Thomas Gilbert (1659 - 1698)

Born 15 Mar 1659 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abilene (Marshfield) Gilbert — married 4 Aug 1680 (to 26 Nov 1689) in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Anna (Bancroft) Sexton — married 9 Apr 1690 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 14 May 1698 at age 39 in Springfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Thomas the son of Thomas Gilbert was born in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony 15 Mar 1658.^[1]. Thomas died in 1698 at Brookfield.

Thomas Gilbert, III (March 15, 1659/1660 Springfield, – d. there May 14, 1698) married Aug. 4, 1680, Abilene Marshfield (April 2, 1664 – Nov. 26, 1689) daughter of Samuel and Hester (Wright) Marshfield;

Children by Abilene Marshfield: (Gen. 7)

1. Thomas Gilbert, IV (b. Nov. 3, 1681);
2. Samuel Gilbert (b. Sept. 4, 1683);
3. Sarah Gilbert (Sept. 11, 1685-Oct. 14, 1685);
4. Jonathan Gilbert (b. Nov. 4 1686) married Stratford, Aug. 5, 1707, Margery Searles had Stratford: (Gen. 6) Abilene Gilbert (b. Jan 11, 1708); Phebe Gilbert (b. 01 Jan 1709/10); and Katherine Gilbert (b. March 8 1712);
5. John Gilbert (b. Feb. 28, 1687/8- d young); and
6. Ebenezer Gilbert (d. Jan 4, 1691/2);

After the death of his first wife in 1689, Thomas remarried, in 1690, to Anna Bancroft. married 2nd April 1690 (daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Bancroft of Enfield, Conn)., Anna married 2nd James Sexton of Westfield;

Children by Anna Bancroft: (Gen. 7 cont.)

1. John Gilbert (b. March 16, 1691) married Stratford, Nov. 25 1714, Patience Lattin;
2. Margaret Gilbert (b. March 27, 1693);
3. Sarah Gilbert (b. Jan 18, 1694/5); and
4. Anna Gilbert (b. Feb. 16, 1696/7) married Joseph Segar married Thomas Gilbert, the son of Thomas Gilbert and Catherine Chapin was living in Springfield, Massachusetts by 1680, when he married Abilene Marshfield.

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, afterward settling there with his brother Thomas Gilbert {III}."^[2]

Notes

The Gilbert Family Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 page 88 has a son Ebenezer born after the death of his first wife. I moved Ebenezer to second wife. Other databases had him under second wife.

Sources

1. ↑ "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.
2. ↑ Randall and allied families, page 322

• 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. [1] 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); 4 Aug 1680, 15 Aug 1680; Springfield

GILBERT, Thomas (1659-16998) & 2/wf Anna Bancroft (1663-1726), m/2 James SEXTON 1702; 9 Apr 1690; Springfield

• Marriage (1): Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/39814/23/1320087531 (subscription required)

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Image 347 of 6014 [2] 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

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 [3] 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-descendants-of-thomas-gilbert-of-mt-wollaston-braintree-windsor-and-wethersfield-1582-1659.html

• 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

• Temple, Rev. J. H., Thomas Gilbert of Springfield 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): Temple, Rev. J. H., History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts (Rand Avery Co., Boston, 1887)