Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Cornet Jonathan GILBERT | ||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - JONATHAN, Hartford, br. of John of the same, b. in Eng. m. 29 Jan. 1646, Mary, d. of John White, or Whight, not Wright, as Hinman, 260, prints, had Jonathan and Mary. His w. d. a. the same time, and he m. 1650, Mary, sis. of Thomas Welles of Hadley (wh. d. 3 July 1700, aged 74), had Sarah, Mary, Lydia, Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel, Ebenezer, Esther and Rachel; was a man of distinct. kept an inn, and was many yrs. marshal of the Col.; d. 10 Dec. 1682, aged 64. His will of 10 Sept. 1674, ment. ten ch. liv. and gr.ch. John Rossiter, Andrew Belcher, and Jonathan Richardson. His wid. contin. to keep the inn where her h. had so long, serv. the public, and in her will, of 20 May 1700, nam. all her eight ch. exc. Nathaniel, wh. had d. unm. [ref 20] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cornet Jonathan Gilbert brother of John born 1618 died Dec 10, 1682 ae 64 bur Center Ch mar/1 Jan 29, 1645-6 (HTR) Mary White who died Dec 16, 1649-50 dau of Elder John White & Mary Levit. Mar/2 Mary Welles who died July 3, 1700 ae 74 bur Center Ch dau of Hugh Welles & Frances Colman. Townsman 1659-64-70-4-8; deputy, collector of customs, and Marshal of the Colony. Children: Jonathan, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Rachel, Samuel, Mary, Thomas, Nathaniel, Ebenezer, Esther. [ref 28:260] [Jonathan was Master Marshal of CT Colony for many years, equivalent to High Sheriff] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GILBERT, Jonathan, s. of Thomas. Indian Interpreter and Marshal, Conn. Colony, Apr. 1646, and for greater part of period 1646-1682; a trooper under Maj. Mason, Mar. 1658, and commissioned Cornet of Troop of Horse, Oct. 1668; Colector of Customs, Hartford, Mar. 1659; Deputy (Hartford) to Conn. Leg., May 1677, Oct. 1677, May 1678, May 1681. Born about 1618, d. at Hartford, 10 Dec. 1682 in 64 yr. (g.s.). Married (1) (rec. Hartford) 29 Jan. 1645/6, Mary White; dau. of John. He m. (2) abt 1650, Mary Welles, b. abt. 1626, d. 3 July 1700 in 74 yr. (g.s.). She was dau. of Hugh. In Aug. 1661 he received a colonial grant of 350 acres, for services to the colony. He was several times Townsman of Hartford. In 1654 he received permission to set up a warehouse at the general landing place. The General Court in 1662 granted him liberty to keep an ordinary at his house at Cold Spring. Will 10 Sept. 1674, proved 1 Mar. 1683; wife Mary (sole Exec'x); children, grandchildren and Hannah Kelly, evidently an indentured servant. Inv. �2484. Children: Jonathan, Mary, Sarah, Lydia, Thomas, Nathaniel, Samuel, Ebenezer, Esther, Rachel. [ref 55:2-217] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Gilbert, in 1645, being about 27 years of age, was a bachelor landholder in Gartford, and soon after married Mary the daughter of John White. They at once entered into the arrangements of life, and the "General Court," with becoming gravity, "recorded" some of the minor details of their social affairs. "Tenth of March, 1646, the names of people as they were seated in the meeting=house were read in Court; and it was ordered that they should be recorded, which was as followeth; for the women's seates in the middle, 4th seat, Sister Wakeman, Sister Gibbard, Sister Gilbert, and Sister Myles." Gilbert probably arrived in New England at an earlier date, as in April of the next year, he was sufficiently familiar with the language of the aborigines to act as interpreter between them and the English government, rendering important service in the subsequent Indian wars and difficulties, by his facility in their language, and his resolute bravery. He was generally selected as the leader in emergencies of danger and importance. He was a man of business, of respectability and enterprise, engaged in the trade and coasting business of the young colonies, possessed of great wealth for that day, and held various civil offices, was collector of the customs at Hartford, marshal of the colony, Representative to the General Court, &c. By grants from the government and by purchase, he acquired large tracts of land in the differnet settlements, which he subsequently divided among his children. Jonathan Gilbert, died Dec. 10, 1652, aged 64. [ref 60:2-8] The authorities of Connecticut appointed Mr. Allen and Jo. Gilbert "to goe to Pacomtuck to declare to the Indians the mind of the Comissioners concerning them, and that there bee a letter sent to Mr. Pinchon to assist them in it: but if he refuse, and Mr. Holliock, then they shall desist from further proceeding." In March, 1657-8, "The listed persons for Troopers presented to and allowed by the court [of Connecticut] under the command of Major John Mason were, in Hartford, Mr. Willis, Mr. Lord, Mr. Thomas Wells, Jacob Migatt, Jonathan Gilbert, and nine other." This force was probably raised under the authority of the "Commissioners." Mr. Gilbert, during this period, was actively pursuing his private enterprises. He may have temporarily resided in Westfield, as the Springfield Town Records, under date of Aug 9, 1656, mention a grant of lands to Jonth and John Gilbert at Wornoco [Westfield] provided "they build a house within one year." The request was renewed and granted, Dec. 10, 1658. In November, 1659, Mr. Gilbert was appointed to compel the payment from the Farmington Indians of the annual sum which was due for the two years past, amounting to "the full summe of eighty faddome of wampum, well strungd and merchantable." This was in satisfaction for damages from a fire occasioned by them. In April, 1660, Mr. John Allyn and Jonath: Gilbert were commissioned to bound out to Tantoninus, the Sachem of the Potuncks, the lands which he held, remaining unsold to the English, and about which he and Uncas, the chiefs of their tribes, had quarrelled. In August, 1661, the court granted "to Jonathan Gilbert, a farm to ye number of 300 acres of vpland and 50 Acres of meadow, provided it be not preiuditiall" to any other plantation. After this period, Mr. Gilbert was for several years annually elected to the office of "marshall," and was occasionally a representative to the legislature; but his chief attention was given to the imporvement of his estate, and the care of his family, many of whom he lived to see happily and honorably settled in life. He was peculiarly fortunate in his wife, who was remarkable for her prudence and energy, which contributed in a great degree to his success, and who was honored in the lives of her children. He died on the 10th of December, 1682, aged 64, and his wife died July 3, 1700, ae. 74. They lie, side by side in the ancient burialplace at Hartford. [ref 60:2-12] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Gilbert, who settled early in Hartford, was born in England, in 1618, married, Janueary 29, 1645-46, Mary, daughter of Elder John White, of Hartford, and she died there about 1650; Jonathan married (second) Mary Wells, daughter of Hugh; Jonathan was a prominent citizen, a townsman in 1658-64-70-74-78; deputy to the general court; collector of customs and marshal of the colony; he died December 10, 1682. [ref 61:196] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The first white man to own land within the present limits of the town of Meriden was Jonathan Gilbert. He was one of the earliest settlers at Hartford and a man of marked influence in that community and at his death left a large estate. At one time he was employed as interpreter in negotiations by the colonial government with the Indians, indicating that he had mixed much with the savages. His profession was that of inn keeper at Hartford, a position at that time of much respectability. He was also marshal of the colony and frequently a member of the General Court. 28 Aug 1661 granted to Jonathan Gilbert, of Hartford, "a farm to ye number of 300 acres of upland and 50 acres of meadow," which he immediately proceeded to take up, at Cold Spring, in the northern limits of our town, for on May 15, 1662, he is granted permission "to keep an ordinary, or inn, at his house at Cold Spring." The action of the General Court in granting a farm of 350 acres to Jonathan Gilbert perhaps shows that the wilderness about Meriden was of value. For many years after the colony was settled there was a considerable trade in furs and the immediate locality of Gilbert's farm certainly abounded in beavers and other fur-bearing animals at one time. He built across the river from Hartford a warehouse whence he shipped to Boston furs and other produce of the country, employing the ships of his son-in-law Andrew Belcher. 15 May 1662 purchased 2 acres with buildings g from Anthony Wright and turned it into an inn; Mary ran the inn after Jonathan's death. "This colony grants liberty to ye Marshall Jonathan Gilbert to keep an ordinary at his house at Cold Spring for releiving of travellers according to their needs." Mr. Gilbert died December 10, 1682. Some idea of his wealth may be gained by noting that his inventory among other things contained two gold rings, gold shoe buckles, gold toothpicks, gold shirt buttons and one hundred and forty ounces of plate. His house in Hartford was a large and commodious one and his total inventory amounted to �2484-17-9--a large fortune for those days. In his will, dated 1674, he says, "I give to my son Nathaniell Gilbert my farme at Meriden with all the houses and land thereto belonging, I give to my son Ebenezer Gilbert & his heires forever all that three hundred acres of land I bought of Capt. Daniel Clark in Farmington Bownds with all priviledges thereunto belonging & also that purchase of land I bought of Messaccup, commonly called & known by name of Pagon Chaumischaug."2 In the inventory the Meriden Farm is valued at �110 and Pagon Chaumischaug at �120. This shows that Mr. Gilbert owned two distinct and separate farms--one at or called Meriden, and the other on Christian Lane in Berlin where stands the brick house built by Ebenezer Gilbert and called by the Indian name. After Mr. Gilbert's death in 1682 there followed a bitter controversy among the heirs which resulted in probably one of the first, if not the first, contested will case in Connecticut. Mr. Gilbert left nine children and a widow. The will, which was dated in 1674, had left Meriden Farm to a son, Nathaniel, but as this son died before his father, the farm became the joint inheritance of all the surviving children. The contested will case was finally settled by Jonathan, Jr. taking some land on the "East side of the great River in Haddum" in settlement of his claim and the widow, Mary, bought his interest in the Meriden Farm on January 9, 1684. On September 6, 1686, all the other children sold their right in this farm to Andrew Belcher, of Charleston, New England, mariner. [source: "A Century of Meriden" by C. Bancroft Gillespie; issued as the official souvenir at the centennial celebration 10-16 Jun 1906 page 13] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - baptism 8 June 1617 "Jonathan Gilbert the sonne of Thomas Gilbert" (Yardley parish record) 11 May 1671 survey performed on land bought from Daniel Clark and Indian Massecup on the Mattabeset River [now Berlin] "Jonathan Gilbert was maryed vnto Mara Whight, on Jennary the twenty ninth, one Thousand six hundreth forty and five." (Hartford record) 9 Apr 1646 "Whereas Thos Steynton by his long absence is disabled to attend the Court according to his place, it is now ordered his sallery shall cease and Jonathan Gilbert is chosen to supply the place for this yeare and the Cort will attend him with reasonable satisfaction." [record of first successor is 11 May 1675] [note: hangman was one of the duties of marshal - did he have to hang his brother's wife for witchcraft? 1653 "liberty granted to Jonathan Gilbert to set up a warehouse at the common landing place in the little meadow, upon that land without Mrs. Hooker's lot." He erected the buildings g at once. "It was a two story buildings g, had a cellar beneath it and a staircase leading to the second floor. Very likely Gilbert stored here the corn he collected in 1654 for the trainband. He had charge of the military stores for some years"; 1660 purchased Bird's Island and Dutch Island near east bank of [Great River?] ABSTRACT OF WILL: Item to my dear and loving wife Mary Gilbert the use of my dwelling house (at Cold Springs), homelots, orchards, gardens, barn, barnyard, outhouses, warehouses, that part of my Island above that which is commonly known by the name of the Dutch Island. Item I give to my daughter Rachel Gilbert one-hundred pounds to be paid her within six months after the day of her marriage or at the age of eighteen years, which shall first happen in current country pay or part in household goods apprized by indifferent men. Inventory amount �2484. Real estate valued at �1312. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Hartford Probate Records, Vol. IV) WILL OF JONATHAN GILBERT, 10 Sep 1674 - : In the name of God, Amen. I Jonathan Gilbert of Hartford, in the County of Hartford and Colony of Connecticut, being in perfect health and Good memory at this time & not knowing the time of my dissolution & sensible of mortality and very desirous to leave a settled peace in my family in respect of these Transitory things, I do constitute this my last will and Testament. Imprimis -- I give & bequeath my Immortal soul into the everlasting arms of my Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ who hath redeemed me with his precious blood, * * * Also I bequeath my body to the earth by comely burial, and also my wish is, that all my lawful debts be paid and descharged out of my moveable estate, which being done, I do dispose of that little estate which God out of his bounty hath betrusted me with, as followeth. Item. To my dear & loving wife Mary Gilbert, as followeth, the use of my dwelling house, homelots, orchards, Gardens, Barn, Barnyards, outhouses, warehouse, that part of my Island above that which is commonly known by the name of the Dutch Island all Northward, as also that little land I bought of Mr. Callsey, as also that land I did exchange with Mr James Richards, as also that pasture I bought of Andrew Warner, also my Wood-lot on the West side of Rocky Hill, all & every part of the forementioned particulars, during the time of her Widowhood & til my son Samuel shall attain to the age of Twenty one years, and then my wish is that [she] shall peaceably surrender unto Samuel his quiet possession at the aforesaid house * land save only what is here excepted viz the seller, great kitchen & all the chambers over it & garret over the said kitchen, & half my warehouse that is to say, the South end celler & room over the seller, and half my hone lott, the East end of it & half my Barn & half my barnyard for her use with also full use of water both in the well & pond on the lot without any interruption during her natural life & then immediately after her decease * * * all the aforesaid houseing and land I give to my son Samuel Gilbert & his heirs forever, he paying to his brother Ebenezer Gilbert Thirty pounds in Country pay. Item: I give to my son Jonathan Gilbert one half of the lands in the bounds of Haddam that I bought of Mr. James Bates & Thomas Shaylor * * * or twenty pounds in other estates which he the said Jonathan shall choose which is the completing of his portion to what I have done for him already. Item: I give to my son Thomas Gilbert my house & home lot on the South side of the riverlet in Hartford & my meadow land that I did exchange & had of Mr. James Richards to possess immediately after his mother's decease, but the house & lott to possess at the age of One & Twenty years; also I give to my son Thomas that Ten acres of land I bought of Lt Robert Webster, also I give to my son Thomas the lower end of my Island, that is to say, from the upper End of that which is called the Dutch Island which I bought of Captain Richard Lord, with a straight line to the great river West & So East on the meadow lotts, I say all my land downward to him & his heirs forever, he paying to his mother Twenty shillings pr year & Twenty pounds of good hops per year during her natural life. Item, I give to my son Nathaniel Gilbert my farm at Meriden with all the house & land thereunto belonging & all priviledges thereunto to him & his heirs forever, & also I give to him Thirty pounds more out of my estate or in Cattle to to stock the said farm. Item: I give to my daughter Lidia Richelson Twenty Shillings gs. Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Belcher Twenty shillings gs. Item: I give to my daughter Mary Holton Twenty shillings gs. Item: I give to my daughter Hester Gilbert one hundred pounds to be paid her within six months after her marriage, or Eighteen years of age, which shall first happen, in Current Country pay or part in household good, to be prized my indifferent men. Item: I give to my daughter Rachel Gilbert one hundred pounds to be paid her within six months after the day of her marriage or at the age of eighteen years, which shall first happen, in Current Country pay or part in household goods apprized by indifferent men. Item: I give my son Ebenezer Gilbert & his heirs forever all that three hundred acres of land belonging & also that purchase of lands I bought of Captain Daniel Clark lying in Farmington bounds, with all the priviledges thereunto belonging, & also that purchase of land I bought of Messecap commonly called & known by the name of Pagan Chaumischaug: also I give to Ebenezer Gilbert Thirty pounds to be paid him by his brother Samuel Gilbert & twenty pounds more to be paid him out of my Estate to stock his farm with; which fifty pounds shall be paid him at the age of twenty one years, & my desire is that my wife do remember Hannah Kelly and give her twenty shillings gs, and more as her discretion shall guide her, if she proves obedient. Item: I give to my grand child John Rosseter ten pounds to be paid him at the age of Twenty four years in Country pay. Also my will is, that if any of my children prove disobedient & legally convicted so to be, then my wife hath my power to take from such child forty pounds of his or her respective portions and distribute among the others that are obedient. Also my will is, that if any of my children are taken away by death before they come to receive their respective portions, then that child's portion to be divided equally amongst the surviving. Also. I give to my grand child Andrew Belcher five pounds in Country pay. Also. I give my grand child Jonathan Richelson five pounds in Country pay. I also make and constitute Captain John Allyn, my brother John Golbert, & Serjeant Caleb Standly to be helfpul to my dear and loving wife, whom I make, constitute & appoint sole Executrix & administratrix to this my last will and Testament & desire that she satisfy them for their paynes, whom I intreat to see this my will attended & performed, revoking all former wills, as witness my hand this 10th day of Septr 1874. Signed; sealed in the presence of us, Jonathan Gilbert [L. S.] John Tallcott John Gilbert The Inventory was taken 12 Feb. 1682-3 -- Amt. �2484.17.9. Debts, Cash -- �113.0.3 Country pay -- �68.14.6 Besides some debts owing from the Estate at Boston. The real estate was valued at �1312 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||
| Notes for Mara WHITE | ||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daughter of Elder John WHITE and Mary LEVETT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Mara Whight," dau. of John White, mar'd Jan. 29th, 1645, at Hrfford. She d. about 1650. [ref 60:17] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||
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