 1612 - 1662 (~ 50 years)
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| Name |
Gilbert, Thomas |
| Christened |
16 Feb 1611/1612 |
Yardley,Worcs,Eng  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
5 Jun 1662 |
Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Buried |
Springfield,Hampden,MA |
| Notes |
- CHR: Yardley par reg (FHL #1520013).
MAR #1: F. J. Wrottesley, ed, WEST BROMWICH PARISH REGISTER, Staffordshire Parish Register Society Publications, vol. 43 (n.p., n.d.), 30 (FHL #942.46 B4pr). West Bromwich is 8 miles from Yardley. Thomas and Mary Gilbert had a dau Mary baptized at Yardley, 12 Dec 1641.
MAR #2: No absolute proof of this mar is found, but it is strongly suggested by circumstantial evidence. A Lydia Gilbert was sentenced for witchcraft, 20 Nov 1654, for the death of Henry Stiles of Windsor. See Hartford County Court recs, 2:57 (FHL #004572). Thomas Gilbert also lived in Windsor and was employed by Stiles. See Homer W. Brainard, Harold Simeon Gilbert, and Clarence Almon Torrey, THE GILBERT FAMILY (New Haven, 1953), 14 (FHL #929.273 G377b). Shortly after Lydia's death sentence, Thomas Gilbert of Windsor married Katherine (Chapin) Bliss and removed to Springfield. For additional discussion, see Douglas Richardson, "The English Origin of Thomas Gilbert," TAG, 67(1992):163-64 (FHL #973 D25aga). Also see R. G. Tomlinson, WITCHCRAFT TRIALS OF CONNECTICUT (Hartford, 1978), 10-11 (FHL #974.6 H2tr), and John M. Taylor, THE WITCHCRAFT DELUSION IN COLONIAL CONNECTICUT, 1647-1697 (New York, 1908; repr Bowie, MD, 1989), 148-49 (FHL #974.6 H6t).
MAR #3: Springfield Vital Records, 1:14 (FHL #185414). Mar date is "31" June 1655. The intended date was probably 30 June 1655. The wife is called "Katheren Bliss." She is clearly the widow of Nathaniel Bliss who was bur at Springfield, 18 Nov 1654 (Ibid, 1:47). Nathaniel Bliss and Katherine Chapin were married at Springfield, 20 Nov 1646 (Ibid, 1:13). Also see the pre-nuptial agreement between Thomas Gilbert and Katherine Bliss, "Widow late wife of Nathaneel Bliss deceased," 23 May 1655 (Joseph H. Smith, ed, COLONIAL JUSTICE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS [1639-1702]: THE PYNCHON COURT RECORD [Cambridge, 1961], 233 [FHL #974.4 P2c]).
DEATH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:47. Also see the will of Thomas Gilbert of Springfield, 3 May 1662, proved 30 Sep 1662, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:18-19 (FHL #879184).
BUR: Springfield Vital Records, 1:47.
~LDS ORDINANCES
BEPS1,3: IGI
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| Person ID |
I7004 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
28 Jun 1999 |
| Father |
Gilbert, Thomas, c. 25 Apr 1589, Yardley,Worcs,Eng , d. 5 Sep 1659, Wethersfield,Hartford,CT (Age ~ 70 years) |
| Mother |
Bennet, Elizabeth, d. Bef 6 Feb 1663/1664, Wethersfield,Hartford,CT(?) |
| Married |
29 Aug 1610 |
Yardley,Worcs,Eng |
| Family ID |
F3058 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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