William Gilbert, Sir

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gilbert-160

William is shown in the Gilbert family pedigree for the Visitation of Devon in 1564[1]as the son of Galfrid Gilbert of Compton and Joan Compton (daughter of William Compton of Compton), and with wife Elizabeth Champernon and son William Gilbert.

On 6 July 1380, Elizabeth, widow of William Gilbert was granted administration of her husband's estate.[2]

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190459140/william_gilbert_(gylbert)

Note: Vivian (p. 180) also names a daughter, Elizabeth, wife of William Gilbert, but also shows her as daughter of a much later Oliver Champernoun and his wife Eglina de Valletort. The latter relationship is the correct one.

References

• The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564 page 112 link
• Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before .... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William Ryland Beall, Kaleen E. Beall. Page 230. GoogleBooks www.celtic-casimir.com

William GILBERT

Marriage Information: William married Elizabeth CHAMPERNON, daughter of Richard CHAMPERNON and Unknown.

Family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberts_of_Compton

What is more demonstrable is that the male line leading to the Gilberts of Compton likely rose from obscurity with the marriage of a William Gilbert of Devon to Elizabeth Champernowne of Clist, a descendant of William the Conqueror, sometime in the first few decades of the 13th century. Their great grandson, Sir Geoffrey (Galfried) Gilbert (Member of Parliament for Totnes in 1326) married Lady Joan Compton, heiress of Compton Castle, thereby becoming "of Compton".

References 9. Worthy, Charles. Devonshire wills: a collection of annotated testamentary abstracts, together with the family history and genealogy of many of the most ancient gentle houses of the west of England. London, Bemrose & Sons, 1896. 10. Vivian, J.L. The visitations of the county of Devon : Comprising the herald's visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620, With additions by Lieutenant-Colonel J. L. Vivian. Exeter, 1895.www.celtic-casimir.com William GILBERT

Marriage Information: William married Elizabeth CHAMPERNON, daughter of Richard CHAMPERNON and Unknown.