: Connecticut petit jury, 1 March 164819 [CCCR 1:176]. Tax collector, 6 February 1649/50 [CCCR. 1:2O4]. Estate: In the Windsor land inventory on 4 February 1640[/1] "John Hawkes bath granted from the plantation" four parcels: "an homelot with the addition eight acres" (annotated "sold to Joseph Gylitt"); "in the Great Meadow two acres" (annotated "sold to Nathan[ie]l1 Winchel"); "over the Great River ten rod in breadth, more or less, the length from the river back to the east three miles" (annotated "sold to John. Osband"); and "also at Paquanick, on the north side of the river, in meadow four acres, besides; allowance for swamp, & adjoining to it twenty acres of upland" (annotated "sold to David Williams [16]62 October 13") (WiLR 1:107r, 1A:99]. On 31 March 1663, "John Hawkes of Hadley dying intestate the inventory of his estate was presented to this Court & is in [illegible], and in reference to settlement of the said estate the Court ordered with the advice of friends & the widow's free consent &. desire that her son John shall when he comes to the age of 22 years have a third part of her homelot, her housing only excepted & a third part of all her lands in Hadley & a young horse, and that her daughter Elizabeth shall have the sum of twenty pounds at her day of marriage in such pay as the estate will afford, and that her son Elezur shall have twenty pounds when he attains the age of one & twenty years in such pay as the estate will afford, and that her son Gerson shall have the sum of twenty pounds at the age of one & twenty years in such pay as the estate will afford, and that the next four daughters shall have the sum of fifteen pounds apiece to be paid to each of them as they shall attain the age of one & twenty years, and power of administration is granted to said widow Hawkes in reference to the said estate" [HamCCR 1:25]. On 28 September 1669, "John Hawkes late of Hadley deceased, dying intestate, there was an order of the Court at Northampton in March 1663 settling the estate in respect of the widow Hawkes & portions for the children, but there being no security ordered for payment of Children's portions, this Court ordereth upon the desire of Robert Hensdall & his wife the mother of the said children that the housing & lands at Hadley which were the estate of John Hawkes shall stand as security for the children's portions excepting those lands that young John Hawkes hath received as his portion by the former Court order" [HamCCR l:ll3]. On 27 September 1681, "the widow Elizabeth Hindsdall administratrix to the estate of her former husband John Hawks, as by the Court act March 31: 63 appears presenting a petition to this Court wherein she shews how she would dispose other remaining estate by her former husband Hawks in Hadley which by God's Providence she is again come to live upon, that is to say that her son Eliezur & Gershom Hawks who are yet unmarried & have their portions to receive should have the said portions paid them out of some of her husband Hawks lands, she declaring that the other children's portions are paid them according to the Court's settlement, and signifying that she with her two sons Eliezer and Gershom Hawks have come to this agreement, that they shall improve the whole remainder of estate or lands as abovesaid in Hadly together with their own shares for the yearly maintenance of their mother while she shall live & so have conditioned mutually that the said Eliezer & Gershom shall have the. whole betwixt them at her decease, as by writings drawn & signed & sealed between them appears, and the widow mother signifying her desires that the said lands may be confirmed to them as aforesaid by this Court they performing the agreement to her this Court likes well of the petition and appoint the lands to her said sons after her decease" [HamCCR 1:l27]. Birth: By 1613 (based on date of freemanship). Death: Buried Hadley 30 June 1662 (Pynchon VR 237]. Marriage: By 1643 Elizabeth ___. She married (2) Robert Hinsdale {1637, Dedham} and (3) Thomas Dibble, son of Robert DIBBLE {1634, Dorchester} (GM 2:2:345-47]. She died at Windsor on 2 September 1685 [WiLR Barbour 71, citing "1:43"]. Children: i JohnHAWKES, b (or bp) Windsor 13 August 1643 [Grant 46; CTVR 36]; m. (1) Hadley 26 December 1667: Martha Baldwin [Pynchon VR 223]; m. (2) Deerfield 20 November 1696 Alice A1lis. ii Nathaniel HAWKES, b. (or bp.) Windsor 16 February 1644[/5] [Grant 46; CTVR 36]; no further record. iii Elizabeth HAWKES, b. (or bp.) Windsor 10 January 1646[/7] [Grant 46; CTVR 36); m. (1) Hadley 24 November 1663 Joseph Gillett [Pynchon VR 223]; m. (2) Hatfield 16 Dec. 1680 Nathaniel Dickinson. [NEHGR 152:170-71]. iv Anna HAWKES, b. (or bp.) Windsor 1 October 1648 (Grant 46; CTVR 36]; m. Hadley 10 November 1672 Thomas Hastings [Pynchon VR 224], son of Thomas HASTINGS {1634, Watertown} [GM 2:3:235-40]. v Isaac HAWKES, b. Windsor 11 August 1650 [Grant 46; CTVR 36); "drowned in the Great River June 22d 1659 by voluntarily going in to swim, and on the day following was found (by an Indian) driven far down, and was brought up and. buried" [Loomis Rec 45]. vi Mary HAWKES, b. Windsor 23 May 1652 [Grant 46; CTVR 36]; m. (1) Hadley 10 October 1672 Experience Hinsdale (Pynchon VR 224], son of Robert Hinsdale {1637 Dedham}; m. (2) Hatfield [blank] July 1677 John Evans [HadVR 105]. vii JOANNA HAWKES, b. Windsor 8 Feb. 1653[/4]. [Grant 46 (annotated "dead"); CTVR 40, 45]; m. Hatfield 21 November 1677 William Arms (HadVR 105]. viii ELEAZER HAWKES, b. Windsor 20 December 1655 [Grant 46; CTVR 45); m. Deerfield 30 April 1689 Judith Smead. ix Sarah. HAWKES, b. Windsor 29 September 1657 (Grant 46, CTVR 44]; m. (1) Springfield 10 September 1677 Philip Mattoon [Pynchon VR 59]; m. (2) in 1704 or later Daniel Belden [John Hawks Gen 20]. x GERSHOM HAWKES, b. Windsor 12 April 1659 [Grant 46]; m. by 1691 Elizabeth Pratt, daughter of Richard Pratt (in his will of 8 May 1691, "Richard Pratt Senior of Malden" included a be quest to "my daughter Elizabeth the wife of Gershom Hawkes" [MPR Case #17925]). xi child HAWKES, b. Windsor on an unknown date [Grant 92]; no further record. Comments: Imogene Hawks Lan e claimed that John Hawkes came to New England in 1630, based on an entry in the Winthrop Papers [John Hawks Gen 1, citing WP 2:276], but this is only a guess, and misreads the record. No record of John Hawkes has been found between his freemanship in 1634 and his record of landholding in Windsor in 1640. He would have been at least twenty-one years old in 1634, but did not marry until about late 1642, when he would have been nearly thirty. These circumstances raise the question whether the John Hawkes of Dorchester in 1634 was the same as the Windsor man. If John Hawkes was one of the early migrants from Dorchester to Windsor in 1635, we would have an explanation for the lack of further records in Massachusetts Bay, and the records for Windsor in the later 1630s are few. We then need only to assume that he married about five years later than average for men of his time. Some doubt remains, but we assume here that all these records pertain to one man named John Hawkes. In his 17 August 1677 list of "what children has been born in Windsor from our beginning," Matthew Grant included "John Haks," crediting him with eleven children [Grant 92]. Only ten of these children are accounted for in other records. Grant states that the daughter Joanna was dead, but a daughter of that name married not long after Grant compiled his record, so there may have been two daughters of this name. The correct chronological placement of a second daughter Joanna is not clear. Bibliographic Note: In 1989 Imogene Hawks Lane published a comprehensive account of this immigrant and his agnate descendants [John Hawks, A Founder of Hadley, Massachusetts, After a Sojourn of Twenty-Four Years at Windsor, Connecticut: Thirteen Generations in America] (cited above as John Hawks Gen)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. The marriage between Joseph Gillett and Elizabeth Hawkes is reported variously as 24 Nov 1663, 1664, and 24 Nov 1664. The last date is the only one that seems to be documented per Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" (Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR].) WiVR probably refers to the vital records of Windsor; however, Stiles, in his "Ancient Windsor" book, who knows the Windsor records best simply says 1664. Other publications give the first date without providing us the source. It should be noted that their first Child, Joseph, is born 2 Nov 1664, which would make the 1663 date the most reasonable. 2. From the Gillett family file of the Windsor Historical Society, an article entitled: "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants," comp. by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass., p. 65, Additions and Corrections, Volume 100: "P. 43: Hatfield 'original old book,' page 70, marriage of Joseph Gillet and Eliza Hawkes, Nov. 24, 166(3 or 4?). The date is clear except for the last figure in the year, which last figure is a combination of a perhaps underlying 3 and overlying double 4; the 3 fainter than the double 4, which suggests that it was earlier. Mr. Walter E. Corbin writes, 'probably should be 1663.' And the Hadley-Hatfield and Windsor, Conn., records and situation make that year practically the only possible one, as a detailed long recording could demonstrate. Mr. Corbin wrote later: 'I have found another record entry wihich will clear up the marriage date 1663 mixed with two 4s. In the old Register Book of William Pynchon of Springfield kept at the Pynchon building of the Connecticut Valley Historical Society at Springfield, in the Hadley marriages is this, 'Joseph Gillett & Elizabeth Hawkes were marryed Nov. 4 1663.' So the year really is 1663. From the looks of this Pynchon Book, I assume that William liked to have copies of records on hand, as he had copied the births, marriages and deaths to about 1693 of Northampton, Hadley, Hatfield and Springfield, and a few other early towns." 3. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Joseph (1641-1675) & Elizabeth Hawks (1640/1-1682), m/2 Nathaniel Dickinson 1680; 1664?, 1663, ?24 Nov; Windsor, CT." 4. From a booklet "Gillett," 1970, by Wilma Gillet Thomas, copy at the Windsor, CT, Historical Society. Within the booklet is a copy of a page entitled "Marriage Records Before 1699," pp. 98-99: "Gillett, Joseph and Elizabeth Hawkes, 1664, Windsor, Conn." | Hawkes, Elizabeth (I2233)
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| 1871 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 61: "Benjamin Bartlett (son of John), m. Deborah Barnard, 8 Jun 1665 (acc. to Col. Rec., 16 Feb 1664); bought W. end of S. lot on Macker rtow, Windsor; sold back to Thos. Dible, 1672, 'with the siller (cellar) that Benjamin has made upon it.' This stood W. side of highway, beyond the turn at top of the hill N. of the brook. He d. 25 Oct 1678. Contrib. 1 s. to Conn. Relief Fund for Poor of other Colonies, 1676. - Old Church Records. Children (*Windsor Records): A. Deborah, b. 3 Aug 1666*. B. Benjamin, b. 21 Jun 1668; *d. 2 Mar 1675. C. Ezaya, b. 9 Dec 1670. D. (Barnard, acc. to 'Hinman'), b. 26 Jul 1672; perhaps the Barnard Bartlett who m. Elisabeth Drake of Northampton, 14 Jan 1702/3... E. Ephraim, b. 17 Jun 1673*. F. Jehoidah, b. 2 Nov 1675*. G. Benjamin, b. 15 Dec 1677*. H. John, b. 29 Jun 1678. 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Jeremiah (son of Jonathan) Gillett. In 1680 had the place in Windsor of his uncle Nathan G., who had removed to Simsbury in 1670; he m. 15 Oct 1685, Deborah Bartlett; he d. 1 Mar 1692/3; a wid. Deborah d. 29 Sep 1753, age abt. 74; poss. the same. Children: A. Deborah, b. 6 Aug 1686; d. 22 Apr 1693. B. Abigail, b. 21 Feb 1687; d. 16 Feb 1689. C. Jeremiah, d. 21 Apr 1692." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: A. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. B. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. C. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. D Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. E. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. F. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. G. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. H. Abigail, 1646-1649. I. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. J. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jeremiah Gillett born 12 Feb. 1647/8 in Windsor, baptized 20 Feb. 1647/8, married DEBORAH BARTLETT 15 Oct. 1685 in Windsor, died 1 Mar. 1692/3 in Windsor. Deborah was born 3 Apr. 1666 in Windsor, died there 29 Sept. 1753. She was a daughter of Benjamin & Deborah (Barnard) Bartlett. Deborah married (2) Samuel Adams of Windsor 23 Apr. 1694. Jeremiah inherited from his father the remainder of his father's land without the west bounds of Windsor which had not been willed to Jonathan, Cornelius and John. In 1680 Jeremiah had the place in Windsor previously occupied by his uncle Nathan Gillett who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Jeremiah's will was dated 17 Dec. 1692 but was not proved. Jeremiah and Deborah had 11 children all born in Windsor." 6. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book. SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. GS=Gravestone. Suvr=Suffield, CT. Vital Records. Quote: "Jeremiah, b. 12 Feb 1647 (Wivr as s/o of Jonathan Sr.), ba. 20 Feb 1647 (Wivr), d. 1 Mar 1692/3 (Wivr), m. 15 Oct 1685 (Wivr) Deborah Bartlit (Wivr) b. 3 Apr 1666 (NEH) d/o Benjamin and Deborah (Barnard) (MJ5). She m. 2nd 23 Apr 1694 (Wivr) Samuel Adams (Wivr). She d. 29 Sep 1753 (TAG15)." 7. Mentioned in the will of Jeremiah Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 159. (Will on File). Gillett, Jeremiah, Windsor. Invt. £56-12-00. Taken 19 March, 1692-3, by Job Drake Jr., James Enno and Joseph Phelps Jr. Will dated 17 December, 1692. I Jeremiah Gillett of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife all my whole Estate for her Use & Improvement during the time of her natural life, as also my house & Homested, the Land being 3 acres more or less, bounding East on Josiah Gillet, north the Highway, West Jonathan Gillett, South against the Mill Brooke. I give my Marsh Land at Simsbury (the sd. Land given me by his last Will) I give to my wife as her proper Right, to sell or dispose of to whom she will. I give my daughter Deborah, at the day of her marriage, my Woodland, which is 10 acres more or less. I give my Homested, that Land being 5 acres more or less, to my daughter Deborah after her Mother's Decease. My Will is my wife shall give my daughter, after her marriage, 20 shillings per year, to be paid in Apples or Syder, or in Both. I constitute my wife to be sole Executrix. Witness: John Fyler, Benjamin Bartlett. [Signed:] Jeremiah Gillett. Ls. Court Record, Page 56 - 12 April, 1693: A Will was exhibited in Court and was not allowed. Some Testimony was offered by Timothy Phelps sen., age 54 years, Joseph Loomis, age 41 years, son of John Loomis, Peter Brown, age 25 years, & Joseph Skiner. Order to Dist. the Estate to the Widow Deborah and the daughter. Adms. was granted to James Eno & Deborah the Relict. Page 62 - 7 September, 1693: It appears the daughter had died. This Court now Order her part of Jeremiah Gillett's Estate to be divided among the uncles and aunts, her father's brothers and sisters. Lt. Return Strong and Mr. John Porter appointed Distributors. Page 36 - (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: Whereas, there have been differences between Jonathan Gillett of Windsor in behalf of himself and his brothers & sisters on the one part, and Samuel Adams of the same Windsor on behalf of his wife Deborah, as she was Adms. to the Estate of Jeremiah Gillett, her late Husband, on the other part, respecting the division of the estate of the sd. Jeremiah Gillett, which was ordered by the Court to him sd. Jonathan Gillett, and set out to him and them, his brothers and sisters, by Lt. Returne Strong and Mr. John Porter, by the Order of sd. Court, as by the Records of the Court may fully appear. And that the sd. Difference may be put to an End and fully issued, they the sd. Gillett and the sd. Adams have mutually and full agreed, and do by these presents fully and absolutely agree in manner and form following: ( - - ) And for Confirmation hereof, and every part of this Agreement, we have hereunto set our Hands this 30th day of April, 1695. Witness: Daniel Clarke sen., Joseph Mygatt. [Signed:] Jonathan Gillett, Peter Brown, Cornelius Gillett, Samuel X Adams, DEBORAH X Adams." [From this we ascertain that Jeremiah's wife was Deborah who later married Samuel Adams. Brothers include Jonathan, Cornelius; and a probable nephew: Peter Brown (probably a nephew at age 25 in 1693). We can also infer a probable relationship with next door neighbor Josiah Gillett. Also confirms ages of Timothy Phelps, Sr. at 54 in 1693 and Joseph Loomis (son of John) as 41 in 1693.] 8. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler. Gilet, Jeremy; marriage to Debora Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WEL898:52. Gilet, Jeremiah; marriage to Deborah Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WIN638:57. Gillet, Deborah; marriage to Samuel Addams, 23 Apr 1694; WIN638:53 [apparently widow of Jeremiah Gillet remarrying after Jeremiah's death 1 Mar 1692/1693]. 2. Second marriage 23/25 Apr 1694 in Windsor to Samuel Adams (b. 23 Apr 1645 at Hartford) per various entries on Worldconnect. 3. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Jeremiah (1647-1693) & Deborah Bartlett (1666-), m./2 Samuel Adams 1694; 15 Oct 1685; Windsor, CT." | Bartlett, Deborah (I2231)
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| 1872 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Josiah (son of Jonathan) Gillett, of Simsbury, m. Johanna (Hannah, 'Col. Rec.') Taintor, 30 Jun 1676 (O.C.R.) 'by Mr John Allyn,' had the homestead at Windsor; contributed 2s6d to Conn. Fund for Relief of Poor in other Colonies, 1676. Children: a. Josias, b. 24 Nov 1678; bp. 1 Dec 1678. - O.C.R. b. Johanna, b. 28 Oct 1680; d. 11 Aug 1683. - 'Col. Rec.' c. Elizabeth, b. 16 Jan 1682/3. - 'Col. Rec.' d. Jonathan, b. 15 Oct 1685. - 'Col. Rec.' e. Mary, b. 8 Mar 1686/7. f. Dorothy, b. 15 Apr 1689. g. Samuel, b. 1 Oct 1690. h. Joseph, b. 3 Mar 1694/5. i. Mindwell, b. 4 Feb 1696. j. Aaron, b. 8 Mar 1698/9. k. Noah, b. 5 Dec 1701." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Josiah Gillett born in Windsor, baptized there 14 July 1650, married JOANNA/Hannah TAINTOR 30 June 1676 by Mr. John Allyn in Windsor, died 29 Oct. 1736 in Colchester, CT. Joanna was born 29 Apr. 1657 in Branford, died 23 Jan. 1735/6 in Colchester, CT, a daughter of Michael & Elizabeth (Rose) Taintor of Branford, CT. In his father's will Josiah was instructed "to take care for the improvement of his mother's estate" and after her death "he shall enjoy for his own…my now dwelling house and all the appurtenances with it, with five acres of houselands & all other parcels of land, as are expressed to be his mother's for her use whilst she lives, only excepting the house & four acres of the household land to it, which my son Jeremy shall possess for his own after my wife's decease" and "the six acres in the second meadow I set out to him, he is to possess for his own at the present." About 1702 Josiah and his large family moved to Colchester where he became a prominent man in all affairs. [Jones, Nathan H., "The Ancestors of my Daughters" (1914), 120.] Josiah & Hannah had 11 children, all born in Windsor. [Gillette, Salmon C. & Rev. Henry C. Alvord, "Descendants of Jonathan Gillet of Dorchester, MA, & Windsor, CT" (NEH&GR, 1893), 47:168-169."]" 6. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan; birth 28 Jun 1685, WIN638:16; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Josia; baptism 14 Jul 1650; WIN638:14; father Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Josias; baptism 14 Jul 1650; CHS930:39; father Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Josias; donation in pence = 30; 1676; CHS930:87. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Hannah Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:76. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:42. Gillet, Josias; estate in pounds = 21, 1677; GRA677;3. Gillet, Josias; birth 24 Nov 1678; CHS930:76; father Gillet, Josia. Gillet, Josias; birth 24 Nov 1678; WEL898:25; father Gillet, Josias. Gillet, Johanna; birth 28 Oct 1680; CHS930:76; father: Gillet, Josia. Gillet, Johanna; birth 28 Oct 1680; WEL898:27; father: Gillet, Josias. Gillet, Hannah; death 11 Aug 1683; WEL898:54; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Elizabeth; birth 16 Jan 1684; WEL898:48; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 28 Jun 1685; WIN638:16; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 15 Oct 1685; WEL898:49; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Josia; estate in pounds = 74, 1686; CHS930:161. Gillet, Mary; birth 8 Mar 1687; WEL898:49; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Mary; birth 8 Mar 1687; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Samuel; birth 1 Oct 1690; WEL898:50; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Samuel; birth 1 Oct 1690; WIN638:17; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Dorithy; birth 15 Apr 1689; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Joseph; birth 3 Mar 1695; WIN638:15, father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Mindwell; birth 4 Feb 1697; WIN638:17; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Aaron; birth 8 Mar 1699; WIN638:17; father: Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Noah; birth 5 Dec 1701; WIN638:17; father: Gillet, Josiah. 7. One page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book): "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678. He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." 8. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, P. 16: "Josiah, bapt. at Windsor 14 Jul 1650; rem. to Colchester, Conn. in 1702; d. 29 Oct 1736; m. 30 Jun 1676, Joanna Tainter. Eleven Children." 9. The book "Descendants of Jonathan Gillet, of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.," by the late Salmon Cone Gillette, of Colchester, Conn. Arranged and enlarged by the Rev. Henry Clay Alvord, A.M., Pastor of the Old South Church, South Weymouth, Mass., Boston, 1893, pp. 3-4: A. Josiah Gillet (Jonathan1) was born in Windsor, Conn., and was baptized July 14, 1650. He married, June 30, 1676, Joanna Taintor, born April, 1657, daughter of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. He moved to Colchester in 1702, being one of the first settlers. He died Oct. 29, 1736; and her death was Jan. 23, 1735. They had children: a. Josiah, b. Nov. 24, 1678; d. Oct. 14, 1742; m. Sarah Pellett, March 7, 1711. Children: (1) Daniel, b. Feb. 2, 1714, settled in New Haven Co., Conn; (2) Josiah, b. Dec. 7, 1715; (3) Sarah, b. June 24, 1717; (4) David, b. June 13, 1719, d. Oct. 15, 1742; (5) Elizabeth, b. April 15, 1721; (6) Timothy, b. June 27, 1723; (7) Charles, b. April 22, 1728; (8) Esther, b. Nov. 24, 1734. b. Joanna, b. Oct. 28, 1680; m. Josiah Strong of Windsor, Jan. 5, 1698, and removed to Colchester in 1703, living near North Pond. Children: (1) Hannah, b. Oct. 12, 1699; (2) John, b. Jan. (?) 17, 1701; (3) Damaris(?), b. May 8, 1703; (4) Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1705; (5) Mary, b. Sept. 19, 1707; (6) Josiah, b. Sept. 9, 1709; (7) Eunice, b. Nov. 19, 1711; (8) Caleb, b. Feb. 20, 1714; (9) Rachel, b. April 21, 1716; (10) Dorothy, b. May 25, 1718; (11) Joshua, b. July 20, 1721; (12) Irene, b. Oct. 20, 1722; (13) Asaphel, b. June 26, 1725. c. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1682; d. May 10, 1756. d. Jonathan, b. June 28, 1685. e. Mary, b. March 8, 1687; m. Dea. Nathaniel Skinner. f. Dorothy, b. April 15, 1689; m. ____ Roberts. 4. g. Samuel, b. Oct. 1, 1690. h. Joseph, b. March 3, 1695. i. Mindwell, b. Feb. 4, 1696; m. ____ Clark; d. May 8, 1784. j. Aaron, b. March 8, 1699; d. Nov. 30, 1730; m. Hannah Clark 1728. Had Children. She m. 2d, 1738, Joseph Chamberlain. k. Noah, b. Dec. 5, 1701; was a merchant; m. Abigail ___, who d. Feb. 6, 1739. Children: (1) Noah, d. March 2, 1739; (2) Abigail, bapt. Oct. 15, 1734." 10. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., p. 44: "Josiah Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor and Colchester, Conn., born in Windsor and baptized her 14 July 1650, died in Colchester 29 Oct 1736. He married in Windsor, 30 Jun 1676 Joanna Taintor, born in April 1657, died in Colchester 23 Jan 1735, daughter of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. He moved to Colchester in 1702, being one of the first settlers. [Eleven children listed.]" 11. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book. SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. GS=Gravestone. Suvr=Suffield, CT. Vital Records. Quote: "Josiah, b., ba. 14 Jul 1650 (Wivr as s/o of Jonathan) (Several Wivr) d. 29 Oct 1736 (NEH) Colchester, CT (NEH), m. 30 Jun 1676 (Wivr) Johana Tainter (Wivr), b. Apr 1657 (NEH), d. 23 Jan 1735 (NEH). Josiah removed to Colchester CT in 1702, being one of the first settlers (NEH). 12. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 13. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." BAPTISM: Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan; birth 28 Jun 1685, WIN638:16; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Josia; baptism 14 Jul 1650; WIN638:14; father Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Josias; baptism 14 Jul 1650; CHS930:39; father Gillet, Jonathan. MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan; birth 28 Jun 1685, WIN638:16; father Gillet, Josiah. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Hannah Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:76. Gillet, Josia; marriage to Johana Taintor, 30 Jun 1676; CHS930:42. 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Josiah (1650-1736) & Joanna Taintor (1657-1735); 30 Jun 1676; Branford, CT?/Windsor, CT." 3. From a booklet "Gillett," 1970, by Wilma Gillet Thomas, copy at the Windsor, CT, Historical Society. Within the booklet is a copy of a page entitled "Marriage Records Before 1699," pp. 98-99: "Gillett, Josiah and Johanna Taintor, 30 June 1676, Windsor, Conn." ~ORDINANCES: Verified 6 Jul 2008. BAPTISM: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 183422, p. 422, ref. 15190. ENDOWMENT: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 184092, p. 79, ref 2832. SEALING TO PARENTS: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239609, p. 80, ref. 2127. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Gillett. SEALING TO SPOUSE: Online Ordinance Index FHL film 1239576, ref. 1187. Josiah Gillett and Joanna Tainter. | Gillett, Josiah (I2229)
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| 1873 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Jeremiah (son of Jonathan) Gillett. In 1680 had the place in Windsor of his uncle Nathan G., who had removed to Simsbury in 1670; he m. 15 Oct 1685, Deborah Bartlett; he d. 1 Mar 1692/3; a wid. Deborah d. 29 Sep 1753, age abt. 74; poss. the same. Children: a. Deborah, b. 6 Aug 1686; d. 22 Apr 1693. b. Abigail, b. 21 Feb 1687; d. 16 Feb 1689. c. Jeremiah, d. 21 Apr 1692." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jeremiah Gillett born 12 Feb. 1647/8 in Windsor, baptized 20 Feb. 1647/8, married Deborah Bartlett 15 Oct. 1685 in Windsor, died 1 Mar. 1692/3 in Windsor. Deborah was born 3 Apr. 1666 in Windsor, died there 29 Sept. 1753. She was a daughter of Benjamin & Deborah (Barnard) Bartlett. Deborah married (2) Samuel Adams of Windsor 23 Apr. 1694. Jeremiah inherited from his father the remainder of his father's land without the west bounds of Windsor which had not been willed to Jonathan, Cornelius and John. In 1680 Jeremiah had the place in Windsor previously occupied by his uncle Nathan Gillett who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Jeremiah's will was dated 17 Dec. 1692 but was not proved. Jeremiah and Deborah had 11 children all born in Windsor." 6. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler. Gillet, Jeremiah; birth 12 Feb 1648; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jeremiah; birth 12 Feb 1648; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gilet, Jeremy 648; estate in pounds = 18, 1674; GRA674:16; spelling Gilet, Jeremy Sr. Gilet, Jeremy; estate in pounds = 26, 1675; GRA675:20. Gilet, Jeremy Jr.; estate in pounds = 25, 1676; GRA676:28. Gilet, Jeremy Sr.; estate in pounds = 18, 1676; GRA676:28. Gilet, Jeremy; estate in pounds = 26, 1677; GRA677:3. Gilet, Jeremy; marriage to Debora Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WEL898:52. Gilet, Jeremiah; marriage to Deborah Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WIN638:57 Gillet, Jeremiah; birth 12 Feb 1648; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jeremiah; estate in pounds = 5; 1686; CHS930:161; taxable heads 1. Gillet, Debora; birth 6 Aug 1686; WEL898:51; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gillet, Deborah; birth 6 Aug 1686; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gillet, Abigail; birth 21 Feb 1688; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gillet, Abigail; death 16 Feb 1690; WEL898:57; father: Gillet, Jeremy. Gillet, Abigail; death 16 Feb 1690; WIN638:45; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gillet, Deborah; death 22 Apr 1693; WIN638:45; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gillet, Jeremiah; death 21 Apr 1692; WIN638:45; father: Gillet, Jeremiah. Gilet, Jeremiah; will dated 17 Dec 1692; MAN904:452. Gillet, Jeremiah; death 1 Mar 1693; WIN638:45. Gilet, Jeremiah; estate in pounds = 57, 19 Mar 1693; MAN904:452. Gillet, Deborah; marriage to Samuel Addams, 23 Apr 1694; WIN638:53 [apparently widow of Jeremiah Gillet remarrying after Jeremiah's death 1 Mar 1692/1693]. 7. One page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book; also an almost word for word version found in The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955): "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678. He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." 8. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 19 [Note that the dates for Jeremiah's birth, marriage date, and Deborah's death vary from other dates cited in other notes for this individual; those other notes give sources whereas Bertha's do not. I do not use Bertha's dates.]: "Jeremiah Gillet, (son of Jonathan), b. 20 Feb 1647; d. 1 Mar 1692; m. 16 Oct 1685, Deborah Bartlett, d. 29 Sep 1758. Children: Deborah, b. 6 Aug 1686, d. 22 Apr 1693. Abigail, b. 21 Feb 1687; d. 16 Feb 1689. Jeremiah, d. Apr 1692." 9. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book. SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. GS=Gravestone. Suvr=Suffield, CT. Vital Records. Quote: "Jeremiah, b. 12 Feb 1647 (Wivr as s/o of Jonathan Sr.), ba. 20 Feb 1647 (Wivr), d. 1 Mar 1692/3 (Wivr), m. 15 Oct 1685 (Wivr) Deborah Bartlit (Wivr) b. 3 Apr 1666 (NEH) d/o Benjamin and Deborah (Barnard) (MJ5). She m. 2nd 23 Apr 1694 (Wivr) Samuel Adams (Wivr). She d. 29 Sep 1753 (TAG15)." 10. "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 159. (Will on File). Gillett, Jeremiah, Windsor. Invt. £56-12-00. Taken 19 March, 1692-3, by Job Drake Jr., James Enno and Joseph Phelps Jr. Will dated 17 December, 1692. I Jeremiah Gillett of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife all my whole Estate for her Use & Improvement during the time of her natural life, as also my house & Homested, the Land being 3 acres more or less, bounding East on Josiah Gillet, north the Highway, West Jonathan Gillett, South against the Mill Brooke. I give my Marsh Land at Simsbury (the sd. Land given me by his last Will) I give to my wife as her proper Right, to sell or dispose of to whom she will. I give my daughter Deborah, at the day of her marriage, my Woodland, which is 10 acres more or less. I give my Homested, that Land being 5 acres more or less, to my daughter Deborah after her Mother's Decease. My Will is my wife shall give my daughter, after her marriage, 20 shillings per year, to be paid in Apples or Syder, or in Both. I constitute my wife to be sole Executrix. Witness: John Fyler, Benjamin Bartlett. [Signed:] Jeremiah Gillett. Ls. Court Record, Page 56 — 12 April, 1693: A Will was exhibited in Court and was not allowed. Some Testimony was offered by Timothy Phelps sen., age 54 years, Joseph Loomis, age 41 years, son of John Loomis, Peter Brown, age 25 years, & Joseph Skiner. Order to Dist. the Estate to the Widow Deborah and the daughter. Adms. was granted to James Eno & Deborah the Relict. Page 62 — 7 September, 1693: It appears the daughter had died. This Court now Order her part of Jeremiah Gillett's Estate to be divided among the uncles and aunts, her father's brothers and sisters. Lt. Return Strong and Mr. John Porter appointed Distributors. Page 36 — (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: Whereas, there have been differences between Jonathan Gillett of Windsor in behalf of himself and his brothers & sisters on the one part, and Samuel Adams of the same Windsor on behalf of his wife Deborah, as she was Adms. to the Estate of Jeremiah Gillett, her late Husband, on the other part, respecting the division of the estate of the sd. Jeremiah Gillett, which was ordered by the Court to him sd. Jonathan Gillett, and set out to him and them, his brothers and sisters, by Lt. Returne Strong and Mr. John Porter, by the Order of sd. Court, as by the Records of the Court may fully appear. And that the sd. Difference may be put to an End and fully issued, they the sd. Gillett and the sd. Adams have mutually and full agreed, and do by these presents fully and absolutely agree in manner and form following: ( - - ) And for Confirmation hereof, and every part of this Agreement, we have hereunto set our Hands this 30th day of April, 1695. Witness: Daniel Clarke sen., Joseph Mygatt. [Signed:] Jonathan Gillett, Peter Brown, Cornelius Gillett, Samuel X Adams, DEBORAH X Adams." [From this we ascertain that Jeremiah's wife was Deborah who later married Samuel Adams. Brothers include Jonathan, Cornelius; and a probable nephew: Peter Brown (probably a nephew at age 25 in 1693). We can also infer a probable relationship with next door neighbor Josiah Gillett. Also confirms ages of Timothy Phelps, Sr. at 54 in 1693 and Joseph Loomis (son of John) as 41 in 1693.] 11. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 12. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." BIRTH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler. Gillet, Jeremiah; birth 12 Feb 1648; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jeremiah; birth 12 Feb 1648; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler. Gilet, Jeremy; marriage to Debora Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WEL898:52. Gilet, Jeremiah; marriage to Deborah Bartlet, 15 Oct 1685; WIN638:57. Gillet, Deborah; marriage to Samuel Addams, 23 Apr 1694; WIN638:53 [apparently widow of Jeremiah Gillet remarrying after Jeremiah's death 1 Mar 1692/1693]. 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Jeremiah (1647-1693) & Deborah Bartlett (1666-), m./2 Samuel Adams 1694; 15 Oct 1685; Windsor, CT." | Gillett, Jeremiah (I2228)
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| 1874 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 4. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Abigail Gillett baptized 28 June 1646 in Windsor, died 1 Mar.1648/9 in Windsor." 5. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 16: "Abigail, bapt. 28 Jun 1646, d. 1649." 6. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book. SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. GS=Gravestone. Suvr=Suffield, CT. Vital Records. Quote: "Abigail, b., ba. 28 Jun 1646 (Wivr as d/o Jonathan Sr.), d. [ ] 1648 (Wivr)." 7. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 8. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." BAPTISM: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Abigail; baptism 28 Jun 1646; WIN638:14; Father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Abigail; baptism 28 Jun 1646; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. DEATH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Abigayl; death 1648; CHS930:81. | Gillett, Abigail (I2227)
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| 1875 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. From the family files at the Windsor, Connecticut, Historical Society is the following typescript: "An Early Bee Hunter's Adventures. A true story by Francis McGee Thompson. The first settlement made by the English upon the 'Long' river of the Indians, the 'Fresh' river of the Dutch, now called the Connecticut, was made by William Holmes of Plymouth, who sailed into the mouth in October, 1633, and unloaded from his vessel at a point just below the mouth of Windsor river, the already prepared frame of his house. When he returned to Plymouth he took with him some of the sachems of that region, whom the Pequots had driven out. The Dutch from Manhattan had traded on the 'Long' river with the natives since 1614 and intending to forestall the English, they had early in 1633 erected a small fort where Hartford now stands, which they named 'Good Hope.' The Dutch trained the two small guns in their fort on Holmes' ship and ordered him to stop, but he told them he had commission from the Governor of Plymouth to go up the river, 'and if they did shoote, they must obey their order and proceede.' So he proceeded to his destination. Within two years, churches at Dorchester, Watertown and New Town, with their pastors, had moved bodily to the Connecticut, and settled at Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford. Among the earliest from Dorchester to Windsor, was Jonathan Gillet, or as more frequently spelled in early times, 'Gillit.' He subsequently removed to Simsbury, and raised a family of ten children. His third son, Joseph, (bapt. 25 Jul 1641) was one of the early settlers of Deerfield, later the frontier town of the Connecticut valley, and was killed by King Philip's Indians at the massacre of Lothrop and his men at Bloody Brook, 18 Sep 1675. Samuel, younger brother of Joseph, was slain on the retreat of Capt. William Turner after the fight at Turner Falls, 19 May 1676. The next year the widow of Samuel married Stephen Jennings of Hatfield, and that same year she with two of her children, were taken prisoners to Canada. While a prisoner she became the mother of a babe whom she named Captiviity Jennings. These prisoners were rescued in 1678. Joseph Gillet was the father of seven children, and his son, John, born 10 Jun 1671 was the hero of this story. [Story continues in notes of Joseph Gillet.]" 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Samuel Gillett baptized in Windsor 22 Jan. 1642/3, married Hannah Dickinson 23 Sept. 1668 in Hadley (Hatfield?), MA, killed 19 May 1676 at Turner's Falls. Samuel & Hannah settled on the frontier at Hatfield, MA. Hannah was born 6 Dec. 1648 in Wethersfield, died after 1687. She was a daughter of Sgt. John & Frances Dickinson. She married (2) Stephen Jennings in Hatfield 15 May 1677 and they removed to Brookfield, MA. Samuel and Hannah had 4 children. Samuel was with Capt. Turner at the Falls Fight at Peskeompsinson [Sheldon, George, "A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts" (1895), 2:173.] in which 37 English were lost including Samuel and Capt. Turner. [Williams, John, "The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion" (1795/1966), 110.] Hannah had been remarried only a few months when on 19 Sept. 1677 she and her 5-year old daughter Mary and her 4-year old son Samuel were captured during an Indian attack on Hatfield. Hannah was pregnant at the time. When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians in fear of ambush, her husband and Benjamin Wait set out together to recover the captives who were headed for Canada. After a journey that lasted all winter they reached Canada in January and negotiated a ransom with the French. There Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity Jennings on 22 Jan. 1678. Hannah returned to home with her children in June 1678. [Spear, Burton W., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630," 5:59.] On 22 July 1710 Stephen Jennings while engaged in making hay was ambushed and killed by Indians at Brookfield. Captivity Jennings married Abigah Bartlett. He too was killed by Indians Oct. 1708. [Stiles, Henry R., "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT" (1904), 328.] Samuel Gillett, son of Samuel and Hannah, was born ca. 1673, married Hannah HASTINGS 9 Jan. 1697/8." 6. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 43: "Samuel Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., and Hatfield, Mass., baptized in Windsor 22 Jan 1642/3, slain in the Turners Falls, Mass., fight 19 May 1676. He married in Hadley, Mass., fight 19 May 1676. He married in Hadley, Mass., 23 Sept 1668, Hannah Dickenson of Wethersfield, Conn., and Hadley, Mass., born in Wethersfield 6 Dec 1648, died after 1687, daughter of Sergt. John Dickenson. She married secondly, in Hatfield, 15 May 1677, Stephen Jennings of Hatfield. On 19 Sep 1677 Hannah (Dickinson) Gillett Jennings was captured with two of her Gillett children and fourteen others by Indians. She was taken to Canada, rescued by the heroic work of her husband and others and reached home again about June 1678 with their two Gillett children and her new born daughter of March 1678, Captivity Jennings. [Four children listed.] ('Genealogies of Hadley Families Embracing the Early Settlers of the Towns of Hatfield, South Hadley, Amherst and Granby,' by L.M. Boltwood, 1862. The 1863 Hadley History; 1910 Hatfield History.)" 7. From the Gillett family file of the Windsor Historical Society, an article entitled: "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants," comp. by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass., p. 65, Additions and Corrections, Volume 100: "Page 70, marriage of Samll Gillit and Hannah Dickenson, Sept. 23, 1668. Their four recorded children born as follows: daughter Hannah born 20 Sep 1669; page 96, daughter Mary born 20 Dec 1670; son Samll born 24 May 1672; daughter Hannah born 5 Sep 1673. Hannah Dickenson married 2d 15 May 1677 to Stephen Gennings. (Notice the correct birth dates of daughter Mary and son Samuel. Also that the record of the widow's marriage chanced to use her maiden name; but refers to it as a 2nd marriage.) ... Northampton, Mass., Probate Index, 1677, vol. 1, page 190: Samuel Gillett, adms., invt., settlement. Hanah Gillett ye Relict of Samll Gillett Deceased Exhibited to this Court An Inventory of her late Husbands Estate who dyed, wch inventory was ffiled with ye Records of this Corte Power of administration upon ye Estate aforesd is granted unto ye sd Hannah Gillett Widdow. And for ye settlement of ye sd Estate - this Corte does order yt ye whole Estate be at ye dispose of ye Widdow for her own maintenance & ye Widdow as her own foe Ever. Here followeth a Copy of ye Inventory of ye Estate of Samll Gillet of Hatfield who dyed May 18th 1676 - The inventory was taken by Phillip Smith, Samll Church, Samll Partregg; included 11 items, ('land at Hatfield, Sword, Cowes, hogges, calf', etc.), and the 'Sum totall' was 331-00-20. The only date noticed for this probate record was the initial 1677. Mr. Corbin is expert authority for its May 18th date for Samuel Gillett's death. Wells' 1910 Hatfield History states that the soldiers in the early May 19, 1676 Falls Fight set out from Hatfield after sunset on Thursday May 18. That is doubtless authority for the date 18 in the probate record. Wells' further states, that when the expedition reached Hatfield again, 45 men were missing, and two were mortally wounded. Two others reached the settlement that night, two on Sunday, two on Monday, and the total loss was 42. 'William Allis, John Colefax and Samuel Gillett were killed.' (Hatfield men.) Samuel Gillett signed a May 3, 1667 Hadley 'west side' petition; and one or more later ones." 8. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. Quote: "Samuel, b., ba. 22 Jan 1642 (Wivr as s/o Jonathan Sr.), d. 19 May 1676 Turner' Falls, Mass. (NEH), m. 23 Sep 1668 Hadley, Mass. (NEH) Hannah Dickinson (NEH) b. 6 Dec 1648 (NEH), d. after 1687 (NEH), d. after 1687 (NEH) d/o John (NEH), she m. 2nd in Hatfield 15 May 1677 (NEH) Stephen Jennings (NEH)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." BAPTISM: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Samuel; baptism 22 Jan 1642; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Samuell; baptism 22 Jan 1643; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. MARRIAGE: 1. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillet, Samuel (1642-1676), Hatfield & Hannah Dickinson (1648?, 1646-), m/2 Stephen Jennings 1677; 23 Sep 1668; Hadley." DEATH: 1. 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| 1876 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 290: "Joseph (son of Jonathan) Gillett, settled at Simsbury; m. Elizabeth (dau. of John) Hawkes, 1664; bought the Hawkes place at Windsor, where he resided until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Massachusetts, and sold the Hawkes place to Thomas Parsons, and he sold it to John Osborn, Jr. Children (Old Church Records): a. Joseph, b. 2 Nov 1664. b. Elizabeth, b. 11 or 12 Jun 1666. c. Mary, b. 10 Sep 1667. d. Jonathan, b. 11 Aug 1669; acc. to 'Col. rec.,' d. 3 Jun 1686. e. John, b. 10 Jun 1671; m.; had Joseph, b. 16 Feb 1692. f. Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1673. g. Hannah, b. 30 Jan 1674. h. Daughter. i. Daughter. 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 369: "John (Hakes) Hawkes, land grant (see page 158, Vol. 1); removed to Hadley about 1660; dying, his widow sold lands to their son-in-law, Joseph Gillett, 1666. Children (Old Church Records gives him eleven; all these are given in O.C.R. as births): a. John, b. 13 Aug 1643. b. Nathaniel, bp. 16 Feb 1644. c. Elizabeth, bp. 10 Jan 1646; m. Joseph Gillett, who prob. resided on the Hawkes lands until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield. d. Ann, bp. 1 Oct 1648. e. Isaac, b. 11 Aug 1650; 'was drowned in the Great River June 22, 1659, by voluntarily going in to swim, and on the day following was found (by an Indian), driven far down, and was brought and buried.' - Windsor Records. f. Mary, b. 23 May 1652. g. Joanna, b. 8 Feb 1653; d. bef. 1674. h. Eleazer, b. 20 Dec 1655. i. Sarah, b. 29 Sep 1657. j. Gershom (Jesom, in rec.), b. 12 Apr 1659 (None of this family remained in Windsor.)" 5. From the family files at the Windsor, Connecticut, Historical Society is the following typescript: "An Early Bee Hunter's Adventures. A true story by Francis McGee Thompson. The first settlement made by the English upon the 'Long' river of the Indians, the 'Fresh' river of the Dutch, now called the Connecticut, was made by William Holmes of Plymouth, who sailed into the mouth in October, 1633, and unloaded from his vessel at a point just below the mouth of Windsor river, the already prepared frame of his house. When he returned to Plymouth he took with him some of the sachems of that region, whom the Pequots had driven out. The Dutch from Manhattan had traded on the 'Long' river with the natives since 1614 and intending to forestall the English, they had early in 1633 erected a small fort where Hartford now stands, which they named 'Good Hope.' The Dutch trained the two small guns in their fort on Holmes' ship and ordered him to stop, but he told them he had commission from the Governor of Plymouth to go up the river, 'and if they did shoote, they must obey their order and proceede.' So he proceeded to his destination. Within two years, churches at Dorchester, Watertown and New Town, with their pastors, had moved bodily to the Connecticut, and settled at Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford. Among the earliest from Dorchester to Windsor, was Jonathan Gillet, or as more frequently spelled in early times, 'Gillit.' He subsequently removed to Simsbury, and raised a family of ten children. His third son, Joseph, (bapt. 25 Jul 1641) was one of the early settlers of Deerfield, later the frontier town of the Connecticut valley, and was killed by King Philip's Indians at the massacre of Lothrop and his men at Bloody Brook, 18 Sep 1675. Samuel, younger brother of Joseph, was slain on the retreat of Capt.William Turner after the fight at Turner Falls, 19 May 1676. The next year the widow of Samuel married Stephen Jennings of Hatfield, and that same year she with two of her children, were taken prisoners to Canada. While a prisoner she became the mother of a babe whom she named Captiviity Jennings. These prisoners were rescued in 1678. Joseph Gillet was the father of seven children, and his son, John, born 10 Jun 1671 was the hero of this story. Near the village of Greenfield on 16 Sep 1696, John Gillet age 25 and John Smead, 23 years old of Deerfield, were engaged in 'hunting bees.' Undoubtedly they were soldiers sent out on a scout and the 'tracking bees' were merely in incident of the occasion. It seems the early settlers of Connecticut transported bees from the towns about Boston and there were hives of bees at Northampton and Hadley in the early days. While busily engaged in 'tracking' his bees, Gillet, before he was aware of their presence, was nearly surrounded by nineteen French Mohawk Indians. Smead, being more distant, took flight and made his escape. It has always been thought that some of this party of Indians were well acquainted with the people at Deerfield, and it is recorded that the Deerfield people are fearful concerning the pretended friendly Indians proving enemies, being worse than open enemies. Gillet may have recognized some 'friendly' Indians in the party and perhaps made no effort to escape; but at all events he was made a prisoner, and the Indians fearing that Smead would alarm the settlers at Deerfield, four or five miles away, left three men to guard him while the other sixteen pushed on the make a raid on the settlement. It was 'lecture' day at Deerfield and nearly all the adult population were gathered in the little new meeting house to hear Rev. John Williams, who had for ten years been the pastor of this frontier flock in the wilderness. The Indians, entering the settlement at the north end of the village, meeting no resistance, came to the house of Daniel Belding, whom they had seen driving into his yard, a cart loaded with corn from the meadow. Mr. Belding, being somewhat belated, left his oxen in the yard and hastened into the house to make ready to attend the lecture. Immediately the Indians rushed in and took Mr. Belding, his son Nathaniel age 22, his daughter Esther age 13 prisoners and killed Mrs. Belding and their sons Daniel age 16, John age 3, and their daughter Thankful age 10 months. Samuel, their boy aged nine years was on the load of corn and when the Indian took him from the cart he kicked and scratched a bit, the savage who became vexed and set him down and struck his hatchet into his head and left him for dead. The boy soon recovered his sense and saw the Indians running from the place. He started for the fort but was so weak when he came to the little bridge over the swamp he fell off and was rescued and taken to the minister's house. For a long time his life was despaired of, but he recovered and lived until 1750. Abigail Belding, age 6, while running to the fort was wounded in the arm, and Zebediah Williams was wounded as he opened the palisade gate to let in the frightened settlers. Sarah, another daughter age 14, hid herself among the tobacco hanging in a chamber and thus escaped. One of the Indians was wounded and the people having become thoroughly alarmed, the Indians withdrew. John Smead came safely into town after the enemy had returned with their prisoners. After picking up their companions and Gillet at Green river, the Indians camped near the Connecticut river and took the route to Canada by way of Otter river. The Mohawk war party sent out scouts who discovered a hostile Albany party, and they immediately made preparations to attack their enemies. They tied their English prisoners to trees and left two of their party as guards. One of the prisoners taken in the skirmish was a Scatacook, and one was a young Albany Mohawk. When the Indians and their captives were well on their journey, Mr. Belding asked the Scatacook what he thought the enemy would do to them. He told them they would not kill the English prisoners but would give some of them to the French and keep some of them for slaves. He said they would probably burn him, at least he expected that would be his fate. When they reached the lake that night it was raining very hard and some of the Indians took Scatacook under a canoe, but in some manner he managed to work himself free from his bonds and escaped. They made a great search for the missing Indian prisoner but were forced to continue without him. The Albany Mohawk, being of the same nation as his captors, was not in danger of being burned, the Canada Indians being Mohawks, but living in Canada that they might enjoy the Catholic religion. When the party reached the Oso fort the captive men were forced to run the gauntlet and they suffered much by being beaten with clubs and firebrands. It was the 9th of October when they reached Canada and the prophecy of the Scatacook proved true. Mr. Belding and his daughter were kept by the Indians and John Gillet and Nathaniel Belding were given to the French. The French placed Gillet as a servant with the Nuns on their farm and Nathaniel worked for the Holy Sisters. In July Mr. Belding was sold to the Jesuits. Early the following winter, Col. Schuyler arrived from Albany, bringing with him a copy of the articles of peace between England and France, and took with him to Albany some Dutch captives. The following April Col. Schuyler returned with his brother, the Dutch Dominie at Albany, and others and after negotiation the governor of New France gave liberty to all captives, Dutch and English to return home, and ordered all captives under sixteen might be compelled to return while those above that age might be at liberty to go or stay. On June 8th the Schuyler party, having gathered all the captives they could, both Dutch and English, started for Albany by way of Lake Champlain. Mr. Belding and his daughter went down the river to New York, thence sailed to Stamford, Conn. and from there to Norwalk. He reached his home at Deerfield, and in 1699 married for his second wife, Hepzibah, widow of Lt. Thomas Wells. She was taken prisoner at the destruction of Deerfield on 29 Feb 1704 and killed on the march to Canada. Our bee hunter, John Gillet, reached Deerfield a short time previous to the return of the Belding family by the round about way of France and England. Upon Gillet's return home and the story of his hardships becoming known, the representative to the General Court from Hatfield, presented the following petition for his relief: 'Whereas John Gillett who hath been very active and willing soldier with the County of Hampshire and being on the 16th day of September 1696 out upon service and together with some others was that day taken by the enemy and suffering and hardship was carried to Cannadie captive and there remained till September last and then sent thence prisoner into old France and thence (by the late articles of peace) he sold Gillet with other captives was released and carried into England. Since his arrival there hath lived and obtained pay for his passage by charity of some English merchants, and now being arrived here destitute of money or clothes for his present relief humbly propose to ye Honorable Court to allow him something which this Court judge meet for the present relief.' -Samll Partrigg. 'Province Laws - Chap. 17, 1698. Resolved there be allowed and paid out of the public treasury the sum of six pounds to John Gillet for his present relief, having been employed as a soldier in his majesties service within the province, and taken prisoner and carried into Canada and from thence to old France and now returned home. Approved June 17, 1698.' John Smead, who escaped capture was living at Deerfield when this village was sacked by the French and Indians on Feb. 29, 1703-4 with his wife and Child, and all escaped capture. His son John made application to the General Court for some recognition of his father's service and received two hundred acres of land. This son John was a soldier at Fort Massachusetts when it was captured by the French and Indians on Aug. 20, 1746 and himself, wife and five children were among the captives taken to Canada. His wife became the mother of a girl baby enroute and was baptized 'Captivity' by Rev. John Norton, the English chaplain, also a prisoner. Mrs. Smead died the following March and Mr. Smead and the three youngest children were redeemed and reached Boston in August 1747, but he was killed by the Indians near the Connecticut river just three weeks after his return from captivity." 6. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 7. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm "Joseph Gillett baptized 25 July 1641 in Windsor, CT, married Elizabeth Hawkes 24 Nov. 1663 in Hadley, MA,[45] killed in an Indian massacre 18 Sept. 1675 at Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. Elizabeth was baptized 10 Jan. 1646/7 in Windsor, CT, died 11 Oct. 1681 in Hatfield, MA(?). She was a daughter of John & Elizabeth (Browne) Hawkes. She married (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec. 1680 in Hatfield, MA. He died 11 Oct. 1710. Elizabeth's father, John Hawkes, died intestate in June 1662 in Hadley, Hampshire Co., MA. In the estate settlement: "Elizabeth shall have the sum of twenty pounds at her day of marriage in such pay as the estate will afford."[46] In 1666 Joseph bought Windsor land from his widowed mother-in-law. No doubt this was the "homelot with the addition eight acres" (annotated "sold to Joseph Gylitt") in John Hawkes' Windsor, CT, estate settlement. Joseph and his young family probably lived on this land until their removal to Deerfield, MA. Joseph was listed as a freeman in Windsor on 8 Oct. 1668 and on 11 Oct. 1669.[47] The first record of Joseph in Deerfield is 7 Nov. 1673 when he was present at a plantation meeting there. Deerfield lot numbers 31 & 32 had been drawn in 1671 by Robert Hinsdale and Nathaniel Colburne. In 1673 these 2 lots were owned by "Joseph Gillett, son of Jonathan (1), born 1641." (Note that Robert Hindsdale had married (2) widow Elizabeth {Brown} Hawkes in 1668.) When the lots were sold in 1694 they were described as "Sometime two town lots, 16½ by 72 rods with a house on it." In Sept. 1675 during King Philip's War Deerfield was attacked several times by the Indians. It was decided to evacuate Deerfield. Capt. Thomas Lathrop's company of soldiers were bringing loaded carts toward Northampton when they were ambushed at a spot since known as Bloody Brook, about 5 or 6 miles due south of Deerfield. The men were taken completely by surprise. Joseph Gillett and Capt. Lathrop were among the 64 English killed on 18 Sept.[48] Reoccupation of Deerfield did not occur until the spring of 1682. The 1676 inventory of Joseph Gillit's estate was presented to the Corte by John Hawks (Joseph's mother's father or brother?). The inventory totaled £010-09-00. Also belonging to the estate "Land at Deerfield, viz. two homelotts & Land in ye meadows vallued at 8 Commons. Debts due ye estate: £02-12-00. As noted above, Joseph's widow, Elizabeth, married (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec. 1680. Elizabeth then died 11 Oct. 1681. On 18 Apr. 1682 Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield requested power of administration of Jos. Gillett's estate. In 1686 the estate was finally settled with Joseph Gillett's 4 sons and 2 daughters. The oldest son, Joseph Gillett, received a double part.[49] All of the children of Joseph & Elizabeth were born in Windsor, CT:[50] i. Lt. Joseph Gillett born 2 (20?) Nov. 1664, married (1) Hesther/Esther Gull 2 (3?) Nov. 1687 in Hatfield, MA, married (2) Mary Griswold 17 May 1692 in Hartford, CT, married (3) Elizabeth [-?-] after 1719, died 13 Feb. 1745/6 in Hartford, CT. Esther was born 21 Nov. 1665 in Hadley, MA, died in 1691 in Deerfield. She was a daughter of William & Elizabeth (Smith/Foote) Gull of Hatfield. Mary was born 16 Mar. 1670/71 in Windsor, CT, died 19 Dec. 1719 in Hartford. She was a daughter of Joseph & Mary (Gaylord) Griswold.[51] Data kindly supplied by Richard Field (rfield55@yahoo.com Following the conclusion of the probation of his father's estate in 1686 Joseph received several grants of land in Deerfield. In 1690 Joseph Gillett bought lot #41 on Town Street in Deerfield from John & Benoni Stebbins. In 1691 Joseph sold back to John & Benoni Stebbins 20 acres in Deerfield Boggy meadow (Deed Book D:151). In 1690 Joseph Gillett & Hesther (X) Gillitt signed an agreement regarding the estate of Hesther's mother. In his 12 Apr. 1701 will William Gull (Hesther's father) bequeathed "to my Loveing Grandchild Elizabeth the daughter of my Loving daughter Hesther deceased sometime wife to Joseph Gillet my Lot in ye Meadow commonly called the great meadow in Hatfield con by estm. Five [Six?] acres." In 1696 Joseph was corporal in the Deerfield garrison. On 16 July 1698 "Corporal gillit" participated in the Promroy Pursuit of Indians that resulted in the rescue of 2 boys who had been captured by the Indians. But note that Joseph was apparently removing on to Hartford, CT, via Windsor. By 1694 Joseph was buying land in Hartford, CT. On 8 Dec. 1700 he was received into the Second Church of Hartford, Conn.[52] In 1713 he became an original member of the Third Church of Hartford. On 16 July 1700 Joseph Jillet of Hartford bought from Samuel Carer of Deerfield the following "Two Certain pieces, or parcels of land Scituate In the Township of Deerfield: - Seven ackers and One Rood - 10 acres lying in the Great Meadow. In May 1714 Mr. Joseph Gillet of Hartford was confirmed "to be Ensign of the company or trainband at the west division in the town of Hartford, aforesaid, and that he be commissioned accordingly." In May 1720 he was promoted to Lieutenant. In 1716 Joseph's wife Mary received from the estate of her father, Joseph Griswold, £25 of moveables. Mary's daughter Sarah Gillett received £5 of moveables.[53] On 4 Mar. 1745 the will of Joseph Gillet, Gentleman, Hartford, was probated. Named in his will were his wife Elizabeth, son Joseph (and his 2 sons Stephen & Asa), son Jonathan, deceased (and his children Jonathan, Mehetabel & Mary), daughter Sarah Goodwin, daughter Abigail Smith, deceased, daughter Dorothy Bewell, son Matthew, granddaughter Rhoda Andrews, daughter Elizabeth Marsh, daughter Mary Andrews, daughter Esther Bancroft, daughter Hannah Burr and the heirs of Abigail Smith, deceased. Sons Joseph and Matthew were the executors. The inventory amounted to £2,246 plus. The only child of Joseph & Esther was: a. Elizabeth Gillett born 12 Apr. 1689 in Deerfield, married Ebenezer Marsh of Hatfield, MA in 1707, died after 16 Mar. 1753 in Sunderland, MA.[54] Ebenezer and Elizabeth had 11 children.[55] The 9 children of Joseph & Mary were: b. Joseph Gillett born 16 Feb. 1692/3 (17 May 1693?) in Windsor, married Sarah Burr in Hartford, died 11 Nov. 1764. Sarah was a daughter of John & Sarah Burr. Joseph & Sarah were admitted to the West Hartford Church 24 Nov. 1717.[56] c. Jonathan Gillett born 1694-1698 probably in Hartford, married Mehitabel Dickinson, died before 6 June 1741. Apparently Mehitabel predeceased him. Administrator of Joseph's estate was Joseph Gillett of Hartford (his father?). Moses Dickinson of Hartford was appointed guardian of the 3 children. They were: 1) Mehetabell Gillett born ca. 1733. 2) Mary (May) Gillett born ca. 1735. On 13 Nov. 1750 Mary chose Stephen Goodwin of Simsbury to be her guardian (see paragraph below). 3) Jonathan Gillett born 4 Feb. 1737 in West Division of Hartford Twp., married Elizabeth Steel in 1758, died 9 Dec. 1779 in West Hartford. On 11 Feb. 1752 Jonathan chose his uncle Joseph Gillett to be his guardian (see paragraph above). In the Revolutionary War Lt. Jonathan Gillett of Col. Huntington's Regiment was captured 27 Aug. (5 Sept.?) 1776 by the British following the Battle of Long Island. He was first confined to a prison ship but later was released and had the liberty of New York City on parole for 2 years. Due to ill health he was released in the fall of 1779 and permitted to return to his home in West Hartford where he died 9 Dec. 1779. His son, Jonathan Gillett, enlisted after his father's death, was captured at Horse-Neck by Col. De Lancy's Light Horse and taken to New York City and imprisoned, as his father had before him.[57] d. Mary Gillett born 2 Nov. 1699 in Hartford, baptized 31 Dec. 1699, married Caleb Andrews 15 Feb. 1721/2 in Wethersfield, died 1 Jan. 1786 in Newington, CT. They had 9 children. e. Esther Gillett born 1 March 1701 in Hartford, baptized 27 Apr. 1701, married Nathaniel Bancroft of Windsor, died after 8 Mar. 1753. Nathaniel was born ca. 1700 in Windsor. f. Hannah Gillett born in 1702 in Hartford, baptized 18 Oct. 1702, married Nodiah (Hodiah) Burr in the Third Church in Hartford, died after 8 Mar. 1753. Hodiah was born 21 Dec. 1701 in Farmington, CT. They had 2 children. g. Sarah Gillett born 30 Sept. 1704 in Hartford, baptized 8 Oct. 1704, married Stephen Goodwin 27 June 1727 in Hartford, died 24 Oct. 1792 in Simsbury, CT. They had 5 children. h. Abigail Gillett born 9 Aug. 1705 in Hartford, baptized 30 Sept. 1705, married Abiel Smith 24 Sept. 1729 in Litchfield, died 12 July 1738 in Litchfield. They had 6 children. i. Matthew Gillett born 4 Mar. 1707/8 in Hartford, j. Dorothy Gillett born in Jan. 1710 in Hartford, baptized 21 Jan. 1710/11, married Ebenezer Buell 19 Oct. 1736 in the Third Church in Hartford, died 24 June 1767 in Litchfield, CT. Ebenezer was born 16 Mar. 1713 in Lebanon, CT, died 25 Feb. 1801 in Litchfield, CT. Both Ebenezer & Dorothy were buried in the West Burying Ground in Litchfield. ii. Elizabeth Gillett born 12 June 1666, living 30 Mar. 1686. iii. Mary Gillett born 1 (10?) Sept. 1667, living 30 Mar. 1686. iv. Jonathan Gillett born 11 Aug. 1669, died 3 June 1686 in Windsor, CT. v. John Gillett born 10 June 1671, married Experience Dewey 3 Jan. 1699/1700 in Lebanon, CT, died in April 1755 in Lebanon. Experience was born 9 Apr. 1682 in Westfield (Northampton?), MA, died 1755 in Lebanon, CT. She was a daughter of Josiah & Hepzibah (Lyman) Dewey. John became associated with the Deerfield garrison along with his older brother Joseph and probably his younger brother Nathaniel. On 16 Sept. 1696 "John Smead and John Gillett being in the woods, looking or tracking Bees, were beset by a company of French Mohawks. John Gillett was taken prisoner and John Smead escaped." The Indians took John to Canada, arriving there 9 Oct. He was given to the French and "worked as a servt to ye Nuns at their farm." After peace was declared John got back to Deerfield "by was of France & so to England, having received great kindness in England." Col. Samuel Partridge reported to the Massachusetts General Court: "Wheras John Gillet who hath been very active and willing souldr within the County of Hampshire & Being on the 16th day of Sept. 1696 out upon service & together with some others was that day taken by the Enemy & suffering hardship was carried to Canada Captive & there Remayned till Septer Last & then was sent from thence Prisoner unto old ffrance & thence (by the later Articles of Peace) the sd Gillet together with other Captives was Released & carried into England: Since his Arrivall there hath Lived & obtained pay for his Passage by the Charities of some English Marchets there; & now being arrived here Destetute of Money or Cloaths for his P'sent Reliefe Humbly propose it to ye Honoble Genll Corte to allow him something wt this Corte judge meet for his P'sent Reliefe. Samuel Patrigg -- June 17 1698 -- In the House of Representatives -- Ordered that there be allowed and paid out of the Publick Treasury the sum of six pounds to the above named John Gillet for the consideration above mentioned (Sgd) Nathl Byfield, Speaker." However, on 23 Oct. 1696 he had been assumed dead and administration had been granted his estate![58] For more than 30 years after the 1675 King Philip's War the inhabitants of the Northampton area had lived in almost daily apprehension of attacks from the Indians. Thus many decided to remove to safer locations, such as Lebanon, CT. The Lebanon tract had been sold by the Indians in 1692 and settlement had begun in 1695. John was one of the 51 original proprietors of Lebanon in 1695.[59] In Dec. 1697 he obtained homelot No. 19. Experience's brother Deacon Josiah Dewey lived nearby at homelot No. 9.[60] The children of John & Experience were all born in Lebanon, CT: a. Experience Gillett born 18 Aug. 1701. b. John Gillett, Jr., born 7 Oct. 1702, married Abigail Lee 1 (30?) Dec. 1726 in First Congregational Church in Lebanon, died in Apr. 1775 (10 July 1788?) in Hebron. Abigail was born 27 Feb. 1703/4 in Lebanon, a daughter of Stephen Lee. The children of John & Abigail were: A. Lucy Gillett born 11 Oct. 1728 in Lebanon, married Joseph Waters 10 Dec. 1746.[61] B. Bezabel Gillett born 21 June 1731 in Hebron, Tolland Co., CT. C. Irene Gillett born 27 Feb. 1733 in Hebron. D. John Gillett born 6 Jan. 1738/9 in Hebron, married Mrs. Abigail Pomeroy 19 Apr. 1759. Abigail was born 12 June 1743 or 1744 in Hebron, died 24 Jan. 1835. c. Ebenezer Gillett born 5 June 1705, married Mary Ordway 23 Sept. 1730, died 19 Oct. 1776. Mary was born 16 Aug. 1712 in Lebanon, died 4 Sept. 1791. On 21 Sept. 1727 Ebenezer witnessed in Lebanon the deed of his cousin Elijah Gillet. Ebenezer was a charter proprietor of Hartford, VT, his share of the first division being lot No. 16, lying on the Connecticut River, north of White River. After purchasing the entire right of Gideon Hebard, he gave his son John, Dec. 23, 1767, one whole share, his original right, and on the same day he gave his son Israel the whole right purchased of Gideon Hebard, excepting the few acres located in Quebec. Ebenezer never went to Hartford, VT.[62] d. Gershom Gillett born 26 June 1711 vi. Nathaniel Gillet. Nathaniel Gillet was born 4 May 1673 in Windsor, CT (Deerfield, MA?), married Sarah Colver ca. 1701, died intestate 10 July 1714 in Lebanon, New London Co., CT. Sarah was born 17 Mar. 1681/2 in New London, CT,[63] died 6 Jan. 1716/7 in Enfield MA (now CT). She was a daughter of John & Mercy (Clark) Colver.[64] (Note that Frederick L. Colver points out that John Colver had removed from New Haven to New London in 1679).[65] By 1682 both of Nathaniel's parents were dead. Nathaniel was then brought up by his step-father Nathaniel Dickinson. They lived in Hadley and/or Hatfield, MA. Along with his brothers Joseph and John, Nathaniel probably became connected with the Deerfield garrison.[66] On 14 (16) July 1698, Corporal Gillit was one of the Garrison Soldiers at Deerfield who, under Benjamin Wright, marched up the Connecticut River to Vernon, Vermont, to rescue Indian captives. Then Joseph Hawley and Joseph Parsons were sent to Albany, NY, to give a particular account of the affair. Nath'l Gillet (along with Benj. Wright, William King, Benj. Stebbins & Jona. Taylor) guarded the two men being sent from Deerfield to Albany. For his effort, Nathaniel was awarded £1.[67] When Nathaniel removed to Lebanon, CT, and where he married Sarah Colver are not known. We do know that Nathaniel's brother John was in Lebanon by 1695 and that Nathaniel had been working on a farm in Lebanon before 16 Jan. 1710/11 (see below). Sarah's uncle Lt. Edward Culver had moved from Norwich, CT, to Lebanon, CT.[68] He was one of the 51 original proprietors of Lebanon in 1695.[69] Sarah's eldest brother John Colver (Sr.) was also in Lebanon for a time. On 31 May 1732 John Collver Senr of Lebanon sold for £60 to John Watrus of Groton, CT, land in Groton.[70] Apparently by 1699 Sarah's parents had split up and Mercy was living in Lebanon as late as 13 Mar. 1732.[71] This Colver family were Rogerenes. They were very unpopular because they denounced as unscriptural all interference by the civil authorities in the worship of God.[72] On 26 July (Aug?) 1725 Sarah's brother John Colver and his wife Sarah were members of a party of Rogerenes that went from Groton to Lebanon on Sunday to baptize converts. They were arrested in Norwich for traveling on the Sabbath and were, in default of money to pay their fine, whipped and afterwards released and continued their journey to Lebanon.[73] In 1734 John Colver, his wife and 10 children with their families, making a party of 21 in all, removed to New Jersey and settled for a time on the east side of Schooley's Mountain, Morris Co. (Fig.).[74] Note that our Doc Elijah Gillet first shows up in Newark, NJ, in 1732. Probably this is just a coincidence since the Rogerenes believed that "Any resort in sickness to physicians or the use of medicine was sinful."[75] The first Congregational Church in Lebanon was organized in 1700 but marriage records do not begin until 1712.[76] On 16 Jan. 1710/11 Capt John Mason of ye Town of Stonington in New London County for & upon Good Consideration of Labour upon another farm by Nathanl Gillet of Lebanon, 100 acres in the presence of John Poaxson(?) and John Huchisson.[77] John Mason was one of the 51 original proprietors of Lebanon in 1695. [78] That Gillette Creek is near the southern corner of the town. When Nathaniel's son Elijah sold on 21 Sept. 1722 the land he had inherited from his father the land description identified "the Easternmost branch of the Deep Brook" (Lebanon Deed Book 4:56-57). Both Gillette Brook and Deep Brook (River) flow into the Yantic River. The inventory of the estate of Nathanniel Gillet Late of Lebanon, Deceased was taken by Eduerd Coluer and John Sprague on 19 July 1714.[79] The total valuation was £142-19-04 of which £100-00-00 was for house and land. Sarah Gillit widow and Relick of Nathll Gillitt late of Lebanon decd made oath in a Court of Probate that she gave in a true Accot of her ____ husbands Estate to the appraisers, and that if anything more appeared she would add it to the Inventory. The names and ages of ye Children: 1. Nathaniel aged twelve years 2. Joseph aged ten years 3. Elijah aged eight years 4. Jonathan aged six years. Also included in the estate papers on file were an Account of Administration, a bond for £300 by Sarah Gillett and her surety Edward Coluer and the following 10 receipts: - John Page, Groton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, New England, 1708, 4 shillings, witnesses: Ephraim Coluer & Martha Coluer. - Samuel Hide - Sam'l Huntington - Joseph Trumble - Stephen Tilden - Dr. Thomas Palmer (John & Experience Woodward witnesses) - Edward Pratt - William Bruster - Gersham Maloon - Thos Leffingwell. The children of Nathaniel & Sarah were all born in Lebanon: i. Nathaniel Gillet born 18 Nov. 1702, baptized 3 Jan. 1702/3,[80] married Mercy Smith 6 Apr. 1727 in Litchfield, CT, died 28 Mar. 1756 in Salisbury, CT. Mercy married (2) Benjamin Boardman. On 12 May 1724 Nathaniel Gilit of Lebanon in New London Co. sold to Caleb Hamon of Lebanon land his father had purchased of Capt. John Mason. Witnesses were William Hunt and William Clark.[81] On 8 July 1726 Nathaniel Gillot of town of Litchfield, Hartford Co., sold for £14 to Samuel Hills 6 2/3 acres of land in Lebanon. Witnesses were Samuel West and Nathan West.[82] On 12 July 1740 Nathaniel Gellit of Litchfield, CT, bought about 126 acres of land lying upon the Sharon line in Salisbury (NW corner of CT).[83] In 1742 he payed a tax of £29 in Salisbury.[84] Probate #1377 of the estate of Nathaniel Gillett of Salisbury, Sharon District, was made in 1756. A bond to the Court of Probate was signed by Mercy Gellett (her mark) and Thomas Skinner. ii. Joseph Gillet was born 11 Oct. 1704, baptized 25 Oct. 1713 in the Lebanon Congregational Church, married Ann Merrill/Merrell by Benjamin Catlin 23 Jan. 1727/8 in Litchfield (W. Hartford?), died 29 July 1765 in Amenia, NY.[89] Ann was born 16 Nov. 1704 in Hartford, a daughter of John Merrill, Jr. On 9 May 1748 John Merrill, Jr., willed 10 shillings to his daughter Ann Merrill, alias Gillet. On 16 June 1726 Joseph Gillot formerly of Lebanon sold to Samuel Hills for £56 land (no doubt the land he had inherited from his father).[90] In 1739 Joseph was living in Judea (now Washington), CT. He was a cordwainer (i.e., shoemaker). iii. Elijah Gillet. Elijah Gillet was born 31 July 1706 in Lebanon, CT, and baptized 25 Oct. 1713 in the Lebanon Congregational Church along with his brothers Joseph & Jonathan.[92] The church had been organized in 1700. Elijah probably married Jane [-?-] before 1742 (see below). Following his father's 1714 death in Lebanon, Elijah no doubt removed with his mother to Enfield, MA (now CT). We next hear of Elijah on 2 May 1724 when Enfield soldiers Joseph and Elijah Gillett were billeted in Hatfield, MA, at Dr. Thomas Hastings' home.[93] On 17 Nov. 1724 an account was rendered by Dr. Thomas Hastings of Hatfield, MA, "for Sundry billeting and Subsistence to Com. Soldiers in ye time of their Paying & Repaying May 2, 1724. To 8 meals and lodging to Jos. Gillet & Elijah Gillet soldiers sent from Infield at 0-4-4."[94] Joseph Gillet was Elijah's older brother. It turns out that Dr. Thomas & Anna (Hawkes) Hastings who billeted Joseph & Elijah Gillet had a daughter Hannah who had married 9 Jan. 1697/8 Samuel Gillett, a cousin of the boys' father Nathaniel. Samuel's father, Samuel Gillett, had been killed by the Indians in 1676 at the Turner Falls Fight. Then on 21 Sept. 1727 Elijah Gillet sold for £53 to Samuel Hills the 20 acres of land he had inherited from his father and the 6 2/3 acres he had obtained from his deceased brother Jonathan (Lebanon Deed Book 4:56-57). The deed was witnessed by Gersham Clark and Eben: Gillet. Ebenezer Gillet was Elijah's cousin. At the time Elijah signed this deed he was living in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., CT, but no mention of him has been found in the Wethersfield deeds, church records, etc. In fact, no further record of him has been found in CT! In this connection, note that Elijah Gillet did not marry Mary Evarts as mistakenly reported in Barbour's "Collection of CT Town Vital Records," 37:194. But we now pick up out of the blue an Elijah Gillet in Newark, Essex Co., NJ. At this point we are assuming this is our Elijah. Naturally, I would much appreciate anyone's data to prove (or disprove) this assumption. In Dec. 1733 Elijah Gillett and Jno. Cooper inventoried the estate of Dr. Michael Powell of Newark, Essex Co., NJ. The inventory amounted to £38.17.05.[95] Note that Elijah's second cousin John Gillett was also living in Newark at this time. The 22 Sept. 1737 inventory of the estate of Samuel Cooper, Esq., of Newark, Essex Co., NJ, listed a bond due from Doctor Gillet.[96] Elijah Gillette witnessed the will of Silas Hains of Hanover, Morris Co., NJ, tailor. Executors were Rev. Mr. Daniel Taylor of Newark and Joseph Tuttle of Hanover. The will was proved 2 Feb. 1742.[97] Joseph Tuttle had settled in Newark. In 1725 he bought land in Hanover, Morris Co., and removed there ca. 1732.[98] The receipt for carrying Silas Hain's will to Burlington was signed by David Stout 27 Sept. 1743.[99] Doctor Elijah Jillet and his wife Jane were members of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown in 1742 when Rev. Timothy Johnes became the first pastor.[100] So Elijah Gillet was a doctor! Note that this does not indicate that he attended a medical school. In fact before 1770 medical students who did not study in Europe received their medical education through the apprentice system.[101] Also note that the Rogerenes believed that it was contrary to their tenets to employ physicians or to use medicine.[102] Thus it would appear that Elijah was not associated with the Rogerenes on Schooley's Mountain in the West corner of Morris Co.[103] In 1744 Elijah Gillett was appointed high sheriff of Morris Co. by the Governor.[104] Thomas Clark was the first sheriff, being appointed in 1739. The third sheriff was Caleb Fairchild, appointed in 1748.[105] In a suit Allworth vs Simcock in the March 1748 term Middlesex Session of the NJ Supreme Court, John Simcock, Jr., was being held by Elijah Gillette, Esq., High Sheriff of Morris Co.[106] On 25 July 1748 David Kitechel, Timothy Tuttle and Elijah Gillett witnessed the will of Caleb Ball of Hanover, Morris Co., NJ, gentleman.[107] Caleb Ball had been a leading citizen of Newark in 1700.[108] About 1710 he removed to Whippanong, Hanover Twp., where he became owner of one-sixth of the "Old Iron Works."[109] Abraham Kitchell (father of David Kitechel) was a neighbor.[110] Timothy Tuttle was born in Woodbridge, NJ, 16 Oct. 1696, settled in Newark, NJ, with his brother Joseph Tuttle. In 1728 Timothy was chosen "Clerk of Strays." In 1730-1731 he was a fence viewer and an overseer of the poor. He was chosen Assessor in 1732. About 1733 he removed to Hanover, Morris Co.[111] No Gillet, etc., was a freeholder (i.e., real estate owner) in Morris Co. in 1752 or 1776.[112] Strays posted in Hanover Twp: - 16 Nov. 1752 by Doc Elijah Gillet - 11 Dec. 1759 by Doc Elijah Gillit.[113] On 4 June 1754 Elijah Gillett of Morris Co. was appointed administrator of the will of James Eakin of Philadelphia, merchant. Elijah was a creditor of James Eakin.[114] Elijah Jillet and his wife Jane were both received by Letter ca. 1755 into the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown. He was a physician.[115] At a 29 Aug. 1764 Session meeting of the First Presbyterian Church of Middletown a difference between Doc Elijah Gillet and Brother Coe was settled.[116] In the 17 Oct. 1765 issue of the "New York Gazette or Weekly Post Boy" there was published an order made by Jacob Ford & Robert Goble, Esquires, Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the County of Morris and Province of East New-Jersey, upon the petition of Elijah Gillet and Henry Sweet, insolvent debtors, in which they assigned their estates to Benjamin Halsey and Joseph Morris in accordance with "An Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors" passed in the "Fifth Year of his present Majesty's Reign."[117] Nothing further has been discovered for Elijah. By 1772 his son-in-law William Throckmorton and many others experienced financial problems and migrated westward and southward. Were Elijah and Jane with them? iv. Jonathan Gillet born 5 May 1708 in Lebanon, died before 21 Sept. 1727. v. Joshua Gillet born 26 Dec. 1710, died 13 Mar. 1710/11 in Lebanon, CT. vii. Hannah Gillett born 30 Jan. 1674/5, died 11 Aug. 1683 in Windsor." Footnotes: [45] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947), 101:43 & 288-289. [46] Anderson, Robert C., "The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634-1635" (2003), 3:257-259. [47] Ibid., 101:44. [48] Leach, Douglas A., "Flintlock & Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War" (1958), 87-88. [49] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947), 101:43-46. [50] "Some Early Records & Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, CT, 1639 - 1703" (1930), 66. [51] Ibid., 101: [52] Barbour, Lucius B., "Families of Early Hartford, CT" (1977), 263. [53] Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records, Hartford District" (1904), 2:393. [54] Ward, Daniel C., "Descendants of Jacques De Gylette," #96 (http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/a/r/Daniel-C-Ward/GENE5-0008.html). [55] "Some Early Records & Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, CT, 1639 - 1703" (1930), 101:160. [56] Barbour, Lucius B., Families of Early Hartford, CT" (1977), 263. [57] Stiles, Henry R., "History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor" (1892), 2:297-299; Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947), 101:153. [58] Sheldon, George, "A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts," (1895), 2:173. [59] Milne, George McLean, "Lebanon, 3 Centuries in a CT Hilltop Town" (1996), 270. [60] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947), 101:240. [61] "Vital Records of Lebanon, CT," 1:121. [62] Data supplied by Anne Gillette (annegillette@comcast.net). [63] "Vital Records of New Haven, 1649-1850" (1917), 52. [64] Wood, W. Herbert & Donald L. Jacobus, "Additions & Corrections to the Colver-Culver Genealogy" (TAG, 1955), 31:133. [65] Frederic Lathrop Colver, "Colver-Culver Genealogy" (1910), 48. [66] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants, (NEH&GR, 1948), 101:49. [67] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947), 290; Sheldon, George, "A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts" (1895/1972 1:260-261. [68] Wood, W. Herbert & Donald L. Jacobus, "Additions & Corrections to the Colver/Culver Genealogy" (TAG, 1955), 31:138. [69] Rev. Orlo D. Hine, "Early Lebanon, An Historical Address" (1880), 151-152; Milne, George McClean, "Lebanon, 3 Centuries in a CT Hilltop Town" (1986), 270. [70] Wood, W. Herbert & Donald L. Jacobus, "Additions & Corrections to the Colver/Culver Genealogy" (TAG, 1955), 31:141. [71] Wood, W. Herbert & Donald L. Jacobus, "Additions & Corrections to the Colver/Culver Genealogy" (TAG, 1955), 31:130-132. [72] Giorgi, Valerie D. "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy" (1984), 17. [73] "Registration of Pedigrees" (NYG&BR, 1920), 51:91; David Benedict "A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America" (1813), 2:425; "The Rogerenes: Some Hitherto Unpublished Annals Belonging to the Colonial History of CT" (1904), 34; Frederic L. Colver "Colver-Culver Genealogy " (1910), 59. [74] "Registration of Pedigrees" (NYG&BR, 1920), 51:91; Giorgi, Valerie D., "Colver-Culver Family Genealogy" (1984), 37-38; David Benedict "A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America" (1813), 2:425. [75] Chambers, Theodore F., "The Early Germans of New Jersey" (1895), 179. [76] Frederick W. Bailey, Early CT Marriages" (1896), 38. [77] "Land Records - Town of Lebanon, Conn, Deeds," 2:489. [78] Milne, George McClean, "Lebanon, 3 Centuries in a CT Hilltop Town" (1986), 2. [79] Probate #2231, 1714, Lebanon, District of New London, Book B:91. [80] Lebanon First Church Records, 4:22. [81] Lebanon Deed Book 3:539. [82] Lebanon Deed Book 4:14. [83] "Historical Collection Relating to the Town of Salisbury, Litchfield Co., CT" (1913/1916), 182. [84] Julia Pettee, "The Rev. Jonathan Lee & his 18th century Salisbury Parish: The Early History of the Town of Salisbury, CT" (1957), 76 & 94. [85] Burton W. Spear, "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" (1985), 5:59. [86] Donna V. Russell, "Salisbury, Connecticut, Taxpayers" (NGSQ, 1988), 71:94-96. [87] "Salisbury, CT, Vital Records," 2:13. [88] Moore, Norman H. G., "Gillette Family: Descendants of Jonathan of Windsor." [89] "Barbour Collection of CT Vital Records: Litchfield 1719 - 1854" (2000), 23:90. [90] Lebanon Deed Book 4:12." [91] Boston Transcript, 28 Feb. 1927, #4627. [92] "Lebanon First Congregational Church," 4:174. [93] (NEH&GR, 1947), 101:241. [94] MA Archives, vol. 24, doc. 264, folio 105. [95] "Calendar of Wills, 1730-1750" in NJ Colonial Documents, 1st series, 30:385. [96] "Calendar of Wills, 1730-1750" in NJ Colonial Documents, 1st series, 30:110. [97] "Calendar of Wills, 1730-1750" in NJ Colonial Documents, 1st series, 30:211. [98] George F. Tuttle, "The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle" (1883), 309. [99] A. Van Doren Honeyman, ed., "Archives of the State of New Jersey: 1st series, vol. 30, "Calendar of Wills," vol. 2. [100] "History of Morris Co., NJ" (W. W. Munsell & Co., 1882), 132 & Andrew M. Sherman, "Historic Morristown, NJ, the Story of Its First Century" (1905), 54. [101] Major Edgar E. Hume, "Institutions Awarding Medical Degrees Prior to 1825" (TAG, 1934/5), 11:101-103. [102] John W. Barber, "CT Historical Collections" (1838), 279. [103] "History of Morris Co., NJ" (W. W. Munsell & Co., 1882). [104] "History of Morris Co., NJ" (W. W. Munsell & Co., 1882), 74. [105] A. Van Doren Honeyman, "Northwest New Jersey: A History of Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Warren & Sussex Counties" (1927), 1:329. [106] "New Jersey Supreme Court Records" (Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Jan. 1992), 67:32. [107] "Calendar of Wills" in NJ Colonial Documents, 1st series, 30:33; Morris Co., Deed Book, 6:34. [108] Pierson, David L., "Narratives of Newark, NJ, from the Days of its Founding, 1666-1916" (1917), 135. [109] Myrose, Elizabeth R. & Clair B. Kitchell, "Along the Whippanong: A History of Hanover Twp., NJ," 35. [110] [111] George F. Tuttle, "The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle" (1883), 309. [112] Andrew M. Sherman, "Historic Morristown, NJ, the Story of Its First Century" (1905), 54. [113] Harriet Stryker-Rodda, "Some Early Records of Morris Co., NJ, 1740-1799" (1975), 33 & 36. [114] "Abstracts of Wills," 3:101 in NJ Archives, 1st Series, vol. 32. [115] "The Record of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, NJ, & Its History" (1885), 2:117. [116] "Morristown, NJ, First Presbyterian Church Records," 1:150 (LDS film # 888748). [117] "Newspaper Extracts," 5:658, in New Jersey Archives, 1st series, vol. 24." 8. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Joseph; baptism 25 Jul 1641; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Joseph; baptism 25 Jul 1641; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Elisabeth; birth 12 Jun 1662; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph; birth 2 Nov 1664; CHS930:40; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph; birth 2 Nov 1664; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph; birth 20 Nov 1664; WEL898:18; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph; birth 28 Nov 1664; WIN638:18; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Elisabeth; birth 12 Jun 1666; CHS930:40; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Elisabeth; birth 12 Jun 1666; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Elisabeth; birth 12 Jun 1666; WEL898:20; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Mary; birth 1 Sep 1667; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Mary; birth 1 Sep 1667; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Mary; birth 1 Sep 1667; CHS930:40; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph 641; freeman 1669; TRU852:519; spelling: Gillet, Josep. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 11 Aug 1669; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 11 Aug 1669; CHS930:40; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 11 Aug 1669; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Joseph 641; household size = 6, 7 Mar 1670; spelling: Gillet. Gillet, John; birth 10 Jun 1671; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, John; birth 10 Jun 1671; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Nathanell; birth 4 May 1673; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Nathaniel; birth 4 May 1673; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Hannah; birth 30 Jun 1675; WIN638:39; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Hanna; birth 30 Jan 1675; CHS930:66; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Josep; children born = 7, 1677; CHS930:91. Gillet, Joseph 641; church member 1678; CH930:8; spelling: Gillet, Josep. Gillet, Hannah; death 11 Aug 1683; WIN638:44; father: Gillet, Joseph. Gillet, Jonathan; death 3 Jun 1686; WEL898:55; father: Gillet, Joseph. 9. One page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book; also an almost word for word version found in The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955): "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678. He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." 10. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 18-19: "Joseph Gillett, (son of Jonathan) bapt. 25 Jul 1641, Windsor, Conn., another rec. says he was bapt. in Simsbury, Conn., son of Jonathan and Mary Dolbiar Gillet, m. 24 Nov 1663, Elizabeth Hawks, dau. of John and Eliza Hawks of Haddam. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson 16 Dec 1680. The Hist. of Deerfield, Vol. 2, p. 173 says 'Joseph came as one of our earliest settlers, built on No. 32, on the Dr. Willard lot; was killed with Capt. Lothrop 18 Sep 1675 in King Phillip's War at Battle Creek. [Someone has penciled in 'Blood Brook, South Deerfield, MA.'] Children: Joseph, b. 2 Nov 1664, Windsor, Conn., d. 1745-6; m. 2 Nov 1687, Esther Gall. Elizabeth, b. 12 Jun 1666. Mary, b. 10 Sep 1667. Jonathan, b. 11 Aug 1669; d. 3 Jun 1686. John, b. 10 Jun 1671; captured by the Indians 16 Sep 1696; d. Lebanon, Conn., Apr 1755; m. Lebanon, Conn., 3 Jan 1700 to Experience Dewey, b. Westfield, Mass., 9 Apr 1682. On 23 Oct 1696, administration was granted on his estate, he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore, as to his personal residue in Deerfield is dead. He was taken to Canada; was sent to France, thence to England, where he was sent home about 1698. John was one of the 51 charter members or proprietors of Lebanon, Conn. Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1673; d. 10 Jul 1714; m. abt 170?, Sarah Culver, d. 6 Jan 1716-17. Hannah, b. 30 Jan 1675; d. 11 Aug 1683. Jonathan, Joseph's father in his will mentions 'and to ye two children, which I taken that were my son Joseph's dead, as ye little son Jonathan 5, and ye garle 5 (Mary?) there seems to be no further mention in Jonathan's wil of either Joseph or Samuel or their families." 11. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 41-43: "Joseph Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., and Deerfield, Mass., baptized in Windsor 25 Jul 1641, died in Deerfield, in the tragic warfare at Bloody Brook, 18 Sept 1675. He married, probably in Hadley, Mass., in 1663 or 1664, Elizabeth Hawkes, baptized in Windsor 10 Jan 1646/7, died almost surely 1681, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hawkes. Elizabeth (Hawkes) Gillett married secondly, 16 Dec. 1680, as his second wife, Nathaniel Dickenson of Hatfield, Mass. Joseph Gillett was made a freeman in Windsor 8 Oct 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. These records indicate the error of statements that Joseph was of Simsbury, Conn., and had nine children; the probable ground for the latter error to be indicated later by a 1686 probate record. While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was financially interested in the projective settlement by 1673. Another erroneous statement is the Joseph Gillett and Elizabeth Hawkes marriage date, and probably the place: 'at Windsor 24 Nov 1664.' There is no known Windsor record of the marriage, and Windsor would not have recorded the birth of Joseph's first child, 2 Nov 1664 (or even 20 Nov 1664, as one statement has it) if the parents were then not married. Hence the birth record seems to guarantee the marriage by 1664 before 2 Nov.; and it may have been in 1663, but probably not earlier. Stiles states that John Hawkes' widow sold Windsor lands to their son-in-law Joseph Gillett in 1666, 'who probably resided on the Hawkes lands until about 1673 when he removed to Deerfield.' Another Windsor record is: ' Joseph Gillett, adult, church member 16().' In 1669 the first house was built in Deerfield; the second house in 1670; and house lots were drawn 14 May 1671. In 1673 at least twenty men were present, Joseph Gillet one of them; also Robert Hinsdell (later Hinsdale) and his five sons; and Robert had married (2) Widow Elizabeth Hawkes, and his son had married her daughter Mary Hawkes in 1672 and gone at once to Deerfield with her. Lots No. 31 and 32, drawn 1671 by Robert Hinsdale and Nathaniel Colburne, in 1673 were owned by 'Joseph Gillett, son of Jonathan (1), born 1641' and he 'built on No. 32 - the Dr. Willard lot; was killed with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675' (Sheldon, 'History of Deerfield'). When the lots were sold in 1694 by Joseph Gillett's son, they are described as "Sometime two town lots, 16-1/2 by 72 rods, with a house on it.' In two or three days after Bloody Brook battle, the garrison and inhabitants of Deerfield abandoned the place, and a third village in Hampshire County was given up to desolation. The surviving inhabitants retired to Hatfield and other places. In 1680 measures were taken for the reoccupation of their lands by the Proprietors of Deerfield, and the spring of 1682 is considered as the date of the permanent settlement. And by the spring of 1682 Joseph Gillett's widow (Hawkes) was also dead, after having married (2) 16 Dec. 1680, as his second wife, Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield, Mass.; and at that date her seven children were all living. Hampshire County, Mass., Probate Records in Northampton give the following records of the estate of Joseph Gillett; Card Index - Joseph Gillet, Deerfield. Adm., vol. 1, p. 172, year 1676. Inventory, adms., p. 222, year 1682. Ad., Inv., & Dist., p. 257, year 1686: 'John Hawks presented to this Corte ye Inventory of ye Estate of Joseph Gillit deceased to wch he mad Oath wch Inventory is on ffile with the Reocrder of this Corte & Powere of adminstration upon ye Estate of Joseph Gillit Deceased is by this Corte granted to Elizabeth Gillit the Relict. Here following a copy of ye Inventory of ye Estate of Joseph Gillitt deceased (Inventory difficult to read in the opening part of list of stock, tools, etc. It includes: cow, yearling, young mare: and 'due from Eldr Strong 20 due from Caaleb Pomery') Above Inventory taken by Quimtan Stockwell, Samll Billing. Sum total 010 - 09-00. There is Likewise belonging to this Estate, land at Deerfield viz two homelotts & Land in ye meadows vallued at 8 Comons. Debts due from ye Estate 02 - 12 - 00. Page 222, Adms. on Jos. Gillett Estate, April 18, 1682. Nathaniel Dickinson of Hatfield (appearing before magistrates Pynchon & (?) both Assistants of this Jurisdiction & a clerk present - desiring power of administration upon ye Estate of Joseph Gillitt sometyme of deerfield deceased whose Widdow or Relict sd Dickinson had married & in her Right was adminsitrator to sd Estate, wch ceased at sd Widdow's death, and it being needful to conserve same for his children sd Dickinson desiring o | Gillett, Joseph (I2225)
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| 1877 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 3. The book "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography," v. 47, p. 633, entry for Everett Roswell Filley (b. 1894): "His first paternal American ancestor was William Filley, who came to this country from England in 1640 and settled in Windsor, Conn. From him and his wife, Margaret, the descent was through Samuel and Ann Gillet (etc.)" 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 250: "Samuel, son of William, Filley, m. Anna (dau. Jona.) Gillet, 29 Oct 1663. (O.C.R.); rem. to Massaco (Simsbury) 1669; subseq. rem. back to Windsor where he d. 4 Jan 1711/12; wife d. 18 Nov 1711; 'Samuel Filley taken into full communion 18 Dec 1670' (O.C.R.); she was adm. to church at Windsor Dec 1665 (O.C.R.), which, however, gives, in another place, the date Dec. 1670. Ch. (those marked thus [*] from O.C.R.): a. Anna, b. 16 Aug, bp. 25 Sep 1664. b. Mary, b. 12 Apr 1667, d. 20 Jul 1683. c. Abigail, b. 20 Jan 1668; d. bef. 1674. * d. Samuel, b. 2, bp. 3 Apr 1670; d. bef. 1674. * e. Jonathan, b. 30 Nov 1672. f. Samuel, b. 7 Mar 1673; d. 7 Oct 1679; 'killed with a cart.' - O.C.R. g. Josiah, b. 21 Jan 1675. h. John, b. 10, bp. 17 Feb 1677. i. Abigail, b. 3 Jan 1679. j. Samuel, b. 8 Sep 1681. k. Mary, b. 14 Dec 1683." 5. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 6. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 5, p. 225, Article: "Record of Marriages and Births, in Windsor, CT.": A. "William Filly, (of Simsbury) and Margaret (his wife) were m. 2 Sep 1642; chil. Samuel, b. 24 Sep 1643; John, b. 15 Dec 1645; Mary, b. ___ ___; Elizabeth, b. 4 Mar 1650; Abigal, b. 21 Aug 1658; Debroa, b. 21 Mar 1661; William, b. 7 Mar 1665." B. "Samuel Filly, (Simsbury) m. Anna Gillett, 29 Oct 1663; chil. Anna, b. 16 Aug 1664; Mary, b. 12 Apr 1667; Abigayl, b. 20 Jan 1668; Samuel, b. 2 Apr 1670; Jonathan, b. 30 Nov 1672; Samuel, b. & Mar 1673; Josia, b. 21 Jan 1675; John, b. 10 Feb 1677; Abigayl, b. 3 Jan 1679." 7. Typescript on file at Windsor, CT. Historical Society, author unknown: "Our Founders of Ancient Windsor. In 1633 William Filley arrived with the Holmes party from Plymouth Colony and in 1635 jonathan Gillett and Begat Eggleston arrived with the Reverend Warham group from Dorchester, MA to become a part of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut. Although William Filley arrived with the first group of settlers, records of his homes and lands are sketchy until his purchase in 1655 from George Alexander the old Jasper Rawlins place. Notice that prior to 1655 he did own a piece of land north of the settlement on the Rivulet (Farmington River). Cross comparing of records in 'History of Ancient Windsor' by Stiles Vol. II p. 155 (Eggleston), p. 157 (Gillett), p. 156 (Filley), and p. 165 (Rawlins), we can locate our pioneer homesteads of early Windsor. Living with their parents during their teen years on opposite sides of the beautiful Mill Brook, Samuel Filley, son of William Filley, and Anna Gillett, dau. of Jonathan Gillett, were married in 1663... [Map included and in my file no. 5342.] 8. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 9. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Anna (Hannah) Gillett born 29 Dec. 1639 in Windsor, married Samuel Filley 29 Oct. 1663 in Windsor, died 18 Nov. 1711 in Windsor. Samuel was born 24 Sept. 1643 in Windsor and died there 4 Jan. 1711 - 1712. He was a son of William & Margaret Filley of Windsor. In Dec. 1665 Anna was admitted a member of the Windsor Church. In 1669 Samuel & Anna removed to Massaco (now Simsbury), CT, but subsequently removed back to Windsor. Samuel's estate was valued at £327 plus. They had 10 children." 10. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, P. 15: "Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639, Windsor, Conn., the first of the family born in Conn. 11 ch." 11. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. Quote: "Anna, 29 Dec 1639, (Wivr) as d/o Jonathan Sr.), d. 18 Nov 1711 (NEH), m. 29 Oct 1663 (Wivr), Samuel Filly (Wivr), b. 24 Sep 1643 (NEH) d. 4 Jan 1711/12 (NEH) s/o William (NEH) 10 children (NEH)." 12. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 13. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." BIRTH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Anna; birth 29 Dec 1639; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Anna; marriage to Samuel Filly, 29 Oct 1663; CHS930:37. Gillet, Anna; marriage to Samuel Filly, 29 Oct 1663; WEL898:10. | Gillett, Anna (I2224)
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| 1878 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan" has the following listing of children for the emigrant Jonathan Gillett. [See his notes for full quotation from which this small portion is taken.]: "Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211].) iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter FILER after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut)." 2. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, Vol. I). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 3. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan (son of Jonathan) Gillett, bought that part of the Hydes lot in Windsor east of Mill road, and built there. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 (Gillett-Holcombe Bible gives this as 22) Apr 1661 (O.C.R.); m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec 1676, who d. undelivered in Childbed, 18 Apr 1687. He probably (acc. to D.W.P.) d. 5 Sep 1708; was admitted member Windsor 6 Apr 1662. - Old Church Record. [Note: No biographies in book about Kelsey family.] Children (*O.C.R. **Gillett-Holcomb Bible): A. By first wife: a. Mary **, b. 1, bp. 27 Oct 1667. b. Jonathan **, b. 18, bp. 19 Feb 1670; d. 1 Sep 1683. c. William **, b. 4 Dec 1673. B. By second wife: a. Thomas **, b. 31 May 1678 (O.C.R.) 11 Jun, age 11 days. b. Ebenezer **, b. 28 Oct 1679; d. (O.C.R.) 17 Dec 1680. c. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. d. Anna **, b. 18 Sep 1682. e. Jonathan **, b. 15 Oct 1685. - 'Col. Rec.' f. Miriam **, b. 14 Mar 1688." 4. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 5. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jonathan Gillett, Jr., born in Dorchester Dec. 1634 - Jan. 1634/5, married (1) Mary (Anna?) Kelsey 23 Apr. 1661 in Windsor, married (2) Miriam Dibble 14 Dec. 1676 also in Windsor, died 27 Feb. 1697/8. Mary was born ca. 1634, died 18 Apr. 1676 in Windsor. She was a daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford. Miriam was born 19 Feb. 1644/5 in Windsor, baptized there 7 Dec. 1645, died after May 1703. She was a daughter of Thomas Dibble. On 21 May 1657 "Jonath: Gillet Junir" was among 65 Windsor men "made free before the Court." On 6 Apr. 1662 he was admitted to the Windsor Church. On 11 Oct. 1669 Jonathan Gillet, Jr., was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Jonathan inherited from his father 20 acres of woodland joining on to the 20 acres expressed to his mother. He also inherited 10 acres next to Thomas Barber. It adjoined 10 acres he already owned. Jonathan also co-inherited with his brother Cornelius from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 24 Dec. 1679 Jonathan Gillett was one of four who took the inventory of the estate of James Egleston of Windsor who had died 1 Dec. 1679. On 4 Mar. 1679/80 Jonathan and Cornelius (see below) were appointed to assist Mr. John Loomis, administrator to the above widow.[Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 22-24 & 34.] Jonathan wrote his will 25 Aug. 1694. It was proven 5 Apr. 1698. Witnesses were Henry Wolcott, Sr., and Nathaniel Gillet. The inventory totaled £360/13/00. Jonathan had 10 children." 6. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, pp. 16-17. First paragraph also quoted on a printed page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book) which varies slightly as noted within { }: "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. {Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678.} He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." "Jonathan Gillet, (son of Jonathan) of Windsor, Conn., probably born in January 1634/5 or a few days earlier in Dec. 1634; d. 27 Feb 1697-8. (Connecticut Probate Rec. Manwaring, vol. 1, p. 557). He married first in Windsor, Conn, 23 Apr 1661, Mary Kelsey, b. abt 1634; d. in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn., m. (2) in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, b. Feb 1644-5 and Bapt. 7 Dec 1645 at Windsor; d. after May 1703, according to Conn. Probate Records [Miriam Dibble's death date is disputed by other more vital records as noted below in separate notes for this individual.] Children by first marriage, b. in Windsor: Mary, b. 5 Apr 1665; d. by 1667. Mary, b. 18 Oct 1667; d. in Windsor 19 Aug 1734; m. (1) by 1689, Jacob Bissell; m (2) 30 Jun 1698, Sergt. Peter Buell of Simsbury, Conn. Jonathan, b. 18 Feb 1670; d. 1683. William, of Windsor and Simsbury, b. 4 Dec 1673; d. in Simsbury 27 Jan 1718-19; m. 14 Sep 1699, Mary Saxton (Sexton), b. 4 May 1673. [Lists his children.] Children by second marriage: Thomas, d.y. Ebenezer, b. 27 Oct 1679; d. 1680. Samuel, b. 18 Dec 1680. Hannah, b. 18 Sep 1682; m. in Hartford, Conn., 23 Apr 1702. Jonathan, b. 15 Oct 1685. The will of Jonathan Gillet [son of Jonathan the Emigrant], was dated Aug. 1694, and reads in part: 'I, Jonathan Gillet of Windsor... I give to my son William all my housing and Lands lying in the Township of Simsbury except 5 acres of marsh lying in the Township of Windsor at Wash Brooke which adjoins Simon Drake. I give him 100 acres of woodland which my father gave me that abuts south on the land of Thomas Barbour. I give him a gunn and a Sword. I give to my wife Miriam the benefit of all my Housing and Lands in Windsor (except what is before given to my son William until my son Jonathan is 21 years of age, and then 1/2 of my Housing and Lands durign her natural life. And if she see cause to marry agian I give her ₤3-10 per annum to be paid her by my son Jonathan, and 1/3 of my moveable estate. I give to my son Jonathan all my Houseing and Lands at Windsor (except those given to son William), and also the Land I bought and to have of Father Dibble, he to enter upon 1/2 of sd. houseing and lands at 21 years of age, and the other half after the decease of my wife. I give to my daughter Mary 10 shillings beside what I have already given her. I give to my daughters Hannah and Miriam, to each of them, 1/2 part of my moveable estate, except 10 shillings to be taken out of their part. Appoint my wife Miriam to be sole Executrix.' Witnesses were Henry Wolcott Sen., Nathaniel Gillet. Will Proven 5 April 1698. Inventory taken by Capt. Timothy Phelps & James Enno. Amount ₤360-13-00. Jonathan Gilltt, Sr. 1677 inventory, ₤273-10-00." 7. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillett, Jonathan 634; spelling Gillet; church rate-pence = 72; 1660; STI891:178. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsie of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; WIN638:57. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; CHS930:39. Gillet, Mary; birth 5 Apr 1665; WIN638:18; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mary; birth 5 Apr 1665; WEL898:18; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mary; birth 21 Oct 1667; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mary; birth 21 Oct 1667; WIN638:15; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillett, Mary; baptism 27 Oct 1667; CHS930:18; father: Gillett, Jonathan Jr. 634. Gillett, Jonathan 634; spelling Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; freeman, 1669; TRU852:519. Gillett, Jonathan 634; spelling Johnathan Gillet; household size = 3; 7 Mar 1670; WYL924:194. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 18 Feb 1671; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 18 Feb 1671; WIN638:15; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillett, Jonathan 670; baptism 19 Feb 1671; CHS930:18; father: Gillett, Jonathan Jr. 639. Gillet, William; birth 4 Dec 1673; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, William; birth 4 Dec 1673; WIN638:15; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillett, Jonathan 634; estate in pounds = 38; 1674; GRA674:16; spelling: Gillet, Jothn Jr. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; estate in pounds = 43; 1675; GRA676:19. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; estate in pounds = 40; 1676; GRA675:28. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; donation in pence = 30; 1676; CHS930:87. Gillet, Mary Kelsey; death 18 Apr 1676; CHS930:39; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Mrs.; death 18 Apr 1676; WEL898:28; husband: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Meriam Deble; 14 Dec 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Merriam Dible; 14 Dec 1676; WIN638:57. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; children born = 3; 1677; CHS930:90. Gillet, Thomas; birth 31 May 1678; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Thomas; death 11 Jun 1678; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Thomas; death age 11 days old; 11 Jun 1678; CHS930:85; father. Gillet, Thomas; death 11 Jun 1678; CHS930:85; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Thomas; death 11 Jun 1678; WEL898:29; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Ebenezr; birth 28 Oct 1679; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Jr. Gillet, Hannah; birth 18 Sep 1682; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Hannah; birth 18 Sep 1682; WEL898:46; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jonathan; death Sep 1683; WEL898:54; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jonathan; death Sep 1683; WIN638:45; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 15 Oct 1685; WEL898:47; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jonathan; birth 15 Oct 1685; WIN638:16; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Jonathan; estate in pounds = 56; 1686; CHS930:160; taxable heads 2. Gillet, Mrs. Jonathan Jr.; death 18 Apr 1687; WIN638:44; died in childbirth. Gillett, Jonathan 634; will dated 25 Aug 1694; MAN904:557; wife: Gillett, Miriam 645. Gillet, Jonathan; death 27 Feb 1698; WIN638:57. Gillett, Jonathan 634; death 27 Feb 1698; MAN904:557. Gillett, Jonathan 634; estate in pounds = 361; 27 Feb 1698; MAN904:557. 8. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 38-39: "Jonathan Gillett (son of Jonathan), of Windsor, Conn., according to the family Bible (1599) almost surely born in January 1634-5 or a few days earlier in December 1634, died 27 Feb 1697-8 (Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 1, p. 557). He married first, in Windsor, 23 April 1661 Anna Kelsey, born about 1634, died in Windsor 18 Apr 1676, daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford, Conn.; and secondly, in Windsor, 14 Dec 1676, Miriam Dibble of Windsor, born there 19 Feb 1644-5 and baptized there 7 Dec 1645, died after May 1703 (according to Connecticut Probate Records, Manwaring, vol. 2, pp. 140, 156 Miriam Gillet was living in May 1700 and later), daughter of Thomas Dibble. In two modern Gillett records there have been errors about he the dates of death of Jonathan Gillett and second wife. The will of Jonathan(2) Gillett was dated 25 August 1694, and reads in part: 'I, Jonathan Gillet of Windsor... I give to my son William all my Houseing & Lands lying in the Township of Simsbury except 5 acres of marsh lying under the Mountains. I give to my sd son William half my Marsh lying in the Township of Windsor at Wash Brooke which adjoins Simon Drake. I give him 10 acres of woodland which my Father gave me that abutts south on the land of Thomas Barbour. I give him a Gunn and a Sword. I give to my wife Miriam the benefit of all my Houseing and Lands in Windsor (except what is before given to my son William) until my son Jonathan is 21 years of age, and then 1/2 of my Houseing and Lands during her natural life. And if she see Cause to marry agian I give her ₤3-10 per annum to be paid her by my son Jonathan, and 1/3 of my moveable estate. I give to my son Jonathan all my Houseing and Lands at Windsor (except those given to son William), and also the Land I bought and to have of Father Dibble, he to enter upon 1/2 of sd. houseing and Lands at 21 years of age, and the other half after the decease of my wife. I give to my daughter Mary 10 shillings beside what I have already given her. I give to my daughters Hannah and Miriam, to each of them, 1/3 part of my moveable estate, except 10 shillings to be taken out of their part. Appoint my wife Miriam to be sole Executrix.' Witnesses were Henry Wolcott sen., Nathaniel Gillett. Will proven 5 April 1698. Inventory taken by Capt. Timothy Phelps and James Enno. Amount, ₤360-13-00. Jonathan (1) Gillett, Sr. 1677 inventory, ₤273-10-00. Probate Records, v. 11, p. 140, 17 May 1700: Miriam Gillett, the Relict of Jonathan Gillett request this Court that 1/2 acre of Land not disposed of by the Will be allotted to her to aid in the Payment of Debts. There being no provision in the Will for the payment of Debts. There being no provision in the Will for the payment of Debts, she, being Executrix, is necessitated to pay them out of her own particular Legacy. (The Court gave her the Land.) Probate Records, vol. II, p. 56: Thomas Dibble, Sen., Windsor. Inventory ₤60-14-01 taken 1 Nov 1700. Will dated 17 Feb 1699-1700. 'I give to my daughter Miriam Gillett that two acres of meadow she now posseth. Item: To my said daughter Miriam I give, for the use of her son, my best broadclth coat, hatt and breeches. All the rest of my apparrel to be divided, two parts to my sons Samuel and Thomas, the other part to be to my grandson Josiah Dibble and Wakefield Dibble. I appoint Mr. John Eliot and son-in-law Samuel Gibbs to be executors. [Listing of eight children follows with four per wife.]" 9. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book SH=Stiles History of Windsor, CT. Quote: "Jonathan, b. 1634/5, Dorchester (NEH), d. 27 Feb 1697/8 (Wivr), m. 23 Apr 1661 (Wivr as Jonathan Jr.) Mary Kelsey (Wivr), Marie Kelsie of Hartford (Wivr) (NEH says Anna Kelsey), b ca, 1634 (NEH), d. 18 Apr 1676 (Wivr) d/o William Kelsey of Hartford (NEH), m. 14 Dec 1676 (4 Wivrs, 3 as Jr., 1 as Sr.) Meriam Dible/Deble (Wivr), b. 19 Feb 1644/5, ba. 7 Dec 1644/5 (NEH), d. after May 1703 (NEH) d/o Thomas (Wivr) (NEH). (SH says Miriam d. 18 Apr 1687 in childbirth). She m. 2nd Timothy Palmer (NEM) (FC says a widow Miriam Palmer, d. 31 May 1727). Jonathan Jr. taxed 2-0 on 10 Feb 1673. Jonathan Jr. had 3 children born in Windsor dated 17 Aug 1677 (Wivr). His will dated 25 Aug 1694 mentions sons William and Jonathan, daughters Mary, Hannah and Miriam. Wife Miriam to be sole executrix. Proven 5 Apr 1698 (NEH), probate records 17 May 1700 Miriam Gillett, relict of Jonathan Gillett requests the court, etc., etc. (NEH). Moore chart says Jonathan had a son John b. ca 1676 (no evidence to support his has been found. - B.F.D.) A Wivr says Jonathan Jr. his w. [ ] d. [ ] bd. 18 Apr 1687." 10 Mentioned in the will of Jeremiah Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 452: "Page 159. (Will on File). Gillett, Jeremiah, Windsor. Invt. £56-12-00. Taken 19 March, 1692-3, by Job Drake Jr., James Enno and Joseph Phelps Jr. Will dated 17 December, 1692. I Jeremiah Gillett of Windsor doe make this my last Will & Testament: I give to my wife all my whole Estate for her Use & Improvement during the time of her natural life, as also my house & Homested, the Land being 3 acres more or less, bounding East on Josiah Gillet, north the Highway, West Jonathan Gillett, South against the Mill Brooke. I give my Marsh Land at Simsbury (the sd. Land given me by his last Will) I give to my wife as her proper Right, to sell or dispose of to whom she will. I give my daughter Deborah, at the day of her marriage, my Woodland, which is 10 acres more or less. I give my Homested, that Land being 5 acres more or less, to my daughter Deborah after her Mother's Decease. My Will is my wife shall give my daughter, after her marriage, 20 shillings per year, to be paid in Apples or Syder, or in Both. I constitute my wife to be sole Executrix. Witness: John Fyler, Benjamin Bartlett. [Signed:] Jeremiah Gillett. Ls. Court Record, Page 56 - 12 April, 1693: A Will was exhibited in Court and was not allowed. Some Testimony was offered by Timothy Phelps sen., age 54 years, Joseph Loomis, age 41 years, son of John Loomis, Peter Brown, age 25 years, & Joseph Skiner. Order to Dist. the Estate to the Widow Deborah and the daughter. Adms. was granted to James Eno & Deborah the Relict. Page 62 - 7 September, 1693: It appears the daughter had died. This Court now Order her part of Jeremiah Gillett's Estate to be divided among the uncles and aunts, her father's brothers and sisters. Lt. Return Strong and Mr. John Porter appointed Distributors. Page 36 - (Vol. VI) 13 April, 1698: Whereas, there have been differences between Jonathan Gillett of Windsor in behalf of himself and his brothers & sisters on the one part, and Samuel Adams of the same Windsor on behalf of his wife Deborah, as she was Adms. to the Estate of Jeremiah Gillett, her late Husband, on the other part, respecting the division of the estate of the sd. Jeremiah Gillett, which was ordered by the Court to him sd. Jonathan Gillett, and set out to him and them, his brothers and sisters, by Lt. Returne Strong and Mr. John Porter, by the Order of sd. Court, as by the Records of the Court may fully appear. And that the sd. Difference may be put to an End and fully issued, they the sd. Gillett and the sd. Adams have mutually and full agreed, and do by these presents fully and absolutely agree in manner and form following: ( - - ) And for Confirmation hereof, and every part of this Agreement, we have hereunto set our Hands this 30th day of April, 1695. Witness: Daniel Clarke sen., Joseph Mygatt. [Signed:] Jonathan Gillett, Peter Brown, Cornelius Gillett, Samuel X Adams, DEBORAH X Adams." [From this we ascertain that Jeremiah's wife was Deborah who later married Samuel Adams. Brothers include Jonathan, Cornelius; and a probable nephew: Peter Brown (probably a nephew at age 25 in 1693). We can also infer a probable relationship with next door neighbor Josiah Gillett. Also confirms ages of Timothy Phelps, Sr. at 54 in 1693 and Joseph Loomis (son of John) as 41 in 1693.] 11. The will of John Gillett per "A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records," Vol. I, by Charles Wm. Manwaring, P. 557: "Page 49-50. Gillett, Jonathan, Windsor. Died 27 February, 1697-8. Invt. ₤360-13-00. Taken by Capt. Timothy Phelps and James Enno. The children: William, age 24 years, Mary Bissell 31, Hannah 16, Jonathan 13, and Miriam Gillett, 10 years of age. Will dated 25 August 1694. [Recitation of will and court records follows; however, they are transcribed above and included as notes herein.] 12. "The American Genealogist," v. 68 [Oct 1999], pp. 208-215, "The Family of William1 Kelsey of Hartford, Connecticut, With Notes on Hester2 Kelsey, Wife of James2 Eggleston, James1 Eno, and John1 Williams of Windsor, Connecticut," by Gale Ion Harris. "...William1 Kelsey was born about 1600 and was living at Killingworth, Connecticut, in June 1675 ("Kelsey Gen.," 24, 34). He married probably about 1632 or 1633 in England, or perhaps soon after he arrived at Cambridge in New England, an unidentified woman born about 1613 and living at Hartford in December 1666 (Winthrop Med. Recs., 143, 691). Children (Kelsey) of William1, probably all by the same mother (where not indicated otherwise, data are from the Kelsey Genealogy)... v. Mary b. prob. Hartford ca. 1644 (aged 14 in May 1658 [Winthrop Med. Recs., 109]), d. Windsor 18 April 1676 (Windsor VR); m. there 23 April 1661 Johnathan2 Gillette (Windsor VR), b. Dorchester, Mass., ca. Dec. 1634, d. Windsor 27 Feb. 1697/8 (Windsor VR), brother of Cornelius above (TAG 15[1938-39]:211; NEHGR 100[1946}:275-76). Four Children..." 13. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 14. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsie of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; WIN638:57. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Mary Kelsey of Hartford, 23 Apr 1661; CHS930:39. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Meriam Deble; 14 Dec 1676; WEL898:14. Gillet, Jonathan Jr.; marriage to Merriam Dible; 14 Dec 1676; WIN638:57. Gillett, Jonathan 634; will dated 25 Aug 1694; MAN904:557; wife: Gillett, Miriam 645. 2. The newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 11-13, copy from Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society, has an article entitled "Flora Clark - Vol. 1." Flora Clark appears to be the submitter of information concerning the "Bear Bible." I note the following which I extract from her article: "The script of the Gillet entries is very old style which was in use before and after 1600. These entries are in the hand of Jonathan Gillet of the second generation. His identity is proved by the references to himself in the following items: 'my father Gille came Into new:inglon the secon time In June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonn was born about half a yeare aftar he came to land.' '(my) father Gillett dyed in 1677...' ''(Jon)athan Gillett his first maredg -aprel 22 1661 Mary born october 18, 1667 Jonathan born feber 18 1670 William born december 4 1673 my second maredg in decem 14. 1676 My sonne thomas born by my secon wife in may the last 16. 1678 Ebenesor born in the year 79. octob 27 Samuel borne in the yeare 80. decem 17 his grandmother dyed in may. 14: 81 (..)nna born september 10, 1682 (16?) Jonathan born to me by my secon wife was born in 1685: oct. 15 mirriam born in 1688 May:14" 3. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: A. "Gillett, Jonathan (-1698) & 1/wf Mary Kelsey (-1676); 23 Apr 1661, 22 Apr; Windsor, CT/?Hartford." B. "Gillett, Jonathan (?1634-1698) & 2/wf Miriam Dibble (1645-1710+, 1703+), m/2 Timothy Palmer; 14 Dec 1676; Windsor, CT." DEATH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Jonathan; death 27 Feb 1698; WIN638:57. Gillett, Jonathan 634; death 27 Feb 1698; MAN904:557. | Gillett, Jonathan (I2221)
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| 1879 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com's "The Great Migration Begins, Sketches, Preserved Puritan": "Jonathan Gillett Origin: Chaffcombe, Somersetshire. Migration: 1633. First Residence: Dorchester. Removes: Windsor 1638. Return Trips: To England in 1633 and return 1634. Church Membership: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 6 May 1635 implied by freemanship. Freeman: 6 May 1635 (as "Jonathan Jellett," second in a sequence of five Dorchester men) [MBCR 1:370]. Offices: Connecticut jury, December 1653, 7 June 1655, 26 August 1657, 3 March 1658/9, 15 May 1660, 6 December 1660, 5 September 1661, 9 October 1661, 13 May 1662, 20 January 1662[/3] [RPCC 119, 143, 181, 197, 211, 219, 238, 240, 246, 261]. Windsor constable, March 1655/6 [RPCC 161]. Estate: Allowed by town of Dorchester "to fence in half an acre of ground about his house leaving a sufficient highway," and granted four acres of marsh; also "Jonathan Gillet's house" mentioned, 17 April 1635 [DTR 11]; "Jellets" to have two acres of marsh, 27 June 1636 (no first name is given, so this grant may be to both Jonathan and Nathan) [DTR 17]. (In the grant of meadows beyond Neponset, Lot #32, marked only "J.," may have belonged to Jonathan Gillet, since it was immediately next to the lot of N[athan] Gillet [DTR 321].) In Thomas Treadwell's deed of land to Edward Breck, dated 20 June 1638, one of the abutters to a parcel of land was "Mr. Parker on the other side which was once Jonathan Gillete's" [DTR 35]. On 9 June 1662 Jonathan Gillett Sen. was granted two parcels of swampland totaling five or six acres by the court-appointed committee to dispose of land without the west bounds of Windsor [WiLR 1:41]. Other "Jonathan Gillett" land entries appear to pertain to Jonathan Jr. In his will, dated 8 August 1677 and proved 6 September 1677, "Jonathan Gillett sen. of Windsor ... being at present very ill and under distemper of body above ordinary" named "my wife ... sole executrix " and "my son Josiah Gillett to take care for the improvement of his mother's estate," she to have the use of "both my houselots, my one and that which was my brother Nathan Gillett's, which are both nine acres, also at the upper end of the first meadow, or that which is Timothy Phelpes," and "all that remains of that to me I set out three acres to my son John"; after "my decease ... my son Josias" to assist his mother, and after her death "he shall enjoy for his own ... my now dwelling house and all the appurtenances with it, with five acres of houselands & all other parcels of land, as are expressed to be his mother's for her use whilst she lives, only excepting the house & four acres of the houseland to it, which my son Jeremy shall possess for his own after my wife's decease" and "the six acres in the second meadow I set out to him, he is to possess for his own at the present"; "thirdly, my will is that if the Lord should take me and my wife both of us away by death within four years after the date hereof, my son Josiah shall pay some legacies, as to his brother Jonathan Gillett £4 and a gun, and to his brother Cornelius Gillett £4, & to my daughter, Peter Browne's wife, £2, and to my daughter, Samuel Fyllye's wife, £2, and to the two children which I have taken that were my son Joseph's, deceased, as the little son Jonathan £5, and the girl £5. My son Jonathan is to have the other twenty acres of woodland joining to the twenty acres expressed to my wife. He is to have his twenty acres next to Thomas Barber, ten acres of it I give him, the other ten he hath bought. Also, Jonathan and Cornelius my sons are to have my eleven acres without the west bounds of Windsor, betwixt them, after my decease. And my son John Gillett to have six acres of the other parcel without the bounds at present, and Jeremie to have the remainder of it" [Hartford PD Case #2202; Manwaring 1:200-01]. The inventory of "Jonathan Gillett Senior who died the 23 day of this August" was taken 31 August 1677 and totalled £273 10s., including real estate valued at £188: "his dwelling & barn house land five acres," £70; "his dwelling house that was his brother Nathan's & four acres of houseland," £40; "the first meadow, near four acres," £20; "the second meadow eight acres," £30; "twenty acres of woodland," £10; "six acres of upland," £12; and "without the west bounds of Windsor common land fifteen acres," £6 [Hartford PD Case #2202]. More than a generation later, on 25 August 1719, Jonathan Filley, Josiah Filly, John Filly, Thomas Gillett and Joseph Gillett petitioned the probate court that their "grandfather Jonathan Gillit late of Windsor" had left unadministered estate and they requested that someone be appointed to administer the property [Hartford PD Case #2202]. Birth: By about 1609 (based on presumed age at marriage), son of Rev. William Gillett. Death: Windsor 23 August 1677 (from inventory). Marriage: Colyton, Devonshire, 29 March 1634 Mary Dolbiar, bp. Colyton, Devonshire, 7 June 1607 [TAG 15:208-17]. She died Windsor 5 January 1685[/6] [CTVR 56; TAG 15:210]. 2. Also known as Dolbiaror or Dolbear. 3. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillet, Widow; estate in pounds = 27; 1677; GRA677:3. Gillett, Mary 607; church member, 1678; CHS930:10; spelling: Gillet, wife of Jonath. Gillitt, Mary Widow; death 5 Jan 1686; WIN638:44. 4. Article from the Gillette family file at the Windsor Historical Society by Gary Boyd Roberts entitled "Genealogies of Conn. families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register," vol. II, Baltimore, 1983, Gen. Pub. Co., Inc., pp. 35-37: "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants. Compiled by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L., of Brookline, Mass. The descendants of the Puritan brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., were and almost surely are, numerous, yet there is an interesting opportunity for much further investigation of records to identify all the lines through the genealogical reference library at 9 Ashburton Place, Boston. The April 1893 'New England Historical and Genealogical Register' published a very able nine-page record of "Descendants of Jonathan Gillet of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.' compiled by Salmon Cone Gillette and arranged and enlarged by the Rev. Henry Clay Alvord, A.M., both descendants. Their record is altogether concerned with the descendants of Jonathan's youngest Child, Josiah. Another very important publication is the April 1939 'American Genealogist' ten-page report of John Insley Coddington, A.M., on 'Jonathan Gillett of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn., and Mary Dolbere or Dolbiar, his Wife.' As the title indicates, its important and convincing mission was to establish the fact of the marriage and the genealogical background of the bride and the believed background of the groom, with no purpose of a record of descendants beyond their children. This present record concerns principally the early line of Jonathan's third son, Joseph, and, because of later-date opportunities, can correct a few errors in earlier records, make additions, and enlarge on some interesting items. That Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were brothers is proved by the 8 August 1677 will of Jonathan. To quote: ... 'my wife ... shall have ... the Housing and Lands of both my Houselotts, my one and that which was my Brother Nathan Gillett's, ...' Henry R. Stiles, A.M., in his 1892 second edition of 'Ancient Windsor, Conn.' states: 'Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan, came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, (June 1930) and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration. Both he and his wife were members of the original Dorchester and Windsor churches ... There is still extant ... a copy of the ... Bible, of 1599. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family... In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new ingland the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare after he came to land.'' The foregoing record proves that Jonathan Gillett's wife accompanied him on his second trip from England to New England; and very strongly suggests that he married her in England on his return trip to his native land. Therefore Mr. Coddington's 1939 opening statement is even more than the strongest kind of circumstantial evidence. It is as follows: 'The Parish Register of St. Andrew's Church at Colyton, co. Devon, contains the following marriage record: '1634 Jonathan Gillett & Mary Dolbiar, 29 March.' 'This is the answer to the question of the long-sought identity of Mary, wife of Jonathan Gillett, the emigrant from England to Dorchester, Mass., and settler at Windsor, Conn.' Mr. Coddington's next statement is: 'There can be very little doubt but that Jonathan Gillett was the son of the Reverand William Gillett or Gyllett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who was instituted to that benefice 4 Feb 1609-10, and who died early in 1641', etc. And there are five valuable pages on the ancestry of Mr. Dolbiar (Dolbere) that should all be read. They include the Colyton baptism: '1607, Mary, d. of Rockye Dolebeere, 7 June.' '1571 Rawkey, s. of Robarte Dolber of Caddhayn, 17 August.' The marriages: '1563 Robert Dolbere of Cadden & Agnes, d. of one Samson, Hawkechurche, 26 April.' '1602 Rockye Dolber, s. of Robert Dolber of Cadhaine & Marie, d. of John Michell of Barretshaine, 10 October.' ...As was customary in certain regions in old England, Jonathan's youngest son, Josiah, was to continue at home and take care of his mother and own the old home place. But if Jonathan, Sr., and his wife Mary should both die within four years, his will states, 'my son Josiah shall pay some legacies, as to his Brother Jonathan Gillett ₤4 and a gunn, and to his Brother Cornelius Gillett ₤4 & to my daughter, Peter Browne's wife, ₤2, and to my daughter, Samuel ffyllyes wife ₤2, and to ye two children which I have taken that were my son Joseph's Dec'd, as ye little son Jonathan ₤5, and ye garle ₤5. My son Jonathan is to have the other 20 acres of Woodland... Also Jonathan and Cornelius my sons to have my 11 acres...And my son John Gillett to have... and Jeremie to have...' ...Jonathan Gillett, Sr., died in Windsor 23 Aug 1677, fifteen days after making his will, and his wife Mary died there 5 Jan 1685-6, over eight years later, which obviated the payment of legacies by son Josiah. It is important to read the entire will, as well as those of fourteen others of the Gillett family, all to be found in 'A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Hartford District', 3 volumes, by Charles W. Manwaring, 1904... Jonathan Gillett (probably son of Rev. William Gillett), of England, Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Connn., born probably in co. Somerset, England, in 160-, died in Windsor 23 Aug 1677. He married in Colyton, co. Devon, England, 29 March 1634, Mary Dolbiar or Dolbere, bapt. in Colyton 7 June 1607, died in Windsor 5 Jan 1685-6. [Children listed.]" 5. From the newsletter "Gillett Pride 'n' Joy," vol. 10, no. 2, sourced family tree by Barbara Delgado, 1939 Republic Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92627, copy from the Gillett family file at the Windsor Historical Society: References: MJ5=Mary and John, vol. 5, no. 2. NEH=New England Hist. and Gene. Reg., vol. 100. Wivr=Windsor, CT. Vital Records. TAG=The American Genealogist, Vol. #. FC=The Gillett Family by Flora Clark. BA=Bertha Aldridge's Book Quote: "Jonathan Gillett; son of William Gyllett, b. before 1609 place unknown (MJ5), probably Co. Somerset, England (NEH); d. 23 Aug 1677 as Jonathan Sr. (Wivr); m. 29 Mar 1634 Colyton, Co. Devon, Eng. (TAG15) Mary Dolbere/Dolbiar (TAG15), ba. 7 Jun 1607 Colyton, Eng. (TAG15), d. 5 Jan 1607 as Mary, wid. (Wivr) d/o Rawkey Dolbere/Dolbiar and Mary (Michell or Mychell) his wife (TAG15). The Breeches Bible says 'My father Gillett came into New-inglan the second time in June 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a year aftur he cam to land.' (TAG15). Sailed in the Mary and John 20 Mar 1630 with 140 puritans from the counties of Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, England, arriving 30 May 1630 off Nantasket. Made a freeman there 6 May 1635. Removed about 1636 to Windsor, CT. (NEH). Jonathan Sr. had 7 children born in Windsor dated 17 Aug 1677 (Wivr). Jonathan's will dated 8 Aug 1677, proved 6 Sep 1677 (TAG15). The second crossing of Jonathan and wife Mary is listed 31 Mar 1633 on the ship "Recovery of London," date of marriage conflicts so probably m. 29 Mar 1633/4(MJ2)." 6. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 2:97, "ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, FOUND ON THE FAMILIES, SINCE VOLUME 1 WAS PRINTED": "The first volume of "Search For The Passengers Of The Mary & John-1630" was rushed into print in early 1985 in preparation for a tour of the home towns of the passengers, by eighty descendants. This group spent 15 days, from May 17 to May 30, visiting the birthplaces and churches of the passengers in England, Dorchester, Mass. & Windsor, Conn. New information was not only gathered from the ministers, archivists and speakers on the tour, but also from the tour members, themselves, who had been collecting information on their ancestors, for many years. JONATHAN & NATHAN GILLETT- In a recent National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 1, Sept. 1983., the second crossing of Jonathan Gillett, is listed as, 31 Mar. 1633, on the ship, "Recovery of London". With him was his wife, Mary Dolbiar, who he married, 29 Mar. 1634 in Colyton, Devon. These dates conflict. They were probably married, 29 Mar. 1633. Nathan is not listed, but this was not a passenger list but a list of only those who had goods that were subject to duty. Also aboard were Stephen Terry and his wife, Jane Hardey and Sarah Hill, probably the wife of William Hill. TAG Vol. 55, p. 170, provides additional information on the ancestry of Jonathan & Nathan Gillett. This article suggests this family has an English ancestry, rather than a French Huguenot ancestry. The original name was pronounced, "Gullet", in the 1600's. Later, there was a shift of emphasis from the first syllable and it began to sound French. The TAG article also adds more information about the father of Jonathan & Nathan and their cousins who remained in England." 7. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 2:84-85 [the same exact article was repeated verbatim in 3:18-19]: "Jonathan Gillett returned to England and married Mary Dolbiar, in Colyton, Devon on 29 Mar. 1634. He remained in England one year after their marriage and then they sailed to New England on the ship, "Recovery of London", which sailed from Weymouth, England on 31 Mar. 1635. How he met a girl from Colyton is not known. However, the "Mary & John" passenger, George Hull of Crewkerne, had two brothers who were ministers at Colyton, the last being, Rev. William Hill, who died there in 1627. DOLBIAR FAMILY I. ROBERT DOLBIAR- m. (1) ___. m. (2) Agnes Sampson, 26 Apr. 1563, Colyton, Devon. He bu. 25 Jan 1614, Colyton. He was a yeoman of the hamlet of Cadhayne, Colyton parish. He had a son, Johane, by his first wife and he was a Church Warden in 1579. Agnes was the dau. of Nicholas Sampson of Hawkechurch, Devon. Children of Robert Dolbiar & Agnes Sampson (TAG 15:214) 1. Alse (Alice) Dolbiar- bpt. 14 Apr. 1564, Colyton. m. John Knygt, 21 Sept. 1586, Colyton, of Totnes, Devon. 2. Edthe Dolbiar- bpt. 24 Apr. 1566, Colyton. m. William Colbey, 31 Jan. 1596 Colyton, of Withyridge, Devon. 3. William Dolbiar- bpt. 28 Jan. 1567, Colyton. bu. 19 Apr. 1568, Colyton. 4. James Dolbiar- bpt. 27 Feb. 1588, Colyton. 5. Rawkey Dolbiar- See below. 6. John Dolbiar- bpt. 8 May 1574, Colyton. bu. 3 Sept. 1574, Colyton. 7. Mary Dolbiar- bpt. 18 May 1576 Colyton. bu. 16 Apr. 1579, Colyton. 8. Nicholas Dolbiar- bpt. 25 Mar. 1580, Colyton. bu. 15 Oct. 1615, Colyton. 9. John Dolbiar- bpt. 6 Dec. 1581, Colyton. bu. 31 Aug. 1582, Colyton. II. RAWKEY DOLBIAR- bpt, 17 Aug. 1571, Colyton. He bu. 12 Nov. 1641, Colyton. m. Mary Michell, 10 Aug. 1602, Colyton. He was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton parish. She was dau. of John Mychell of Barretshayes, Colyton parish, Devon. She bu. 20 Sept. 1648, Colyton. (See Mychell family). Children of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell (TAG 15:214) 1. Joan Dolbiar- bpt. 9 Jan. 1602, Colyton, bu. 25 Nov. 1606, Colyton. 2. Anne Dolbiar- bpt. 19 Apr. 1605, Colyton. 3. Mary Dolbiar- See below. 4. Robert Dolbiar- bpt. 2 May 1611, Colyton. m. (1) Elizabeth ___, who was bu. 25 July 1646, Colyton. m. (2)Sarah Hoyt, 12 Oct. 1646, Colyton, of Honiton, Devon. res: Colyton. Three children (1638-1645). 5. Dorothy Dolbiar- bpt. 16 Oct. 1613, Colyton. bu. 25 Mar. 1614, Colyton. 6. Cornelius Dolbiar- bpt. 21 May 1619, Colyton. Jonathan Gillett.named one of his sons, Cornelius, and the name was passed down through some generations. 7. John Dolbiar- bpt. 7 June 1619, Colyton. III. MARY DOLBIAR- bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633, Colyton. She died 5 Jan. 1685. (See Jonathan Gillett family)." 8. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 1:32-33: "JONATHAN GILLETT - b.a. 1600, England, d. 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, Conn. m. Mary Dolbiar, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrews Church, Colyton, Devon, England (1607-1685), dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar & Mary Michell of Cadhayne, near Colyton. Jonathan Gillett came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, either alone or with his younger brother, Nathan. He returned to England to marry and then sailed back to New England soon after. He was the son of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset in 1609, who d. 1641. He served in the Pequot War in 1637 and moved his family from Dorchester, Mass. to Windsor, Conn. in the summer of 1639. He was the Constable of Windsor in 1665 and in 1671 he was granted land in Simsbury, Conn. for his service in the Pequot War. Estate: 273 pounds. Ten children (1635-1650) (NER 100:275), 75 grandchildren, and 243 great-grandchildren identified. Children: 1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.-b.a. 1635, Dorchester, Mass., d. between 1694 & 1698. m. (1) Anna Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661 (1634-1676), dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Estate: 360 pounds. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) (NER 100:275), and six by second (1678-1685), and 13 grandchildren. 2. Cornelius Gillett-b.a. July 1636, Dorchester, Mass., d. 26 June 1711, Windsor, Conn. m. Priscilla Kelsey, who d. 1772, dau. of William Kelsey, the emigrant. Estate: 44 pounds. Nine children (1659-1678) (NER 100:277), and 28 grandchildren. 3. Mary Gillett-b. 1638, Dorchester, Mass. m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658, who d. 1691, called the son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower (1620) but this has been disputed. He bought land in Windsor in 1658 and moved to the Josias Ellsworth place in 1664. Estate: 408 pounds. Eleven children (Windsor-118) and 61 grandchildren. One of his descendants was John Brown, the Abolitionist. 4. Anna Gillett-b. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, Conn., d. 4 Jan. 1711. m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor (1643-1712), s. of William Filley, the emigrant. He moved to Simsbury, Conn., 1669. Twelve children (1667-1683) (Windsor-250), and 26 grandchildren. 5. Joseph Gillett-bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, Conn., d. 18 Sept. 1675, killed by Indians at Bloody Brook, near Deerfield, Mass. m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1646-1681), dau. of John & Elizabet Hawkes. Moved from Windsor to Deerfield, 1675. Seven children (1664-1675) (NER 101:46), and 19 grandchildren. 6. Samuel Gillet-bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, Conn., d. 19 May 1676, killed in the fight at Turner's Falls, Mass. m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, Mass. (b. 1648), dau. of John Dickinson. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. The year after Samuel's death, Hannah remarried, became pregnant and was captured by Indians in the attack on Hatfield, Mass., along with her daughter Mary (age 5) and son Samuel, Jr. (age 4). When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians, her husband, Stephen Jennings and Benjamin Waite, set out toward Canada to recover the captives. After traveling thru the winter they arrived in Canada in January, 1678 and negotiated a ransom with the French. There, Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity, and she returned to Deerfield, with her other two children and the captives in June. Four children (1669-1674) (NER 101:46), and 14 grandchildren. 7. John Gillett-b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, Conn., d. 1682. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725), dau. of Thomas Barber, the emigrant. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682) (NER 101:46), and 29 grandchildren. 8. Abigail Gillett-bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, d. 1648. 9. Jeremiah Gillett-b. 12 Feb. 1647, Windsor, Conn., d. 1 Mar. 1692, Windsor. m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685, Windsor (b. 1666), dau. of Benjamin Bartlett & Deborah Barnard. Four children (1686-1692) (Fyler-30). 10. Josiah Gillett-bpt. 14 July 1650, Windsor, Conn., d. 29 Oct. 1736, Colchester, Conn. m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735), dau. of Michael Taintor of Branford, Conn. (See NER 4:169). Res: Windsor and Colchester, Conn. Eleven children (1678-1701) (NER Apr. 1893, p. 168), and 53 grandchildren. References: Gillett & Allied Families, by L. S. Gillett, 1930. Gillett Family in Conn., Vol. 1. Gillett Families, by B. B. Aldridge, 1955. TAG 42:160 (English Wills). TAG 56:129 (Nathan) NER 100:272 (Genealogy). NER 101:43, 153, 237, 283 (Genealogy). NER Apr. 1893, p. 168 (Genealogy). TAG Apr. 1971 (Dispute French Ancestry)." 9. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:63-64, "Ancestry of Mary Dolbiar (1607-1685) wife of Jonathan Gillett": "Mary Dolbiar, was bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. She d. 5 Jan. 1685, Windsor, CT. She m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633/4, Colyton, two days before they sailed to New England from Weymouth, Dorset, on the "Recovery of London". Since Colyton is about 30 miles west of Weymouth, maybe this ship made a stop at Plymouth, Devon (as did the "Mary & John" in 1630), 60 miles W. of Colyton and they boarded a week or so later. She was the dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell. NOTE: All Dolbiar baptism, marriage and burial entries in the Colyton, Devon Parish Registers (1538-1630) appear in TAG 15: 212-213. Dolbiar line (TAG 15:212) 1. Robert Dolbiar - Bu. 24 Jan. 1614, Colyton. He m. (1) and (2) Agnes Sampson, 26 Apr. 1653, Colyton, dau. of Nicholas Sampson of Hawkechurch, Devon. He was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton and he was a Churchwarden there in 1579. He had a son by his first wife and nine children by his second wife. Children by first wife (TAG 15:214) a. John Dolbiar Children by second wife (TAG 15:214) b. Alice Dolbiar - Bpt. 14 Apr. 1564, Colyton. She m. John Knight of Totnes, Devon, 21 Sept. 1586, Colyton. c. Edith Dolbiar - Bpt. 24 Apr. 1566, Colyton. She m. William Colbey, 31 Jan 1596, Colyton of Withyridge, Devon. d. William Dolbiar - Bpt. 28 Jan. 1567, Colyton. Bu. 19 Apr. 1568. e. James Dolbiar - Bpt. 27 Feb. 1588, Colyton. f. Rawkey Dolbiar - See below. g. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 8 May 1574, Colyton. Bu. 3 Sept. 1574. h. Mary Dolbiar - Bpt. 8 May 1576, Colyton. Bu. 16 Apr. 1579. i. Nicholas Dolbiar - Bpt. 25 Mar. 1580, Colyton. Bu. 15 Oct. 1615. j. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 6 Dec. 1581, Colyton. Bu. 31 Aug. 1582. 2. Rawkey Dolbiar - Bpt. 17 Aug. 1571, Colyton. Bu. there, 12 Nov. 1641. He m. Mary Michell, 10 Aug. 1602, Colyton, bu. there 20 Sept. 1648, dau. of John Mychell of Barretshayes, Colyton. Rawkey was a yeoman in Cadhayne, Colyton. See Mychell family below. Children (TAG 15:214): a. Joan Dolbiar - Bpt. 9 Jan. 1602 and bu. 25 Nov. 1606, Colyton. b. Anne Dolbiar - Bpt. 19 Apr. 1605, Colyton. c. Mary Dolbiar - See below. d. Robert Dolbiar - Bpt. 2 May 1611, Colyton. He m. Elizabeth ___. Three children (1638-1645). e. Dorothy Dolbiar - Bpt. 16 Oct. 1613, Colyton. Bu. there 25 Mar. 1614. f. Cornelius Dolbiar - Bpt. 21 May 1619, Colyton. Jonathan Gillett named a son Cornelius and the name was past down for generations. g. John Dolbiar - Bpt. 7 June 1619, Colyton. 3. Mary Dolbiar - Bpt. 7 June 1607, Colyton, Devon. Died 5 Jan. 1685. She m. Jonathan Gillett, 29 Mar. 1633/34, Colyton, Devon." 10. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 18:61-62, "GILLETT, JONATHAN (a.1607-1677) OF WINDSOR, CT, NATHAN GILLETT ( -1689) AND JEREMIAH GILLETT ( - )": "Jonathan Gillett - Born before 1609. Died 29 Aug. 1677, Windsor, CT. He m. Mary Dolbair, 29 Mar. 1634, St. Andrew, Colyton, Devon, dau. of Rawkey Dolbiar and Mary Michell of Cadhayne, Colyton. According to family tradition he came on the "Mary & John" in 1630, possibly with brothers Nathan and Jeremiah. He returned to England to marry and they returned to New England on the "Recovery of London" in March 1634. If his brothers did not accompany him in 1630 they probably did in 1634. The bible he brought from England, printed in 1599, is now on display at the Windsor Historical Society in Windsor, CT. A note in the bible says Jonathan Gillett came to New England a second time in June 1635. He actually came in 1634. Children (Search Series Vol. 5, pp. 49-77). a. Jonathan Gillett, Jr. - B.a. 1635 Dorchester, MA. His will dated 25 Aug. 1694 and proved 5 Apr. 1698. He m. (1) Mary Kelsey, 23 Apr. 1661, (1634-1676) dau. of William Kelsey. He m. (2) Miriam Dibble, 14 Dec. 1676, Windsor, CT, dau. of Thomas Dibble. Four children by first wife (1665-1673) and six by second (1678-1688). b. Cornelius Gillett - B.a. July 1636, Dorchester, MA. D. 26 June 1711. He m. Priscilla Kelsey, a. 1658, dau. of William Kelsey. Nine children. (16591678). c. Mary Gillett - B. 1638, Dorchester, MA. She m. Peter Brown, 15 July 1658 Windsor, CT. who d. 9 Mar. 1691. Fourteen chilren (1659-1681). d. Anna Gillett - B. 29 Dec. 1639, Windsor, CT. D. 18 Nov. 1711. She m. Samuel Filley, 29 Oct. 1663, Windsor, CT. (1643-1711), son of William Filley. Twelve children (1667-1683). e. Joseph Gillett - Bpt. 25 July 1641, Windsor, CT. Killed 18 Sept. 1675 Bloody Brook, Deerfield, MA. He m. Elizabeth Hawkes (1641-1681) dau. of John Hawks. She m. (2) Nathaniel Dickinson. Seven children (1664-1675). f. Samuel Gillett 0 Bpt. 22 Jan. 1642, Windsor, CT. Killed 19 May, 1676 Turner's Falls Fight. He m. Hannah Dickinson, 23 Sept. 1668, Hadley, MA. She m. (2) Stephen Jennings, 1677. Four children (1669-1674). g. John Gillett - B. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor, CT. He m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669 Windsor, CT. (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber. She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. Seven children (1671-1682). h. Abigail Gillett - Bpt. 28 June 1646, Windsor, CT. D.y. i. Jeremiah Gillett - B. 12 Feb. 1647/8, Windsor, CT. D. 1 Mar. 1629/3. He m. Deborah Bartlett, 15 Oct. 1685 (b. 1666) dau. of Benjamin Bartlett at Deborah Barnard. Three children. j. Josiah Gillett - Bpt. 14 June 1650, Windsor, CT. D. 29 Oct. 1736 Colchester, MA. He m. Joanna Taintor, 20 June 1676 (1657-1735) dau. Michael Taintor. Eleven children (1678-1701). Jonathan Gillett had ten children and at least 77 grandchildren. Reference: Search Series, Vol. 5, pp. 49-81." MARRIAGE: 1. Quoted from "Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillett"; per "Misc_Source" record noted below: "Fairly recent research has discovered the record of his subsequent marriage. The Parish Register of St. Andrew's Church at Colyton, County of Devon, (England) contains the following marriage entry: '1634, Jonathan Gillett and Mary Dolbear, 29 March.' the bride May Dolbear or Dolbere, was baptized at Colyton 7 Jun 1607. She was daughter of Roykey (Rockye, Rokey, Rokie, Rokye or Rochee) Dolbere (or Dolbiar), yeiomman, (i.e., farmer), of the hamlet of Cadhayne, in the parish of Colyton and of Mary Mitchell (or Mychell) his wife. Evidently the couple within a very short time after their marriage, sailed for New England and Jonathan their first child was born about six months after they came to land. 2. From the book "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," p. 304 for the Gillett family: "Gillett, Jonathan (-1677) & Mary (Dolberson/Dolbison) (1601-1685), 1685/6?); Colyton, Eng. 29 Mar 1634; Dorchester/Windsor, CT." DEATH: 1. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources: Gillitt, Mary Widow; death 5 Jan 1686; WIN638:44. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Family tree entitled "Gillett, Dolbiar, Mychell, Sampson," Mar 1992, donated by John R. and Joyce Snell, 587 Cranbrook Rd., #33, London, Ontario, Canada N6K2Y4. Copy in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society. 2. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, 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. | Dolebere, Mary (I1892)
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| 1889 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Ancestry.com, 20 Apr 2002, database of D. Madison Bass Melanda, b. 11 Sep 1840. Eller Stoker, b. 25 Nov 1843. Orson Hyde Stoker, b. 25 Nov 1843. [6 Jul 2003 note: Found photo of his and his wife's tombstone at www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/cemetery/champlin.htm which is the Champlin or Yorkshire or Walker Cemetery south of Persia, Harrison, Iowa.] David Allen Stoker, b. 29 Nov 1844, d. 15 Jan 1929. Lavina [should be Luvina] Stoker, b. 10 Dec 1846, d. 15 [should be 19] Jan 1916. [6 Jul 2003 note: Found photo of her and her husband's tombstone at www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/cemetery/graybill.htm which is the Graybill/Spears Cemetery at Neola, Harrison, Iowa. Their tombstone: "William Spears, Sept. 3, 1836-Jan. 7, 1911, and Luvina Spears, Dec. 10, 1846-Jan. 19, 1916." Site also notes they were married 25 May 1864 at Pott. Co. IA and that her maiden name is Stoker. Several Spear children and some Graybills also in same cemetery.] Savina Stoker, b. Abt 1847. Richard Stoker, b. Abt 1847. Michael Eller Stoker, b. 26 Feb 1849. Mary Elizabeth Stoker, b. 18 Feb 1850. Margeret Clapernia Stoker, b. 7 Oct 1853. Lucetia Stoker, b. 28 May 1855. 2. From Sep 2006 Internet, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge.2509/brownson.html: It appears the Stoker family probably knew the Seymour Brunson family of nearby Lawrence Co., Ohio. Brunson had served with Luke Johnson in 1832. In 1833 he is again with Luke in the area as are Zerubbabel Snow and Amasa Lyman. He is also specifically in Bloomfield, Jackson, Ohio in Nov. 1834 when his son his born and also per letters he wrote. He appears generally in Kirtland thereafter. His journal notes that in July 1836 he visited the church in Bloomfield. He does note the baptism of John Stoker 13 Nov 1837. It was at his funeral in Nauvoo in 1840 that Joseph Smith first revealed the doctrine of baptisms for the dead. 3. Censuses: 1820 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 195, township had a little over 40 families; related families include James Lackey, Michael Stoker, and Michael Graybill. In neighboring Madison Township, related families David Stoker, Peter Graybill, Nancy (Graybill) Henson, and James McDaniel are found. Columns are male 0-10, 10-16, 16-18, 16-26, 26-45, 45+// female 0-10, 10-16, 16-26, 26-45, 45+: Michael Stoker: 2,1,0,1,0,1//1,1,0,0,1. [Appears to be Michael, his wife Catherine, and their children John, Michael, Rebecca, Catherine, Jacob, and Eller; the three oldest appear gone in this census.] Michael Graybill: 3,0,0,0,1,0//1,0,0,1,0. James Lackey: 2,2,1,2,0,1//1,2,1,1,5. 1830 US: Bloomfield Township, Jackson, Ohio, pg. 109-112, note whole township had 527 people living in it, related families include Michael Stoker, Michael Stoker Jr., Alexander Lackey, James Welker, Michael Graybill, and John Stoker: Michael Stoker. Males 10-15: 1; 15-20:1; 60-70:1. Females 10-15:1; 50-60:1. [Family appears to be Michael, his wife Catherine, and their two youngest sons Jacob and Eller; unsure who the girl age 10-15 may be.] 1840 US: Quincy, Adams, Illinois, the following related families living in near proximity to each other (with exception of John McDaniel and his wife Christina Stoker, all of David Stoker's siblings, children, and mother are accounted for and it confirms his father Michael was dead by 1840): P. 43a: David Stoker, males 5-10:1; 40-50:1//females 5-10:1; 10-15:1; 40-50:1. [David, his wife Barbara, and their children Sarah (13), Catherine (11?), and Michael (6). Note daughter Nancy not in census which means she was probably deceased by then.] Simeon P. Grabell [Graybill], males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [David's nephew: Simeon and his wife Amanda Hill and their two oldest children.] Jacob Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 20-30:1. [Younger brother to David: Jacob and his wife Catherine and their oldest child.] P. 44a: Eller Stoker, males 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 15-20:1; 60-70:1. [Youngest brother to David: Eller with his wife Margaret and their oldest child and probably their mother Catherine Eller.] James Walker [Welker], males 10-15:1; 15-20:1; 30-40:1//females 5-10:2; 40-50:1. [Living next door to Eller and ages work perfectly that this is James Welker and Elizabeth Stoker, who is David's sister.] John W. Stoker, males 0-5:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 30-40:1. [John and his wife Electa Sarah and their six oldest children.] John Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 0-5:1; 5-10:2; 20-30:1. [David's son: John and his wife Jane and their children.] P. 52a: William Stoker, males 0-5:1; 20-30:1//females 20-30:1 (father-in-law Samuel Winegar is next door). [David's son William and his wife Almira with their child.] P. 55a: Michael Stoker, males 0-5:2; 5-10:2; 10-15:1; 30-40:1// females 30-40:1. [Michael, his wife Martha, and their five oldest children.] 1850 US: Dist. 21, Pottawattamie, Iowa, p. 134b, dwelling 1118, household 1118; neighbors: Eller Stoker and Jacob Stoker: Eller Stoker, 34, farmer, OH. Margrath, 28, NC Orson, 7, IL. David, 5, IL. Lavina, 3, IA. Michael, 1, IA. 1851 Iowa State: Pottawattamie County. FHL film 1022203. The entire state was counted but only Pottawattamie listed everyone by name in the household with their ages; other counties only listed the head of the household and a numerical count without names of the various ages by sex in the household. No date is given when the census was taken but it was certified in Dec. 1851; however, the other counties show a Sep 1851 date which also appears more likely for Pottawattamie as well in light of ages given some children with known birthdays in October. Note that the following related families are in this census and very close neighbors: Simeon P. Graybill, Michael and Polly Graybill with Polly's mother Catherine Eller Stoker, Jacob and Catherine Stoker, Philip and Catherine Gatrost, David and Barbara Stoker, Edward and Sarah Davis, and William and Almira Stoker. Other relatives in same county but separated by several pages of census include the following families: Thomas and Hannah Pilling whose daughter Hannah later marries William Lenore Graybill, Levi and Patience Graybill, John W. and Sarah Stoker, Hannah Ford whose son Martin later marries Zibiah M. Stoker, and John and Sarah Smith. Census return: Eller Stoker, 35 Margaret, 29 Orson H., 8 David A., 6 Lovina, 4 Michael E., 2 Mary E., 1/2. John L. Gutherie, 30 1852 Iowa: the census has Eller Stoker in Kanesville, Pottawattamie, IA, p. 26. This census is statistical and only lists heads of household with numbers of males, females, and voters. It is not very helpful for families or positively identifying a given individual. The following Stokers are shown as being in the same area: David, Eller, Jacob, John, and William as well as Michael Graybill, Martin Ford, Philip Gatrost, John Smith, George Graybill, and Levi Graybill. 1854 Iowa: Kane, Pottawattamie, Iowa, listed as males, females, voters, militia (note that there are 8 pages of listings and only pages 5 and 6 list the following: Michael Grabill, 5-5-2-0. William L. Grabill, 1-2-1-1. Geo. Grabill, 5-3-1-1. Eller Stoker, 4-4-4-4. Philip Gatirop, 3-2-1-1. Simeon Grabill, 4-0-1-1. 5. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. The following is a partial excerpt from the longer article entitled "David Stoker and Barbara Graybill," which is quoted in its entirety in the notes of David Stoker: "By August of 1815 David and Barbara had settled into family life in Bloomfield, Jackson County, Ohio. It was on the 24 August 1815 that their first child was born: Christine Stoker. By the spring of 1816, David's parents had also joined them on the new frontier of the Ohio River Valley. David and his father, Michael, are listed on the Jackson County, Ohio, voting registry for an election that was held on 1 April 1816. Also, David's youngest brother, Eller, was born in Bloomfield, Ohio... David and his family are not listed on the 1830 census records for Ohio or Indiana. (The family of John Stoker listed on the 1830 census in Ohio is that of David's brother, John W. Stoker.)... Between the years of 1830 to 1836 David and Barbara Stoker along with some of the extended family received missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Some of these missionaries were: Seymour Brunson, John A. Fisher, and Luke Johnson. All baptized members of the Stoker family into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. John Stoker (David's son) was baptized by Seymour Brunson and Luke Johnson in 1834. David's younger brother, Michael Jr., baptized Barbara in 1836. ('LDS Biographical Encyclopedia.' Andrew Johnson Vol 2 pg. 252. Luke Johnson, Autobiography in 'Millennial Star' 1864, Lewis p 92) Some members of the Graybill family also joined the church as their baptismal dates and offices they held within the church are listed in the records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An article in the local paper records that there was strong religious persecution against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Vega area. This fighting lead to some families leaving Vega. ('Jackson Herald,' Friday, February 27, 1959 and cited in Jim Stoker's Stoker history 1993) It was in the fall and winter of 1836 that David Stoker, his father, Michael, with their families and some of the Graybill families left the Ohio valley traveling west. On the 15 August 1838, David bought 52+ acres of land in Harrison County, Indiana. His brother, William, bought 120 acres in Madison County, Indiana. (Bureau of Land Management- Eastern States- General land Office, records of the Ohio River Valley Survey) Other members of the extended Stoker family were already living in Indiana. David's sister, Elizabeth and her husband, James Welker, were married in Henry County, Indiana in 1828, and it's possible that their first son was born there. Albert Koons, a relative of Catherine Eller (David's mother), lived in Henry County, Indiana along with other Eller families. (The Indiana connections need to be fully researched to understand the detail of the different families movements.)... The census records and genealogical family groups sheets illustrate some of David and Barbara's journeys. The history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints records members of the Graybill, McDaniel, and Welker families migrated west staying with the main body of the church to settle in Caldwell County, Missouri, near the town of Far West. [Picture, pg. 61: "Caldwell County, Missouri. Township 55 North of the base line. Range 28 west of the 5th principal meridian. Section 8 NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 John W. Stoker's land -1837. Section 8 SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 James Welker's land -1837. Section 9 SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 Eller Stoker's land -1837. (From the map archives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)")... During July of 1837 three families of the Stoker clan filed forty acre land deeds in Missouri. They were located seven to eight miles southeast of Far West, Missouri in the Grant Township near Log Creek. They were: James Welker (brother-in-law to David), Eller, and John W. Stoker (David's brothers). (Vital statistics indicate other family members were in this area, but no land records have been located at this time.)... The next notable record of David and his family are found in the 'Redress Petition' to the United States government on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This petition listed all those who lost property and effects due to the "Mormon Expulsion" order given by the governor of Missouri. This order simply stated that all of the Mormon church people had to immediately leave or die. Groups of raiding parties against the church members ensured the order was carried out to the extreme. The Stokers and their relatives reported that these 'mobs' had stolen their plow, wagons, tools, mill wheel, beehives, pigs, and horses. Their furniture was damaged, guns and rifles taken, and crops and homes were burned. There are 36 family members listed on the petition. ('History of the Church,' Vol 4) The following is one journal recounts how volatile the Log Creek area became: "A sketch that I was an eye witness to in the State of Missourie Charles C. Rich on the 24th of October 1838 Messengers Come into Farwest stating that the mob was on Log Creek burning houses and Loaded waggons and threatening the lives of the people those was a few men Sent out to ascertain the movements of the mob these men returned a bout eleven O clock at night Stating that thare had been considerable Damage Done and also that they had taken three of the Brethern prisoners and intended to kill them..." (Stoker 1993). David's nephew and the son of Polly Stoker Graybill, recorded this time also: "I went with my father's family and others, to Caldwell County, Missouri, in the autumn of 1837, and was with the Saints there in their time of terrible trials. We planted a crop which we were never allowed to harvest. I was a member of the State Militia under Colonel Hinkle. The mob came upon us near Farr West, in October, 1838... for weeks they had been stealing and driving off our stock, taking a team of horses from my father, and all the horses I owned" (ibid). By 1840 the Missouri Governor's expulsion order had forced every member of the church to leave their homes, many fled into Illinois for safety. David's father, Michael, died during this event. One family tradition is that he was buried in the "Saint's Cemetery" in Far West. (There have been no records found as to when and where he died or is buried.)... Other church members fled into Adams County, Illinois as the local citizens promised them safety. David, his brothers, and brother in law found work on farms south of Columbus, Illinois. The 1840 census records for Adams County, list David, his son John, and their extended families. After taking time to restock and restore, the Stoker families moved further west as did the body of their church; into the state of Illinois. Their prophet and leader, Joseph Smith sent word to all church members to gather in and around the town of Commerce, Hancock County, Illinois where they could homestead new land and start over. It was a piece of swamp land on the bend of the Mississippi River heavily infested with disease carrying insects. The people drained the swamp land and built a city that housed thousands of church members. The name of Commerce was changed to Nauvoo. Tax and historical records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints show that some of the Stoker families settled a few miles south of the city of Nauvoo... David's brother, Eller Stoker, owned land along the "Carthage road" between the cities of Nauvoo and Carthage. Most of the family members settled in the Bear Creek Township twenty miles south of Nauvoo. (Historical Records, Nauvoo, Illinois) County historical records list "Bear Creek" as the name of a city, township, and river but all names encompass the same area. Bear Creek was used as a timber and corn producing area. Today corn and soybean farms still cover all of the prairie flats with old trees growing along the water ways. Bear Creek is itself a slow moving creek; with steep banks in places giving indications of the water power the creek can have in flood stages. Residents of the farm town of Basco, Hancock County, Illinois still refer to this area as Bear Creek. Basco's official records begin in 1876. Today Bear Creek city and towns are only a remnant of it's former size as the settler's descendants are forced to move out to the larger towns to earn a living. Early Church references to Bear Creek are: 1. Missionary town where the Saints lived among non-Mormons included Carthage, Bear Creek, La Harpe, and Fountain Green. ('Historical Atlas of Mormonism,' p.56) 2. Went to Bear creek, visited the Saints, held meeting, and preached on the subject of the building of the Nauvoo House and temple;... (Watson p.131) 3. Went to Knowlton Settlement on Bear Creek... (Watson p.160) [Picture, pg. 67: "Log Creek Today. This is the general area of what would have been some of the Stoker families holdings. Located south of Kingston, Missouri."] [Picture, pg. 67: "Trees in the background line Log Creek today. Except for the creek all is farm land."] The Final Expulsion Order Religious persecutions again plagued the fledgling church. During the winter of 1846, the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were again asked to leave. Peaceably at first, but eventually they were driven out in the same fashion as from Missouri. Members were forced to leave their newly built homes and anything they could not put in the wagons or carry. This time they fled across the Mississippi River into the unknown Iowa territory. Mormon journals from the residents living in Bear Creek record the trials they went through. Mobs were again burning homes to force the Saints to leave even though they were not fully prepared for a journey. The Bear Creek region is close to the town of Warsaw, Illinois, a place where these mobs could gather and/or flee for safety. Listed below are journal entries from people who lived in the Bear Creek area. I have included this information to give the reader a sense of what the Stoker families endured. 1. "...On reaching a point midway (between Warsaw and Carthage) they were informed of new depredation by the mob. The sheriff then sent his family to Nauvoo under a small guard and proceeded to the scene of the mobbers. The mobbers saw them coming and took a flight, the posse pursuing with orders to arrest them if possible, if not to fire upon them. After pursuing them for some distance the posses fired upon them and killed two, and wounded it is believed others. This was on Bear Creek about two o'clock this afternoon." (Hosea Stout p39, 40) 2. "On Saturday, the 5th inst., as Pres. Joseph Smith was on his return from Quincy, to which place he had accompanied Pres. Hyrum Smith and William Law, on their mission to the East, he was arrested, at the Bear Creek Hotel,..." (Times and Seasons, Vol 2., p447) 3. "...I made ginger beer to sell this summer and I tended the Nauvoo House meat market, good guard, etc. until the 1st of September [1845] and then there began to be trouble in the regions of Bear Creek, Carthage and Warsaw, so that we had to fly to arms again to protect ourselves against the mob..." (Allen Stout p.23) 4. "July harvested my wheat, which was on ground rented of Mr. Ezra Chase. It was very heavy, but owing to the heavy rains all summer, there was not so good a yield as was expected. During the fall and shortly after harvest, there were a great many buildings burned in the southern part of the county, belonging to the brethren on Bear Creek and Morely settlements. I went on one or two expeditions to repel the burners. To go through a thickly settled portion of country and see where had stood houses, barns, stacks, but now burned to the ground and some tragedies enacted amongst a nation claiming to have attained to the height of civilization. I was not surprised nor grieved to hear that the mob had said that we must, as a people, leave the ensuing spring, as soon as grass grew and water runs and that the authorities of our church had assented to these proposals." (Lorenzo Brown Journal BYU-S p.10) 5. "This is the number as usually stated, Gregg says: "For a week the burning continued until the whole of Morley-Town was in ashes, with many other residences in the Bear Creek region and that of Green Plains. In all it is stated that as Many as 100 or 125 houses were burned and their occupants driven off." (History of Hancock County p.340) 6. "In a very few days afterwards, bands of organized mobbers commenced the work of burning our houses in Yelrom, Green Plains and Bear Creek settlements, and throughout the country." (George Albert Smith p.22) 7. "Governor Ford puts the number at 175, houses and hovel that were burnt the inmates having to flee for their lives." (History of Illinois p.407) Between 1847 and 1857 there were at least twelve family members that passed away. Included were: David Stoker who died on the 27 May 1852, his brother: John W. Stoker and his wife Electa Sarah McDaniel, David's brother, Eller Stoker, Michael Graybill (Mary's (Polly) husband), three children of Jacob Stoker and Catherine Burcham, two of John W. Stoker and Electa Sarah McDaniel, and two children of Michael Jr. and Martha McDaniel. It is believed that they with many others are buried in the family cemetery on the east edge of Council Bluffs... William and his wife, Almira Winger, settled in Spanish Fork, Utah." BIOGRAPHY: 1. "Individual Affidavits from the LDS Historical Department" from the book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," editor Clark V. Johnson, p.358: "Stoker, Eller: Illenois Adams County May 1[1]th 1839, the following is my bill of Damage a gainst the missouri in 1838 for loss on Deeded Land three hundred Dollar $300.00 Rifle gun one [and] waggon and set of harness 80.00 Loss of hogs cattle crop of corn seventy five Dollar 75.00 working tools house hold furniture fifteen Dolm 15.00 bees and othe vigetables fifteen Dollars 15.00 five months time and moving expence one hund, and fifteen Dollars 115.00 - - - six hundred Dollar total sum $600.00 the above is a correct schedule Eller Stoker [Sworn to before W. Oglesby, J.P., Adams Co., IL, 11 May 1839.] 2. The book "Mormon Redress Petitions, Documents of the 1833-1838 Missouri Conflict," edited by Clark V. Johnson, contains a copy of the "Scroll Petition" dated 28 Nov 1843 at Nauvoo, IL addressed to the U.S. Congress by members of the LDS Church who had property destroyed by Missouri mobs in the 1830's. Included with over a couple thousand signatures are Elles, Mary, and Catherine Stoker. Elles is Eller, Mary is Margaret, and Catherine is Eller's mother Catherine Eller. 3. Mentioned in the book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124: P. 87: Michael Stoker, the son of (John) Michael Stoker, was a 28 year old bachelor in Wilkes County, NC when the US census was taken in 1790. The farm which Michael Stoker bought from John Dick was on the north fork of New River in Ashe County. (The boundary line had been changed from Wilkes.) In 1792 Michael married Catherine Eller, the oldest daughter of Peter Eller and Elizabeth Dick. The Ellers and Dicks were settlers in this same area and all of Michael and Catherine's children, except Eller, were born and raised among numerous family members in North Carolina. In 1815, the family joined a migration of relatives moving west into Ohio. This party of Graybills and Stokers, all ages from babies to the elderly crossed the border into Ohio on Christmas Day, 1815. Michael and his son David, who had just turned 21, took part in the first election held in Jackson County on April 1, 1816. John Michael Stoker, Michael's father, settled in Perry County, Ohio, about 60 miles north. While in Ohio the Stokers became members of the newly organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In 1837 [error: Feb 1836?], Michael, Jr., who was now a man and a member of the Priesthood, baptized Eller's future wife and her mother, Margaret and Rhoda Judd. Pauline Stoker of Council Bluffs has Michael Jr.'s old notebook where he kept records of baptisms, birthdays and deaths. On October 27, 1836, Michael and Catherine Stoker sold their land in preparation of the move to Missouri where the Saints were gathering. Michael was then 74 and Catherine 63 years old. Great persecutions took place in Missouri during the next two years and the family had to flee to Illinois for safety. Michael was not among those who reached Illinois, and how or when he died is not known. Catherine was at Nauvoo, IL, when the Saints again had to flee in February of 1846. She settled in Pottawattamie County, living with her eldest daughter, Polly, where she died. She is buried in the Stoker-Graybill Cemetery east of Council Bluffs, Iowa." Pp. 102-105 [note that the same information is also in the FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, p. 87]: "Eller Stoker was the last and ninth child born to Michael and Catherine Eller Stoker. He was born in Jackson County, Ohio on July 28, 1816, just seven months after the family had made the trek from North Carolina. While in Ohio, probably in 1833 or early 1834, the family joined the newly organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. His older brother, Michael Jr., baptized a number of relatives and friends in Feb. of 1836, among them, Margaret Judd, Eller's future wife. In 1837, the family moved to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri, a gathering place for the Saints. Two years later, Eller, with numerous relatives, fled the persecutions in Missouri. His mother, Catherine, lived through these times to die in 1850 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, but Michael was not among those accounted for later. In 1839, he married Margaret Judd, who also had been in Missouri, then living with her widowed mother, Rhoda Judd, on the Des Moines River in Jefferson County, Iowa. Margaret later commented that their only neighbors after their marriage were Indians and Half-breeds which leads me to assume they were living on the Half-breed Tract in southeastern Iowa, which Joseph Smith had negotiated for the displaced Saints from Missouri. Ownership of this Half-breed Tract was in dispute of whether it was legal for half-breeds to sell their government land and these Saints again lost their land. In 1841, Eller and Margaret moved to Nauvoo where they lived until the exodus in February of 1846. Orson and Allen were born in Nauvoo; Allen, a few months after Joseph Smith was killed. In June of that year, they settled in Garner Township, Pottawattamie County, on land still owned by their descendants and Eller planted the crop to be harvested that fall. In December, Margaret gave birth to Lavina, their fourth child and the first known white child born in Pottawattamie County. Their home was a small log cabin, where the younger children were all born and reared. This picture on page 104, was given me by Else Steinberg, and was taken before the cabin was destroyed in a tornado in 1925. On a hot July day in 1855, Eller took a cold dip in a pond after haying and couldn't seem to recover from the chills, which led to stories that the cold water killed him; however, he died from cholera. He was but 39 years old and left a wife and seven children, the baby a few weeks old. Margaret, at the age of 33, became the head of the family. She managed to keep the farm and gave each of the boys a team of horses, a wagon and a hundred dollars on reaching maturity. Both Eller and Margaret are buried a mile south of their old farm in the Stoker-Graybill Cemetery, east of Council Bluffs. A wrought iron fence surrounds their grave... Children: a. Melanda Stoker, b. 11 Sep 1840 in Iowa; d. 11 Aug 1841. b. Orson Hyde Stoker, b. 25 Jan 1843 at Nauvoo, IL; d. 14 Jan 1908 - buried at Yorkshire, Iowa; m. Elizabeth Massie Oman. c. David Allen Stoker, b. 29 Dec 1844 at Nauvoo, IL; d. 15 Jan 1929; m. Allie Whitinger. d. Lavina Stoker, b. 10 Dec 1846 at Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 19 Jan 1916; m. William Spears. e. Michael Stoker, b. 26 Feb 1849 at Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 18 Nov 1929; m. Laura White; m. (2) Lilly White. f. Mary E. Stoker, b. 20 Jan 1936; d. 20 Jan 1936; m. Andrew Fitzgerald; m. (2) William Sheen. g. Margaret Calpernia Stoker, b. 7 Oct 1853 at Pottawattamie Co.; d. 27 Jan 1934; m. George Spears. h. Lucretia Stoker, b. 28 May 1855 at Pottawattamie Co.; d. 28 Aug 1914; m. William Heileman." 4. Quotes from wife's biographies: a. Http://iagenweb.org/pottawattamie/Bios1891-S.htm quoting from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County," 1891: "Margaret Stoker, of Pottawattamie County, was born May 29, 1822, in Wilkes County, North Carolina, the daughter of John and Rhoda (Judd) Stoker, the former a native of North Carolina. Mrs. Stoker was in her seventh year when her parents moved to Wayne County, Indiana, where they lived until after her father's death, which took place when she was about seven or eight years of age. He left his widow and nine children, of whom Mrs. Stoker was the youngest. In 1838, when she was sixteen years of age, the family moved to Iowa, on the Des Moines River, when the state was still a Territory and where they lived until the mother's death, which occurred one year later. In 1839 Mrs. Stoker was married, at the age of seventeen years to Eller Stoker, who was born in Jackson County Ohio, the son of Michel and Catherine Ella Stoker, the mother a native of North Carolina and the father of Germany. Eller Stoker was reared in Ohio, when about twenty-one years of age moved to Missouri, where he lived two years and then came to Iowa, and afterward moved to Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, where he became a member of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints, in 1846. He then came back to the old homestead, where Mrs. Stoker still lives, and cultivated a portion of the land before his death, which occurred July 18, 1855, lacking but a few days of being thirty-nine years old, and leaving a widow and seven children, viz.: Orson Hyde, who lives near Yorkshire, Harrison County, Iowa, is married and has seven children: Allen, who lives near Union Grove, Harrison County and has five children; Michel E., lives near Union Grove, Harrison County; Lavina, the wife of William Spears, lives in Pottawattamie County, and has six children, Mary, wife of William Shene, of Garner Township, has three children; Calpernia, lives in Minden Township, the wife of George Spears, and has four children; and Lucretia, who lives in Garner Township, the wife of William Heiloeman. Mrs. Stoker has had a wonderful experience on living in Iowa and she has witnessed the growth and prosperity of the State." b. FHL book 977.771 H2 "History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa," O.L. Baskin and Co., 1883, p. 97: "Mrs. Marguerite Stoker, Council Bluffs, was born in North Carolina in 1822; daughter of John and Rhoda Judd. When Mrs. Stoker was quite young, she moved, with her parents, from North Carolina to Indiana, where she was raised and educated. When seventeen years of age, she married Mr. E. Stoker, born in Ohio in 1816. At the time of her marriage, she was living with her mother (her father having died ten years before) on the Des Moines River, near what was called Meeke's Mill, at that time a flouring mill, subsequently a woolen mill; there she had lived a year previous to her marriage. The first two years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Stoker lived in the eastern part of Garner Township, and then moved onto the present place. When they first settled in this township, almost their only neighbors were Indians and half-breeds, and they were obliged to procure their provisisons in Missouri. When the Western lands first came into market, Mr. Stoker purchased 160 acres; he also entered land, and subsequently added to this till the farm now consists of 360 acres. Mr. Stoker died in 1855, leaving his wife with seven children, two of whem live in Harrison County and five in this county; they are all married, except the youngest son." 5. Published biographies of their children and grandchildren: a. Two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 542, 543: "Orson H. Stoker, a farmer and stockraiser of section 32, Washington Township, came to Harrison County in the spring of 1863. He came in with William Spears, from Pottawattamie County, Messrs. Stoker, Spears, William A., and A. J. Graybill, had bought three hundred and twenty acres of land in a body in company. Mr. Stoker and Mr. Spears came up and broke sixty-five acres of this land in 1864. Mr. Stoker remaining until the autumn of 1865, and then returned to Pottawattamie County, remained until 1868, then came to Washington Township, locating on the farm he now occupies, which comprises three hundred and sixty-two acres, but in all, he is the owner of six hundred and eighty-two acres within Harrison County. His first improvement was the erection of a house 16 feet square which he erected in the autumn of 1867, and in which he lived until 1879, when he built a frame house 16x36 feet, two stories in height, together with an addition 14x21 feet. In 1875 he built a barn 24x30 feet, and in 1883 another 32x34 feet together with machinery sheds. This provided him with sufficient barn room until 1889, when he erected a barn 30x50 feet, with an annex 20x28 feet. He also has a hog house, built in 1887, in which he has an engine and boiler costing $1,000. He is engaged in breeding, making a specialty of Poland-China hogs and Short-horn cattle; and is quite an extensive feeder throughout the year. He generally feeds about fifty head of cattle, and from one to two hundred head of hogs. Of the three hundred sixty-acre home farm two hundred acres are under cultivation, eighteen in timber land and the balance in pasture and meadow. Of the three hundred and twenty acres he owns in Union Township, two hundred and forty are in pasture, and the remainder under the plow. Our subject was united in marriage, in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, January 8, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Omen, the daughter of Perry and Hannah Omen, who were the parents of two children. Mrs. Stoker was born November 12, 1847, and when a child, removed to Pottawattamie County with her mother, with who she lived until the time she was married. By this marriage ten children have been born: Jessie F., born November 8, 1868; Margaret H., February 8, 1869; Emily C., April 27, 1871; Nettie, May 26, 1874; Kate A., April 12, 1879; Bettie A., December 6, 1881; Mary L., March 15, 1883; Ettie L., November 2, 1885; Floyd H., November 5, 1888; and Julia, August 9, 1890. Margaret H., died March 28, 1875, and Mary L., December 29, 1889. Our subject was born in Hancock County, Ill., January 25, 1843, and came with his parents to Pottawattamie County, where he remained until 1863. His father was Eller Stoker, and was born in Ohio about 1815, and died in Pottawattamie County, in July, 1855; she was one of the pioneers of that county, coming there as he did, in 1846, when Iowa first became a State. His wife, the mother of our subject, was Margaret (Judd) Stoker, and was a native of North Carolina, born in June, 1822, and is still residing in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. When Mr. Stoker came to this county in 1868, there were but four families in his neighborhood, in Washington County. Politically our subject exercises his right of franchise by voting with the Republican party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and belongs to Agate Lodge, No. 423, at Neola, Iowa. Mr. Stoker is in possession of a most excellent stock farm, which is provided with an abundance of good water, numerous barns and outbuildings well arranged for the keeping of lie stock, which he breeds and handles in a general way with much success." b. Two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 717, 718: "Allen Stoker, who is a resident of section 27, Union Township, came to Harrison County in February 1869, and purchased a part of his present homestead, and then returned to Pottawattamie County, returning the following year to remain, and began breaking up the wild sod. He lived with his brother-in-law, George Spears, for about two years. The township at that time was very thinly settled, there not being over one hundred and fifty inhabitants, and their chief market was Logan. To inform the reader concerning our subject's earlier years, his marriage, etc., it should be stated that he was born December 29, 1844, in Hancock County, Ill., and is the son of Ellar and Margaret (Judd) Stoker. The father was a native of the Buckeye State, and came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, settling near Council Bluffs, in June 1846, where he died July 19, 1855, always following farming. His wife was born in Indiana. They were the parents of eight children, of whom seven still survive, Mr. Stoker being the third child. He attended the district school in Pottawattamie County, acquiring a fair business education. His father died when he was about eleven years of age, but, being a faithful son, he lingered around the home hearth-stone until he had reached his majority, and then worked the old homestead two years, teaching school winters. Upon leaving home his mother gave him a team of horses and a wagon and the sum of $100 in money. And with this small beginning he started forth in life to take his rank among men as the architect of his own fortune, and by good business habits and much hard labor he is now surrounded with a comfortable home, and is possessor of three hundred and ninety-five acres of land in Union Township, of which two hundred are under the plow, and the balance pasture and meadow land. He usually keeps seventy-five head of cattle, fourteen horses, and fifty swine. He built his present house in 1879, the upright of which is 16x24 feet and two stories high, to which an addition fourteen feet square and one story high has been added. His barn was erected in 1883, and is 36x42 feet, with twenty-foot posts. The whole premises show evidences of good management and our subject is looked upon as one of the intelligent agriculturists of the country. He was united in marriage October 31, 1876, to Sarah E. Whitinger daughter of Jasen and Mary J. (Howard) Whitinger, who emigrated to the county in 1857 or 1858. Her father was born in Indiana August 18, 1835, and came to Dallas County, Iowa in 1853. He was married when twenty-four years of age. His wife was born in Illinois March 7, 1842, and raised a family of six children, of whom Mrs. Stoker, born February 24, 1859, is the eldest. Her people are living in Idaho, to which State they went in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Stoker are the parents of seven children, who were born in the following order: - The first born died in infancy; Ada M., October 15, 1877; Margaret J., October 3, 1879; Nellie L., January 17, 1882; Marvin C., September 29, 1884, died December 14, 1890; Edith, born June 19, 1889; Lloyd A., May 1, 1889. Politically, Mr. Stoker is identified with the Republican party." c. Two sources: www.rootsweb.com/~iaharris/ and FHL book 977.747-H2n: "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1891, pp. 959, 960 [Same exact quote shows up in FHL film 934944 "History of Harrison County, Iowa," 1915, pp. 959-960]: "Miss Julia Stoker - The biographies of successful women are unusual in works of this character, yet there are, in every community, a few women, who, by virtue of their superior ability and keen business judgement, are entitled to recognition far beyond that usually accorded to the sterner sex. But it is altogether extraordinary to find a young woman who has shown such wonderful executive ability as Miss Julia Stoker, a successful capitalist and the manager of her deceased father's great estate. Miss Julia Stoker was born on August 9, 1890, in Washington township, Harrison county, Iowa, the daughter of Orsan and Elizabeth (Omen) Stoker. They were the parents of ten children, eight of whom are living. Orsan Stoker was born on January 25, 1843, in Hancock county, Illinois, the son of Ellen and Margaret (Judd) Stoker. Orsan Stoker came to Harrison county, Iowa, in 1862, and bought land in Washington township. He made improvements upon this land, among which was a log cabin, sixteen feet square and here he and his family lived a few years, when the log cabin was replaced by a better house. He was an extensive breeder of Poland China hogs and Shorthorn cattle. Throughout his life, he was an energetic farmer and stockman. He built a splendid house near the town of Yorkshire, Iowa, later in life, and at the time of his death in 1908, owned nine hundred and seventy-four acres in Harrison and Pottawattamie counties. He was a member of the church of Latter-Day Saints and the Masonic fraternity. Orsan Stoker's wife, the mother of Miss Julia, was born in 1847, in Holt county, Missouri, the daughter of Perry [Omen] and Hannah (Smith) Graybill, the latter of whom was married three times [Perry being first husband]. She is now living on the old home place. Julia Stoker attended the eight grades of the Yorkshire school and has always remained on the home farm. She now manages all of her mother's interests and looks after all her affairs. Miss Stoker owns one hundred and fifty-seven acres of land, near Persia, in Washington township. She is very much in love with the work that has fallen to her lot to perform and is very competent for this work. She is a member of the church of Latter-Day Saints, well known in the community where she lives, and widely admired for her many sterling qualities." d. FHL film 934962 "History of Pottawattamie Co., Iowa," by Field and Reed, 1907, pp. 502-506: "William Spears, a general farmer and stock-raiser of Minden township, is numbered among the extensive landowners of the county, having 800 acres, which returns to him a very gratifying annual income. He has been a resident of Iowa since 1848 and on his present farm since 1871, his home being now on section 7. His original purchase, however, embraced but 80 acres, and this serving as a nucleus, he has continually added to his possessions until his holdings are now very extensive. Mr. Spears was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1836. His father, George Spears, was a native of Scotland and when a young man sought the broader opportunities of the new world, settling in Pennsylvania, where he followed the trade of a machinist and blacksmith. In 1839 he again removed westward, becoming a resident of Hancock county, Illinois, where he lived until 1846, when he came to Iowa. For a time he was in Council Bluffs and then went to Nebraska, where he lived for two years. He became entirely blind through an accident. While in Pennsylvania he married Miss Sarah Churchfield, of that state, and they became the parents of eight children, of whom four are now living. William Spears, the eldest of this family, was reared upon the home farm and enjoyed common school advantages. His father died in Florence, Nebraska, in 1846, and the mother afterward married again in that state, becoming the wife of George Sweet, who, in 1848, returned to Iowa, where he engaged in farming. The occupation to which he was reared, William Spears decided to make his life work and for several years he worked by the month and later rented land until he acquired capital sufficient to enable him to purchase property. In 1862 he bought 80 acres at the edge of Harrison county, where he made a home, living here for several years. In 1871 he came to Minden township and has since resided on his present farm on section 7. In the meantime, on the 27th of May, 1863, in Council Bluffs, Mr. Spears was united in marriage to Miss Levina Stoker, a native of Pottawattamie county, born December 10, 1846, and a daughter of Eller Stoker, a pioneer of this county, who in 1836 [1836 seems erroneous; perhaps 1839?] established his home here and was numbered among those who aided in laying the foundation for the present progress and prosperity of the county by reclaiming wild land for the purposes of civiliaztion. As the years passed Mr. Spears carried on the work of the farm and prospered in his undertakings. As his financial resources increased he added to his property from time to time until he is now the owner of 800 acres, which is divided into four farms, with good sets of buildings upon each. In all of his work he has been practical and has accomplished what he has undertaken by reason of his diligence, perseverance and well directed labor. His first home was a log cabin, but this has long since been replaced by a more modern structure and he now has good two story dwelling upon his farm, together with substantial barns and out-buildings. In fact, all of the equipments of a model farm are to found upon this place. He has made a specialty of raising and selling polled Angus cattle, keeping full blooded registered stock. He also makes a specialty of Chester White hogs. He feeds about three carloads of stock each year. He has planted orchards and small fruits and has good farms, thouroughly equipped with modern conveniences and representing in their well kept appearance the care, labor and practical methods of the owner. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Spears were born ten children, but they lost three in infancy, while Agnes became the wife of John D. Bennett and died at the age of 22 years. The others are: Mary Jane, the wife of G.J. Winslow, of Fort Collins, Colorado; Daisy Ann, at home; Myrtle, the wife of F.N. Wilson, a farmer who aids Mr. Spears in the conduct of the home place; Eva, who is at home; William H., who assists his father in carrying on the work of farming and stock-raising; and Cora, also at home. Mr. Spears is independent in politics, supporting men and measures rather than party. He has held all of the township offices both here and in Harrison county, being called to public positions by his fellow townsmen, who recognize his worth and ability and appreciate the faithful service which he always renders. He was a member of the old Grange and of the Farmers Alliance and has ever been deeply interested in all that pertains to the advancement of material interests. He started out in life empty-handed and has made a splendid record as one whose diligence constitutes the basis of his success, his labors being at all times guided by sound judgment and practical views. He has helped to make the county what it is today, breaking prairie and opening up farms and thus reclaiming the wild land for the purposes of civilization. He is the oldest settler in Minden township in years of continuous connection therewith. He has passed the scriptural age of three score years and ten, but is still active and gives personal supervison to his extensive farming interests, embracing the cultivation of 800 acres of land. His life record is in many respects worthy of emulation and should serve as a source of encouragement to those who have to start out as he did without capital. He early realized that labor is the strongest force in winning success and as the years have gone by he has so directed his efforts that difficulties and obstacles have been overcome and he has gained a place with the most prominent and prosperous agriculturists of this community." 6. The book "The Howard Leytham Stoker Von Dollen Family Histories," FHL 929.273 H833a, by Doris Lewis, 2017 So. 80th Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, 68124, pp. 107+, has the following biographies of the children of Eller and Margaret (Judd) Stoker: Orson Hyde Stoker: "Orson was three years old when he came to Pottawattamie County with his parents in 1846. He grew up on the family farm in Garner Township. In 1863, when 20 years old, he bought government land at $7.00 an acre in Harrison County, Washington Township, section 32. Andrew Graybill, William Graybill, William Spears and Orson bought 320 acres in one body and helped one another clear the land. In 1867, he built a log house where he brought his new bride, Betty Oman, the following January. The oldest five children were born in this log house on Mosquito Creek, and Jess commented later it had quite a number of cracks, requiring one to shake the snow off of the quilts in the morning if it had snowed in the night. In 1879, Orson built the big family home just west of the cabin. The road at this time ran east and west and the house stood east of the present Highway 64 and across the road from William Darrington's home now. Because of his many daughters and numerous men on the premises, the second story was separated into male and female sleeping quarters by a solid wall, with separate stairways from each side. Because of the many out buildings, elevators and granaries, strangers often stopped at the farm thinking they had reached Yorkshire. Orson owned more than 1000 acres in Harrison County when he died in 1908 from an infectious carbuncle on the neck. He had diabetes, as did many of his children. Elizabeth Massie Oman, or Omen, as it is sometimes spelled, was born in Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri, in 1847, the first child born to Perry and Hannah Oman. A number of babies born to Latter Day Saint parents were born in Lafayette County, so there was probably a pocket of church members there. Two years later Betty's younger sister was born in Holt County, Mo. The Missouri census, taken in Lafayette County on August 26th, 1850, lists Perry as 26 years old, born in Illinois and a farmer by occupation. Hannah was 22, Elizabeth 3 ½ and Eliza ½. In the summer of 1851, the family moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, where Perry soon died. He may be buried in the old Mormon Cemetery, now Fairview in Council Bluffs, of the Stoker-Graybill Cemetery east of the Bluffs, or in Wheeler's Grove, where many Smiths were living, including Hannah's father, in a large Mormon community. I find only two other Omans at this time in the area, both in Council Bluffs, during the 1850 census. Eliza Oman, age 35, was perhaps a relative since Perry named a daughter Eliza, and next door to her was George Oman, who was a leader of a group of Latter Day Saints who traveled on to Utah. Betty's younger sister Eliza Annette was called 'Net.' When Net was 16 she met George Tucker at a dance in Council Bluffs, and they were married three weeks later. The Tucker family had come to Council Bluffs, then called Kanesville, in 1849. The first night of arrival they camped outside of town and the father was killed trying to stop house thieves from stealing the horses. The mother and a younger brother contacted smallpox later and died, leaving George and a sister, orphans. In 1861, when 17, George volunteered in the Fourth Iowa Infantry, Company B. He served in the following battles: Pea Ridge, Chick Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, Champion Hill, Vicksburg, Big Black River, Dalton, Taylor's Ridge, Mission Ridge, Columbia River, Bentonville, the Atlanta campaign, the march to the sea, and the campaign that ended in Johnston's surrender. After the war he delivered oxen and wagons to Denver, returning with cattle. Returning from such a drive in the midst of a violent snow storm, he found a dance in progress in Council Bluffs. Dances had been discontinued during the war years, which made one quite an event after the war. George went to the dance and met Net. They never had children but were dear aunt and uncle to all of Orson and Betty's children. They lived their entire married life within a few miles of Neola. In the early years of marriage they lived in a log cabin on Mosquito Creek near Yorkshire, the last few years they lived in Neola, where George was the banker. The Stoker look is a familiar phrase to us who have it, but I was surprised to find that photographs show it was the Smith women who had it. Maybe it is really a Smith look, or an Eller look, of a Koons look, but wherever it came from, Grandma Betty Stoker had it." More on Orson Children: "Orson used to bring home bolts of material, so each family member had a dress or a shirt made out of the same material. He also brought barrels of clams and my grandmother said as she walked in the smoke house she could hear hundreds of clams clicking shut when the light hit. They were all excellent cooks, good eaters, hard workers, but would drop everything for a good ridge game. They had as much fun at 70 as at 17. When the grandchildren were ready for high school, which is in Neola, they moved in with Grandma Stoker, who had moved to Neola in her later years. There were times when she had as many as six teenagers boarding with her..." [The book lists 10 children born of this couple with numerous photographs. Three of the photos are especially noteworthy since they are of Hannah Smith - one taken just after her marriage with George Graybill, one with her second husband, James Sexton, taken during the Civil War, and one as an older woman with three generations of descendants.] David Allen Stoker: "Allen, who always went by his middle name, lived at home and taught school winters, until he was 24 years old. In 1869, he purchased the land and broke the wild sod which was to become the homestead on section 27, Union Township, Harrison County, Iowa. For two years he lived with his future brother-in-law, George Spears while he worked the land. In 1876 he married 'Allie' (Sarah) Whitinger, a young woman of 17..." [7 children listed, a complete downline, and a photograph is included.] Lavina Stoker: "Lavina was the first known white child born in Pottawattamie County. Her Mormon parents, Margaret and Eller Stoker, left Nauvoo with the migration of Mormons in the spring of 1846. She was born and reared in the log cabin just east of the Bluffs, leaving home when she married William Spears. William bought and started to clear land in Harrison Co., in 1863, along with Lavina's older brother and two Graybill cousins. William and Lavina had a log house just south of the Harrison county line in Pottawattamie County and lived there for many years before building their bigger house to the south... This old log cabin was near the conjunction of Interstate 80N and 80, north of Neola. When Minden Township was formed in 1877, William Spears was one of the three judges appointed." [Eleven children listed with a complete downline.] Michael Stoker: Narrative is about his wives' heritage and not Germane to this database. [One son is listed, a complete downline, and some photos.] Mary Elizabeth: Narrative of children and not Germane to this database. [Three children are listed and a complete downline.] Margaret Calpurnia Stoker: Calpurnia married at 17, as did her older sister, Lavina. George Spears was a brother to William Spears; which was not unusual on the frontier, for sisters of one family to marry brothers from another. George was named after his father, George Spears, Sr., who came from Scotland, married a girl name Sarah Churchfield in Pennsylvania, moved to Illinois in 1839. While in Illinois the family became members of the Latter Day Saint Church and came to Florence, Nebraska, with the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846. Calpurnia and George raised Byron Stoker, son of Michael Stoker, after the death of his mother. George Spears was born in Pennsylvania." [Four children are listed and a very partial downline.] Lucretia (Crish) Stoker: "Lucretia was a few weeks old when her father, Eller Stoker, died. She lived all of her life on the farm on which she was born. She was nicknamed 'Crish' as a baby, probably as a result form an attempt at pronouncing her name by Calpurnia or Mary. William Heileman was born in Germany and after his marriage to the baby of the family; he took over the family farm, consisting of 243 acres, burying it from Margaret, his mother-in-law. Granddaughter, Helen, and husband Dean Andress, live on part of the original farm today." [Two children are listed with a complete downline and a photo.] 7. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 122-123: "Eller Stoker, b. 28 Jul 1816 in Jackson Co., OH; d. 18 Jul 1855 in Pottawattamie Co., IA. He m. 1839 Margaret Judd, b. 29 May 1822 in Wilkes Co., NC; d. 20 Nov 1893 in Pottawattamie Co., IA. She was a dau. of John and Rhoda (Shepherd) Judd. (Sources of data on this family, the 1850 Federal Census of Pottawattamie Co., IA and Hisotries of that county published in 1883 and 1891, also cemetery, church and Stoker family records.) The children of Eller Stoker and Margaret Judd were: Orson Hyde Stoker, b. 25 Jan 1843 in Illinois, d. 14 Jan 1908. He married but wife's name not found. David Allen Stoker, b. 29 Dec 1844 in Illionis; d. 15 Jan 1929; m. Alice Whitinger. Lavina Stoker,, b. 10 Dec 1846 in Pottawattamie Co. IA; d. 19 Jan 1916; m. William Spears, b. Sep 1836 in Mercer Co., PA; d. Jan 1911 in Pottawattamie Co., IA. Michael E. Stoker, b. 26 Feb 1849 in Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 18 Nov 1929; m. Laura White. Mary Elizabeth Stoker, b. 18 Feb 1850 in Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 20 Jan 1936; m. William Sheen or Shene. Margaret Calpernia Stoker, b. 7 Oct 1854 (prob. 1853) in Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 19 Sep 1933 at Council Bluffs, IA; m. 5 Mar 1871 George Spears, b. 6 Apr 1843 in Illinois; d. 27 Nov 1919. Lucretia Stoker, b. 28 May 1855 in Pottawattamie Co., IA; d. 28 Aug 1914; m. 16 Apr, about 1878, William Heilman." 8. FHL film 702: "Journal of John Stoker, b. 1817; Journal starts November 1, 1869." John was the son of David Stoker and Barbara Graybill. Selected family related passages from his journal: P. 1: Nov. 1-4, 1869: The journal starts with John leaving as a 52 year old missionary with Jesse N. Perkins as a companion from Salt Lake City on the railroad to Omaha, NE. The railroad had just recently been completed so he details the progress of the transcontinental railway journey. P. 2: Saturday, Nov. 6, 1869: "Went to Bluff City with J.N. Perkins. Sunday 7th, spent the fore noon with Moroni Stoker - took dinner with him." [William Moroni Stoker, 1834-1929, was John's first cousin thru John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858.] P. 3: "Monday 8th. Went up to Musketoe to see Simeon P. Graybill. Stayed all night. Tuesday 9th, took dinner with Aunt Margaret Stoker, Uncle Eller Stoker's widow, and returned to Aunt Martha's at Trading Point, Potawatamie Co., Iowa. Wednesday, 10th. Wrote a letter to Mr. Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis Co., Utah. Thursday 11th. Visited Wm. McDaniel in Harrison Co. 40 miles north. Friday 12th. Visited the grave of Zibiah Birdno [could also be Binders], my wife's mother. Saturday 13th. Returned to Aunt Martha's at Trader's Point. Sunday 14th. Spent the day with Aunt Martha's family. Monday 15th. Went to Bluff City to look for a letter but got none and returned to the Point. [Simeon Graybill, 1816-1889, was John's first cousin twice thru his father's sister Polly Stoker, 1792-1864, and thru his mother's brother Michael Peter Graybill. Eller Stoker, 1816-1855, was John's father's brother and married to Margaret Judd, 1822-1893. Aunt Martha was Martha Carr McDaniel, 1808-1873, wife of John's father's brother Michael S. Stoker, 1805-1858. William McDaniel, 1810-1885, is John's brother-in-law. John's Mother-in-law, Zibiah (McCarley) McDaniels, 1786-1860, apparently remarried a Mr. Birdno after her husband James McDaniel, 1762-1820, died.] Pp. 4-9: The journal details their departure from Council Bluffs area by various means including railroad, hack, steamboat, packet boat, hired horses, and on foot with luggage to "Leith Co. 5 miles north of Estillville," Virginia via many detailed waypoints including but not limited to DesMoines, Chicago, Cleveland, Wheeling VA, Burlington on the Ohio River, the "Big Sandy" on the line between Kentucky and Virginia, the "Pound Gap" summit of Cumberland Mountain, the "High Nob the highest point in Virginia." John details with whom they stayed and what hospitality they received. Along the way they see and preach the Gospel to many McLelland/McClelland relatives of his companion. In Leith Co., VA, on Monday, Dec. 13, 1869, he "wrote a letter home to my family and one to Ash[e] Co., North Carolina to David and Henry Graybill" which they mailed the next day from Estillville. [John's mother, Barbara Graybill, had two brothers - Henry, ca1780-ca1843, and David, 1794-1874 - who remained in Ashe Co. where she was born; however, Henry was dead by then but his "Uncle" David responds later on Jan. 22.] Pp. 10-17: They stayed in the area doing missionary work mainly among McClellands. He notes on Christmas day while staying with Samuel McClelland, they went to a meeting and heard a Dunkard preach. On Monday, Dec. 27th, John notes, "wrote a letter to my family also one to my sister-in-law Martha Stoker at Bluff City, Iowa. [Martha Carr (McDaniel) Stoker was whom he referred to as Aunt Martha previously in his journal since she was married to his father's brother Michael S. Stoker, but she was also a sister-in-law since she was the sister to John's wife Jane McDaniel.] John notes on Saturday, Jan. 8th, that he "went to the widow Quillins to inquire concerning the Wampler family." [I am unsure who the widow was, but John's maternal grandmother was Christina Wampler, 1753-1844.] On Tuesday, Jan. 11th, John notes, "Went to Patsy Daughterty's to inquire after my mother's relatives." On Thursday, Jan. 13th, he notes that he "went to Wm. Wampler's, took dinner." [I do not have either a Patsy Daughterty nor William Wampler in my database - they must be of a later generation than John's grandmother Christina Wampler.] He also notes on the same day that he received a letter from his son-in-law J. Tolman and daughter in Utah. On Saturday, Jan. 22nd, John notes, 'Received a letter from my son David Stoker, Davis Co., Utah dated Jan'y 1st, 1870, gave particulars of my son John Stoker's sickness but getting better. Also received a letter from my uncle David Graybill, Ashe Co., Jefferson, North Carolina." On Jan. 24th, he writes back to his uncle David Graybill. Pp. 18-24: Starting on Jan. 26th, 1870, the missionaries are on the move: first to Bristol (VA?), then thru Chattanooga, Nashville, Sparta, to Putnam Co., Tennessee where they did missionary work with the Perkins and Mayberry families who relatives of his companion, Jesse Perkins. On Sunday, Feb. 13th, 1870, John wrote letters to his son David Stoker in Davis Co., Utah and one to Aunt Martha Stoker and cousins in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa. On the next day he went to Gainesboro where he received a letter from his son David Stoker. Beginning Feb. 16th, 1870, John proceeds by boat down the Cumberland to Nashville then to St. Louis via the Mississippi River from Cape "Jerido". On Feb. 23rd, took the from St. Louis to Trader's Point where again he sees Aunt Martha. He sends money to his companion in Decatur Co., Iowa to help him get to Council Bluffs. He also sends a letter to Utah asking his family for money for himself and his companion. Pp. 25-33: John arrives Feb. 26 and remains in Pottawattamie Co., Iowa until March 24 when he, Jesse Perkins who arrives March 9, and several other missionaries from the East Coast join up in Omaha for the trip home to Utah by railroad which he notes cost $50.75. Generally he is staying with his Aunt Martha. Some journal entries during that time period dealing with family follow: "Sat., Feb 26th, 1870: Went up to Musketoe Creek to Simeon Peter Graybill, my cousin. Stayed over night. Sunday, 27th. Went to Walker's Grove in Harrison Co. to Sidney R. Graybill, my cousin, with Moroni Stoker to see some sick cousins Michael and Elizabeth Graybill. [Sidney Rigdon, 1836-1893, Michael S., 1827-1910, and Elizabeth, 1833-1891, are siblings and all children of Polly Stoker, John's father's sister.] Stayed over night. Monday 28th. Cold and windy. Remained all day. Stayed all night. Tuesday, March 1st 1870. Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's at Traders Point. Read a letter from David Stoker, my son, to John A. Stoker, dated Feb'y 21st, 1870. Stayed overnight… Thursday 3d. Cousin Jared Stoker killed 2 turkeys, the 2 weighing 40 lbs. [John Alexander Stoker, 1837-1918, and Jared, 1843-1912, were first cousins and sons of Michael S. Stoker, brother of John's father David.] Stayed over… Tuesday 8th, being my birthday, age 53… Wednesday 9th… was weighed being 184 lbs… Friday 18th… went to Aaron Thomas, took dinner and spent the day with him and family. [Aaron Morris Thomas, 1833-1920, was married to John's first cousin, Elizabeth Jane Stoker, who was the daughter of John W. Stoker, a brother of John's father David.] Returned to Aunt Martha Stoker's… Saturday 19th… Sent a letter to Wm. Atkinson in Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, heard from home by a letter wrote to John A. Stoker dated March the 12th, 1870. All was well… Thursday 24th… John A. Stoker and Joseph Stoker | Stoker, Eller (I2539)
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| 1890 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Anna Barbara's presumed surname of Römerin is technically unproven but surmised from the sponsors of her children's baptisms in Frederick, MD. Her surname Anna Barbara is however found in conjunction with her husband Michael Stocker in land deeds and baptismal sponsorships. Six children were born to her and her husband and with the exception of Balthasar, all the rest had baptismal sponsors from the Römer family (including the last two on the following list who were the first two children of the second wife Elizabeth Pfau); i.e: Anna Barbara, 1758: Maria Barbara Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Maria Barbara, 1758: Barbara Römerin (most likely Anna Barbara's unmarried sister Maria Barbara again) Johanna Magdalene, 1760: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena (Anna Barbara's married sister Johanna Magdalene whose husband is named in their father's will as Henry Foutz) Michael, 1762: John Michael and Maria Amalia Römer (Anna Barbara's parents) Elizabeth, 1764: Elizabeth Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Balthasar, 1767: Unrelated party - Balthasar and Rosina Bach. Maria Barbara, 1769: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haas (Anna Barbara's married sister Maria Barbara whose marriage is proved by their father's will and by tombstones) Christina, 1769: Christina Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) The name Römerin is the German female version of Römer. Various secondary publications, Ancestry.com submitted trees, and the older LDS Ancestral File v4.19 had or still have unsupported vital dates for Anna Barbara Römerin showing a birth of 24 Mar 1735, a marriage of Jun 1747, a death of 19 Nov 1769, and a burial of 22 Nov 1769 all in Frederick, MD. None of these dates have documentation and appear to be made up. As for the birth, Anna Barbara's father Johan Michael Römer did not even arrive in America until 1738 and the immigration record does not indicate a family accompanying him; additionally, the first record of her father in Frederick is not until 1747. The marriage date of July 1757 is not found in any Frederick record (recorded marriages in that era in Frederick are relatively rare) and appears to be only a calculation of nine months subtracted from the birth of Anna Barbara's first child. As for the death and burial dates, there is no burial record or existing tombstone proving any such dates. The death can only be ascertained to be within the time frame from 11 Sep 1769 when Anna Barbara's last child is born to 24 Mar 1770 (recorded 12 Apr 1770) when Elizabeth, as Michael Stocker's second wife, is in a deed. 2. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97: "Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of eight children of Michael Stocker, the youngest named George, born 13 Nov 1781. The first of these children was named Marie Barbara, born 1 Apr 1758. She doubtless was the same as or the twin of another daughter named Anna Barbara mentioned above as having been born on the same date. Another record shows, again, the birth of Marie Barbara, daughter of Michael Stocker born 1 Apr 1758; baptized 15 May 1758. Thus the church records contain three separate entries of the birth on 1 April 1758, of a daughter to Michael Stoker (Stocker) as follows: a. 'On 1 Apr. 1758 to Mich. Stocker et uxori Ana Barbara a daughter Anna Barbara. Witnesses (to baptism) Marie Barbara filia coelebs Michael Roemers.' Filia Coelebs means unmarried daughter of.' b. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stoker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' c. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stocker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' As already stated, page 552 of the church book records, on one single page, the birth of eight children to Michael Stocker the last child of whom, named George, was born 13 Nov 1781 and baptized 7 Jun 1782. The first seven of these recordings obviously were made in 1769, the 8th having been put there in 1782 as will be explained later. Preceding the names of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th and 7th Child, the symbol ϯ was added to show, doubtless, that the child was deceased when the record was made. The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows: a. 1 April 1758, to Michael Stocker a child Marie Barbara; ϯ godmother, Barbara Romerin; baptized 15 May 1758. b. 1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.) c. 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.) d. 26 Aug 1764, to Michael Stocker, a child, Elizabeth; ϯ godmother, Elizabeth Romerin. Date of baptism not stated. e. 24 May 1767, to Michael Stocker, a child Balthasar; ϯ godparents, Balthsar Bock (and wife) Rosina. Date of baptism not stated. f and g. 11 gbr 1769 (two children) to Michael Stocker, namely a child Marie Barbara; godparents, Johannes Haas (and wife) Mar. Barbara, and a child Christina; godmother, Christina Romerin, ledig, meaning unmarried. Baptized 19 gbr. 1769. (Note gbr is usually an abbreviation in German for born but in this case probably means November of possibly February.) h. 13 Nov 1781, to Michael Stocker, a child, George; sponsor George Bens. Baptized 7 Jun 1782. The above record of children of Michael Stocker, together with others shown below are interesting in two ways. First it will be noted that one of the sponsors in every case bore the same given name as the child. It was a custom in early German families to select as godmother or godfather of children being baptized the person for whom the child was named, usually a close relative and in some cases a respected friend. Second, as was shown by the first record quoted above and as will be shown by other records quoted below, Michael Stoker's wife as late as 24 March 1766 (Deed Record) was Barbara and as early as 12 April 1770 (Deed Record) was Elizabeth. That these two wives, Barbara and Elizabeth, were spouses of the same Michael Stocker is definitely established by the land records of Frederick County but, as the two next following church records show, Michael Stocker's full name was Joh. (John) Michael Stoker. a. Page 564 of the translated church records at Maryland Hist. Soc. - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 4 Jan 1772 and baptized 9 Feb 1772. (Note by JWH - p. 233 of the church records show that Johannes Stocker, aged 19, was confirmed on 22 Apr 1791. A translated record of the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Md., p. 196, found at the Gen. Soc. in SLC shows a child Marianna Stocker, was born to Johannes and Catherina Stocker 10 Aug 1809. Susan Kuntz (Frentz) was her godmother. A Catherina Stoker (sic) is mentioned as a dau. in the will of John Coons (sic) of Frederick Co., Md. dated 23 Dec. 1816 and proved 6 Mch. 1817. (Liber H.S, No. 2, p. 55, Frederick Co., Md. Wills.)) b. Page 591 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Marie Salome, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 9 May 1773; bap. 27 June 1773. Her godparents were John Michel and Salome Alex (sic). c. Page 617 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society [Baltimore] - Marie Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 23 Dec 1774; bapt. 16 Apr 1775. Her godparents were Johannes and Marie Barbara Hass. d. Pages 638 and 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776; bap. 10 Nov 1776. Her godparents were Jacob and Margreth Bens. This child died 12 Sept. 1777, aged 1 year. One may wonder why these four children were not listed with other children of Michael Stoker on page 552 of the church record (supra). After mentioning seven additional, more or less pertinent, translate church records the reason for this, as this writer sees it will be explained. a. Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married. b. Page 209 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore] shows that Michael Stoker born 24 May 1862 and Magdalena Stockern (sic) born 1 Jan 1760 were confirmed. These two were brother and sister, children of Michael and Barbara Stoker (Stocker), their birth dates in their confirmation checking substantially with those recorded on page 552 of the same translated church record. c. Page 664 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Anna Margareth, daughter of Michael and Anna Marie Stocker was born 15 May 1779 and baptized 24 July 1779. Her godparents were Adam and Anna Margareth Schnock. d. Page 686 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City ] shows that Marie Catharina, daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker was born 4 Sept. 1780. e. Page 752 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City] shows that Jacob, son of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, was born 22 May 1785. His sponsors at baptism were his parents. f. Page 113 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah, shows that Charlotte, daughter of Michael Stocker, was born 19 Feb 1788. Her mother's name was not given. Her godparents were Peter and Julia (Juliana) Schnock (Schnod). g. Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years. It should be kept in mind that the only Stoker (Stocker) family found in the early church, land or court records of Frederick County, Maryland was one headed by Michael. The only suggestion of a Stoker of Stocker of another given name was the same Michael in the recordings of his children by his second wife, Elizabeth. In those recordings he was called Joh. Michael Stoker. Deed Records in Frederick Co., calling him a saddler in every case and showing his wife to have been Barbara in March 1766 and Elizabeth in April 1770 proves the two Michaels to have been the same person. The second wife, Elizabeth, died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33. On 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams as already shown. This writer explains the one page record that is found of Michael Stoker's (Stocker) children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick Co., Md. as follows. When his first two daughters (twins probably) were born he had them baptized or recorded as they were born. When his twins, Marie Barbara and Christina were born in 1769 he had them baptized and recorded and when this was being done he decided to record all of his other children, four of whom had not been recorded, naming their godparents from memory. This would account for all of these children appearing on one page where immediately prior entries were 1769 and immediate subsequent ones 1770. When children of his second wife, Elizabeth, came he had them baptized and recorded. Apparently there were four of them, one named Johannes, b. 4 Jan 1772, another named Marie Salome, b. 9 May 1773, the third was Marie Barbara b. 23 Dec 1774 and the fourth Eva Margreth b. 22 Jul 1776 - d. 12 Sep 1777. Then on 10 Oct 1777 his wife, Elizabeth, aged 33, died and on 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams, his third wife. The first child of the third marriage was Anna Margareth, b. 15 May 1779. She was baptized and recorded. The second child by this third marriage was Marie Catherina, born 4 Sep 1780 and bapt. 4 March (May) 1781. She probably died young. The fourth child was Georg b. 13 Nov 1781. This child was baptized 7 Jun 1782 and the baptism recorded not on the current page of the record book but squeezed in on the 1769/1770 page where other children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) had been recorded enmasse. Thus we have on the 1769/1770 page of the church book a record of eight children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) born between 1758 and 1782 appearing on that page with other children of his who were born after 1769 appearing on other pages. The fact that his son Georg was so recorded is pretty conclusive proof that all of the eight Stoker (Stocker) children on that one page had the same father. The symbol ϯ apparently was to indicate that the child was deceased and, doubtless, was inserted when the baptism of the son George was recorded. Other entries in the church records show Michael Stocker (Stoker) and his wife, Anna Maria, had two other children, one named Jacob, b. 22 May 1785, and the other named Charlotte, b. 19 Feb 1788, making 17 children as follows: By first wife Barbara: 1. Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758. She died young. 2. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, the same as or twin of [Anna Barbara]. She died young. 3. Johana Magdale Stocker, b. 1 Jan 1760. 4. Michael Stocker, Jr., b. 20 May 1762 (24 May 1762 or 24 Mar 1762). 5. Elizabeth Stocker, b. 26 Aug 1764. She died young. 6. Balthasar Stocker, b. 24 May 1767. He died young. 7. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. [Twin of Christina.] She died young. 8. Christina Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. Twin of [Marie Barbara]. She died young. By second wife Elizabeth: 9. Johannes Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772. 10. Marie Solome Stocker, b. 9 May 1773. 11. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 25 Dec 1774. 12. Eva Margreth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776, d. 12 Sep 1777. By third wife Anna Marie Adams: 13. Anna Margareth Stocker, b. 15 May 1779. 14. Marie Catherina Stocker, b. 4 Sep 1780. 15. George Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bapt. 2 Jun 1782. 16. Jacob Stocker, b. 22 May 1785. 17. Charlotte Stocker, b. 19 Feb 1788. [Note: James Hook totally missed one child, Eva Catherina, who was born between George and Jacob; see her notes for church record documentation.] The church records also show that Michael Stocker witnessed a goodly number of baptisms and marriages. One marriage, 'by license in Virginia,' which he and George Schaeffer witnessed, on 20/21 Apr. 1788, was that of Christopher Schaeffer and Elizabeth Adams, she, perhaps, a sister of his third wife. (Page 309 [of church record].) Michael Stoker attended communion service on 18 Oct 1778, 13 May 1779, 14 May 1780, 19 May 1782, 8 Jun 1783, 30 Jun 1784, 4 Jun 1786, 27 May 1787, 7 Oct 1787, and 24 Apr 1791. On 30 Jun 1784 and 4 Jun 1786 he was accompanied by his 'filia', meaning his daughter. A Michael Stocher (sic) attended services 23 Oct 1803 and 2 Jun 1805. After the latter date he was not found again in the records. The spelling of the name in the church records varied frequently between Stoker and Stocker but in deeds mentioned herein, it was spelled Stoker. He obviously was a German but from whence in Germany he or his parents came was not discovered. This writer once thought that he was, very likely, the son of Michael Stoker, aged 31, who came to Pennsylvania on the ship 'Brittania' with Margaret Stoker, aged 24, his wife probably, and took his oath of allegiance 21 Sep 1731 but dismissed the idea when he later learned that Michael and Margaret Stoker's son Michael died in 1771 in Macungie Twsp. of Northampton (now Lehigh Co.) Pennsylvania, his will having been probated there, 25 Jan 1771, naming a wife Margaret and children Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine, Susannah and George. Michael Stoker of Frederick Co, MD is first found in the records of that county on 1 Apr 1758 when the birth dates of his daughters Ann Barbara and Marie Barbara (they may have been the same Child) were recorded in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Frederick, MD. On 14 May 1760 he purchased from Ballis Paugh lot no. 118 in Fredericktown, Frederick Co., MD. (Deed Book F, p. 985.) In that deed he is called a sadler. Another Frederick Co. deed dated 24 Mar 1766, 'Michael Stoker, sadler,' his wife Barbara relinquishing her dower, sold this same lot in Frederick Town to John Hoffman. (Deed Book K, p. 432.) On 30 Aug 1768, 'Michael Stoker, sadler' purchased from Henry Brunner lot no. 83 and a half interest in lot No. 80 located in Frederick Town. (Deed Book L, pp. 473-475.) This deed was corrected on 24 Dec 1772 to read lot 82 rather than lot 83. (Deed Book P. p. 530.) Sometime near the date of the last purchase his first wife Barbara apparently died because on 12 Apr 1770 'Michael Stoker, sadler,' his wife Elizabeth relinquishing her dower, sold to Henry Brunner, a five foot strip off of the lot purchased from said Brunner 30 Aug 1768. (Deed book N, p. 90.) On 7 Nov 1774 'Michael Stoker,' his wife Elizabeth relinquishing her dower, conveyed to Samuel Miller a part of lot no. 82 that he had acquired from Henry Brunner, 30 Aug 1768, when his wife doubtless was Barbara. (Deed Book L, p. 473-475 and Deed Book w, p. 235.) On 19 Nov 1778 'Michael Stoker farmer,' his wife Mary relinquishing her dower, sold another part on lot No. 82 to Philip Shade, (Deed Book RP1, p. 519.) These deeds relating to Lot No. 82 first when his wife, doubtless was Barbara, second when his wife, certainly was Elizabeth and third when his wife, certainly, was Mary (Marie) are conclusive proof that it was the same Michael Stoker who married these three wives. The Archives of Maryland, Vol. XLVIII shows orders in Council on 30 Nov. 1781 to pay certain sums of money to Michael and James Stocker. On 14 Mar 1783 other orders were given to pay Michael Stoker 17 pounds, 17 shillings and 1 pence." 3. FHL book "Virginia County Court Records. Deed Abstracts of Loudoun County, Virginia (1757-1762); Deed Book A (1757-1760); Deed Book B (1760-1761); Deed Book C (Part 1) (1761-1762); Clerk's Fee Book for Year 1762," compiled and published by Ruth and Sam Sparacio (McLean, Virginia; 1987): - Loudoun County Deed Book A, pp. 344-347: "Indenture made 14th November 1759 between MICHAEL STOKER and BARBARY his wife of county Loudoun and JOHN HERYFORD of same county … for sum Eleven pounds Five shillings … sold all that lott or half acre of land numbered Thirty two lying in Town of Leesburgh in county Loudoun binding with King Street ... to build house at least twenty feet by sixteen feet ... Michael Stoker, Barbary x Stoker. Presence Richd. Coleman, George West. At a court held 14th November 1759 ... Indenture of Feofment acknowledged … ordered to be recorded." - Loudoun County Deed Book A, pp. 374-376: "Indenture made 11th March 1760 between MICHAEL STOKER of county Loudoun Sadler and BARBARA his wife of one part and ROBERT ADAM of county Fairfax Merchant ... for sum Sixty four pounds current money of Virginia ... sold all that lott or half acre of land numbered Sixty five being in county Loudoun and in George Town (alias Leesburg) and bounded by Royal Street and line of HENRY ANSLEY'S land on both sides the branch that meanders thro: the said Town formerly granted to Michael Stoker by Colo. NICHOLAS MINOR by a deed bearing date 17th February 1758 and registered in Loudoun County office … Robert Adam to erect such house as is Directed for the said Town of Leesburg … Michael Stoker, Barbary x Stoker. Presence Mattw. Duncan, Charles Binns, Andrew Adam, Nich. Minor, John Minor. At a court held 12th March 1760 ... Indenture acknowledged ... ordered to be recorded." - Loudoun County Deed Book B, pp. 335-337: "Indenture made 9th September 1761 between MICHAEL STOKER and BARBARY his wife of county Frederick in province of Maryland of one part and JOHN PATTERSON of county Loudoun ... for sum Twenty pounds current money of Virginia ... sold all that lot or half acre of land and premises numbered (blank) lying in Leesburg in county Loudoun and binding on Loudoun Street … Michael Stoker, Barbary x Stoker. Presence John Moss, John Urquhart, John Moss Junr. At a court held 9th September 1761 … Indenture and memorandum of Livery of Seisin endorsed were acknowledged … ordered to be recorded." 4. Loudoun County, Virginia Court Records: A. FHL book 975.528 P2sr v.1 "Virginia County Court Records. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders 1757-1758. This book contains abstracts of Loudoun County Order Book, 1757-1762, pages 1-157 for Court held 12 July 1757 through 10 August 1758," edited and published by Ruth and Sam Sparacio (McLean, Virginia; 1997): B. FHL book 975.528 P2sr v.2 "Virginia County Court Records. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders 1758-1759. This book contains abstracts of Loudoun County Order Book, 1757-1762, pages 157-305 for Court held 12 Sept. 1757 through 14 November 1759," edited and published by Ruth and Sam Sparacio (McLean, Virginia; 1997): P. 89: Page 287, Loudoun County Court 12th of September 1759. Upon the Petition of ISRAEL THOMPSON against MICHAEL STOKER for a Debt due by Account, this day came as well the Plt. by HUGH WEST, his Attorney, as Deft. in his proper person, and Deft. acknowledged Plt.'s demand to be just. Therefore it is considered by the Court that Plt. recover against Deft. one pound, fifteen shillings and one penny, his Debt due as aforesaid and his costs by him in this behalf expended. P. 102: Page 304, Loudoun County Court 14th of November 1759. An Indenture of Feofment between MICHAEL STOKER and BARBARY his Wife of the one part and JOHN HERYFORD of the other part and the Memorandum of Livery of Seisin thereon endorsed were acknowledged by the said MICHAEL & BARBARY, she having been first privily examined as the Law directs and are ordered to be recorded. C. FHL book 975.528 P2sr v.3 "Virginia County Court Records. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders 1759-1761. This book contains abstracts of Loudoun County Order Book, 1757-1762, pages 306-449 for Court held 15 November 1759 - 12 March 1761," edited and published by Ruth and Sam Sparacio (McLean, Virginia; 1997): P. 16: Page 327, Loudoun County Orders 12th of March 1760. An Indenture of Feofment between MICHAL STOKER and BARBARA his Wife of one part and ROBERT ADAM of other part and the Memorandum of Livery of Seisen thereon endorsed were acknowledged by the said MICHAL and BARBARA, she having been first privily examined as the Law directs, and are ordered to be recorded. D. FHL book 975.528 P2sr v.4 "Virginia County Court Records. Loudoun County, Virginia Orders 1761-1762. This book contains Orders from Loudoun County, Virginia, Order Book 1757-1762, pages 449-582 for Courts held 9 June 1761 - 23 March, 1762," edited and published by Ruth and Sam Sparacio (McLean, Virginia; 1997): P. 38: Page 497, Loudoun County Orders 9th of September 1761. An Indenture of Feofment between MICHAEL STOKER and BARBARY his wife of the one part and JOHN PATTERSON of the other part and the Memorandum of Livery of Seisen thereon endorsed was acknowledged by the said MICHAEL and BARBARY, she having been first privily examined as the Law directs, and ordered to be recorded." 5. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28we "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 3, "Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779," translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser; mentions of Stockers (the initials in [brackets] probably refer to the minister who made the record): - Mich. Stocker and wife Anna Barb., a dau. Anna Barba., b. 1 Apr 1858, bp. 1758 Pentecost, sponsors: Maria Barbara, single daughter of Mich. Römer. [Kerry's note: bp. May 15.] - Michael Allex and his wife Anna Salome, a little son named Michael, b. 1 May 1768, bp. 18 Sep 1768, sponsors: Michael Stocker and his wife. 18 Sep 1768 [Schw.] - Bartholem Schuhmacher and Barbara (Ref.), a little dau. Anna Barbara, b. 5 Feb 1764, bp. 1 Apr 1764, sponsors: Michael Stocker and Anna Barbara. - Gottlieb Geist and Margaretha, a little son Johann Michael, b. 10 Oct 1768, bp. 16 Oct 1768, sponsors: Johann Michael Stocker and wife. - All recorded at once: - Maria Barbara, dau. of Michael Stocker, b . 1 Apr 1758 (+), bp. 15 May. Sponsors: Mar. Barb. Römerin [now] deceased. - Johanna Magdalina, dau. of [parents names not given] b. 1 Jan 1760, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Heinrich and Magdalena Fauth. - Michael, son of Michael Stocker b. 20 May 1762, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer. - Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug. 1764, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Elisabetha Romerin. - Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker, b. 24 May 1767 (+), bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach. - Maria Barbara, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass. - Christina, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Christina Römerin, single. - [name not given], son of Michael Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bp. 2 Jun. 1782. Sponsor: Georg Bens. [Kerry's note: This child is George Stocker.] - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772, bp. 9 Feb 1772. Sponsors: Joh. Michael and Salome Alex. - Maria Solome, dau. of Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 9 May 1773, bp. 27 Jun 1773. Sponsors: Joh. Michael and Solome Alex. - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elisabeth Stocker, b. 22 July 1776, bp. 10 Nov. 1776. Sponsors: Jacob and Margreth Bens. - Anna Margreth, dau. of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, b. 15 May 1779, bp. 24 July 1779. Sponsors: Adam and Anna Margreth Schnok. 6. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." Even though Elayne has done a wonderful job with her book, I believe the following quote has several deficiencies in regards to the unproven marriage dates for Michael Stocker's first two wives, the dismissal of a second wife Catherine Kemp for John Michael Römer, and the lack of the 7th and 8th children for Anna Barbara Römerin. She may also be wrong in combining the first and second children into one, but she does make a viable argument for her opinion. See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part of the overall quote: "Some records have a difference in spelling for the last name of Ana Barbara: Romer and Romerin. In the German language "in" was added to female's names. This is evidenced in the names of the sponsors for the children in the baptismal records of the children of Michael and Ana Barbara... Important Note: All of the original Evangelical Lutheran Church record was originally in German mixed with some Latin. Parts of it have been copied on to microfilm by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is available for anyone to study. A complete copy is found in the Maryland State Archives on microfilm. This record has been translated by Frederick S. Weiser, James Hook, William Hinke, and E.W. Reinecke. In comparing the four records each has small differences in dates and names from the original record. The translation work by Frederick S. Weiser has been most commonly used... Ana Barbara Romerin Note: At the time of this writing I have not looked into Ana Barbara's records for verification of her last name. The records I have seen do not list a last name for her. The marriage record would vendicate this but I have yet to refind it among the church records. For the time being I will use the information as I currently have it. Michael's first official record found, to date, is that of his marriage on July of 1757 to Ana Barbara Romerin in Frederick, Frederick Co., Maryland, as recorded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Ana was the daughter of Michael Romer (Roemer) and Charlotta Amalia Hartwich. Her father was from Buerkenau, Germany. His obituary listed in the church record states that he immigrated to America in 1738. (There are conflicting records on his immigration date.) In the "History of Carrollton Manor" it states that "tradition says that Michael Romer married Catherine Kemp." However, it is recorded within Charlotta's burial record of the Evangelical Church that she was the wife of Michael Romer. I have, at this time, not researched the Evangelical Church Records for more details on his family. It is unclear if the marriage of Michael and Charlotta was in Germany or in the United States. I have found no church records for a marriage to Catherine Kemp. Researchers Take Note In relationship to the birth dates and number of children Michael and Ana had there is much confusion. I believe most of this has stemmed from the differences of the translations and then the descendants propagating the same mistakes throughout the year. I have tried to verify the different translations with the original hand written records available to me. For researchers working through the Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the only translation records available was made by Frederick Weiser and James Hook. Located in the Frederick County Historical Library in Maryland are the translations by Frederick Weiser, William Hinke, and E. W. Reinecke. All of the microfilm of the original and its various translations can be found at the Maryland State Archives in Baltimore, Maryland. Michael and Ana's Family Because of the problems with this family I have provided endnotes for references to where the information is located so others may research this dilemma. As part of the story holds to the time line for convenience, therefore the land, city records and the church records are mixed together. [A.] Anna Barbara on 1 April, 1758 and baptized on Pentecost 1758. This church ordinance was witnessed by Maria Barbara, the unmarried daughter of Michael Romer. (As of 1769 daughter was deceased.) [Footnote 1: "The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 53."] It is the opinion of this author that Maria Barbara and Anna Barbara are the same child. The record of this child was made eleven years after her birth at the Festival of the Resurrection. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the baptismal records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, Recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552. [B.] Jan 1, 1760, A little daughter Johana Magdalena, Sponsors: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena. [Footnote 2. The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] Michael began to purchase and sell several land pieces in and around the town of Frederick. These are recorded in the early land (Liber) records of Frederick, Maryland. On 14 May 1760, Michael purchased from Ballis Paugh lot No. 118 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland (Deed Book F p. 985). On 24 of March, Michael and Ana sold her dower land located within the town of Frederick (Deed Book K p. 432). Dower Lands: The dower was a provision of law which entitled a married woman to receive a portion of her husband's estate for her and her children's support upon his death, if he dies without leaving a will. To sell this land the record's clerk would question the wife separately to see if she agreed to the sale and gave up all rights to the land. Her mark would be placed on the sale record. [C] The next child recorded for Michael and Ana was that of: son Michael on 20 May 1762 baptized Sept 18 [Schw.]. Sponsors: MIchael and Charlotte Amalia Romer. [Footnote 3. "Maryland German Church Records Vol. 3, Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 1742-1779, as translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser pg. 34. This record does not have a translation error on the year of Michael's birth where he has it listed as 1768."] After this Michael and Ana are recorded twice in the church records as sponsors for the baptism of other children. First on 5 Feb 1764 and again on 10 Oct 1768... On 30 August 1768 Michael and Ana again purchased land; one lot with half interest in another (Deed Book L p. 473-475, see also Deed Book F p. 530 for land correction). The following children for Michael and Ana were found only in the hand written record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church recorded in conjunction with the Festival of the Resurrection which was held March 26 and 27 of 1769, 3-5 years after the children were born. [Footnote 4. "The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] [D.] Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug 1764 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Elisabeth Romerin (as of 1769 daughter was deceased). [E.] Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker b. 24 May 1767 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach (as of 1769 son was deceased). Between September 1768 when Michael and Ana were sponsors at a child's baptism and on 15 February 1769 when Michael married his second wife, Ana Barbara Romerin passed away. At this time no date or death record for Ana has been found." BIRTH: 1. No proven date has been documented. See discussion in notes above. Assuming a birth age of at least 18 at the time of an estimated marriage of 1757, Anna Barbara's estimated birth would be 1739 or earlier; however, her father only immigrated in Sep 1737 making that date probably the earliest possible date for a marriage of her parents. MARRIAGE: 1. No proven date has been documented. See discussion in notes above. An estimated date of 1757 seems reasonable. DEATH: 1. Exact death and burial information is currently not found in any record. James Hook, as quoted above, documents using Frederick Co., MD land deeds a time frame from 24 Mar 1766 where Anna Barbara is in a land deed to 12 Apr 1770 when Michael's second wife Elizabeth is in a deed. The marriage date for the second marriage is reported in Elizabeth's death record in the Church as 15 Feb 1769. Anna Barbara is found in 16 Oct 1768 when Michael and his wife Anna Barbara sponsored the son of Gottlieb and Margaretha Geist at a baptism. We can therefore narrow the window of the death as being from 16 Oct 1768 to 15 Feb 1769 with earlier in the range being most likely by allowing for some grieving before the latter date which is the second marriage. | Römer, Anna Barbara (I2009)
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| 1891 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Apparently Elizabeth and Ann, two of William Burnhope's and Mary Oliver's daughters, each had a child born out of wedlock as found in the christening and burial records of Warden Parish: Warden christenings 1695-1987: -Marianne Burnhope, d. of Ann sp. [spinster] of Hardhough 14 May 1843. -Mary Burnup, d. of Elizabeth sp. of Water Side, 21 Jan 1840. Warden burials 1695-1987: -Mary Ann Burnhope, inf., 30 Jan 1844, Hard H., Christian burial. -Mary Burnup, 10d, 1 Feb 1840, Water Side, Christian burial. Also the niece of Elizabeth and Ann, Ann who is the daughter of their brother William and his wife Sarah Nichol, also had a child out of wedlock named Oliver who was born 1871 and died 1873 at the same parish. | Burnhope, Marianne or Mary Ann (I4660)
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| 1892 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Apparently Elizabeth and Ann, two of William Burnhope's and Mary Oliver's daughters, each had a child born out of wedlock as found in the christening and burial records of Warden Parish: Warden christenings 1695-1987: -Marianne Burnhope, d. of Ann sp. [spinster] of Hardhough 14 May 1843. -Mary Burnup, d. of Elizabeth sp. of Water Side, 21 Jan 1840. Warden burials 1695-1987: -Mary Ann Burnhope, inf., 30 Jan 1844, Hard H., Christian burial. -Mary Burnup, 10d, 1 Feb 1840, Water Side, Christian burial. Also the niece of Elizabeth and Ann, Ann who is the daughter of their brother William and his wife Sarah Nichol, also had a child out of wedlock named Oliver who was born 1871 and died 1873 at the same parish. CHRISTENING: 1. Per FHL film 1068615 for Warden Parish records: Mary, dau. of Elisabeth Burnup, spinster with abode at Waterside, chr. 21 Jan 1840. DEATH: 1. Civil Registration - Death Cert.; 1840; General Register Office, London, England; When Registered 28 Feb 1840, Reg Dist Hexham, Sub-Dist. Chollerton. Supposedly this reports a death date of 4 Feb 1840, but that conflicts with the burial information below and it should be reviewed again. BURIAL: 1. FHL does not have the burial records from Warden Parish after 1813; however, on film 1068697, they have an index of the burials. It shows a burial for Mary Burnup, 1 Feb 1840, 10 days old residing at Waterside. This date conflicts with the death reported above for 4 Feb 1840. One of the records may be transcribed in error mixing up a 1 for a 4 or vice-versa. | Burnhope, Mary (I1287)
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| 1893 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Appears that Anna Barbara Stocker and Maria Barbara Stocker were twins. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 82-83: "Anna Barbara Stoker, b. 1 Apr 1758, Frederick Co., MD; d. in infancy; twin to Maria Barbara." 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97: "Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of eight children of Michael Stocker, the youngest named George, born 13 Nov 1781. The first of these children was named Marie Barbara, born 1 Apr 1758. She doubtless was the same as or the twin of another daughter named Anna Barbara mentioned above as having been born on the same date. Another record shows, again, the birth of Marie Barbara, daughter of Michael Stocker born 1 Apr 1758; baptized 15 May 1758. Thus the church records contain three separate entries of the birth on 1 April 1758, of a daughter to Michael Stoker (Stocker) as follows: a. 'On 1 Apr. 1758 to Mich. Stocker et uxori Ana Barbara a daughter Anna Barbara. Witnesses (to baptism) Marie Barbara filia coelebs Michael Roemers.' Filia Coelebs means unmarried daughter of.' b. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stoker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' c. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stocker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' As already stated, page 552 of the church book records, on one single page, the birth of eight children to Michael Stocker the last child of whom, named George, was born 13 Nov 1781 and baptized 7 Jun 1782. The first seven of these recordings obviously were made in 1769, the 8th having been put there in 1782 as will be explained later. Preceding the names of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th and 7th Child, the symbol ϯ was added to show, doubtless, that the child was deceased when the record was made. The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows: a. 1 April 1758, to Michael Stocker a child Marie Barbara; ϯ godmother, Barbara Romerin; baptized 15 May 1758. b. 1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.) c. 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.) d. 26 Aug 1764, to Michael Stocker, a child, Elizabeth; ϯ godmother, Elizabeth Romerin. Date of baptism not stated. e. 24 May 1767, to Michael Stocker, a child Balthasar; ϯ godparents, Balthsar Bock (and wife) Rosina. Date of baptism not stated. f and g. 11 gbr 1769 (two children) to Michael Stocker, namely a child Marie Barbara; godparents, Johannes Haas (and wife) Mar. Barbara, and a child Christina; godmother, Christina Romerin, ledig, meaning unmarried. Baptized 19 gbr. 1769. (Note gbr is usually an abbreviation in German for born but in this case probably means November of possibly February.) h. 13 Nov 1781, to Michael Stocker, a child, George; sponsor George Bens. Baptized 7 Jun 1782. The above record of children of Michael Stocker, together with others shown below are interesting in two ways. First it will be noted that one of the sponsors in every case bore the same given name as the child. It was a custom in early German families to select as godmother or godfather of children being baptized the person for whom the child was named, usually a close relative and in some cases a respected friend. Second, as was shown by the first record quoted above and as will be shown by other records quoted below, Michael Stoker's wife as late as 24 March 1766 (Deed Record) was Barbara and as early as 12 April 1770 (Deed Record) was Elizabeth. That these two wives, Barbara and Elizabeth, were spouses of the same Michael Stocker is definitely established by the land records of Frederick County but, as the two next following church records show, Michael Stocker's full name was Joh. (John) Michael Stoker. a. Page 564 of the translated church records at Maryland Hist. Soc. - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 4 Jan 1772 and baptized 9 Feb 1772. (Note by JWH - p. 233 of the church records show that Johannes Stocker, aged 19, was confirmed on 22 Apr 1791. A translated record of the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Md., p. 196, found at the Gen. Soc. in SLC shows a child Marianna Stocker, was born to Johannes and Catherina Stocker 10 Aug 1809. Susan Kuntz (Frentz) was her godmother. A Catherina Stoker (sic) is mentioned as a dau. in the will of John Coons (sic) of Frederick Co., Md. dated 23 Dec. 1816 and proved 6 Mch. 1817. (Liber H.S, No. 2, p. 55, Frederick Co., Md. Wills.)) b. Page 591 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Marie Salome, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 9 May 1773; bap. 27 June 1773. Her godparents were John Michel and Salome Alex (sic). c. Page 617 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society [Baltimore] - Marie Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 23 Dec 1774; bapt. 16 Apr 1775. Her godparents were Johannes and Marie Barbara Hass. d. Pages 638 and 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776; bap. 10 Nov 1776. Her godparents were Jacob and Margreth Bens. This child died 12 Sept. 1777, aged 1 year. One may wonder why these four children were not listed with other children of Michael Stoker on page 552 of the church record (supra). After mentioning seven additional, more or less pertinent, translate church records the reason for this, as this writer sees it will be explained. a. Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married. b. Page 209 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore] shows that Michael Stoker born 24 May 1862 and Magdalena Stockern (sic) born 1 Jan 1760 were confirmed. These two were brother and sister, children of Michael and Barbara Stoker (Stocker), their birth dates in their confirmation checking substantially with those recorded on page 552 of the same translated church record. c. Page 664 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Anna Margareth, daughter of Michael and Anna Marie Stocker was born 15 May 1779 and baptized 24 July 1779. Her godparents were Adam and Anna Margareth Schnock. d. Page 686 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City ] shows that Marie Catharina, daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker was born 4 Sept. 1780. e. Page 752 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City] shows that Jacob, son of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, was born 22 May 1785. His sponsors at baptism were his parents. f. Page 113 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah, shows that Charlotte, daughter of Michael Stocker, was born 19 Feb 1788. Her mother's name was not given. Her godparents were Peter and Julia (Juliana) Schnock (Schnod). g. Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years. It should be kept in mind that the only Stoker (Stocker) family found in the early church, land or court records of Frederick County, Maryland was one headed by Michael. The only suggestion of a Stoker of Stocker of another given name was the same Michael in the recordings of his children by his second wife, Elizabeth. In those recordings he was called Joh. Michael Stoker. Deed Records in Frederick Co., calling him a saddler in every case and showing his wife to have been Barbara in March 1766 and Elizabeth in April 1770 proves the two Michaels to have been the same person. The second wife, Elizabeth, died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33. On 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams as already shown. This writer explains the one page record that is found of Michael Stoker's (Stocker) children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick Co., Md. as follows. When his first two daughters (twins probably) were born he had them baptized or recorded as they were born. When his twins, Marie Barbara and Christina were born in 1769 he had them baptized and recorded and when this was being done he decided to record all of his other children, four of whom had not been recorded, naming their godparents from memory. This would account for all of these children appearing on one page where immediately prior entries were 1769 and immediate subsequent ones 1770. When children of his second wife, Elizabeth, came he had them baptized and recorded. Apparently there were four of them, one named Johannes, b. 4 Jan 1772, another named Marie Salome, b. 9 May 1773, the third was Marie Barbara b. 23 Dec 1774 and the fourth Eva Margreth b. 22 Jul 1776 - d. 12 Sep 1777. Then on 10 Oct 1777 his wife, Elizabeth, aged 33, died and on 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams, his third wife. The first child of the third marriage was Anna Margareth, b. 15 May 1779. She was baptized and recorded. The second child by this third marriage was Marie Catherina, born 4 Sep 1780 and bapt. 4 March (May) 1781. She probably died young. The fourth child was Georg b. 13 Nov 1781. This child was baptized 7 Jun 1782 and the baptism recorded not on the current page of the record book but squeezed in on the 1769/1770 page where other children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) had been recorded enmasse. Thus we have on the 1769/1770 page of the church book a record of eight children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) born between 1758 and 1782 appearing on that page with other children of his who were born after 1769 appearing on other pages. The fact that his son Georg was so recorded is pretty conclusive proof that all of the eight Stoker (Stocker) children on that one page had the same father. The symbol ϯ apparently was to indicate that the child was deceased and, doubtless, was inserted when the baptism of the son George was recorded. Other entries in the church records show Michael Stocker (Stoker) and his wife, Anna Maria, had two other children, one named Jacob, b. 22 May 1785, and the other named Charlotte, b. 19 Feb 1788, making 17 children as follows: By first wife Barbara: 1. Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758. She died young. 2. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, the same as or twin of [Anna Barbara]. She died young. 3. Johana Magdale Stocker, b. 1 Jan 1760. 4. Michael Stocker, Jr., b. 20 May 1762 (24 May 1762 or 24 Mar 1762). 5. Elizabeth Stocker, b. 26 Aug 1764. She died young. 6. Balthasar Stocker, b. 24 May 1767. He died young. 7. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. [Twin of Christina.] She died young. 8. Christina Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. Twin of [Marie Barbara]. She died young. By second wife Elizabeth: 9. Johannes Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772. 10. Marie Solome Stocker, b. 9 May 1773. 11. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 25 Dec 1774. 12. Eva Margreth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776, d. 12 Sep 1777. By third wife Anna Marie Adams: 13. Anna Margareth Stocker, b. 15 May 1779. 14. Marie Catherina Stocker, b. 4 Sep 1780. 15. George Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bapt. 2 Jun 1782. 16. Jacob Stocker, b. 22 May 1785. 17. Charlotte Stocker, b. 19 Feb 1788. [Note: James Hook totally missed one child, Eva Catherina, who was born between George and Jacob; see her notes for church record documentation.] 4. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part: "Important Note: All of the original Evangelical Lutheran Church record was originally in German mixed with some Latin. Parts of it have been copied on to microfilm by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is available for anyone to study. A complete copy is found in the Maryland State Archives on microfilm. This record has been translated by Frederick S. Weiser, James Hook, William Hinke, and E.W. Reinecke. In comparing the four records each has small differences in dates and names from the original record. The translation work by Frederick S. Weiser has been most commonly used... Researchers Take Note In relationship to the birth dates and number of children Michael and Ana had there is much confusion. I believe most of this has stemmed from the differences of the translations and then the descendants propagating the same mistakes throughout the year. I have tried to verify the different translations with the original hand written records available to me. For researchers working through the Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the only translation records available was made by Frederick Weiser and James Hook. Located in the Frederick County Historical Library in Maryland are the translations by Frederick Weiser, William Hinke, and E. W. Reinecke. All of the microfilm of the original and its various translations can be found at the Maryland State Archives in Baltimore, Maryland. Michael and Ana's Family Because of the problems with this family I have provided endnotes for references to where the information is located so others may research this dilemma... [A.] Anna Barbara on 1 April, 1758 and baptized on Pentecost 1758. This church ordinance was witnessed by Maria Barbara, the unmarried daughter of Michael Romer. (As of 1769 daughter was deceased.) [Footnote 1: "The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 53."] It is the opinion of this author that Maria Barbara and Anna Barbara are the same child. The record of this child was made eleven years after her birth at the Festival of the Resurrection. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the baptismal records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, Recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552. [B.] Jan 1 1760, A little daughter Johana Magdalena, Sponsors: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena. [Footnote 2. The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] [C] The next child recorded for Michael and Ana was that of: son Michael on 20 May 1762 baptized Sept 18 [Schw.]. Sponsors: MIchael and Charlotte Amalia Romer. [Footnote 3. "Maryland German Church Records Vol. 3, Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 1742-1779, as translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser pg. 34. This record does not have a translation error on the year of Michael's birth where he has it listed as 1768."] The following children for Michael and Ana were found only in the hand written record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church recorded in conjunction with the Festival of the Resurrection which was held March 26 and 27 of 1769, 3-5 years after the children were born. [Footnote 4. "The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] [D.] Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug 1764 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Elisabeth Romerin (as of 1769 daughter was deceased). [E.] Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker b. 24 May 1767 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach (as of 1769 son was deceased)." BIRTH: 1. See Christening. CHRISTENING: 1. Per LDS extraction program of film #13933, "Evangelical Lutheran or Lutheran Congregation of Zmiddletown, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland" as cited with online Ordinance Index: "Anna Barb. Stocker, christened 14 May 1758 with parents listed as Mich. and Anna Barb. Stocker." Ordinance work reference is Film 13933 IT 2, batch C507701. 2. Per LDS extraction program of film #883605 item 1, "The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, parish register 1743-1811 [actual start of 1737]. 975.287/F1 V26 w v. 1-2" as cited with online Ordinance Index: "Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, no christening date, with parent listed as Mich. and Anna Barb. Stocker." Ordinance work reference is Film 824392 IT 2, batch C504181. 3. Anna Barbara's presumed surname of Römerin is technically unproven but surmised from the sponsors of her children's baptisms in Frederick, MD. Her surname Anna Barbara is however found in conjunction with her husband Michael Stocker in land deeds and baptismal sponsorships. Six children were born to her and her husband and with the exception of Balthasar, all the rest had baptismal sponsors from the Römer family (including the last two on the following list who were the first two children of the second wife Elizabeth Pfau); i.e: Anna Barbara, 1758: Maria Barbara Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Maria Barbara, 1758: Barbara Römerin (most likely Anna Barbara's unmarried sister Maria Barbara again) Johanna Magdalene, 1760: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena (Anna Barbara's married sister Johanna Magdalene whose husband is named in their father's will as Henry Foutz) Michael, 1762: John Michael and Maria Amalia Römer (Anna Barbara's parents) Elizabeth, 1764: Elizabeth Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Balthasar, 1767: Unrelated party - Balthasar and Rosina Bach. Maria Barbara, 1769: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haas (Anna Barbara's married sister Maria Barbara whose marriage is proved by their father's will and by tombstones) Christina, 1769: Christina Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) The name Römerin is the German female version of Römer. 4. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28we "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 3, "Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779," translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser: - All recorded at once: - Maria Barbara, dau. of Michael Stocker, b . 1 Apr 1758 (+), bp. 15 May. Sponsors: Mar. Barb. Römerin [now] deceased. - Johanna Magdalina, dau. of [parents names not given] b. 1 Jan 1760, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Heinrich and Magdalena Fauth. - Michael, son of Michael Stocker b. 20 May 1762, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer. - Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug. 1764, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Elisabetha Romerin. - Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker, b. 24 May 1767 (+), bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach. - Maria Barbara, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass. - Christina, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Christina Römerin, single. - [name not given], son of Michael Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bp. 2 Jun. 1782. Sponsor: Georg Bens. [Kerry's note: This child is George Stocker.] DEATH: 1. Not mentioned in father's will dated 10 May 1818: "...my sons, Jacob, Michael and John and my daughters, Mary, Catherine, Charlotte, Margaret, Barbara, Salome and Magdalene..." See full quotation in his notes. | Stocker, Anna Barbara (I197)
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| 1894 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Appears that Anna Barbara Stocker and Maria Barbara Stocker were twins. 2. FHL book 929.273 P684pn: "Graybill/Stoker/Eller/Smith/Koons/Pitt Connections," by Norman E. 'Gene' Pitt, 1996, pp. 82-83: "Maria Barbara Stoker, b. 1 Apr 1758, Frederick Co., MD; d. in infancy; twin to Anna Barbara." 3. FHL Book 929.273EL54h "George Michael Eller and Descendants of His in America," compiled by James W. Hook, 1957, also on FHL film 896571, item 2, pp. 88-97: "Michael Stoker, doubtless, was the son of Michael Stoker (Stocker) who settled in Frederick Co., Md. about the middle of the 18th century. No other family of the Stoker (Stocker) name was found by this writer in any of the early Frederick Co. records. The 18th century translated records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. established about 1746, show many Michael Stoker (Stocker) entries beginning with the birth, on 1 Apr 1758, of Anna Barbara, daughter of 'Mich. Stocker' and his wife 'Ana Barb.' On p. 552 of a copy of these church records, now in possession of the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, Maryland, will be found a recording of eight children of Michael Stocker, the youngest named George, born 13 Nov 1781. The first of these children was named Marie Barbara, born 1 Apr 1758. She doubtless was the same as or the twin of another daughter named Anna Barbara mentioned above as having been born on the same date. Another record shows, again, the birth of Marie Barbara, daughter of Michael Stocker born 1 Apr 1758; baptized 15 May 1758. Thus the church records contain three separate entries of the birth on 1 April 1758, of a daughter to Michael Stoker (Stocker) as follows: a. 'On 1 Apr. 1758 to Mich. Stocker et uxori Ana Barbara a daughter Anna Barbara. Witnesses (to baptism) Marie Barbara filia coelebs Michael Roemers.' Filia Coelebs means unmarried daughter of.' b. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stoker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' c. '1758, 1 April to Michael Stocker a daughter Marie Barbara, sponsored by Barbara Romerin, baptized 15 May 1758.' As already stated, page 552 of the church book records, on one single page, the birth of eight children to Michael Stocker the last child of whom, named George, was born 13 Nov 1781 and baptized 7 Jun 1782. The first seven of these recordings obviously were made in 1769, the 8th having been put there in 1782 as will be explained later. Preceding the names of the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th and 7th Child, the symbol ϯ was added to show, doubtless, that the child was deceased when the record was made. The record, on page 552 of the church records, is as follows: a. 1 April 1758, to Michael Stocker a child Marie Barbara; ϯ godmother, Barbara Romerin; baptized 15 May 1758. b. 1 Jan 1760, to Michael Stocker, a child Johana Magdale, godparents, Heinrich Hanth (and wife) Magdalena. Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - On page 454 of the church record is shown the marriage on 2 Nov 1784 'by license' of Johanna Magdalena Stockern and Johann Jost Stimmel, Michael Stocker, Peter Stimmel and John and Peter Schnog serving as witnesses.) c. 20 May 1762, to Michael Stocker, a child Michael; godparents Michael Romer (and wife) Charlotte Amalia, (Amalis). Date of baptism not stated. (Note by JWH - This writer believes that this was the Michael Stocker who married Catherine Eller.) d. 26 Aug 1764, to Michael Stocker, a child, Elizabeth; ϯ godmother, Elizabeth Romerin. Date of baptism not stated. e. 24 May 1767, to Michael Stocker, a child Balthasar; ϯ godparents, Balthsar Bock (and wife) Rosina. Date of baptism not stated. f and g. 11 gbr 1769 (two children) to Michael Stocker, namely a child Marie Barbara; godparents, Johannes Haas (and wife) Mar. Barbara, and a child Christina; godmother, Christina Romerin, ledig, meaning unmarried. Baptized 19 gbr. 1769. (Note gbr is usually an abbreviation in German for born but in this case probably means November of possibly February.) h. 13 Nov 1781, to Michael Stocker, a child, George; sponsor George Bens. Baptized 7 Jun 1782. The above record of children of Michael Stocker, together with others shown below are interesting in two ways. First it will be noted that one of the sponsors in every case bore the same given name as the child. It was a custom in early German families to select as godmother or godfather of children being baptized the person for whom the child was named, usually a close relative and in some cases a respected friend. Second, as was shown by the first record quoted above and as will be shown by other records quoted below, Michael Stoker's wife as late as 24 March 1766 (Deed Record) was Barbara and as early as 12 April 1770 (Deed Record) was Elizabeth. That these two wives, Barbara and Elizabeth, were spouses of the same Michael Stocker is definitely established by the land records of Frederick County but, as the two next following church records show, Michael Stocker's full name was Joh. (John) Michael Stoker. a. Page 564 of the translated church records at Maryland Hist. Soc. - Johannes, son of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 4 Jan 1772 and baptized 9 Feb 1772. (Note by JWH - p. 233 of the church records show that Johannes Stocker, aged 19, was confirmed on 22 Apr 1791. A translated record of the German Reformed Church of Frederick Co., Md., p. 196, found at the Gen. Soc. in SLC shows a child Marianna Stocker, was born to Johannes and Catherina Stocker 10 Aug 1809. Susan Kuntz (Frentz) was her godmother. A Catherina Stoker (sic) is mentioned as a dau. in the will of John Coons (sic) of Frederick Co., Md. dated 23 Dec. 1816 and proved 6 Mch. 1817. (Liber H.S, No. 2, p. 55, Frederick Co., Md. Wills.)) b. Page 591 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Marie Salome, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker b. 9 May 1773; bap. 27 June 1773. Her godparents were John Michel and Salome Alex (sic). c. Page 617 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society [Baltimore] - Marie Barbara, dau. of Joh. Michael and Elizabeth Stoker, b. 23 Dec 1774; bapt. 16 Apr 1775. Her godparents were Johannes and Marie Barbara Hass. d. Pages 638 and 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City - Eva Margreth, dau. of Michael and Elizabeth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776; bap. 10 Nov 1776. Her godparents were Jacob and Margreth Bens. This child died 12 Sept. 1777, aged 1 year. One may wonder why these four children were not listed with other children of Michael Stoker on page 552 of the church record (supra). After mentioning seven additional, more or less pertinent, translate church records the reason for this, as this writer sees it will be explained. a. Page 407 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore, it is shown that Michael Stoker and Mary Adams were married, by license, 21 Jun 1778. The witnesses were Abraham Fah and his wife Juliana and Adam and Peter Schnock. Frederick Co. Marriage Records show that Michael Stoker and Mary A___, the spelling not complete, on 1 Jun 1778, were given a license to be married. b. Page 209 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at Maryland Hist. Society, Baltimore] shows that Michael Stoker born 24 May 1862 and Magdalena Stockern (sic) born 1 Jan 1760 were confirmed. These two were brother and sister, children of Michael and Barbara Stoker (Stocker), their birth dates in their confirmation checking substantially with those recorded on page 552 of the same translated church record. c. Page 664 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Anna Margareth, daughter of Michael and Anna Marie Stocker was born 15 May 1779 and baptized 24 July 1779. Her godparents were Adam and Anna Margareth Schnock. d. Page 686 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City ] shows that Marie Catharina, daughter of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker was born 4 Sept. 1780. e. Page 752 [of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City] shows that Jacob, son of Michael and Anna Maria Stocker, was born 22 May 1785. His sponsors at baptism were his parents. f. Page 113 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah, shows that Charlotte, daughter of Michael Stocker, was born 19 Feb 1788. Her mother's name was not given. Her godparents were Peter and Julia (Juliana) Schnock (Schnod). g. Page 1017 of the translated record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Md. at the Gen. Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City shows that Elizabeth, wife of Michael Stoker died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33 years. It should be kept in mind that the only Stoker (Stocker) family found in the early church, land or court records of Frederick County, Maryland was one headed by Michael. The only suggestion of a Stoker of Stocker of another given name was the same Michael in the recordings of his children by his second wife, Elizabeth. In those recordings he was called Joh. Michael Stoker. Deed Records in Frederick Co., calling him a saddler in every case and showing his wife to have been Barbara in March 1766 and Elizabeth in April 1770 proves the two Michaels to have been the same person. The second wife, Elizabeth, died 10 Oct 1777 at the age of 33. On 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams as already shown. This writer explains the one page record that is found of Michael Stoker's (Stocker) children in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick Co., Md. as follows. When his first two daughters (twins probably) were born he had them baptized or recorded as they were born. When his twins, Marie Barbara and Christina were born in 1769 he had them baptized and recorded and when this was being done he decided to record all of his other children, four of whom had not been recorded, naming their godparents from memory. This would account for all of these children appearing on one page where immediately prior entries were 1769 and immediate subsequent ones 1770. When children of his second wife, Elizabeth, came he had them baptized and recorded. Apparently there were four of them, one named Johannes, b. 4 Jan 1772, another named Marie Salome, b. 9 May 1773, the third was Marie Barbara b. 23 Dec 1774 and the fourth Eva Margreth b. 22 Jul 1776 - d. 12 Sep 1777. Then on 10 Oct 1777 his wife, Elizabeth, aged 33, died and on 21 Jun 1778 he married Mary (Marie) Adams, his third wife. The first child of the third marriage was Anna Margareth, b. 15 May 1779. She was baptized and recorded. The second child by this third marriage was Marie Catherina, born 4 Sep 1780 and bapt. 4 March (May) 1781. She probably died young. The fourth child was Georg b. 13 Nov 1781. This child was baptized 7 Jun 1782 and the baptism recorded not on the current page of the record book but squeezed in on the 1769/1770 page where other children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) had been recorded enmasse. Thus we have on the 1769/1770 page of the church book a record of eight children of Michael Stoker (Stocker) born between 1758 and 1782 appearing on that page with other children of his who were born after 1769 appearing on other pages. The fact that his son Georg was so recorded is pretty conclusive proof that all of the eight Stoker (Stocker) children on that one page had the same father. The symbol ϯ apparently was to indicate that the child was deceased and, doubtless, was inserted when the baptism of the son George was recorded. Other entries in the church records show Michael Stocker (Stoker) and his wife, Anna Maria, had two other children, one named Jacob, b. 22 May 1785, and the other named Charlotte, b. 19 Feb 1788, making 17 children as follows: By first wife Barbara: 1. Anna Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758. She died young. 2. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, the same as or twin of [Anna Barbara]. She died young. 3. Johana Magdale Stocker, b. 1 Jan 1760. 4. Michael Stocker, Jr., b. 20 May 1762 (24 May 1762 or 24 Mar 1762). 5. Elizabeth Stocker, b. 26 Aug 1764. She died young. 6. Balthasar Stocker, b. 24 May 1767. He died young. 7. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. [Twin of Christina.] She died young. 8. Christina Stocker, b. 11 ??? 1769. Twin of [Marie Barbara]. She died young. By second wife Elizabeth: 9. Johannes Stocker, b. 4 Jan 1772. 10. Marie Solome Stocker, b. 9 May 1773. 11. Marie Barbara Stocker, b. 25 Dec 1774. 12. Eva Margreth Stocker, b. 22 Jul 1776, d. 12 Sep 1777. By third wife Anna Marie Adams: 13. Anna Margareth Stocker, b. 15 May 1779. 14. Marie Catherina Stocker, b. 4 Sep 1780. 15. George Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bapt. 2 Jun 1782. 16. Jacob Stocker, b. 22 May 1785. 17. Charlotte Stocker, b. 19 Feb 1788. [Note: James Hook totally missed one child, Eva Catherina, who was born between George and Jacob; see her notes for church record documentation.] 4. From the book "Our Stoker Family Histories 1731-1881," Vol. II, comp. and ed. by Elayne Stoker, 2004, printed by Stevenson's Genealogy Center, Provo, UT. From an article entitled: "Michael Stocker 1731-1819 with wives: Ana Barbara Romerin, Elisabeth Fah, and Mary (Anna Maria) Adams." See notes of Johan Michael Stocker for complete text of which the following is a small part: "Important Note: All of the original Evangelical Lutheran Church record was originally in German mixed with some Latin. Parts of it have been copied on to microfilm by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is available for anyone to study. A complete copy is found in the Maryland State Archives on microfilm. This record has been translated by Frederick S. Weiser, James Hook, William Hinke, and E.W. Reinecke. In comparing the four records each has small differences in dates and names from the original record. The translation work by Frederick S. Weiser has been most commonly used... Researchers Take Note In relationship to the birth dates and number of children Michael and Ana had there is much confusion. I believe most of this has stemmed from the differences of the translations and then the descendants propagating the same mistakes throughout the year. I have tried to verify the different translations with the original hand written records available to me. For researchers working through the Family History Centers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the only translation records available was made by Frederick Weiser and James Hook. Located in the Frederick County Historical Library in Maryland are the translations by Frederick Weiser, William Hinke, and E. W. Reinecke. All of the microfilm of the original and its various translations can be found at the Maryland State Archives in Baltimore, Maryland. Michael and Ana's Family Because of the problems with this family I have provided endnotes for references to where the information is located so others may research this dilemma... [A.] Anna Barbara on 1 April, 1758 and baptized on Pentecost 1758. This church ordinance was witnessed by Maria Barbara, the unmarried daughter of Michael Romer. (As of 1769 daughter was deceased.) [Footnote 1: "The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 53."] It is the opinion of this author that Maria Barbara and Anna Barbara are the same child. The record of this child was made eleven years after her birth at the Festival of the Resurrection. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the baptismal records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, Recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552. [B.] Jan 1 1760, A little daughter Johana Magdalena, Sponsors: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena. [Footnote 2. The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] [C] The next child recorded for Michael and Ana was that of: son Michael on 20 May 1762 baptized Sept 18 [Schw.]. Sponsors: MIchael and Charlotte Amalia Romer. [Footnote 3. "Maryland German Church Records Vol. 3, Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland 1742-1779, as translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser pg. 34. This record does not have a translation error on the year of Michael's birth where he has it listed as 1768."] The following children for Michael and Ana were found only in the hand written record of the Evangelical Lutheran Church recorded in conjunction with the Festival of the Resurrection which was held March 26 and 27 of 1769, 3-5 years after the children were born. [Footnote 4. "The record of this child was made nine years after her birth. It is only recorded with several other children of Michael and has no independent record as seen in the records of Anna Barbara and Michael. The hand written record is located in Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, Maryland on microfilm. Cr. Fred. 1 #437. Zion Luth-Ch, recs (1871-1877) and index Evan. Luth Ch 1742-1877, pp. 1-1048, Index I-N, page 552."] [D.] Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug 1764 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Elisabeth Romerin (as of 1769 daughter was deceased). [E.] Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker b. 24 May 1767 bp. (not given). Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach (as of 1769 son was deceased)." BIRTH: 1. See Christening. CHRISTENING: 1. Per LDS extraction program of film #13933, "Evangelical Lutheran or Lutheran Congregation of Zmiddletown, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland" as cited with online Ordinance Index: "Maria Barbara Stocker, born 15 May 1758 with parent listed as Michael Stocker." Ordinance work reference is Film 13933 IT 2, batch C507701. This date contradicts date given below and may actually be a christening date. 2. Per LDS extraction program of film #883605 item 1, "The Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, parish register 1743-1811 [actual start of 1737]. 975.287/F1 V26 w v. 1-2" as cited with online Ordinance Index: "Maria Barbara Stocker, b. 1 Apr 1758, christened 15 May 1758, with parent listed as Michael Stocker." Ordinance work reference is Film 824392 IT 2, batch C504181. 3. Anna Barbara's presumed surname of Römerin is technically unproven but surmised from the sponsors of her children's baptisms in Frederick, MD. Her surname Anna Barbara is however found in conjunction with her husband Michael Stocker in land deeds and baptismal sponsorships. Six children were born to her and her husband and with the exception of Balthasar, all the rest had baptismal sponsors from the Römer family (including the last two on the following list who were the first two children of the second wife Elizabeth Pfau); i.e: Anna Barbara, 1758: Maria Barbara Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Maria Barbara, 1758: Barbara Römerin (most likely Anna Barbara's unmarried sister Maria Barbara again) Johanna Magdalene, 1760: Henrich Fauth and Magdalena (Anna Barbara's married sister Johanna Magdalene whose husband is named in their father's will as Henry Foutz) Michael, 1762: John Michael and Maria Amalia Römer (Anna Barbara's parents) Elizabeth, 1764: Elizabeth Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) Balthasar, 1767: Unrelated party - Balthasar and Rosina Bach. Maria Barbara, 1769: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haas (Anna Barbara's married sister Maria Barbara whose marriage is proved by their father's will and by tombstones) Christina, 1769: Christina Römerin (Anna Barbara's unmarried sister) The name Römerin is the German female version of Römer. 4. FHL book 975.287/F1 K28we "Maryland German Church Records," vol. 3, "Baptismal records of the Monocacy Lutheran Congregation, and its successor, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, 1742-1779," translated and edited by Frederick S. Weiser: - All recorded at once: - Maria Barbara, dau. of Michael Stocker, b . 1 Apr 1758 (+), bp. 15 May. Sponsors: Mar. Barb. Römerin [now] deceased. - Johanna Magdalina, dau. of [parents names not given] b. 1 Jan 1760, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Heinrich and Magdalena Fauth. - Michael, son of Michael Stocker b. 20 May 1762, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Michael and Scharletta Amalia Romer. - Elisabetha, dau. of Michael Stocker b. 26 Aug. 1764, bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Elisabetha Romerin. - Balthasar, son of Michael Stocker, b. 24 May 1767 (+), bp. [not given]. Sponsors: Balthasar and Rosina Bach. - Maria Barbara, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Johannes and Maria Barbara Haass. - Christina, twin dau. of Michael Stocker, b. 11 Sept. 1769 (+), bp. 19 Sept. 1769. Sponsors: Christina Römerin, single. - [name not given], son of Michael Stocker, b. 13 Nov. 1781, bp. 2 Jun. 1782. Sponsor: Georg Bens. [Kerry's note: This child is George Stocker.] DEATH: 1. Appears to be dead before late 1769 when another daughter with the same name is born. Also see notes in James Hook's book quoted above that shows an entry done in late 1769 when the latter Maria Barbara and her twin sister Christina were presented in the Evangelical Lutheran Church records and where this individual is reentered in the record marked with a "cross" doubtless indicating that she was deceased by that time. 2. Not mentioned in father's will dated 10 May 1818: "...my sons, Jacob, Michael and John and my daughters, Mary, Catherine, Charlotte, Margaret, Barbara, Salome and Magdalene..." See full quotation in his notes. 3. Per church records of the Evangelical Lutheran Church as quoted above by James Hook. She shows deceased prior to the 1769 birth of Marie Barbara and Christina Stocker. | Stocker, Maria Barbara (I83)
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| 1895 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Appears that there was still a family estate in Windsor, Connecticut into the mid 1850's. Also known as Gylette, Gylett, Gillet, Gillette, Gylot, Gylet, Galet, Gelot, Gilet, and so on. 2. "The Great Migration Begins," pp. 766-70, by Robert Charles Anderson: "Jonathan Gillett Origin: Chaffcombe, Somersetshire. Migration: 1633. First Residence: Dorchester. Removes: Windsor 1638. Return Trips: To England in 1633 and return 1634. Church Membership: Admission to Dorchester church prior to 6 May 1635 implied by freemanship. Freeman: 6 May 1635 (as "Jonathan Jellett," second in a sequence of five Dorchester men) [MBCR 1:370]. Offices: Connecticut jury, December 1653, 7 June 1655, 26 August 1657, 3 March 1658/9, 15 May 1660, 6 December 1660, 5 September 1661, 9 October 1661, 13 May 1662, 20 January 1662[/3] [RPCC 119, 143, 181, 197, 211, 219, 238, 240, 246, 261]. Windsor constable, March 1655/6 [RPCC 161]. Estate: Allowed by town of Dorchester "to fence in half an acre of ground about his house leaving a sufficient highway," and granted four acres of marsh; also "Jonathan Gillet's house" mentioned, 17 April 1635 [DTR 11]; "Jellets" to have two acres of marsh, 27 June 1636 (no first name is given, so this grant may be to both Jonathan and Nathan) [DTR 17]. (In the grant of meadows beyond Neponset, Lot #32, marked only "J.," may have belonged to Jonathan Gillet, since it was immediately next to the lot of N[athan] Gillet [DTR 321].) In Thomas Treadwell's deed of land to Edward Breck, dated 20 June 1638, one of the abutters to a parcel of land was "Mr. Parker on the other side which was once Jonathan Gillete's" [DTR 35]. On 9 June 1662 Jonathan Gillett Sen. was granted two parcels of swampland totalling five or six acres by the court-appointed committee to dispose of land without the west bounds of Windsor [WiLR 1:41]. Other "Jonathan Gillett" land entries appear to pertain to Jonathan Jr. In his will, dated 8 August 1677 and proved 6 September 1677, "Jonathan Gillett sen. of Windsor ... being at present very ill and under distemper of body above ordinary" named "my wife ... sole executrix " and "my son Josiah Gillett to take care for the improvement of his mother's estate," she to have the use of "both my houselots, my one and that which was my brother Nathan Gillett's, which are both nine acres, also at the upper end of the first meadow, or that which is Timothy Phelpes," and "all that remains of that to me I set out three acres to my son John"; after "my decease ... my son Josias" to assist his mother, and after her death "he shall enjoy for his own ... my now dwelling house and all the appurtenances with it, with five acres of houselands & all other parcels of land, as are expressed to be his mother's for her use whilst she lives, only excepting the house & four acres of the houseland to it, which my son Jeremy shall possess for his own after my wife's decease" and "the six acres in the second meadow I set out to him, he is to possess for his own at the present"; "thirdly, my will is that if the Lord should take me and my wife both of us away by death within four years after the date hereof, my son Josiah shall pay some legacies, as to his brother Jonathan Gillett £4 and a gun, and to his brother Cornelius Gillett £4, & to my daughter, Peter Browne's wife, £2, and to my daughter, Samuel Fyllye's wife, £2, and to the two children which I have taken that were my son Joseph's, deceased, as the little son Jonathan £5, and the girl £5. My son Jonathan is to have the other twenty acres of woodland joining to the twenty acres expressed to my wife. He is to have his twenty acres next to Thomas Barber, ten acres of it I give him, the other ten he hath bought. Also, Jonathan and Cornelius my sons are to have my eleven acres without the west bounds of Windsor, betwixt them, after my decease. And my son John Gillett to have six acres of the other parcel without the bounds at present, and Jeremie to have the remainder of it" [Hartford PD Case #2202; Manwaring 1:200-01]. The inventory of "Jonathan Gillett Senior who died the 23 day of this August" was taken 31 August 1677 and totalled £273 10s., including real estate valued at £188: "his dwelling & barn house land five acres," £70; "his dwelling house that was his brother Nathan's & four acres of houseland," £40; "the first meadow, near four acres," £20; "the second meadow eight acres," £30; "twenty acres of woodland," £10; "six acres of upland," £12; and "without the west bounds of Windsor common land fifteen acres," £6 [Hartford PD Case #2202]. More than a generation later, on 25 August 1719, Jonathan Filley, Josiah Filly, John Filly, Thomas Gillett and Joseph Gillett petitioned the probate court that their "grandfather Jonathan Gillit late of Windsor" had left unadministered estate and they requested that someone be appointed to administer the property [Hartford PD Case #2202]. Birth: By about 1609 (based on presumed age at marriage), son of Rev. William Gillett. Death: Windsor 23 August 1677 (from inventory). Marriage: Colyton, Devonshire, 29 March 1634 Mary Dolbiar, bp. Colyton, Devonshire, 7 June 1607 [TAG 15:208-17]. She died Windsor 5 January 1685[/6] [CTVR 56; TAG 15:210]. Children: i Jonathan, b. about December 1634 [TAG 15:210]; m. (1) Windsor 23 April 1661 Mary Kelsey [Grant 39], daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:209, 210, 215]; m. (2) Windsor 14 December 1676 Miriam Dibble [Grant 39], daughter of Thomas Dibble. ii Cornelius, b. say 1636; m. by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of William Kelsey [TAG 68:214; Grant 39]. iii Mary, b. say 1638; m. Windsor 15 July 1658 Peter Brown [Grant 33-34; TAG 33:215]. (Because of the tight chronology between the date of marriage of the parents and the known birthdate of the fourth Child, Coddington suggests that Cornelius and Mary may have been twins [TAG 15:211]. iv Anna, b. Windsor 29 December 1639 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 29 October 1663 Samuel Filley [Grant 37]. v Joseph, bp. Windsor 25 July 1641 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 24 November 1664 Elizabeth Hawkes [WiVR]. vi Samuel, bp. Windsor 22 January 1642/3 [Grant 39]; no further record. vii John, b. Windsor 5 October 1644 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 8 July 1669 "Marcy Barber" [CTVR 12; Grant 40]. John Gillett d. in 1682 [Manwaring 1:307] and his widow m. (2) Windsor 14 June 1683 George Norton [CTVR 52], son of George Norton. She was the daughter of Thomas Barber [Manwaring 1:94], and had been taken in by Walter Filer after her father's death [RPCC 262, 264]. viii Abigail, bp. Windsor 28 June 1646 [Grant 39]; d. Windsor 1648 [Grant 81]. ix Jeremiah, b. Windsor 12 February 1647/8 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 15 October 1685 Deborah Bartlett [WiVR Barbour 117], daughter of Benjamin Bartlett. x Josiah, bp. Windsor 14 July 1650 [Grant 39]; m. Windsor 30 June 1676 Joanna Taintor [Grant 42, 76]. Associations: He was brother of Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor. Ever since the publication of the will of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somersetshire [NYGBR 41:282-83], Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor have been considered his sons, although there have been some nagging doubts. In 1979 George E. McCracken published additional information which makes the identification solid [TAG 55:170-73]. McCracken suggested that Jonathan, Nathan and some of their siblings were born before 1610, when William Gillett was instituted at Chaffcombe; but we only have scattered Bishops' Transcripts for some of the years after 1610, and there is a ten-year gap when several Gillett children could have been born. Jonathan was probably older than Elias, who was baptized on 11 February 1611/2 and so could well have been born at an earlier residence for the family. Nathan, however, need not have been born until 1613, and he could have been born at Chaffcombe, next after Elias, during a period when neither the parish register nor the Bishops' Transcripts survive for that parish. Comments: Jonathan Gillett and his brother Nathan are frequently included in passenger lists of the Mary & John. While this is not impossible, it is also not a necessary conclusion. They were both from the West Country, and both settled first in Dorchester, but were they first here in 1630? The first record of Nathan is his admission to freemanship in 1634, which implies arrival by 1633, and nothing more. From the statement of Jonathan's son Benjamin in their copy of the "Breeches Bible" that "My father Gille[tt] came into new-inglan the second time in June in the year 1634...," we know that Jonathan arrived for the second time in 1634, and he does appear on the 1634 passenger list of the Recovery [TAG 15:210; NGSQ 71:171, 77:250]. But he could have come for the first time in 1633, turned around immediately to return to England to marry early in 1634 and board ship in time to sail back to New England. There was a ship from the West Country in 1633 that could have brought the Gillett brothers to New England, and as a result we would not be justified in placing them on the Mary & John. Any evidence which might overturn this conclusion would almost certainly have to come from England. Jonathan Gillett had left Dorchester by 20 June 1638 [DTR]. Anna, born December 1639, was the first of his children to be born in Windsor. Since the chronology for the births of his children is tight, the previous Child, Mary, was probably born late in 1637 or early in 1638, and in Dorchester, so the date for the move from Dorchester to Windsor would be in the first half of 1638. In his 17 August 1677 accounting of "what children has been born in Windsor from our beginning hither," Matthew Grant said that "Jonathan Gellet senior" had seven [Grant], which accords with the actual list of children given by Grant elsewhere. Bibliographic Note: George E. McCracken surveyed the literature on the Gillett family in 1979, providing some brief commentary on the relative reliability of the many publications [TAG 55:170-1]." Sources: DTR: Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston. 1880. Dorchester Town Records (Boston 1883). TAG: The American Genealogist, Volume 9 to present (1932+). Grant: "Matthew Grant Record, 1639-1681" in Some Early Records and Documents of and Relating to the Town of Windsor, Connecticut, 1639-1703 (Hartford 1930). WiVR: Windsor Vital Records, typescript, Connecticut State Library (1918-29). WiVR Barbour: Windsor Vital Records, Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. NGSQ: National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume 1 through present (1912+). NYGBR: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume through present (1869+). CTVR: Births Marriages and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield and Entered in the Early Land Records of the Colony of Connecticut..., Edwin Stanley Welles, ed. (Hartford 1898). Manwaring: A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records, Volume One, Hartford Probate District, 1635-1700, Charles William Manwaring, comp. (Hartford 1904). RPCC: Records of the Particular Court of Connecticut, 1639-1663, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, Volume 22 (Hartford 1928; rpt. Bowie, Maryland, 1987). WiLR: Windsor, Connecticut, Deeds (microfilm of original at Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut). Hartford PD: Hartford Probate District, original files, Connecticut State Archives (and on microfilm). MBCR: Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, 1628-1686, Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, ed., 5 volumes in 6 (Boston 1853-1854)." 3. Quoted from "Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillett" referenced in "SOURCES_MISC" below, pp. 15-16: "Jonathan Gillet the progenitor of this branch of the family belonged with his brother Nathan to the company of about one hundred and forty Puritans, which was formed in the counties of Devonshire, Dorsetshire, and Somersetshire, England, sailed with Revs...John Warham and John Maverick as pastors, in the 'Mary and John', March 20, 1630, and arrived in Nantasket, May 30th, following, settlement being made at Dorchester [Mass.]. He was made a freeman there, May 6, 1635W. There was 'graunted to Jonathan Gillett: to fence inhalfe an acre of ground about his house leaving a sufficent highway.' Further... the foresayed p'tyes do' p'mise to fetch all the Cowes from Jonathan Gilletts to Mr. Woolcotts'... 'graunted also to jonathan Gillet 4 acres' ('over against fox poynt') 'the bounds being from Jonathan Gilets pale &' and one (lot) the other side, which was once Jonathan Gillets' With the Dorchester Church and Rev. Mr. Wareham, he and Nathan removed about 1636 to Windsor, Conn.; where he 'had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide,; near Mr. Warehams, and across the Poquonnoc road from Alexander Alvord of the same company... He and his wife Mary Dolbiar (Dolbere) whom he married Mar. 29, 1634 at Colyton in Devonshire, England, are included in Matthew Grants Church list, made 37 years after the settlement, of 21 'members who were so in Dorchester and came up with Mr. Warham, and are still with us'. They were also privileged having paid six shillings, to sit in the long seats in the church. He gave 4 s.6 d. to fund in aid of sufferers by the Indian War at Simsbury and Springfield, and was one of the committee of distribution." He died Aug. 23, 1677; his wife was bapt. at Colyton June 7, 1607, dau. of Rawkey (or Rockeye) and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere; d. Jan. 5, 1685." Also quoted is the story of the "Bear Bible" which was the Gillett family bible and was printed in Amsterdam in 1599 and known as the Geneva edition which was very popular among Puritans. The cover is a rough, home-made, leather binding. There are deep scratches in the front edges of the leaves, which according to family tradition, were made by a bear's claws as the Bible lay on a window sill holding up a window sash. Much info is recorded and can be seen in copies of the referenced source noted herein and with copy on file with this individual. 4. Henry R. Stiles, "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," 1892, v. 2, p. 289: "Jonathan Gillett, with his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. Warham, and (both) to Windsor with the first emigration (see p. 157, vol. 1). Both he and his wife were members of the orig. D. and W. ch. (O.C.R.); D.W.P. thinks that he probably d. 27 Feb 1697-8; O.C.R. says: 'Jonathan, Sen.,' d. 23 Aug 1677, and in its list of persons taken into Windsor ch. 'and are now living' (the date of this Rec. is 21 Dec 1677) is mentioned 'Wid. Gillett.' The Rec. in Gillett-Holcomb Bible, referred to below (see also Note p. 290), says 'Father Gillett dyed in 1667.' There is still extant, in the possession of a Windsor family, a copy of the Geneva edition of the Bible, of 1599, commonly known as the 'Breeches Bible,' because the fig leaf garment made by our first parents in the Garden of Eden, and which in the King James's Version is called apron, is herein given as breeches. This Bible was brought to New England by this Jonathan Gillett, Sen'r, and afterwards passed into the hands of the present Holcomb family, prob. through Lois, who was the daughter of Jonathan Holcomb by his second wife, Wid. Mary Gillet, whom he married 28 Jun 1721. Lois Holcomb, b. 5 Jul 1748, was married July 1772 to Noah (father of Perly, father of Dea. Anson) Cooley of North Granby, Conn. In the family, this Gillett-Holcomb Bible was familiarly known as the 'Bear Bible,' because it was once, in the olden days, placed in a window to keep the sash raised, when a bear endeavoring to effect an entrance, clawed it, leaving the marks of his claws so deep upon the edges of its leaves, that they are still very plainly to be seen. In this Bible occurs the following manuscript record: 'My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the secon(d) time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land.' A jar now in possession of Mr. Norman F. Stoughton of So. Windsor, was, it is said, 'brought over' by the first Jonathan Gillett. It is white with blue lines, 6 inches in height and 7 inches in diameter. Children: a. Cornelius, came to Windsor with his father. b. Jonathan, Jr., b. in New Eng., 1634/5. c. Mary, b. in New. Eng. Born in Windsor (O.C.R.) d. Anna (Hannah, O.C.R.) b. 29 Dec 1639, specifically mentioned in O.C.R. as 'his first born in Windsor.' e. Joseph, bp. 25 Jul 1641. f. Samuel, bp. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 5 Oct 1641. h. Abigail, bp. 28 Jun 1646; d. 1649. - O.C.R. i. Jeremiah, b. 12, bp. (O.C.R.) 20 Feb 1647. j. Josiah, bp. 14 Jul 1650." 5. Manuscript from the Windsor CT. Historical Society Library of Jay Mack Holbrook entitled "Conn. Colonists - Windsor 1635-1703" has the following listings for Gillets. I am not sure what the references refer to, but they appear to be a compilation of mentioned names in original sources. I have rearranged the entries to be chronological rather than alphabetical as presented by the book compiler: Gillett, Jonathan 604; land owner, 1639; STI891:157. Gillet, Anna; birth 29 Dec 1639; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Joseph; baptism 25 Jul 1641; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Joseph; baptism 25 Jul 1641; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Samuel; baptism 22 Jan 1642; WIN638:14; father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Samuell; baptism 22 Jan 1643; CHS930:39; father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, John; birth 5 Oct 1644; WIN638:16; spelling: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, John; birth 5 Oct 1644; CHS930:39; spelling: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Abigail; baptism 28 Jun 1646; WIN638:14; Father: Gillet, Jonathan. Gillet, Abigail; baptism 28 Jun 1646; CHS930:39; Father: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Abigayl; death 1648; CHS930:81. Gillett, Jonathan 604; church member 1662; CHS930:11; spelling: Gillet, Jona. Gillet, Jonathan; church member Apr 1662; CHS930:95. Gillett, Jonathan 604; freeman 1669; TRU852:519; spelling: Gillet, Jonath. Sr. Gillett, Jonathan 604; household size = 4; 7 Mar 1670; WYL924:194; spelling; Gillett: Jonathan Sr. Gillett, Jonathan 604; estate in pounds = 84; 1674; GRA674:16; spelling: Gillet, Jothn Sr. Gillet, Jonathan Sr.; estate in pounds = 103; 1675; GRA675:19. Gillet, Jonathan Sr.; estate in pounds = 92; 1675; GRA676:28. Gillett, Jonathan 604; donation in pence = 54; 1676; CHS930:87; spelling: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillet, Jonathan Sr.; children born = 7; 1677; CHS930:91. Gillett, Jonathan 604; will dated 8 Aug 1677; MAN904:200. Gillet, Jonathan Sr.; death 23 Aug 1677; CHS930:86. Gillet, Jonathan Sr.; death 23 Aug 1677; WEL898:29. Gillett, Jonathan 604; death 23 Aug 1677; MAN904:200. Gillett, Jonathan 604; estate in pounds = 274; 31 Aug 1677; MAN904:200. Gillet, Widow; estate in pounds = 27; 1677; GRA677:3. Gillett, Jonathan 604; church member, 1678; CHS930:10; spelling: Gillet, Jonathan Sr. Gillett, Jonathan 604; church member, 1678; CHS930:7; spelling: Gillet, Jonathan. 6. One page manuscript from the files of the Windsor, CT Historical Society entitled "Jonathan Gillett 1604-1677," 1992, Jay Mack Holbrook, arranged by age, event, date, and supporting document: 0: Birth in England; abt 1604. 26: Passenger on Mary and John to Dorchester, MA; 1630; KUH943:5. 30: Marriage: Mary Dolbere; Colyton, Devon, Eng.; 29 Mar 1634; KUH943:35. 31: Returned to New England with his wife; Jun 1634; KUH943:35. 32: Migrated to Windsor with John Warham group; 1636; KUH943:35. 35: Land owner in Windsor; 1639; STI891:157. 51: Juror service at Hartford 1655-1662; 1655; CHS928:143. 52: Sworn as Constable for Windsor; 1656; CHS928:161. 52: Plaintiff against "Jeams Inose" about "the death of a mare to the damage of 7 pounds." The jury ruled in favor of Gillett. Enno to pay 15 pounds and cost of court; 5 Jun 1656; CHS928:161. 56: Meetinghouse seat rate = 72 pence; 1660; STI891:178. 58: Church member: Jona Gillett; 1662: CHS930:11. 58: Church member: Jonathan Gillet; Apr 1662; CHS930:95. 65: Freeman: Jonathan Gillet Sr; 1669; TRU852:519. 66: Household size: 4, Jonathan Gillet Sr; 7 Mar 1670; WYL924:194. 70: Taxable estate in pounds = 84; 1674; GRA674:16. 71: Taxable estate in pounds = 103; 1675; GRA675:19. 71: Tax List: family and horse; John Gillet Sr; 1675; STI891:88. 72: Contribution to poor = 54 pence; Jonathan Sr; 1676; GRA676:28. 72: Taxable estate in pounds = 92; 1676; GRA676:28. 73: children born in Windsor = 7; 1677; CHS930:91. 73: Will: "son Josiah...care for...Mother's Estate for her Use and Benefit..."; 8 Aug 1677; MAN904:200. 73: Death in Windsor; Jonathan Gillet Sr.; 23 Aug 1677; CHS930:86; WEL898:29. 73: Estate value at death in pounds = 274; 31 Aug 1677; MAN904:200." 7. From the family files at the Windsor, Connecticut, Historical Society is the following typescript: "An Early Bee Hunter's Adventures. A true story by Francis McGee Thompson. The first settlement made by the English upon the 'Long' river of the Indians, the 'Fresh' river of the Dutch, now called the Connecticut, was made by William Holmes of Plymouth, who sailed into the mouth in October, 1633, and unloaded from his vessel at a point just below the mouth of Windsor river, the already prepared frame of his house. When he returned to Plymouth he took with him some of the sachems of that region, whom the Pequots had driven out. The Dutch from Manhattan had traded on the 'Long' river with the natives since 1614 and intending to forestall the English, they had early in 1633 erected a small fort where Hartford now stands, which they named 'Good Hope.' The Dutch trained the two small guns in their fort on Holmes' ship and ordered him to stop, but he told them he had commission from the Governor of Plymouth to go up the river, 'and if they did shoote, they must obey their order and proceede.' So he proceeded to his destination. Within two years, churches at Dorchester, Watertown and New Town, with their pastors, had moved bodily to the Connecticut, and settled at Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford. Among the earliest from Dorchester to Windsor, was Jonathan Gillet, or as more frequently spelled in early times, 'Gillit.' He subsequently removed to Simsbury, and raised a family of ten children. His third son, Joseph, (bapt. 25 Jul 1641) was one of the early settlers of Deerfield, later the frontier town of the Connecticut valley, and was killed by King Philip's Indians at the massacre of Lothrop and his men at Bloody Brook, 18 Sep 1675. Samuel, younger brother of Joseph, was slain on the retreat of Capt. William Turner after the fight at Turner Falls, 19 May 1676. The next year the widow of Samuel married Stephen Jennings of Hatfield, and that same year she with two of her children, were taken prisoners to Canada. While a prisoner she became the mother of a babe whom she named Captivity Jennings. These prisoners were rescued in 1678. Joseph Gillet was the father of seven children, and his son, John, born 10 Jun 1671 was the hero of this story. [Story continues in notes of Joseph Gillet.]" 8. The book "The 'Mary and John," chapter "The Passengers," p. 37: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett were the sons of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, co. Somerset, who died in 1641. Jonathan Gillett came to America with his brother in 1630, but returned to England to marry March 29, 1634, at Colyton, co. Devon, Mary Dolbere, who was b. 7 Jun 1607, and d. 5 Jan 1685, dau. of Rawkey and Mary (Mitchell) Dolbere. Mary Dolbere is thought to have been a relative of Rev. Warham. (Jacobus, Donald Lines: 'The American Genealogist,' v. XV, p. 209. New Haven, Conn., 1938-39.) In a bible belonging to the Gillett family is the following: 'My Grandfather Gille(tt) came into new englan the secon time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a years aftur he cam to land.' Jonathan Gillett was made a freeman in 1635, moved to Windsor in 1636, and died there 23 Aug 1677. Children: a. Jonathan, 1634-5 Sep 1708; m. 22 Apr 1662, Mary, 1634-18 Apr 1676, dau. of William Kelsey; m. (2) 1676 Miriam Dibble, d. 1687. Children: Mary, Jonathan, William, Thomas, and Samuel. b. Cornelius, b. 1635; m. Priscilla Kelsey. c. Mary (twin), m. Peter Brown. d. Anna, b. 29 Dec 1639; m. 1663, Samuel Filley, 1643-1711. e. Joseph, b. 25 Jul 1641; killed in King Philip's War; m. 1664, Elizabeth, 1647-1725, dau. of John Hawkes. Children: Joseph, 1664; Elizabeth, 1666; Mary, 1667; Jonathan, 1669-1692; John, 1671; Nathaniel, 1673; Hannah, 1675. f. Samuel, b. 22 Jan 1642. g. John, b. 4 Oct 1644; m. 1669, Mary, dau. Thomas Barber. h. Abigail, 1646-1649. i. Jeremiah, 20 Feb 1647-1 Mar 1692; m. 1685, Deborah Bartlett. Deborah m. (2) Samuel Adams. j. Josiah, bapt. 15 Jul 1650; m. 1676, Joanna Taintor." 9. 20 Mar 2008 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bart/Gillet.htm: "Jonathan Gillett born 29 Dec. 1605) in Chaffcombe, Somerset, England, married Mary Dolbiar/Dolbere 29 Mar. 1634 in St. Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devonshire (Fig. 2), died 23 Aug. 1677 in Windsor, CT, probably buried in Old Burying Ground.[18] Mary was baptized 17 June 1607 in Colyton, died 5 Jan. 1685/6 in Windsor, buried 14 May 1686 in Windsor.[19] She was a daughter of Rawkey & Mary (Michell) Dolbere.[20] The register of St. Andrew's Church at Colyton, Devonshire, reads "29 March 1634 Jonathan Gillet, sonne of Rev. William Gillet, and Mary Dolbere of Colyton, County Devonshire, England."[21] From the notation by Jonathan's son Benjamin in the "Bear Bible" (see below) we know that "My father Gille(tt) came into new-inglan the second time in June in the year 1634." One theory is that Jonathan was a passenger on the 400-ton "Mary & John" which departed Plymouth 20 Mar. 1630, Capt. Thomas Squibb, master.[22] The 140 passengers were from the counties Dorset, Somerset and Devon. One of the two clergymen with this group was Rev. John Warham who had been a vicar in Crewkerne, Somerset. On 30 May the "Mary & John" landed at Nantasket Bay and the group initially settled at Dorchester. Jonathan Gillet's name appears in the list of all grantees of Dorchester lands whose names were in the Town Records prior to Jan. 1636. Five years later a great majority of them removed to Windsor, CT, under the leadership of Warham.[23] Note that our Jonathan followed this exact route, settling near Mr. Warham in Windsor. But first Jonathan returned to England and married Mary Dolbiar 29 Mar. 1634 in Colyton, Devonshire. They promptly boarded the "Recovery of London," which departed 31 Mar. 1634 from Weymouth, Dorset, for New England. On board were 26 passengers. Most, if not all, were from Dorset, Somerset and Devon.[24] Both Jonathan and his wife were members of the original Dorchester and Windsor churches. Jonathan brought with him a copy of the 1599 Geneva edition of the Bible. In the family it was known as the "Bear Bible" because it had been clawed by a bear when it lay on a window-sill holding up a window sash. In this bible is written "My father Gille[tt] came into new-inglan the secon[d] time in June in the yeare 1634 and Jonathan his sonne was born about half a yeare aftur he cam to land."[25] On 17 Apr. 1635 Jonathan was allowed by the town of Dorchester "to fence in half an acre of ground about his house leaving a sufficient highway.[26] On 6 May 1635 Jonathan was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony. He left Dorchester before 20 June 1638. In Windsor Jonathan was granted in 1639 a lot 17 rods wide. It contained over 4 acres and was near Mr. Warham's. His brother Nathan's lot was on the west side and paralleled Jonathan's.[27] Jonathan served on numerous Connecticut juries from Dec. 1653 to 20 Jan. 1662/3. He was a constable in Windsor in 1655/6. Jona Gillet (6 Apr. 1662), Jonath. Gillett's wife and Cornelus Gillet (16 June 1665) were admitted to the Windsor Church per Matthew Grant's church record "(A list of those members of the church that) were so in Dorchester, and came up here with Mr. Warham and still are of us."[28] On 9 June 1662 Jonathan Gillett Sen. was granted 2 parcels of swampland totaling 5 or 6 acres by the court-appointed committee to dispose of land without the west bounds of Windsor. On 28 Apr. 1665, Nassahegan, sachem of Poquonock, sold to Jonathan Gillet, Sen., of Windsor a piece of land, swamp or marsh, containing 12 acres called by the Indians Matacomacok. This was situated without the west bounds of Windsor, southerly of the swamp belonging to John Moore & Edward Griswold. On 11 Oct. 1669 "Jonathan Gillet, Senr." was listed as a freeman of Windsor. In 1671 Jonathan was granted 40 acres in Simsbury, CT, for his 1637 service in the Pequot War. In 1675 both Jon. Gillet and Jon. Gillet, Jr., were taxed in Windsor in the "Family and horse" category.[29] Voluntary contributors for the poor 11 June 1676 included: - Jonathan Gillet, Senr. 4/6 - Nathan Gillet 2/6 - Cornelius Gillet 2/6.[30] On 10 July 1676 Jonath: Gillet, Senr, Deacon Jno Moore, John Loomys & Jacob Drake of Windsor were credited by the Connecticut "Council" for distributing supplies to "our brethren in distress in our neighboring Colonyes" and requested them to distribute the remainder to Springfield and those upper towns according to their good discretion.[31] Jonathan wrote his will 8 Aug. 1677. It was proved 6 Sept. 1677. In it Jonathan wrote "my will is that if the Lord should take me and my wife both of us away by death within four years after the date hereof, my son Josiah shall pay some legacie, as to his brother Jonathan Gillett £4 and a gun, and to his brother Cornelius Gillett £4, & to my daughter, Peter Browne's wife £2, and to my daughter Samuel Fylle's wife, £2, and to the two children which I have taken that were my son Joseph's, deceased, as the little son Johnathan £5, and the girl £5. Since Jonathan's wife, Mary, did not die until 1685 this part of his will did not take effect. Widow Mary was named sole executrix of Jonathan's will. She inherited "both of my houselots, my one and that which was my brother Nathan Gillett's, which are both nine acres, also at the upper end of the first meadow, or that which is Timothy Phelpes Jonathan's inventory taken 31 Aug. 1677 totaled £273/10/00, including real estate valued at £188. The children of Jonathan & Mary were: i. Jonathan Gillett, Jr., born in Dorchester Dec. 1634 - Jan. 1634/5, married (1) Mary (Anna?) Kelsey 23 Apr. 1661 in Windsor, married (2) Miriam Dibble 14 Dec. 1676 also in Windsor, died 27 Feb. 1697/8. Mary was born ca. 1634, died 18 Apr. 1676 in Windsor. She was a daughter of William Kelsey of Hartford. Miriam was born 19 Feb. 1644/5 in Windsor, baptized there 7 Dec. 1645, died after May 1703. She was a daughter of Thomas Dibble. On 21 May 1657 "Jonath: Gillet Junir" was among 65 Windsor men "made free before the Court." On 6 Apr. 1662 he was admitted to the Windsor Church. On 11 Oct. 1669 Jonathan Gillet, Jr., was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Jonathan inherited from his father 20 acres of woodland joining on to the 20 acres expressed to his mother. He also inherited 10 acres next to Thomas Barber. It adjoined 10 acres he already owned. Jonathan also co-inherited with his brother Cornelius from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 24 Dec. 1679 Jonathan Gillett was one of four who took the inventory of the estate of James Egleston of Windsor who had died 1 Dec. 1679. On 4 Mar. 1679/80 Jonathan and Cornelius (see below) were appointed to assist Mr. John Loomis, administrator to the above widow.[32] Jonathan wrote his will 25 Aug. 1694. It was proven 5 Apr. 1698. Witnesses were Henry Wolcott, Sr., and Nathaniel Gillet. The inventory totaled £360/13/00. Jonathan had 10 children. ii. Cornelius Gillett born ca. July 1636 in Dorchester, married Priscilla Kelsey 16 Jan. 1658, died 26 June 1711 in Windsor. He was named for his uncle Cornelius Dolbiar. Priscilla was born ca. 1632, died 7 Jan. 1722/3. In 1658 Cornelius Gillett bought from Josiah Ellsworth lot of length 60 rods & width 18 rods. This lot had been granted to Alexander Alford (Alvord) in 1645.[33] On 20 May 1658 "Cornel: Gillet" was among 70 Windsor men "made free before the court." Cornelius was admitted to the Windsor Church 16 Jan. 1665. On 11 Oct. 1669 "Cornelius Gillet" was listed as a freeman of Windsor. Priscilla was admitted in Feb. 1671. She was a sister of Miriam Kelsey (see paragraph above). On 2 July 1687 Priscilla Gillett witnessed with her "X" the will of Mary Randolph of Hartford.[34] Cornelius co-inherited with his brother Jonathan from their father 11 acres without the west bounds of Windsor. On 23 Mar. 1691 Cornelius Gillett and two others took inventory of the estate of Peter Browne, Sr., of Windsor. It amounted to £408-15-06.[35] Cornelius wrote his will 2 June 1711 in Windsor. It was proved 3 Sept. 1711. The inventory of £44-07-06 was taken 27 July 1711. Cornelius & Priscilla had 9 children. iii. Mary Gillett born late 1637/early 1638 in Dorchester, married Peter Brown/Browne 15 July 1658 in Windsor, died 27 Aug. 1719 in Windsor. Peter was born ca. 1632, died 9 Mar. 1691/2 in Windsor (a son of Peter Brown of the Mayflower?). His estate amounted to £480. Peter and Mary had 12 children. For a continuation of this line see Jacobus, Donald L. & Herschel S. Murphy, "Peter Brown of Windsor, CT" (TAG, 1957), 33:214 - 222. iv. Anna (Hannah) Gillett born 29 Dec. 1639 in Windsor, married Samuel FILLEY 29 Oct. 1663 in Windsor, died 18 Nov. 1711 in Windsor. Samuel was born 24 Sept. 1643 in Windsor and died there 4 Jan. 1711 - 1712. He was a son of William & Margaret Filley of Windsor. In Dec. 1665 Anna was admitted a member of the Windsor Church. In 1669 Samuel & Anna removed to Massaco (now Simsbury), CT, but subsequently removed back to Windsor. Samuel's estate was valued at £327 plus. They had 10 children. v. Joseph Gillett [see his file for extensive notes]. vi. Samuel Gillett baptized in Windsor 22 Jan. 1642/3, married Hannah Dickinson 23 Sept. 1668 in Hadley (Hatfield?), MA, killed 19 May 1676 at Turner's Falls. Samuel & Hannah settled on the frontier at Hatfield, MA. Hannah was born 6 Dec. 1648 in Wethersfield, died after 1687. She was a daughter of Sgt. John & Frances Dickinson. She married (2) Stephen Jennings in Hatfield 15 May 1677 and they removed to Brookfield, MA. Samuel and Hannah had 4 children. Samuel was with Capt. Turner at the Falls Fight at Peskeompsinson[36] in which 37 English were lost including Samuel and Capt. Turner.[37] Hannah had been remarried only a few months when on 19 Sept. 1677 she and her 5-year old daughter Mary and her 4-year old son Samuel were captured during an Indian attack on Hatfield. Hannah was pregnant at the time. When the authorities refused to pursue the Indians in fear of ambush, her husband and Benjamin Wait set out together to recover the captives who were headed for Canada. After a journey that lasted all winter they reached Canada in January and negotiated a ransom with the French. There Hannah had a daughter she named Captivity Jennings on 22 Jan. 1678. Hannah returned to home with her children in June 1678.[38] On 22 July 1710 Stephen Jennings while engaged in making hay was ambushed and killed by Indians at Brookfield. Captivity Jennings married Abigah Bartlett. He too was killed by Indians Oct. 1708.[39] Samuel Gillett, son of Samuel and Hannah, was born ca. 1673, married Hannah HASTINGS 9 Jan. 1697/8. vii. John Gillett born 5 Oct. 1644 in Windsor, married Mercy/Mary Barber 8 July 1669 in Windsor, died shortly before 5 Dec. 1682 in Simsbury (Windsor?). Mercy was baptized 12 Oct. 1651 in Windsor, died 29 Mar. (31 Dec.?) 1725 in Suffield, CT. She was a daughter of Thomas & Jane (Joan?) Barber. She married (2) Capt. George Norton 14 (20?) June 1683 in Windsor. John inherited from his father 6 acres of land without the west bounds of Windsor. The inventory of the estate of John Gillett of Windsor was taken 5 Dec. 1682 by John Loomis, Sen. It was valued at £140-14-06. Legatees were widow Mercy Gillett, John age 9, Thomas age 6, Samuel age 5, Benjamin age 2 and Mercy born 30 Jan. last. Widow Mercy Gillett was appointed administratrix with Jonathan Gillett, Peter Browne, John Barber and Samuel Barber to be overseers.[40]. Mrs. Thelma Sykes Owen of Lanesboro, MA, was a descendant of John & Mercy. John and Mercy had 7 children all born in Windsor, one of whom, Samuel Gillett, was born 16 Feb. 1677/8, married Rebecca Bancroft 22 Jan. 1701/2 in Suffield, CT, died in 1739 in Granville, MA, buried in Suffield. Rebecca was born 23 Feb. 1680 in Springfield, MA. She was a daughter of Thomas & Margaret (Wright) Bancroft of the Springfield, MA, region with residence at the "lower wharf" now Enfield, CT. Samuel & Rebecca Gillett's eldest son John Gillett born 16 Jan. 1704/5 in Suffield, Hampshire Co., MA (now CT), but now of Nowarck in Providence of East Jersey in America, Dish Turner, conveyed to Nathll Copley of Windsor, Hartford Co., Conn., Shipwrite, land in Suffield & Bedford, Hampshire Co. that came to me from my father Samuel Gillet formerly of Suffield but late of Bedford (now Granville) deceased (Springfield, MA, Deed Book H:229).[41] So here we have a second cousin of my Elijah Gillet also living in Newark, NJ in 1734/5! Note that their early home towns of Suffield and Enfield are only about 5 miles apart and that the ages of John and Elijah are only about 1½ years different. Another son of John & Mercy was Thomas Gillet, the great-great-grandfather of William Hooker Gillette, who had Gillette Castle built on the Connecticut River near Hadlyme 1914-1919.[42] viii. Abigail Gillett baptized 28 June 1646 in Windsor, died 1 Mar.1648/9 in Windsor. ix. Jeremiah Gillett born 12 Feb. 1647/8 in Windsor, baptized 20 Feb. 1647/8, married Deborah Bartlett 15 Oct. 1685 in Windsor, died 1 Mar. 1692/3 in Windsor. Deborah was born 3 Apr. 1666 in Windsor, died there 29 Sept. 1753. She was a daughter of Benjamin & Deborah (Barnard) Bartlett. Deborah married (2) Samuel Adams of Windsor 23 Apr. 1694. Jeremiah inherited from his father the remainder of his father's land without the west bounds of Windsor which had not been willed to Jonathan, Cornelius and John. In 1680 Jeremiah had the place in Windsor previously occupied by his uncle Nathan Gillett who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Jeremiah's will was dated 17 Dec. 1692 but was not proved. Jeremiah and Deborah had 11 children all born in Windsor. x. Josiah Gillett born in Windsor, baptized there 14 July 1650, married Joanna/Hannah Taintor 30 June 1676 by Mr. John Allyn in Windsor, died 29 Oct. 1736 in Colchester, CT. Joanna was born 29 Apr. 1657 in Branford, died 23 Jan. 1735/6 in Colchester, CT, a daughter of Michael & Elizabeth (Rose) Taintor of Branford, CT. In his father's will Josiah was instructed "to take care for the improvement of his mother's estate" and after her death "he shall enjoy for his own…my now dwelling house and all the appurtenances with it, with five acres of houselands & all other parcels of land, as are expressed to be his mother's for her use whilst she lives, only excepting the house & four acres of the household land to it, which my son Jeremy shall possess for his own after my wife's decease" and "the six acres in the second meadow I set out to him, he is to possess for his own at the present." About 1702 Josiah and his large family moved to Colchester where he became a prominent man in all affairs.[43] Josiah & Hannah had 11 children, all born in Windsor.[44] Frank Hastings, 3011 Manchester Road, Shaker Heights, OH 44122, is a descendant of Josiah & Joanna through their daughter who married in 1720 John Clark. Footnotes: "[18] Spear, Burton W., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630" (1989), 12:98. [19] Janet Johnson (www.my-ged.com/db/page/johnson/980). [20] Kuhns, Maude P., "The Mary & John: A Story of the Founding of Dorchester, MA" (1971), 35. [21] Latham, Esther Gillett, "Our Family Tree: Gillet-Gillett-Gillette, Descendants of Jonathan, Nathan & Jeremiah Gillett" (1953). [22] Hanson, Ann N., "The English Origins of the Mary & John Passengers" (1985), 5 & 47-48. [23] Banks, Charles E., "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630" (1930/1980), 100-103. [24] Coldham, Peter W., "Genealogical Gleanings in England Passengers & Ships to America, 1618-1668" (NGSQ, 1983), 71:171; Plummer, John, "Identifying George P___ ? ___ of the Recovery 1633[1634]" (NGSQ, 1989), 77:251-253. [25] Aldridge, Bertha B., "Gillette Families Including some of the Descendants of the Immigrants Jonathan & Nathaniel Gillet" (1955), 13-14. [26] John Plummer, "Identifying George P-?- of the Recovery, 1633 [1634]," NGSQ 1989, 77:251. [27] Thomas, Wilma Gillet, "The Joseph Gillet/Gillett/Gillette Family of CT, Ohio & Kansas" (1970), 9; Stiles, Henry R., "The History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:157. [28] Stiles, Henry R., "The History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:872-3. [29] Stiles, Henry R., "The History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:88. [30] Ibid., 1:229. [31] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1946), 100:274. [32] Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 22-24 & 34. [33] Stiles, Henry R., "History & Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, CT, 1635-1891" (1891), 1:149. [34] Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1667-1687," 57. [35] Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1687-1695," 127-8. [36] Sheldon, George, "A History of Deerfield, Massachusetts" (1895), 2:173. [37] Williams, John, "The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion" (1795/1966), 110. [38] Spear, Burton W., "Search for the Passengers of the Mary & John, 1630," 5:59. [39] Stiles, Henry R., "The History of Ancient Wethersfield, CT" (1904), 328. [40] Manwaring, Charles W., "A Digest of Early CT Probate Records, 1677-1687," 121. [41] Priest, Alice L., "The Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Gillett & Some of their Descendants" (NEH&GR, 1947-1948), 101:46 & 285-286 & 102:237. [42] Mrs. William C. Clark, "William Hooker Gillette, Actor and Playwright," TAG (1968), 45:225-228. [43] Jones, Nathan H., "The Ancestors of my Daughters" (1914), 120. [44] Gillette, Salmon C. & Rev. Henry C. Alvord, "Descendants of Jonathan Gillet of Dorchester, MA, & Windsor, CT" (NEH&GR, 1893), 47:168-169." 10. Article in the "Hartford Courant" newspaper of Hartford Connecticut, dated 29 Aug 1990, from copy found in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society Library where the original Bear Bible can be seen: "1599 Bible returns to Windsor after absence of centuries. By Mike Swift, Courant Staff Writer. Windsor - The Bible's homemade leather cover is both wrinkled and shiny, warped and worn by four centuries. Several grooves are cut into the sides of the yellowing pages. Legend has it that one day centuries ago, a bear clawed the grooves into the Bible. For several hundred years, the Bible of Jonathan Gillett, a member of the first group of English settlers who arrived in the 1630s in what was to become Windsor, was in the possession of people living in other Connecticut towns. Now the 1599 Geneva Version Bible has come back to Windsor, permanently. The Windsor Historical Society has accepted the donation of the historical Bible from a descendant of Jonathan Gillett. The 'Bear Bible,' so-called because of the scratch marks, will have a prominent place in the society's permanent exhibit on Windsor history. Next week the society will officially open a new wing that members hope will greatly expand the society's role in the community. 'To have it show up at a time like this,' said Robert T. Silliman, director of the historical society, smiling. 'We're awfully glad to have it.' The Bible 'is one of those rare things that there's no way you could ever duplicate it. It belonged to one of the original founders,' Silliman said. The Bear Bible was passed down through the Gillett family to the Holcomb family in Windsor until the 1730s. But sometime later, say historical accounts, a Holcomb who owned the Bible married into the Cooley family of Grandby, and the ancient book went to another town. In 1915, the Bible was bought by Raymond Beardslee, a Gillett descendant. Beardslee gave it to his nephew, Lyman Gillette Potter, when Potter was ordained a minister in 1947. In 1983, as Windsor was celebrating its 350th birthday, Potter brought the book into the historical society from his home in Simsbury, Silliman said. As the society got ready to open its new wing this year, Silliman wrote to Potter, who had retired to New York state, and asked him whether he would donate the Bible to the historical society. Potter agreed, donating the book in memory of the descendants of Jonathan Gillett. The new $900,000 wing will nearly double the historical society's space and will provide climate control to keep the fragile historical clothing and manuscripts from decaying, Silliman said. It is to be officially opened in a ceremony Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. The following day, from 1 to 4 p.m., there will be an open house at the complex, including the 1640 Walter Fyler house. The wing was built with and is endowed by a $2 million gift from the late Marguerite E. Mills, who died in 1985, Silliman said. Alexander Hooker, president of the historical society, hopes the extra exhibits that will fill the new space will give residents, school children and others more reason to visit the Palisado Avenue society. 'We really feel we have a mission; it [the society] is not our private clubhouse. It's a resource for the people of Windsor and for visitors from wherever,' Hooker said. People from all over the country trying to trace their family's earliest roots often visit the society, Silliman said. Because Windsor is such an old town, it has the roots of family trees that spread across America over the centuries, he said. The society has the addresses of about 30 Gillett descendants scattered around the country, and Silliman plans to contact them to let them know the Bear Bible is on permanent display. [Photo of Bible accompanies article.]" 11. Article in the "Hartford Courant" newspaper of Hartford Connecticut, dated 29 Aug 1990, from copy found in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society Library where the original Bear Bible can be seen: "...The odyssey of a particular object as it traveled hand-to-hand from the past to the present creates a connection. An acquisition at The Windsor Historical Society creates a local connection that stirs the mind. The group recently received a 1599 Geneva Version Bible from a descendant of Jonathan Gillett, who was among the first English settlers who came to Windsor in the 1630s. 'To think that this belonged to one of the Puritans who joined this group,' said Robert T. Silliman, director of the society. 'How many of such things have actually survived. We can definitely say it was here in Windsor in the 1630s.' The Gillett family is well chronicled in town histories but artifacts of its earliest members are scarce, Silliman said. He is unaware of any other such pieces from the founding days of the town in the society's collection. The Bible likely came over from England on the ship named Mary and John. It is also known as a 'Breeches' Bible. The Puritans preferred that Adam be dressed in breeches or pants rather than the scantier fig leaf cited in other Bibles. Certainly the Bible is worse for wear. The title page is missing, pages used for recording family births and deaths are nearly illegible and grooves cut into the pages are said to be the claw marks of a bear. The bear clawed the Bible, according to legend, when it was used to prop open a window - clearly it was not always a treasured volume. But the Bible will be treasured in Windsor where it arrived in time to be the centerpiece exhibit in a new wing of the society's building. It will be displayed in a case to keep people from the natural impulse to touch it. Silliman hopes the Bible's donation to the society will encourage a town resident to enhance the display by loaning the group a Bible box brought over on the Mayflower. While donation of the book to the society increases the book's chance of survival as a memorial to the Gillett family, it makes it a museum-piece and sadly ends its shaping by the chain of Gilletts and for a few years another owner. The Bible was donated to the society by Lyman Gillette Potter, a retired minister, who has had it since 1947. No more will anyone make entries in its pages or even practice writing the alphabet as one owner did. Such personal touches, like entries in a diary, bring personality to the early settlers. The Bible is being retired for its own safety, Silliman said. 'It's risky to have it in your closet at the house,' he said. At the historic society it will be encased in a climate controlled room with many precautions taken for its safety. It makes me want to take my favorite beer mug down to the stream and toss it in to the future." [Kerry's note: I have colored photographs of the Bible and its genealogical writings on file.] 12. One page copied at the Windsor, CT Historical Society without title except for a page header entitled "Early Windsor Families," page 551 (may be Stiles book): "Jonathan Gillett (1639), from Dorchester, had a lot granted to him seventeen rods wide. He had two sons and one daughter born before coming here, and five sons and two daughters born here, 1639-1650. Of his sons, Cornelius married, and had two sons and five daughters born, 1659-1678. He bought of Josiah Ellsworth the A. Alford place, which remained in the family until the death of the late Lieutenant Cornelis Gillett, about 1866. Jonathan married Mary Kelsey, 1661; had two sons and one daughter. Then he married Miriam, daughter of Thomas Dibble, 1676, and had two sons. He bought that part of the Hydes lot lying east of the Mill road, and probably built there. Joseph married Elizabeth, daughter of John Hawkes; had four sons and three daughters born, 1664-1674. He bought the Hawkes place, and remained there until about 1673, when he removed to Deerfield, Mass. John married Mary, daughter of Thomas Barber, 1669, and had four sons. He bought Joseph Phelp's place, west of William Phelps, Jr., and probably lived there. Jeremiah, in 1680, had his uncle Nathan Gillett's place, who had removed to Simsbury in 1670. Josiah had the homestead." 13. Family tree entitled "Gillett, Dolbiar, Mychell, Sampson," Mar 1992, donated by John R. and Joyce Snell, 587 Cranbrook Rd., #33, London, Ontario, Canada N6K2Y4. Copy in the Windsor, CT, Historical Society: "1630: Emigrated to Boston, Mass. on the 'Mary and John' with his brothers Nathan, Jeremiah, sister Mary, and Rev. Warham. 1633: Returned to England to marry Mary Dolbiar in 1634. 1634: Second emigration on the 'Recovery of London." [Short list continues, but not as detailed as other timelines I have already noted above. Also, it is uncertain if Mary ever emigrated or not.] 14. The book "The Winthrop Fleet of 1630," by Banks, p. 102: "The 'Mary and John' made a good passage and arrived at Nantasket May 30 without casualty. These 140 passengers are generally known as the Dorchester Company, from the place chosen for their settlement, and as they remained a distinct body of colonists, and there are contemporary records to identify most of them, it has been possible to compile a tentative list of those who came on this pioneer ship. Five years later a great majority of them removed to Windsor, Connecticut, under the leadership of Warham. The following list shows the names of heads of family and the number in each family sailing in this ship. It gives the county of origin and the place of settlement after arrival, with other notes of identification. The list shows that fifteen came from Somerset, fifteen from Dorset, six from Devon and three are of undetermined origin. The total number thus listed makes 134 out of 140 who came over. [List includes:] Jonathan Gillett (1). Somerset. Freeman 6 May 1635 (Massachusetts Colonial Records I, 367). Removed to Windsor (Stiles, History of Windsor, CT)." [No listing of any other Gilletts.] 15. "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography": A. Entry for Lewis Singer Gillette, pg. 62: "...a descendant of Jonathan Gillette, who came to this country from England or Scotland in the ship 'Mary and John', in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. The family is descended from French Huguenots who fled from France about 1580. From Jonathan Gillette, who moved to Windsor, Conn., in 1635, the line of descent is traced through his son Jonathan..." B. Entry for Clarence Preston Gillette, pg. 407: "The Gillette family in the United States is descended from two brothers, Nathan and Jonathan Gillet, of Devonshire, England, sons of Huguenot parents who fled from their home near Burge, France, to Scotland, in 1572. The sons sailed for America in 1630 in the ship 'Mary and John' with a company of 140 emigrants, and settled at Dorchester, Mass. They removed, to Windsor, Conn., in 1636, where their descendants remained for several generations." 16. FHL book 929.273 B233w, "Descendants of Thomas Barber of Windsor, Connecticut, 1614-1909," John Barber White, pp. 15-19, mentions Jonathan's home in the following quote about Thomas Barber [also one of my other ancestors living in Windsor, CT, at the same time: "The following is a copy of a portion of the London Passenger Register for the ship 'Christian' in which the Saltonstall party sailed for America: '16 Marcij 1634, Theis vnderwritten names are to be transported to New England inbarqued in ye 'Christian' de Lo (from London); Joh. White Mr. bound thither, the men having taken ye oath of Allegiance & Supremacie. Names/Yeres: 1 ffrancis Stiles 35 2 Tho: Bassett 37 3 Tho: Stiles 20 4 Tho: Barber 21 The ancient Jewish year which opened with the 25th of March continued long to have a legal position in Christian countries. In England, it was not until 1752 that the 1st of January became the initial day of the legal year, as it had long been of the popular year. The 'Christian,' therefore, sailed on the 16th of March 1635 instead of March 1634, as the London Custom House Record states. According to the Windsor records, in 1635 Thomas Barber was granted 'a lot ten rods west of Humphrey Hyde's Mill Road, 8 acres and 22 rods wide, bounded south by Mill Brook, extending as stated 2 rods wide, to accommodate Barber and Alvord, and also a way for Mr. Wareham, Minister to go to his lot north of Barber's and Alvord's and ended in the Poquonock Road.' ... Thomas Barber's residence, it is stated, was located 'upon an ancient road which running about southwesterly from the rivulet (near where the present road from Palisade Green comes in) intersected the Poquonock road above the old mill.' On the north side of this road were the residences of Thos. Barber, Humphrey Hyde, and Alex Alvord, and on the south side that of Jonathan Gillett. 17. Excerpts from the book "The Filleys: 350 Years of American Entrepreneurial Spirit," by Donald G. Southerton, 2005: "...by March of 1663, Windsor inhabitants... expanded west to unclaimed Massacoe, later named Simsbury. Although this section was never part of Windsor's town limits, the settlers had always considered it as belonging to the plantation. In 1647, the colony's General Court officially endorsed their claim: 'The Court thinks fit that Massacoe be purchased (possibly from the American Indians) by the county, and that there be a committee chosen to dispose of it to such inhabitants of Windsor.' A town committee of Windsor settlers interested in moving to Simsbury was formed to lay out lots in the new territory. The settlers met on Oct. 5, 1668, at the home of a local leader, John Moore, in Windsor. The committee agreed that by the first of May 1669, the settlers would have to fence in their respective properties. Furthermore, they agreed that failure to do so would result in a fine of 5 pounds. 25 people agreed to take land in quantities from 40 to 80 acres. The committee specified that those who took up the land were to make improvements by plowing, fencing, and constructing buildings. They also had to live on the land for two years. The costs to individual settlers for the Massacoe land grants are not known, but it was thought by local historians that the land fee probably consisted of only the expense incurred by the committee. These costs were kept minimal, usually just the administrative and land survey expenses. Any grantee not complying with the terms forfeited his land, usually to other inhabitants. Samuel Filley moved to Massacoe, along with his father-in-law, John Gillett, and his brother Nathan Gillett. Readily available land provided a powerful motivation for the Windsor settlers. Furthermore, a three year tax abatement encouraged settlement in this area. The land, having already been 'conveniently' cleared by an earlier American Indian Tribe, required little labor to prepare it for cultivation. Windsor records show that in 1669 Samuel was a freeman living in Massacoe, but there is no record of him having a land title. Perhaps he did not stay the two years required to finalize the land grant. It was a hard place to live with the settlement located near two rivers, and no roads, no bridges, and no market for its produce. It also lacked protection on two sides, making it vulnerable to an American Indian attack. Sometime in the 1670s, these economic and personal safety issues led many, including Samuel and his family, to return to their Windsor homes. Soon after this, the General Court in Hartford renamed Massacoe, as Simsbury." 18. "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register," v. 162, April 2008, p. 113, article: "Various English Wills Relating to New England Colonists: Gillett, Swaine, Cheney, and Tutty-Knight-Whitman," by Leslie Mahler: "New Evidence in the English Ancestry of Jonathan Gillett and Nathan Gillett of Windsor, Connecticut. The critical clue to the English ancestry of brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Windsor, Connecticut, was published a century ago by James H. Lea and John R. Hutchinson. They presented an abstract of the will of William Gillett, parson of Chaffcombe, Somerset, dated 1641, proved 16 April 1641, (1) which mentions 'land which my son Nathan made over to me by letter of Attorney,' as well as son Jeremiah and daughter Abiah (these two names were used by the Gillett family in Windsor). The will includes a statement regarding 'all my children in England,' implying that some children were overseas. A later article by George McCracken located a few more items relating to the Gillett family in England from bishops transcripts. (2) Work coordinated by Burton Spear in the 1990s located a marriage license dated 18 September 1609 for William Gillett, clerk and curate of Kingstone, Somerset, and 'Habiathia' Pye of Donyatt, Somerset. (3) The will of Rev. William Tyes, dated 1 April 1623, proved 28 June 1623, (4) proves that Jonathan Gillett was a son of Rev. William Gillett (emphasis added): 'William Tyes by the p(ro)vidence of god pastor of the Church of Donniate w(i)thin the dioces of Bathe and Wells... give unto the Church of Donniate to be imployed in necessary uses about the same at the discretion of my executor within one yeare nexte after my decease ffortye shillings Item I give to the poore of the same p(ar)ishe whose names are menco(n)ed at the later end of this my last will and testament tenn pound Item I give to the poore people of the p(ar)ishe of Bromham in Wiltes where I was born ffoure pound Item I give to the poore of p(ar)ishe of Ilmi(n)ster ffortye shillings Item I give to the poore of Sainte James p(ar)ishe in Taunton but especiallye to them of Cannon Streate fforty shillings All w(hi)ch sev(er)all sumes I will to be distributed by my executor within one yeare nexte after my decease Item I give unto my wife Julian Tyes twenty pound and alsoe those two bonds by vertue where of there is ten pound yearely during her life five pound from my brother James Tyes in respecte of the Tenement that he enioyeth in Wiltes(hire) whereof I stand above fforty pound of the fyne and five pound from my kinsman Elias Tyes Clarke in Consideracon of a Tenem(en)t that I bought for him in Ileminster and payed the whole fyne Also I give unto my saied wife my househouldstuffe Item I give unto my brother John Tyes my best gowne and Cassoke and ten pound in money Item I give to his eldest sonn John in gold twenty two shillings Item I give my brother James Tyes his daughter Neiomey five pound Item I give unto my Cosin Elias Tyes twenty pound Item I give unto my Cozen Bancks her children tenn pound w(hi)che I will that John Tyes and Elias Tyes her brethren to be ymployed by them for their sister benefitt untill they shall come to the age of xxitie years Item whereas I have an estate for fowerscore and Nyneteene years determynable uppon the death of three lives as well in closes of meadow and pasture ground called Barrells scituate lyinge and beinge w(i)thin the p(ar)ishe of Rowd in the County of Wilte(shire) as alsoe the yearlye rents of these three sev(er)all Cottages or Tenements nowe in tennures or occupacons of Walter Clements John Barley als Okesey and Andrew Chandeler as by the Originall Lease therof made more plainely appeareth All w(hi)ch before recited p(re)mises and ev(er)ye of p(ar)te and p(ar)cell thereof I doe hereby give devise and bequeath unto Jonathan Gillet the sonne of Will(ia)m Gillett Clarke p(ar)son of Chafecombe in the Countie of Soms(e)t for and during all the tearme of the said ffowerscore and Nyneteen years that shalbe to come and unexpired after my decease upon Condicon the Mrs Elianor Willes widowe now resident and abidinge at my house in Donniate aforesaid shall have r(e)ceave take and gather to her p(ro)per use as well the rents p(ro)fitts and Commodities of the said two closes of meadowe and pasture as alsoe the yearly rents of the said three severall Cottages of Tenem(en)ts for the tearme and time of eighteene yeares to Commence & begin ymediately after my said decease yf she the said Elianor shall soe long live and noe longer otherwise Item I give to the said Elianor Willes a quarter of good wheate to be paid an delive(red) unto her w(i)thin one quart of a yeare after my decease Item I give to my cosen Margaret Hawkins her children ten pound to be imployed as before for her sisters children Item I give to Jonathan Gillett twenty pound and to the rest of my daughter in lawe Abia her children twenty pound to be devided equallye amonge them Item I give to my Cosen Richard Hancocke and James Hancocke their children to be equally devided amonge them (interlined tenn pound) Item I give to Susan Dell my wives kinswoman ffive pound Item I give to the children of Andrew Dell Sarah Dwellye and of Ann Gollape beinge of my wives kindred tenn pound equallye to be devided amonge them Item I give unto Rose Pullen my wives sister her children seaven pound to be equallie devided amonge them.' The rest of his good and chattels unbequeathed were given to son-in-law William Gillett, who was named executor, with the legacies to be paid in one year. Cousins John and Elias Tyes were made overseers. William Tyes was rector of Donyatt since at least 1606, when he was listed in glebe terrier for that parish. (5) There is no record of him as a student of Cambridge or Oxford." Footnotes: (1) Taunton Wills, 1641, File 13, originally published in 'The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,' 41 (1910):282-83, reprinted in 'English Origins of American Colonists,' from ‘The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,' (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 59-60. The Somerset wills were destroyed in World War II. There are good accounts of the Gillett brothers in Robert Charles Anderson, 'The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to the New England, 1620-1633,' 3 volumes. (Boston: NEHGS, 1995), 2:766-770 (Jonathan Gillett), 770-72 (Nathan Gillett). (2) George E. McCracken, 'New Gillett Information from England,' 'The American Genealogist' 55 (1979): 170 | Gillett, Jonathan (I1890)
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| 1896 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript: "The recruits' enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten, set up on August 15 of 1851, the merchant's lists of Goldingen for 1868, 1874, 1875 contain the following information about Herzenberg family (we would like to draw your attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather approximately): 1. Joseph Herzenberg, his sons... 1.3. Lemchen, son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1779/1780 (aged 54 in 1834), died 1840. His wife Schore (the age is not stated). Their sons... 1.3.2. Elias, son of Lemchen Herzenberg, born in ca 1804 (aged 38 in 1842). His wife Blume (the age is not stated). They had children..." 2. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Sources for this individual are: HL for Leonardo Herzenberg, PC for Piltene Cemetery records, and YL for Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Blume, Bluma HL 002a shows b. 1802, d. 1900. YL013 shows b. 1801, d. 1899. PC 006 shows b. 1801, d. 1899, Piltene Cemetery. 3. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen. Since the following two individuals share a family and tax number, they were apparently of one household as husband and wife: A. Elias Herzenberg, age 67 in 1871, b. abt 1804, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50. B. Blume Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50. 4. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: A. http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30313.html -Image 47: "Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg" is title of an entire return page at Pilten 22 Sep 1811 containing: -Lemgen Joseph Herzenberg, 33 (Side comment: Lemgen [Lemchen] Joseph [son of Joseph] Herzenberg was registered under oklad Number 38 in Windau in September of 1811, lived in the house Nr. 9.) -his wife Sorre, 33 -their sons: -Lewin, 9 -Elias, 6 -Leyser Abraham, (no age). (Comment on side: Father-in-law of Lemchen [father of Sorre, in German - Schwiegervate])- Leiser Abraham, aged 80, blind, see the lists of invalids.) -Chasse, (female) 16 (maid) Residents in the same home: -Zoddach Abraham Pabst, 29 -Beile (female), 36 -Sorre (female), 1 -Behr Josell Schwalbe, 28 -Reÿline (female), 18 -Moses Marcus, 19 B. -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.] -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.]" 5. Ancestry.com's "Latvia, Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874," in association with JewishGen, accessed 28 Nov 2013: Blume Brenner, record year 1871, registration town of Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, fond no. 630, family no. 11, okland (tax reference) no. 50. BURIAL: 1. Website http://www.balticgen.com/cemeteries/All%20Latvia%20cemetery%20list-by%20town.pdf accessed 12 Jan 2009 showing Piltene Cemetery Gravestone inscriptions: "Bluma Hertzenberg (Brenner) died 98 years old d. 5659." 5659=1898/1899. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Brenner, Blume (I3991)
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| 1897 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript: "The merchant's list of Pilten for 1892 contain information about the family of Gerson Gerson: -2nd guild merchant Gerson, son of Efroim (Froim) Gerson, born in ca 1832 (aged 22 in 1854), died in 1892, -his wife Jette (maiden name is not stated) (one can suppose that Jette was a daughter of Joseph Herzenberg). -son Robert Gerson, born on January 4 of 1859. His wife Libchen, née Koenigsfest, born in ca 1865, -son Samuel Gerson. In 1892 the family of Gerson Gerson was transferred from the merchant's oklad to petty bourgeois oklad of Pilten..." 2. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Source for this individual is HL for Leonardo Herzenberg. In regards to this individual: HL018 shows Gershon (Gustav) Gerson, b. Pilteen, d. 1891, with the following children all referenced to HL 112: Robert, last living Piltene, md. Liebchen Konigsfest. Louis, last living San Francisco. Jacob, last living Lodz, Poland, md. Rosa Konigsfest. Samuel, md. Matilde Kallmeyer. Eduard. Leopold. Fanny, b. 1861, d. 1885, md. Leonhard Herzenberg. Sophie. 3. The following descendancy was developed by and received 1 Aug 2009 from Selwyn Neiman in England Gutta Gutel Jetchen Herzenberg (1842-1898), md. Gustav Gerson (1840-1891). They had the following children: A. Reuven Robert Gerson* (1870-), md. Liebchen Konigsfest* (-1925). B. Fanny Gerson (1861-1887), md. Leonhard Herzenberg (1856-1932). They had the following Child: a. Robert Herzenberg* (1885-1955), md. Gerda Gerson* (1900-1990). [Gerda is the dau. of Samuel Gerson and Malvine Khan listed below making her and her husband first cousins.] They had the following son: i. Leonardo Nardi Herzenberg (1934-), md. Caroline Stuart Littlejohn* (1932-). C. Sophie Gerson. D. Louis Gerson. E. Samuel Gerson, md. Malvine Khan. F. Jacov Gerson, md. Rose Konigsfest (-1936). G. Edward Gerson, md. Matilda Kallmeyer. H. Leopold Gerson, md. Mery Herzenberg. [Genealogy of Mery is unknown.] BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "...I have no idea whether my grandfather on my mother's side, Gustav Gerson, had any siblings..." "...Grandparents on Mother's Side My grandparents on mother's side, Gerschon and Gutta = Gustav and Jetchen Gerson in Pilten had two daughters and six sons. Fanny was my mother. When she was dying of Typhus, Sophie, the younger sister cared for the sick sister, and died a few days later of contagion. (17 Wissam 5647, 14 years old). The sons were Robert, Louis, Samuel, Jakob, Edward, Leopold. The latter I no longer knew, he died after my mother's death. Louis I knew only from correspondence. He had emigrated to San Francisco where he also died. He had many children who all live scattered in the States. In contrast I knew uncles Robert, Samuel, Jacob and Edward that much better. Uncle Robert lived in Pilten and led the family business. It was a discount store, a rural department store [90], where each and every thing was available that the few "Burger" in the tiny town, the gentry of the surrounding estates, and the Lettish peasants needed when they came to the "City" on Sunday. Uncle Robert was the typical good, simple, small town merchant, as if clipped from "Jettchen Gebert." He was married to aunt Liebchen, born Konigsfest, and when I was spending the summers of 1896 and 1897 with him, he had two girls, Cila and Fanny, Gustav, the only son lay in diapers, later the sisters Milly, Gerda, and Lena were born. Cila is married to my cousin Elias Haase and has a very talented son Robert. Fanny with Dreyer have a son, Morton. She is the only sister who emigrated to the United States. In the years 1922 and 1923 she lived in our family home, and cared for Mamachen until her death. Milly is married to a Gerson of the [ 91] Tuckum Gersons, and has three children; Gerda and Lena, who live in South Africa and are not married. Gustav lived in Moscow, one has not heard from him for years. When the first world war began the Russians ordered the inhuman evacuation of the Jews from the border lands, on suspicion of being friendly toward the Germans; in 24 hours they had to abandon everything, were taken to the nearest railway station, and from there taken into inner Russia in cattle cars. It did not matter if one was sick, dying, or pregnant, there were no exceptions, no mercy. Naturally, only the most essential things could be taken along, and during the trip in the freight cars, which rolled on for days to their destinations; many died, and some children first saw the light of the best of all worlds in the cattle car. Thus uncle Robert with the whole family came to Rostow on the Don. There they lived more [92] poorly than well until the end of the war. Uncle Robert died in Rostow. After the war the family returned to Latvia with nothing. Only Gustav stayed in Moscow. Then they lived in Riga and Libau. First Fanny went to the states, then Milly to South Africa. Aunt Liebchen died in Libau. Then Elias Haase went to Africa, followed by Cila with Robert, Gerda, and Lenchen. Uncles Samuel, Jacob, and Eduard lived in Lodz at the time of my Childhood. Lodz was then the most significant textile industry center in Europe. Giant factories produced a large part of the needs of the Czarist Russia. With a hinterland that reached the pacific ocean in the east, Archangelsk in the north, and Persia in the south, one can imagine what market opportunities that provided. The uncles had representation of the factories, and traveled [93] several times a year to the Baltic provinces. The visits of uncles Samuel, Jakob, and Edward, either alone or with aunts Malvine and Rosa - uncle Edward never brought aunt Matilda along - were always a feast for me; these visits have remained the best memories of my Childhood. They showed me love, which I unconsciously craved, since Mamachen, as good as she was to me, did not show love to me, and my blessed father I am sure loved me as much as I love you, Nardi, but just as I am mostly strict with you, my father preferred, likely for educational [erzieherishen grunden] reasons, to suppress the love, and show the strictness. So, when the uncles came to visit, all was love and friendship. They always brought along from Lodz beautiful Pralines, and meat delicacies; the memory of the Warsaw Sausages [94] still makes my mouth water. Then there also was much better food to honor the guests, otherwise our table was quite frugal, and the most important thing was that all punishments for past or present misdeeds were dropped; then I was allowed to visit the uncles in their Hotel, which also was a great change for me. For a few days after their departure the friendly atmosphere prevailed. Often during my school time, when I was burdened by difficulties, I only wished that an uncle would come, and usually one would come, as if by magic. Uncle Samuel Married aunt Malvina Khan, from Friedrichstadt. They have two sons, Gustav and Leo, and two daughters, Gerda and Wila. Gerda is your (Nardi) mother, and aunt Wila lives with us. For Easter 1908 [95] I visited uncle Samuel in Lodz. Gustav and Leo were students at the time, Maminka was an eight year old girl and stared amazed at her big, fat, cousin, and Wilchen was in diapers. When the war began in 1914 Gustav was visiting in the Baltic provinces, he went to Russia, where he stayed after the war's end. Aunt Malvine, your grandmother, was very worried, since she knew nothing of Gustav's fate. She had long been sick with rheumatoid arthritis, and succumbed to a heart attack on Schusan Purim (the day after Purim) in the year 1915. Gustav came back to Poland by train, which rolled for about a month; he met the woman who is now his wife, your aunt Dora born Stillerman. Uncle Samuel I did not see again. Your grandfather on mother's side died after long suffering in the 14 Tjar 1929, shortly after Gustav was able to show him his little daughter, Inka (Malvinka). [96] Your uncle Leo married your aunt Marisja in March 1936. Wila came to us in Bolivia at the end of 1936. We advised uncles Gustav and Leo to emigrate to South America since 1938; however, they could not decide to do so, and were surprised in Poland by the second world war. What that means you will learn later in school. Leo and Marisja went to Warsaw, and live there in the ghetto erected by the Nazis; Gustav, Dora and Inka had to stay in Lodz due to Inka's illness, and vegetate in the ghetto there; we here cannot help them as we would wish. Uncle Jacob was the closest to me of the uncles on Mother's side. I saw him most often, even after 1905 when I was living in Germany. Every year aunt Rosa born Konigsfest would visit a health resort, and so we would meet [ 97] in Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg and spend pleasant hours together. Uncle Jacob was always ready help me with money, when I was shy of asking Papachen. My cousin Hela, their only daughter, was always with them; a very pretty, pampered Child, very clever and self conscious [selbtbewust]. Then came the war of 1914 and tore us apart. Hela had become a beautiful lady and had many admirers. Finally she married a Jewish lieutenant of the french occupation a Hauser who had factories in Nancy, and had a son Claude. In 1920 aunt Rosa came to Berlin again, this time not for fun, but for breast cancer surgery. Hela came there from France; she was expecting her child. The operation went well - aunt Rosa died in Lodz in 1936 of cancer. Hela was beautiful and cultured [gebildet], everything came easily to her, she painted, she sculpted [98] and was active in several sports. As she was returning from a tennis tournament in which she won a prize, another car ran into hers from behind. She suffered serious injuries to the face. She was patched up with many skin transplants, but was not recognizable. Her husband became estranged, got a divorce, and the Hauser great parents took in the children. Hela lived in Paris and married a Perls or a similar name. Where they are, I have no idea. Uncle Jacob, who is now also living in the Lodz ghetto and sees Gustav daily, has had no news from her since September 1939. (Note added later: Today, 14 June 1941, we received a card from Gustav Gerson, of 13 March 41 with the sad news that good dear uncle Jacob passed away. Lodz is now called Litzmanstadt). Uncle Eduard, the youngest, most slender, of the brothers was the least happy. Always quiet, thoughtful, modest, he stepped back behind the brothers. He married Matilde Kallmeyer. At his wedding, [99] which took place in the winter 1894/1895, my father sent me with uncle Jacob to Talsen. I was to learn to dance before that time, my father was a very good dancer and made the greatest effort to teach me the waltz step; he did not succeed, and I never did learn to dance; perhaps my entire life would have been different. We traveled until Tuckum by rail, and from there to Talsen by sled. Three children came from the marriage of uncle Eduard, Siegmund, Georg, and Fanny. Siegmund was a teacher, then changed saddles and became a merchant; Georg and Fanny are pharmacists. Uncle Eduard, aunt Mathilde, Siegmund and wife, and Fanny lived lastly in Riga; Georg with wife in Libau where he leased a pharmacy. Since the outbreak of the second world war we have not had any news from them. Outside of the 8 uncles and their wives, the six aunts and their husbands, or 28 of the generation of my [100] parents, I had no special uncle-aunt range [reihe] through the second marriage of my father. My second mother was a born Halpert from Konigsberg. The step-grandfather, leader of the polish schul (the eastern Jewish community) in Konigsberg, was Hirsch Halpert, and I met him when he came to Libau to visit his daughter. He stayed there for a few weeks, and I went with him to the Hassidic minjan (services) every day. He was not Hassidic, but this minjan was the closest. Soon after that he died in Konigsberg. Beside my step-mother, there were the aunts Manna, married to Nathan Weinberg in Berlin, Hand married to Dr, Moritz Singer in Magdeburg, and uncle Dodo (then still David), a lawyer and confirmed bachelor [sehr unverheirated] in Berlin. Later he married aunt Kate, I still knew her when she was married to a Berlin physician. [101] Uncle Dodo split the marriage, and then married aunt Käte himself. I met the two aunts and uncle only in 1902, when I came to the University of Konigsberg at age 16½. I arrived on 1 October 1902, but the semester did not start till the 15th, so that same night I continued to Berlin, and dropped in without warning on the family of my stepmother. The friendship did not last long with aunt Manna and uncle Nathan, aunt Manna died before the first war, but I was tied to uncle Dodo and aunt Hand with an intimate friendship and lively correspondence until their death, partly because we were spiritually [geistig] close, and partly that the world war caused no censorship [caesur] in our communication since I stayed west of the Russian front. Aunt Manna and Uncle Nathan. Aunt Manna was the eldest sister of my step-mother. When I met her she was still relatively [102] young. They lived in Berlin at that time, in their own house, Lietherstrasse 4. Uncle Nathan was a tall, slender, man with a quite large nose. In their house I got acquainted with the totally unaccustomed luxury of the good Burgers of Berlin of the 90's. I felt very well there, and on the first day ate ham without revulsion - at home we were strictly kosher. I never found out exactly what uncle Nathan's occupation was - negotiating, commissions, stock market speculation. They had three children, Georg, Trude, and Elsa, all much younger than I. After a few years I was no longer welcome, probably because of a sisterly quarrel between aunt Manna and my step-mother. Soon after my brother Erich came to Berlin we estranged ourselves totally. Aunt Manna died before outbreak [103] of the world war. Uncle Nathan married again, I don't know who. The children came to a sad end. Elsa died in an insane asylum. Georg's father kept him from the front by all possible means, he was in the Strassburg garrison, and died soon after the war from tuberculosis [schwindsucht]. Trude married a Bloch who was associated with a bookstore. Both got baptized, and had a son Erwin. This was of no use [nutz] to them, the son emigrated to Brazil. They got a visa for Australia, and went to friends in Denmark from which they were to go to Australia in September 1939. I have heard nothing from then since then. Aunt Hand and Uncle Moritz lived in Magdeburg, I visited them a few times. Dr. Singer was a well-known ear-nose-throat specialist and very receptive [empfanglich] for the irritations [reize] of his patients. The marriage did not go well, they got [104] divorced, and aunt Hand moved to Berlin with her son Ivan (accent on the i). There she lived till her death in 1933. Ivan was a pleasant boy, graduated, and studied law in Berlin. Then came the war, Ivan volunteered, went into the artillery and was a good soldier. In 1917 he was lethally wounded by a grenade fragment. He suffered for a whole month and died in the Aachen hospital in his mother's arms. Aunt Hand was the prettiest of the sisters, slender, spirited, and with golden hands [goldenen handen]. She could not produce much independently, but was a master at copying. As a handicraft maker no equal could be seen. She made the two Gobelins (a kind of tapestry that hung in the guest room), the leather cover of the Doree bible, and many small things. During her youth, like all ladies of the time, she made poker pictures (pictures made by burning the pattern into wood with a hot iron) [brandmalerei] [105]; she covered a large buffet with such work. Uncle Dodo had one of her Gobelins of about 2 by 3 meter, a group consisting of two chess players, two onlookers, marvelously executed. She belonged to an association of noble ladies [adliger damen] in Berlin; besides she helped the widow of Hans von Bulow (the second wife, the first was Cosima Liszt, whom Wagner later married) with her regular musical evenings. With this she filled her life, which had become empty after the death of Ivan. Her love carried over to me and your uncle George; with Erich she got along briefly before her death - before that their relationship was very tense. In June 1933 she willed the Doree bible to me and your mother; she received the confirmation that we had received it already in her sick bed, and a week later dear, good, aunt Hand expired [ausgelitten]. Uncle Dodo (formerly David) Halpert [106]. He was the youngest of the siblings, though the sisters, except for aunt Manna, claimed to be younger. He attended the gymnasium in Konigsberg, which the strict, orthodox father permitted, (he could even attend the school on Saturday, but could not write on this day) until his graduation. In addition he had a strict Jewish education, and, often had to pray before the [Omed] in the synagogue where his father was [Gabbai]. Of these only a strong memory remained - in his later years he could say without error the [Niggunim] for the [Maariv] prayers on the various holidays, which I was never able to do. He studied law in Munchen and Berlin, and then settled in Berlin as a lawyer. He wrote a little, and my mother owned two novels by him. He became a free spirit like the whole generation of that time. He was a very admired, appreciated, lawyer. [107] I saw and heard him argue a case [pladieren] a few times. He belonged to the democratic group at the time for the "World on Monday" [Welt am Montag] that was led by Gerlach. He argued many political trials, but did not stand out enough to become a direct sacrifice of the Hitler time. I met him in 1902; he was then much older and successful [arriviert], but he helped me where and when he could. Our love and friendship grew from year to year, and became even stronger when he married aunt Kate shortly before the world war. She had been married to a doctor; uncle Dodo split that marriage, and married, or rather, was married by, Kate. She brought her mother and aunt along to live with them. She nurtured uncle Dodo movingly [ruhrend], but exercised an uninhibited tyranny over the household. I was never in the parlor - the furniture was covered and no bit of dust was tolerated. I believe she regarded each of my visits with panic, [108] if only because of the cigarette ashes that might drop anywhere. When I came through Berlin, we were always together with uncle Dodo, but we also met outside of it. He invited me to his summer resorts at Nordernry and Salzungen, and visited me in Hamburg, and we had Easter 1924 after Mamachen's death, on a joint trip to Libau. Also after my emigration to Bolivia we remained close by correspondence; only after Hitler's emergence did he write seldom because he could not write what he wanted to. Your development he followed attentively; I could not send him pictures of you often enough. The Arian laws made his life in Berlin into hell. He wanted to leave for Latvia. George and Linzit made an effort to get the immigration papers, though it was clumsy and fruitless [ungeschickt und vergeblich]. He was not to experience it. [109] On the 13th of June he was mowed down [angerempelt] by a speeding military auto and succumbed to his injuries on the 18th of June. Of all my 17 uncles, uncle Dodo in Berlin and uncle Jacob in Lodz were closest to me. Spiritually only uncle Dodo stood close, which could not be otherwise, since we had a similar education and development experience, graduation and further study, while the uncles in Russia never grew beyond the Cheder education. I surely would also have been comfortable with uncle Moritz, but due to the divorce from aunt Hand he quickly stepped out of my range of acquaintance. I wrote aunt Kate immediately after receiving the misfortune telegram, but received no reply. [Q: when had Kate left Berlin?]. How she helps herself further, where she lives, I do not know. The outbreak of war had dissolved our links. [109 ]" BIRTH: 1. The following is from a report prepared 12 Apr 2007 on the Gerson family for Selwyn and Lynn Neiman [ A. Records from the "Pilten Cemetery List": -Gutel, son [s/b dau.] of Yosef Herzenberg [and] wife of Gershon Gerson d. 5659 (1899). -Gershon, son of Efroim Jacob Gerzon d. 5651 (1891). B. A family tree he prepared from his research showing the ancestry of Gerschon Gerson as follows in the form of a descendancy: -Hirsch-abt. 1740-1750 -Schlaume-1781 and his wife Rocha. -Efraim-1808 and his wife Gutte. -Laser-1830 -Gerson-1832 [Our Gerschon] -Moses-1837 -Chaim-1840 and his wife Zippe-1846 -Schlaume-Solomon-Samuel and his wife Hanna-1872 -Chaye-Tzippe-18 Mar 1897 -Chaim-Elias-9 Apr 1901 -Sara-Gutte-29 Apr 1900 -Lemme-1842 -Chaim-1810 and his wife Eide -Marcus-1834 -Gerson-1835 -Moses-1837 -Nochum-1815 and his wife Feige -Jankel-1846 -Itsik-1849 -Gerson-1826 -Ber-1830 C. Records from the "1851 Pilten List" include Gerschon as a young man age 19: - Froim Schlaume Gerson-43; Wife Gutte, son Laser-21, Gerson-19, Moses-14, Chaim-11, Leme-9 D. Records from the "1875 Pilten List" include Gerschon and Gutel as the "1st son" and his wife: -Efraim Schlaume Gerson-66 His wife Jette-62 -1st son Gerson-42 Wife Jette-41 son Laser-18 -2nd son Gerson Moses wife Tzippe-24 -3rd son Chaim-34 Wife Zippe-29 -4th son Lemme (SIC for Lemach)-32. This family was transferred from the estate of merchants of Guilds to Petit-Bourgeois. MARRIAGE: 1. Date and place are estimated without evidence by Kerry Petersen. BURIAL: 1. The following is from a report prepared 12 Apr 2007 on the Gerson family for Selwyn and Lynn Neiman [ A. Records from the "Pilten Cemetery List": -Gutel, son [s/b dau.] of Yosef Herzenberg [and] wife of Gershon Gerson d. 5659 (1899). -Gershon, son of Efroim Jacob Gerzon d. 5651 (1891). SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Gerson, Gerschon or Gustav (I3988)
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| 1898 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript: "The merchant's list of Pilten for 1892 contain information about the family of Gerson Gerson: -2nd guild merchant Gerson, son of Efroim (Froim) Gerson, born in ca 1832 (aged 22 in 1854), died in 1892, -his wife Jette (maiden name is not stated) (one can suppose that Jette was a daughter of Joseph Herzenberg). -son Robert Gerson, born on January 4 of 1859. His wife Libchen, née Koenigsfest, born in ca 1865, -son Samuel Gerson. In 1892 the family of Gerson Gerson was transferred from the merchant's oklad to petty bourgeois oklad of Pilten..." 2. Per Leo Herzenberg, this couple had the following children: Robert, Louis, Jacob, Samuel, Eduard, Leopold, Fanny, and Sophie. 3. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Sources for this individual are HL for Leonardo Herzenberg and PC for Piltene Cemetery records. In regards to this individual: Name variations: Gutta, Gutel b. Yosef. HL 103/018 shows b. 1844 at Piltene, d. 1900, md. Gerson. PC 006 shows d. 1899. 4. The following descendancy was developed by and received 1 Aug 2009 from Selwyn Neiman in England Gutta Gutel Jetchen Herzenberg (1842-1898), md. Gustav Gerson (1840-1891). They had the following children: A. Reuven Robert Gerson* (1870-), md. Liebchen Konigsfest* (-1925). B. Fanny Gerson (1861-1887), md. Leonhard Herzenberg (1856-1932). They had the following Child: a. Robert Herzenberg* (1885-1955), md. Gerda Gerson* (1900-1990). [Gerda is the dau. of Samuel Gerson and Malvine Khan listed below making her and her husband first cousins.] They had the following son: i. Leonardo Nardi Herzenberg (1934-), md. Caroline Stuart Littlejohn* (1932-). C. Sophie Gerson. D. Louis Gerson. E. Samuel Gerson, md. Malvine Khan. F. Jacov Gerson, md. Rose Konigsfest (-1936). G. Edward Gerson, md. Matilda Kallmeyer. H. Leopold Gerson, md. Mery Herzenberg. [Genealogy of Mery is unknown.] BIOGRAPHY: 1. 28 Jul 2007 Http://www.herzenberg.net/leo/htmlrh/Content.html copyrighted by Leo Herzenberg: "An meinen Sohn (To my son) Leonhard Herzenberg von (from) Robert Herzenberg. Memoirs written during the 1940's." Translated during the 1990's by Leonardo (Leonhard) Herzenberg. The entire memoir is quite lengthy and included in its entirety in my notes with Joseph Herzenberg, the original known ancestor, in this database. The following is only the portion dealing with this part of the family: "GRANDPARENTS ON Mother'S SIDE My grandparents on mother's side, Gerschon and Gutta = Gustav and Jetchen Gerson in Pilten had two daughters and six sons. Fanny was my mother. When she was dying of Typhus, Sophie, the younger sister cared for the sick sister, and died a few days later of contagion. (17 Wissam 5647, 14 years old). The sons were Robert, Louis, Samuel, Jakob, Edward, Leopold. The latter I no longer knew, he died after my mother's death. Louis I knew only from correspondence. He had emigrated to San Francisco where he also died. He had many children who all live scattered in the States. In contrast I knew uncles Robert, Samuel, Jacob and Edward that much better. UNCLE Robert lived in Pilten and led the family business. It was a discount store, a rural department store [90], where each and every thing was available that the few "Burger" in the tiny town, the gentry of the surrounding estates, and the Lettish peasants needed when they came to the "City" on Sunday. Uncle Robert was the typical good, simple, small town merchant, as if clipped from "Jettchen Gebert." He was married to aunt Liebchen, born Konigsfest, and when I was spending the summers of 1896 and 1897 with him, he had two girls, Cila and Fanny, Gustav, the only son lay in diapers, later the sisters Milly, Gerda, and Lena were born. Cila is married to my cousin Elias Haase and has a very talented son Robert. Fanny with Dreyer have a son, Morton. She is the only sister who emigrated to the United States. In the years 1922 and 1923 she lived in our family home, and cared for Mamachen until her death. Milly is married to a Gerson of the [ 91] Tuckum Gersons, and has three children; Gerda and Lena, who live in South Africa and are not married. Gustav lived in Moscow, one has not heard from him for years. When the first world war began the Russians ordered the inhuman evacuation of the Jews from the border lands, on suspicion of being friendly toward the Germans; in 24 hours they had to abandon everything, were taken to the nearest railway station, and from there taken into inner Russia in cattle cars. It did not matter if one was sick, dying, or pregnant, there were no exceptions, no mercy. Naturally, only the most essential things could be taken along, and during the trip in the freight cars, which rolled on for days to their destinations; many died, and some children first saw the light of the best of all worlds in the cattle car. Thus uncle Robert with the whole family came to Rostow on the Don. There they lived more [92] poorly than well until the end of the war. Uncle Robert died in Rostow. After the war the family returned to Latvia with nothing. Only Gustav stayed in Moscow. Then they lived in Riga and Libau. First Fanny went to the states, then Milly to South Africa. Aunt Liebchen died in Libau. Then Elias Haase went to Africa, followed by Cila with Robert, Gerda, and Lenchen. Uncles Samuel, Jacob, and Eduard lived in Lodz at the time of my Childhood. Lodz was then the most significant textile industry center in Europe. Giant factories produced a large part of the needs of the Czarist Russia. With a hinterland that reached the pacific ocean in the east, Archangelsk in the north, and Persia in the south, one can imagine what market opportunities that provided. The uncles had representation of the factories, and traveled [93] several times a year to the Baltic provinces. The visits of uncles Samuel, Jakob, and Edward, either alone or with aunts Malvine and Rosa - uncle Edward never brought aunt Matilda along - were always a feast for me; these visits have remained the best memories of my Childhood. They showed me love, which I unconsciously craved, since Mamachen, as good as she was to me, did not show love to me, and my blessed father I am sure loved me as much as I love you, Nardi, but just as I am mostly strict with you, my father preferred, likely for educational [erzieherishen grunden] reasons, to suppress the love, and show the strictness. So, when the uncles came to visit, all was love and friendship. They always brought along from Lodz beautiful Pralines, and meat delicacies; the memory of the Warsaw Sausages [94] still makes my mouth water. Then there also was much better food to honor the guests, otherwise our table was quite frugal, and the most important thing was that all punishments for past or present misdeeds were dropped; then I was allowed to visit the uncles in their Hotel, which also was a great change for me. For a few days after their departure the friendly atmosphere prevailed. Often during my school time, when I was burdened by difficulties, I only wished that an uncle would come, and usually one would come, as if by magic. UNCLE Samuel Married aunt Malvina Khan, from Friedrichstadt. They have two sons, Gustav and Leo, and two daughters, Gerda and Wila. Gerda is your (Nardi) mother, and aunt Wila lives with us. For Easter 1908 [95] I visited uncle Samuel in Lodz. Gustav and Leo were students at the time, Maminka was an eight year old girl and stared amazed at her big, fat, cousin, and Wilchen was in diapers. When the war began in 1914 Gustav was visiting in the Baltic provinces, he went to Russia, where he stayed after the war's end. Aunt Malvine, your grandmother, was very worried, since she knew nothing of Gustav's fate. She had long been sick with rheumatoid arthritis, and succumbed to a heart attack on Schusan Purim (the day after Purim) in the year 1915. Gustav came back to Poland by train, which rolled for about a month; he met the woman who is now his wife, your aunt Dora born Stillerman. Uncle Samuel I did not see again. Your grandfather on mother's side died after long suffering in the 14 Tjar 1929, shortly after Gustav was able to show him his little daughter, Inka (Malvinka). [96] Your uncle Leo married your aunt Marisja in March 1936. Wila came to us in Bolivia at the end of 1936. We advised uncles Gustav and Leo to emigrate to South America since 1938; however, they could not decide to do so, and were surprised in Poland by the second world war. What that means you will learn later in school. Leo and Marisja went to Warsaw, and live there in the ghetto erected by the Nazis; Gustav, Dora and Inka had to stay in Lodz due to Inka's illness, and vegetate in the ghetto there; we here cannot help them as we would wish. UNCLE Jacob was the closest to me of the uncles on Mother's side. I saw him most often, even after 1905 when I was living in Germany. Every year aunt Rosa born Konigsfest would visit a health resort, and so we would meet [ 97] in Dresden, Berlin, Hamburg and spend pleasant hours together. Uncle Jacob was always ready help me with money, when I was shy of asking Papachen. My cousin Hela, their only daughter, was always with them; a very pretty, pampered Child, very clever and self conscious [selbtbewust]. Then came the war of 1914 and tore us apart. Hela had become a beautiful lady and had many admirers. Finally she married a Jewish lieutenant of the french occupation a Hauser who had factories in Nancy, and had a son Claude. In 1920 aunt Rosa came to Berlin again, this time not for fun, but for breast cancer surgery. Hela came there from France; she was expecting her child. The operation went well - aunt Rosa died in Lodz in 1936 of cancer. Hela was beautiful and cultured [gebildet], everything came easily to her, she painted, she sculpted [98] and was active in several sports. As she was returning from a tennis tournament in which she won a prize, another car ran into hers from behind. She suffered serious injuries to the face. She was patched up with many skin transplants, but was not recognizable. Her husband became estranged, got a divorce, and the Hauser great parents took in the children. Hela lived in Paris and married a Perls or a similar name. Where they are, I have no idea. Uncle Jacob, who is now also living in the Lodz ghetto and sees Gustav daily, has had no news from her since September 1939. (Note added later: Today, 14 June 1941, we received a card from Gustav Gerson, of 13 March 41 with the sad news that good dear uncle Jacob passed away. Lodz is now called Litzmanstadt). UNCLE EDUARD, the youngest, most slender, of the brothers was the least happy. Always quiet, thoughtful, modest, he stepped back behind the brothers. He married Matilde Kallmeyer. At his wedding, [99] which took place in the winter 1894/1895, my father sent me with uncle Jacob to Talsen. I was to learn to dance before that time, my father was a very good dancer and made the greatest effort to teach me the waltz step; he did not succeed, and I never did learn to dance; perhaps my entire life would have been different. We traveled until Tuckum by rail, and from there to Talsen by sled. Three children came from the marriage of uncle Eduard, Siegmund, Georg, and Fanny. Siegmund was a teacher, then changed saddles and became a merchant; Georg and Fanny are pharmacists. Uncle Eduard, aunt Mathilde, Siegmund and wife, and Fanny lived lastly in Riga; Georg with wife in Libau where he leased a pharmacy. Since the outbreak of the second world war we have not had any news from them. Outside of the 8 uncles and their wives, the six aunts and their husbands, or 28 of the generation of my [100] parents, I had no special uncle-aunt range [reihe] through the second marriage of my father. My second mother was a born Halpert from Konigsberg. The step-grandfather, leader of the polish schul (the eastern Jewish community) in Konigsberg, was Hirsch Halpert, and I met him when he came to Libau to visit his daughter. He stayed there for a few weeks, and I went with him to the Hassidic minjan (services) every day. He was not Hassidic, but this minjan was the closest. Soon after that he died in Konigsberg. Beside my step-mother, there were the aunts Manna, married to Nathan Weinberg in Berlin, Hand married to Dr, Moritz Singer in Magdeburg, and uncle Dodo (then still David), a lawyer and confirmed bachelor [sehr unverheirated] in Berlin. Later he married aunt Kate, I still knew her when she was married to a Berlin physician. [101] Uncle Dodo split the marriage, and then married aunt Käte himself. I met the two aunts and uncle only in 1902, when I came to the University of Konigsberg at age 16½. I arrived on 1 October 1902, but the semester did not start till the 15th, so that same night I continued to Berlin, and dropped in without warning on the family of my stepmother. The friendship did not last long with aunt Manna and uncle Nathan, aunt Manna died before the first war, but I was tied to uncle Dodo and aunt Hand with an intimate friendship and lively correspondence until their death, partly because we were spiritually [geistig] close, and partly that the world war caused no censorship [caesur] in our communication since I stayed west of the Russian front. Aunt MANNA and uncle Nathan. Aunt Manna was the eldest sister of my step-mother. When I met her she was still relatively [102] young. They lived in Berlin at that time, in their own house, Lietherstrasse 4. Uncle Nathan was a tall, slender, man with a quite large nose. In their house I got acquainted with the totally unaccustomed luxury of the good Burgers of Berlin of the 90's. I felt very well there, and on the first day ate ham without revulsion - at home we were strictly kosher. I never found out exactly what uncle Nathan's occupation was - negotiating, commissions, stock market speculation. They had three children, Georg, Trude, and Elsa, all much younger than I. After a few years I was no longer welcome, probably because of a sisterly quarrel between aunt Manna and my step-mother. Soon after my brother Erich came to Berlin we estranged ourselves totally. Aunt Manna died before outbreak [103] of the world war. Uncle Nathan married again, I don't know who. The children came to a sad end. Elsa died in an insane asylum. Georg's father kept him from the front by all possible means, he was in the Strassburg garrison, and died soon after the war from tuberculosis [schwindsucht]. Trude married a Bloch who was associated with a bookstore. Both got baptized, and had a son Erwin. This was of no use [nutz] to them, the son emigrated to Brazil. They got a visa for Australia, and went to friends in Denmark from which they were to go to Australia in September 1939. I have heard nothing from then since then. Aunt HAND and uncle Moritz lived in Magdeburg, I visited them a few times. Dr. Singer was a well-known ear-nose-throat specialist and very receptive [empfanglich] for the irritations [reize] of his patients. The marriage did not go well, they got [104] divorced, and aunt Hand moved to Berlin with her son Ivan (accent on the i). There she lived till her death in 1933. Ivan was a pleasant boy, graduated, and studied law in Berlin. Then came the war, Ivan volunteered, went into the artillery and was a good soldier. In 1917 he was lethally wounded by a grenade fragment. He suffered for a whole month and died in the Aachen hospital in his mother's arms. Aunt Hand was the prettiest of the sisters, slender, spirited, and with golden hands [goldenen handen]. She could not produce much independently, but was a master at copying. As a handicraft maker no equal could be seen. She made the two Gobelins (a kind of tapestry that hung in the guest room), the leather cover of the Doree bible, and many small things. During her youth, like all ladies of the time, she made poker pictures (pictures made by burning the pattern into wood with a hot iron) [brandmalerei] [105]; she covered a large buffet with such work. Uncle Dodo had one of her Gobelins of about 2 by 3 meter, a group consisting of two chess players, two onlookers, marvelously executed. She belonged to an association of noble ladies [adliger damen] in Berlin; besides she helped the widow of Hans von Bulow (the second wife, the first was Cosima Liszt, whom Wagner later married) with her regular musical evenings. With this she filled her life, which had become empty after the death of Ivan. Her love carried over to me and your uncle George; with Erich she got along briefly before her death - before that their relationship was very tense. In June 1933 she willed the Doree bible to me and your mother; she received the confirmation that we had received it already in her sick bed, and a week later dear, good, aunt Hand expired [ausgelitten]. UNCLE DODO (formerly David) Halpert [106]. He was the youngest of the siblings, though the sisters, except for aunt Manna, claimed to be younger. He attended the gymnasium in Konigsberg, which the strict, orthodox father permitted, (he could even attend the school on Saturday, but could not write on this day) until his graduation. In addition he had a strict Jewish education, and, often had to pray before the [Omed] in the synagogue where his father was [Gabbai]. Of these only a strong memory remained - in his later years he could say without error the [Niggunim] for the [Maariv] prayers on the various holidays, which I was never able to do. He studied law in Munchen and Berlin, and then settled in Berlin as a lawyer. He wrote a little, and my mother owned two novels by him. He became a free spirit like the whole generation of that time. He was a very admired, appreciated, lawyer. [107] I saw and heard him argue a case [pladieren] a few times. He belonged to the democratic group at the time for the "World on Monday" [Welt am Montag] that was led by Gerlach. He argued many political trials, but did not stand out enough to become a direct sacrifice of the Hitler time. I met him in 1902; he was then much older and successful [arriviert], but he helped me where and when he could. Our love and friendship grew from year to year, and became even stronger when he married aunt Kate shortly before the world war. She had been married to a doctor; uncle Dodo split that marriage, and married, or rather, was married by, Kate. She brought her mother and aunt along to live with them. She nurtured uncle Dodo movingly [ruhrend], but exercised an uninhibited tyranny over the household. I was never in the parlor - the furniture was covered and no bit of dust was tolerated. I believe she regarded each of my visits with panic, [108] if only because of the cigarette ashes that might drop anywhere. When I came through Berlin, we were always together with uncle Dodo, but we also met outside of it. He invited me to his summer resorts at Nordernry and Salzungen, and visited me in Hamburg, and we had Easter 1924 after Mamachen's death, on a joint trip to Libau. Also after my emigration to Bolivia we remained close by correspondence; only after Hitler's emergence did he write seldom because he could not write what he wanted to. Your development he followed attentively; I could not send him pictures of you often enough. The Arian laws made his life in Berlin into hell. He wanted to leave for Latvia. George and Linzit made an effort to get the immigration papers, though it was clumsy and fruitless [ungeschickt und vergeblich]. He was not to experience it. [109] On the 13th of June he was mowed down [angerempelt] by a speeding military auto and succumbed to his injuries on the 18th of June. Of all my 17 uncles, uncle Dodo in Berlin and uncle Jacob in Lodz were closest to me. Spiritually only uncle Dodo stood close, which could not be otherwise, since we had a similar education and development experience, graduation and further study, while the uncles in Russia never grew beyond the Cheder education. I surely would also have been comfortable with uncle Moritz, but due to the divorce from aunt Hand he quickly stepped out of my range of acquaintance. I wrote aunt Kate immediately after receiving the misfortune telegram, but received no reply. [Q: when had Kate left Berlin?]. How she helps herself further, where she lives, I do not know. The outbreak of war had dissolved our links. [109 ]" BIRTH: 1. The following is from a report prepared 12 Apr 2007 on the Gerson family for Selwyn and Lynn Neiman [ Records from the "1875 Pilten List" include Gerschon and Gutel as the "1st son" and his wife: -Efraim Schlaume Gerson-66 His wife Jette-62 -1st son Gerson-42 Wife Jette-41 [This is Gutta or Gutel or Jetchen Herzenberg] son Laser-18 -2nd son Gerson Moses wife Tzippe-24 -3rd son Chaim-34 Wife Zippe-29 -4th son Lemme (SIC for Lemach)-32. This family was transferred from the estate of merchants of Guilds to Petit-bourgeois. BURIAL: 1. The following is from a report prepared 12 Apr 2007 on the Gerson family for Selwyn and Lynn Neiman [ A. Records from the "Pilten Cemetery List": -Gutel, son [s/b dau.] of Yosef Herzenberg [and] wife of Gershon Gerson d. 5659 (1899). -Gershon, son of Efroim Jacob Gerzon d. 5651 (1891). 2. Nina Kossman [nina@ninakossman.com] reports that the cemetery in Piltene could be called 'the Herzenberg' cemetery because there are so many Herzenberg headstones. The Piltene cemetery is in a better condition than most although she can't really vouch for that as she saw it in winter and a lot of it was covered with snow. It would still be a huge amount of work to inventory and restore. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Gutta or Gutel or Jetchen or Jette (I3970)
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| 1899 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript: "The recruits' enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten, set up on August 15 of 1851, the merchant's lists of Goldingen for 1868, 1874, 1875 contain the following information about Herzenberg family (we would like to draw your attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather approximately): 1. Joseph Herzenberg, his sons... 1.3. Lemchen, son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1779/1780 (aged 54 in 1834), died 1840. His wife Schore (the age is not stated). Their sons... 1.3.2. Elias, son of Lemchen Herzenberg, born in ca 1804 (aged 38 in 1842). His wife Blume (the age is not stated). They had children..." 2. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Sources for this individual are: HL for Leonardo Herzenberg, LA for Latvian Archives, FA for Aleksandrs Feigmanis (Latvian researcher hired by Harold Hodes), and YL for Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Eliahu, Eliahu b. Lemchen, Elias Lemchen. HL101 shows b. 1804 in Windau, d. 1888, spouse Brenner. FA002. YL017. 3. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen. Since the following two individuals share a family and tax number, they were apparently of one household as husband and wife: A. Elias Herzenberg, age 67 in 1871, b. abt 1804, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50. B. Blume Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50. 4. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: A. http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30313.html -Image 47: "Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg" is title of an entire return page at Pilten 22 Sep 1811 containing: -Lemgen Joseph Herzenberg, 33 (Side comment: Lemgen [Lemchen] Joseph [son of Joseph] Herzenberg was registered under oklad Number 38 in Windau in September of 1811, lived in the house Nr. 9.) -his wife Sorre, 33 -their sons: -Lewin, 9 -Elias, 6 -Leyser Abraham, (no age). (Comment on side: Father-in-law of Lemchen [father of Sorre, in German - Schwiegervate])- Leiser Abraham, aged 80, blind, see the lists of invalids.) -Chasse, (female) 16 (maid) Residents in the same home: -Zoddach Abraham Pabst, 29 -Beile (female), 36 -Sorre (female), 1 -Behr Josell Schwalbe, 28 -Reÿline (female), 18 -Moses Marcus, 19 B. -Image 19. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842; presumably if missing in the second male column then probably deceased in the interim. Family #43: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 38 -his wife Blume, 37 -45 his son Israel, 14, 22 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 19 [Comment needing translation for either Jossel, Naphthal, or both; something with 1840.] -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 15 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834 at age 4-1/2.] -Image 74. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List # 39, Family #13: -44 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 30, 44 [Comment needing translation, has something with 1840.] -his wife Blume -45 his son Israel, 14, 28 -46 his son Jossel, 11, 25 -47 his son Naphthal, 7, 21 -48 his son Joel, 4-1/2, - [Translation very uncertain but appears comment says he died in 1834.] -Image 144. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 23, Family #40: -171 Elias Lemchen Herzenberg, 46, 50 [Has comment needing translation with dates 1840 and 1854.] -his wife Blume -172 son Israel, 30, 34 -his wife Leye -173 his son Abraham, 14-1/2, 18-1/2 -174 his son Levin, 2, 6 -175 son Jossel, 27, - , Jossel died in 1851 -his wife Riffke -176 son Naphthal, 23, 27 -177 son Hosias, 16, 20 -178 son Abraham, 10, 14 -Image 205. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. There are several comments with this family requiring translation; however, Feigmanis offered a translation in his 1997 report to Harold Hodesas follows: "…mentioned that for this family somebody was take[n] in army; as well in 1854 some Jew without passport go in army." He comments: "Because conditions of military service were very difficult and 25 years long…, rich Jews try to find some poor Jew or Christian [to] go in the army for them. Also "no passport" Jews might be [caught] and given [to] the army." List #1, Family #11: -50 Elias Lämmchen Herzenberg, 54, 67 -his wife Blume -51 his son Israel, 37-1/2, 50 -52 his son Abraham, 22-1/2, 35-1/2 -53 his son Levin, 10, 23 -54 his son Joel, 6, 19 -55 his son Jossel, 4, 17. -56 son Naphthaly, 31, 44 -his wife Nesse -57 his son Lämme, 1-1/2, 14-1/2 -58 son Hosias, 24, 37 -59 son Abraham, 18, 31 -Family 91, 372 [Cukal?] Marcus Bär, 8, 21 [Note: This is the individual showing up in Ancestry.com as Marcus Herzenberg, b. 1850, son of Bär. From this context of this entry, he is not a Herzenberg and evidently a lodger or something. Bär appears to be used as a last name in this entry.] 5. Ancestry.com's "Latvia, Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874," in association with JewishGen, accessed 28 Nov 2013: Elias Herzenberg, age 67 in 1871, father Lämmchen, record year 1871, registration town of Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, fond no. 630, family no. 11, okland (tax reference) no. 50. DEATH: 1. Website http://www.balticgen.com/cemeteries/All%20Latvia%20cemetery%20list-by%20town.pdf accessed 12 Jan 2009 showing Piltene Cemetery Gravestone inscriptions: "Eliahu b. Osher Herzenberg." Osher is a nickname for Lemchen. SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Elias or Eliahu (I3962)
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| 1900 | RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. Archival Research Paper about Herzenberg Family prepared for Kerry Petersen 28 Feb 2011 and is report no. Nr. 3-P-272, 2816, 1927 N, by Latvijas Valsts Vestures Arhivs (Latvian National Archives), Slokas iela 16, Riga, LV-1007. Complete transcript is in the notes of Edouard/Elias Ocipovitch Herzenberg and the following is but a partial transcript: "The recruits' enlistment registers of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten for 1842, 1848, 1854, 1871, the revision lists of the Jewish families belonging to Pilten, set up on August 15 of 1851, the merchant's lists of Goldingen for 1868, 1874, 1875 contain the following information about Herzenberg family (we would like to draw your attention to the fact that very often the age of person was determined by their outward appearance and was stated in some documents rather approximately): 1. Joseph Herzenberg, his sons... 1.3. Lemchen, son of Joseph Herzenberg, born in ca 1779/1780 (aged 54 in 1834), died 1840. His wife Schore (the age is not stated). Their sons: 1.3.1. Levin, son of Lemchen Herzenberg, born in ca 1800 (aged 42 in 1842), died in 1867. His wife Dwaure, born in ca 1798 (aged 44 in 1842). They had children..." 2. Data from a copy captured of Peter Bruce Herzenberg's website of London, England, since relocated to South Africa (website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007). See more on his research and data in the notes of the earliest Herzenberg in this database. Sources for this individual are LA for Latvian Archives and YL for Len Yodaiken (Israeli researcher hired by Harold Hodes). In regards to this individual: Name variations: Levin, Levin b. Lemchen. YL017 shows b. 1798, d. 1867 at Piltene. LA018. 3. Jewishgen.org's "Courland Enlistment Registers and Family Lists 1845-1874: Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, son of Lämmchen, town of Piltene, Recruits' Enlistment register, 1871, Fond 630, family no. 54, Oklad (tax) no. 228. 4. Could be same individual as the following from Jewishgen.org's "Jewish Religious Personnel in the Russian Empire, 1853-54": Leven Gertzenberg, town of Pilta, guberniya krl019. 5. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene with the same father Lammchen. They are certainly sons of our Lammchen. Apparently they all have their own homes since they do not share a family or tax number: A. Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, b. abt 1800, registration town Piltene, death date 1867, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228. B. Elias Herzenberg, age 67 in 1871, b. abt 1804, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 11, Oklad (tax reference) # 50. C. Laser Herzenberg, age 50 in 1871, b. abt 1821, registration town Piltene, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 9, Oklad (tax reference) # 40. 6. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. Since they have the same family and tax number, they are related. From the Latvian archival report in note above, we know them to be husband and wife. A. Levin Herzenberg, age 58 in 1858, b. abt 1800, registration town Piltene, death date 1867, father Lämmchen, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228. B. Dwaure Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 228. 7. Ancestry.com's "Latvia: Courland Registers and Family Lists, 1845-1874" in partnership with JewishGen lists the following from Piltene. The information tentatively would indicate Levin had a son Joseph whose wife was Jette from the two entries below, which has a shared family and tax number: A. Jossel Herzenberg, age 40 in 1871, b. abt 1831, registration town Piltene, father Levin, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. B. Jette Herzenberg, 1871, registration town Piltene, Recruit's Enlistment register, Fond #630, family number 54, Oklad (tax reference) # 232. 8. Website of Peter Bruce Herzenberg of London, England (since relocated to South Africa). Website is no longer functioning as of 7 Aug 2007. Copies of his data from website in my possession: "In the case of the Herzenbergs the starting point is the family information that Alexandrs Feigmanis found in the Censuses from 1811 and 1815. From 1811 we have Eliahu the son of Joseph b. 1771, from 1815 we have Lemchen the son of Joseph b. 1772. Also from 1815 we have Levin (Leib) son of Lemchen b. 1798. As a generation is usually considered to be between 25 and 30 years on average the latter Lemchen (the father) would have been born around 1768 - 1773..." 9. The Latvian Archives is online and I have reviewed all Registers for Pilten. Registers are in German and I indicate what I don't understand. I extracted all Herzenbergs of which the following excerpts apply to this family: A. http://www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en/menu/lv/13/ig/13/ie/5507/book/30313.html -Image 47: "Lemchen Joseph Herzenberg" is title of an entire return page at Pilten 22 Sep 1811 containing: -Lemgen Joseph Herzenberg, 33 (Side comment: Lemgen [Lemchen] Joseph [son of Joseph] Herzenberg was registered under oklad Number 38 in Windau in September of 1811, lived in the house Nr. 9.) -his wife Sorre, 33 -their sons: -Lewin, 9 -Elias, 6 -Leyser Abraham, (no age). (Comment on side: Father-in-law of Lemchen [father of Sorre, in German – Schwiegervate])- Leiser Abraham, aged 80, blind, see the lists of invalids.) -Chasse, (female) 16 (maid) Residents in the same home: -Zoddach Abraham Pabst, 29 -Beile (female), 36 -Sorre (female), 1 -Behr Josell Schwalbe, 28 -Reÿline (female), 18 -Moses Marcus, 19 B. -Image 32. Has two columns of ages after the male names with the first being 1834 and the second 1842; one column for female names probably 1842. Family #103: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 42 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 19, 27 (In different handwriting ages are lightly crossed out and "18, 26" is added.) -8 his son Jossel, 3, 11 -Image 82. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1834 and the second 1848. List # 95, Family #2: -6, Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 34, 48 -his wife Dwaure, 44 -7 his son Abraham, 18, 32 -8 his son Jossel, 3, 17 -Image 169. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1850 and the second 1854; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. I believe the Archives indicates they had a 1851 revision list, which may be what they call the first column; however, it appears more like 1850 in reality age-wise. List # 111, Family #59: -239 Levin Lemchen Herzenberg, 50, 54 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 1853 in comment.] -his wife Dwaure -240 son Jossel, 19, 23 -241 son Abraham, 34, 38 [Has comments needing translation; has date of 13 Oct 1852 in comment.] -242 his son Leme, 7, 11 -243 his son Elias, ½, - , Elias died in 1850 -Image 224. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #44, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) [Has other comments needing translation.] -his wife D'baure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife [Giele?] -230 his son Lämme, 15, 28 -231 his son Hirsch, 5, 18 -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 [Has comments needing translation.] -his wife Jette -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, 14. (14 crossed out. Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 252. Note this appears to be a duplicate entry to the one above with some changes. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871; presumably if missing in the second column then probably deceased in the interim. List #162, Family #54: -228 Levin Lämchen Herzenberg, 58, - (Comment that Levin died 1867.) -his wife Dbaure -229 his son Abraham, 43, 56 (Comment that Abraham died 1872.) -232 his son Jossel, 27, 40 -233 his son Ruben, 2, 15 -234 his son Elias, 1, - (Comment that Elias died 1861.) -Image 262. Has two columns of ages after the name with the first being 1858 and the second 1871. List #228, Family #54 (see above for family 59 – Abraham Herzenberg – for whom these are sons): -230 Lämme Herzenberg, 15, 28 [Both have extensive notes needing translation.] -231 Hirsch Herzenberg, 5, 18" SOURCES_MISC: 1. Leonardo Herzenberg http://www.herzenberg.net/ | Herzenberg, Levin (I3960)
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