Priscilla Gilbert

Biography

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Priscilla Kitchen Hunn Bowers Curtis Gilbert was born in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were John Kitchen and Elizabeth Grafton.

Her first husband was Nathaniel Hunn. They married in October, 1672 in Salem. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Nathaniel and Priscilla Hunn.

Her husband, Nathaniel, was killed in 1677. In 1678/79 Priscilla was a widow who received aid from the selectmen of Salem.

Her second husband was George Bowers. He was born on February 3, 1653 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His parents were Benanuel Bowers and Elizabeth Dunsten.

Priscilla and George settled in Kent County where they paid for their property in both money and goods which included rum, molasses, sugar and shoes.

Priscilla and George's children were George Bowers (1685) and John Bowers (1686).

She was left a widow for the second time when George died in 1689 in Groton.

She married John Curtis on October 23, 1689, the month after George's estate was probated. John was born in 1642 in England. He had been married before to Elizabeth Cabley.

John died on April 22, 1698 in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland.

Her fourth husband was John Gilbert. John was born in 1645 in England. He had been married before to Florence. John died on August 13, 1711 in Byberry, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia.

Priscilla died in 1721 in Kent County, Delaware.

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Priscilla Kitchen was born on October 6, 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of John Kitchen and Elizabeth Grafton.

Priscilla marries first to Nathaniel Hunn in September of 1672. Nathaniel is killed in an Indian Massacre in 1677.[1]

Priscilla marries second to George Bowers in about 1677 in Massachusetts. George Bowers was born on February 28, 1653 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. George is the son of Bernanuel Bowers and Elizabeth Dunster. George dies in about 1689 in Kent County, Delaware.

Priscilla marries third to John Curtis on October 29, 1689 in Kent County, Delaware.

Priscilla then marries for a fourth time to John Gilbert in 1698.

Priscilla died in 1721 in Kent County, Delaware. Her will was probated on 10 May 1721.

Children

Children of Priscilla Kitchen and Nathaniel Hunn are:

1. Priscilla Hunn, later Walton, was born on January 21, 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

2. Sarah Hunn, later Bowman, was born on October 6, 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

Children of George Bowers and Priscilla Kitchen are:

1. John Bowers was born on November 25, 1686 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Children of John Curtis and Priscilla Kitchen':

Ruth Curtis, later Rodney, born 1690 in Kent, Delaware.

notes

All info on Priscilla Kitchen family from Connie Young Kitchen. Names of children from her various marriages ascertained on a FamilySearch ancestral file. Priscilla had most of her children in Kent County Delaware but is listed as having died in Kent County PA on one source and in Kent County Delaware in another, probably Kent County Delaware. Her birth year varies although her christening record is cited as in 1647.

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Date and place of marriage to John Curtis have also been erroneously reported to be an unspecified date in Kent, England.

References

• Priscilla Kitchen, Quakeress of Salem, Mass., and Kent County, Del., and Her Family by George Valentine Massey II, New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume CVI. January, 1952, pp. 38-50.
• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21423557/priscilla-kitchen/