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Hannah Gillett

Female 1709 - 1746  (37 years)


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  • Name Hannah Gillett 
    Born 19 Jun 1709  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 2 Nov 1746  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2262  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

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

    Family Joseph Kent,   b. 26/26 Feb 1708/9, of Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26/26 Feb 1728/9  Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1335  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Per Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database of Joseph D. Miller :
      "Parents are John Kent, b. 28 Apr 1664 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts and Abigail Winchell, b. 8 Jun 1679 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. John was also married a second time to Elizabeth Palmer on 7 Mar 1747/48. Siblings include:
      Silus Kent, chr. 7 Jul 1712 in Suffield.
      Moses Kent, b. 25 Sep 1710 in Suffield.
      Noah or John Kent, b. 28 Apr 1714 in Suffield.
      Experience Kent, b. 4 Mar 1716/1717 in Suffield.
      Children of Joseph Kent and Hannah Gillett who were all born in Suffield, Hartford, CT include:
      Abigail Kent, b. 10 May 1730.
      Chloe Kent, b. 7 Feb 1831/32.
      Joseph Kent, b. 14 Mar 1733/34.
      Hannah Kent, b. 4 Sep 1736.
      Experience Kent, b. 9 Mar 1740/41.
      Seth Kent, b. 19 Mar 1740/41."

      2. Per Worldconnect 15 Jul 2007 database ":1821208" of Donald Palmer :
      A. Children all born in Suffield, Hartford, CT:
      Abigail Kent, b. 10 May 1730.
      Chloe Kent, b. 7 Feb 1832.
      Joseph Kent, b. 14 Mar 1734.
      Hannah Kent, b. 4 Sep 1736.
      Seth Kent, b. 19 Mar 1738.
      Experience Kent, b. 9 Mar 1740/41.
      B. Death: 2 Nov 1746 in Suffield.
      C. Marriage: 26 Feb 1728 in Suffield.

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

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

      BIRTH:
      1. Per LDS Online Ordinance Index extracted record FHL film 2917 (Barbour Collection: Connecticut Vital Records prior to 1850, Lucius B. Barbour), batch 7450331 lists the following children all born in Suffield Twp., Hartford, Connecticut to "Samuel and Rebeckah Gillet":
      "Samuel Gillet, b. 13 Sep 1702.
      John Gillet, b. 16 Jan 1704.
      Nathaniel Gillet, b. 10 May 1707.
      Hannah Gillet, b. 19 Jun 1709.
      Thomas Gillet, b. 16 Apr 1711.
      Gardner Gillet, b. 23 Jun 1715.
      Rebekah Gillet, b. 21 Sep 1718."

      BURIAL:
      1. Not listed per the Internet 6 Jul 2008 at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kathycamp/Inscriptions/Page043.htm: Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, Headstone Inscriptions 1660-1937. This list of inscriptions, town of Suffield, was copied in 1934, under the auspices of the F.E.R.A. and the W.P.A. sponsored by the Connecticut State Library, as compiled under the supervision of Charles R. Hale, State Military Necrologist, assisted by Miss Mary H. Babin, Secretary. Hartford, Connecticut, December 1937.