Zorviar Gillett b. 18 Mar 1746 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States d. 19 Apr 1783 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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1746 - 1783 (37 years)

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Name	Zorviar Gillett
Birth	18 Mar 1746	Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Christening	Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Gender	Female
Death	19 Apr 1783	Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial	Main Road Cemetery Granville Center, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Person ID	I2269	Petersen-de Lanskoy
Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

Father	Thomas Gillett, b. 16 Apr 1711, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 10 Apr 1791, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 79 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Barlow, b. 20 Apr 1719, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 3 Jan 1806, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years)
Marriage	12 Jun 1744	Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Family ID	F904	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

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

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

DEATH:
1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Zorviar Gillet, d. 19 Apr 1783, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Zorviar, d. Thomas and Elizabeth, Apr. 19, 1783, a. 36, G.R.1. (Zediah, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.

BURIAL:
1. Tombstone calls her out as "ZORVIAR" and clearly as the dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Gillett. She was not a male even though some of the birth records are conflicted on the gender -- some saying male, others female, and others unknown. See image of tombstone on Findagrave attached to Family Search.