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Thomas Gilbert

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Springfield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: May 14, 1698 (41)
Springfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: 171 Maple Street, Springfield, Hampden County, MA, 01105, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Gilbert, Jr. and Catherine Bliss
Husband of Abiline Gilbert; Abilene Gilbert and Anna Gilbert
Father of Thomas Gilbert; Samuel Gilbert; Sarah Gilbert; Unknown Gilbert; John Gilbert and 8 others
Brother of Sarah Field; John Gilbert and Henry Gilbert, Sr.
Half brother of Samuel Bliss; Margaret Foote; Mary Holcombe; Nathaniel Bliss, Jr.; Josiah Marshfield and 5 others

Managed by: Andrew Jonathan Smith
Last Updated:

About Thomas Gilbert

  • GILBERT, Thomas
  • b. 15 MAR 1658/9
  • d. 14 MAY 1698 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • Parents:
  • Father: GILBERT, Thomas
  • Mother: CHAPIN, Catherine
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 4 AUG 1680 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • Spouse: MARSHFIELD, Abilene
  • b. 2 APR 1664 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • d. 26 NOV 1689 Brookfield, Worcester, Mass.
  • Parents:
  • Father: MARSHFIELD, Samuel
  • Mother: WRIGHT, Hester
  • Children:
    • GILBERT, Thomas
    • GILBERT, Samuel b. 4 SEP 1683 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
    • GILBERT, Sarah b. 11 SEP 1685 Springfield, Hampden, Mass. d. 14 OCT 1685 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
    • GILBERT, Jonathan
    • GILBERT, John b. 28 FEB 1686/7 Springfield, Hampden, Mass. d. 1687 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
    • GILBERT, Ebenezer b. 1689 Springfield, Hampden, Mass. d. 4 JAN 1690/1 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 9 APR 1690 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
  • Spouse:BANCROFT, Ann
  • Children:
    • GILBERT, John
    • GILBERT, Ebenezer b. 4 JAN 1691/2 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
    • GILBERT, Margaret
    • GILBERT, Sarah b. 18 JAN 1693/4 Springfield, Hampden, Mass.
    • GILBERT, Ann
  • From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_15.htm#69 ______________

GEDCOM Note

Category: Gilbert Name Study, Y-DNA Haplogroup G-M201 GROUP 01, Braintree, MA -Yardley, UK Type 1 - A

Biography ==Thomas the son of Thomas Gilbert was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on 15 Mar 1658.≤ref>"Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJF-3JW : 9 February 2018), Thomas Gilbert, 15 Mar 1658;citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.Thomas Gilbert, the son of Thomas Gilbert and Catherine Chapin was living in Springfield, Massachusetts by 1680, when he married Abilene Marshfield.≤/ref>

After the death of his first wife in 1689, Thomas remarried, in 1690, to Anna Bancroft.
Thomas moved to Brookfield, Massachusetts with his brother, Henry. "Capt. Henry Gilbert was sent to Ouobaug (Brookfield) to protect the settlers from the Indians, and built a fort there, afterwards settling there with his brother Thomas Gilbert {III}."≤ref>Randalland allied families, page 322≤/ref>

Thomas died in 1698.

Notes

The Gilbert Family Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659page 88 has son Ebenezer born after the death of the first wife. I moved Ebenezer to second wife. Other databases had him under second wife.
Thomas Gilbert, III [137f] (Springfield, March 15, 1659/1660 – d. there May 14, 1698) married Aug. 4 1680, Abilene Marshfield [137fm] (April 2, 1664 – Nov. 26 1689) daughter of Samuel and Hester (Wright) Marshfield; married 2nd April 1690 Anna Bancroft [137fmm] daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Bancroft of Enfield, Conn., who married 2ndJames Sexton of Westfield; had by first wife: (Gen. 7) Thomas Gilbert, IV [137fa] (b. Nov. 3, 1681); Samuel Gilbert [137fb] (b. Sept. 4, 1683); Sarah Gilbert [137fc] (Sept. 11, 1685-Oct. 14, 1685); Jonathan Gilbert [137fd] (b. Nov. 4 1686) married Stratford, Aug. 5, 1707, Margery Searles [137fdm] had Stratford: (Gen. 6) Abilene Gilbert [137fda] (b. Jan 11, 1708); Phebe Gilbert [137fdb] (b. Jan 1. 1709/10); and Katherine Gilbert [137fdc] (b. March 8 1712); (Gen 7. Cont) John Gilbert [137fe] (b. Feb. 28, 1687/8- d young); and Ebenezer Gilbert [137ff] (d. Jan 4, 1691/2); by second wife: (Gen. 7 cont.) John Gilbert (b. March 16, 1691) married Stratford, Nov. 25 1714, Patience Lattin [137fgm]; Margaret Gilbert [137fh] (b. March 27, 1693); Sarah Gilbert [137fi] (b.Jan 18, 1694/5); and Anna Gilbert [137fi] (b. Feb. 16, 1696/7) married Joseph Segar [137fjm]

Sources

≤references />* U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, index and images of text on-line, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0...] accessed 29 Nov 2018. Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
::Page 303::GILBERT, Thomas (1659-1698) & 1/wf Abilene MARSHFIELD (1664-1689); 4Aug 1680, 15 Aug 1680; Springfield::GILBERT, Thomas (1659-16998) & 2/wf Anna Bancroft (1663-1726), m/2 James SEXTON 1702; 9 Apr 1690; Springfield

::Springfield (Mass.), Births, Marriages, Deaths
::Marriages (image appears to be original document)::"Thomas Gilbert and Abilene Marshfield were married on August ye 4 1690"

  • Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line].Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Image 4254 of 6014 [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40143_268137__0013-00222/...] accessed 29 Nov 2018. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)

::Springfield (Mass.), Births, Marriages, Deaths
::Deaths (handwriting on image not contemporary to event)::"Thomas Gilberd the husband of Anah Gilberd dyed the 14th of May 1698"

  • The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659, by Homer Worthington Brainard, Harold Simeon Gilbert, and Clarence Almon Torrey, Edited with a Foreword by Donald Lines Jacobus; New Haven, Connecticut, 1953, pp. 87-88; ebook available online (cost): https://www.ancestorstuff.com/E-Books/the-gilbert-family-descendant...
  • Randall and allied families : William Randall (1609-1693) of Scituate and his descendants with ancestral families [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Randall, Frank Alfred,. Randall and allied families : William Randall (1609-1693) of Scituate and his descendants with ancestral families. Chicago: Raveret-Weber, 1943.::page 322, Thomas Gilbert III
  • ≤span id='Temple1888'>≤/span>Temple, Rev. J. H., Thomas Gilbert ofSpringfield and His Immediate Descendants. Some New Facts., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1888) Vol. 42, Page 281
  • (Note: contains inaccurate descent): ≤span id='Temple1887'>≤/span>Temple, Rev. J. H., History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts (Rand Avery Co., Boston, 1887)
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Thomas Gilbert's Timeline

1657
March 15, 1657
Springfield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1681
October 28, 1681
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
November 3, 1681
Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1683
September 4, 1683
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1685
September 12, 1685
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
September 12, 1685
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
1686
February 28, 1686
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
November 4, 1686
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States