John
Gilbert
Born before in Yardley, Worcestershire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Gilbert
and Elizabeth (Bennett) Gilbert
Brother of
Thomas Gilbert, Sarah (Gilbert) Jenkins, Jonathan Gilbert, Ezekiel Gilbert, Unknown Gilbert, Josiah Gilbert and Obadiah Gilbert
Husband of
Amy (Lord) Gilbert
— married
6 May 1647 in Hartford, , Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Gilbert, John Gilbert, Dorothy (Gilbert) Palmer, John Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, James Gilbert, Amy (Gilbert) Clesby and John Joseph Gilbert
Died
after age 70
in Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
John Gilbert immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.
John Gilbert was baptised at Yardley in Worcestershire on 9 Jan 1619/20 with his father (only) named as Thomas Gilberte.[1][2]
John married in Hartford, Connecticut on 6 May 1647 Amy Lord, the dtr of Thomas and Dorothy.[3]
He was Corporal of the Hartford Train Band.[3]
John and Amy had children recorded in Hartford: John 1647, Dorothy c 1651, John 1652, Elizabeth 1656, Thomas 1658, James c 1660, Amy 1663, Joseph 1666. [3]
He died in Hartford, Connecticut, on 29 Dec 1690.[3]
Known as Captain John Gilbert
Sources
- ↑ Image of Church Register baptism entry on Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQGR-985 : 11 February 2018, John Gilberte, 09 Jan 1619); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 246,688.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jacobus, Donald Lines, MA (compiler, editor.) History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. Fairfield, Conn.: The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930.
- Richardson, Douglas, MA. “The English Origin of Thomas Gilbert of Braintree, Mass., and Wethersfield, Conn.” The American Genealogist. Vol 67 pp 161-166.
- Brainard, Homer Worthington, Harold Simeon Gilbert, and Clarence Almon Torrey, The Gilbert Family; Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659, New Haven, CT: 1953, p. 52.
- Source: S257 Text: Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1977, p. 371.
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