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Rebecca Tryon

Female 1758 - 1840  (82 years)


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  • Name Rebecca Tryon 
    Born 2 Aug 1758  Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Oct 1840  Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Sheshequin Cemetery, Sheshequin Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2277  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Family Zadock Gillett,   b. 12 Aug 1753, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Mar 1816, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married Bef 1781  of Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1339  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

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

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

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

      4. The 1807 probate records for William Tryon (abt 1714-1807) of Glastonbury, CT, named one of his children as Rebecca Gillet. At the bottom of the page of image: "after...Dower to be set to widow- residue distributed to heirs - Wm., Ruth Whiting, Tho. T., Rebecca Gillet, Michael T., Ezekiel Try., Phebe Belden, Jemima Patterson." Image is at Ancestry.com: https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9049/007627884_01125/2875331?backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/86644421/person/210112069358/facts/citation/720381492010/edit/record#?imageId=007627884_01143

      MARRIAGE:
      1. May have possibly been a widow prior to marrying Zadock.

      DEATH:
      1. Tombstone at Sheshequin, Bradford, Pennsylvania reads:"Rebecca d. 10-23-1840 aged 82 years, Warren d. 9-29-1840 aged 57 years." Source is "Descendants of Jonathan Gillett".

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