Theodore Gilbert Jr (1751 - 1826)

Born 5 Oct 1751 in Hartford, Connecticut

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Died 18 Aug 1826 at age 74 in Paris, Oneida, New York, United States

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Theodore Gilbert was born Oct 5, 1751, in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut to Theodore Gilbert (1730-1821) and Mary Waters ^[1][2]Theodore died Aug 18, 1826, in Paris, Oneida, New York

Theodore Gilbert, Jr. married Hannah Chapin on Jul 25, 1772 in New Hartford, CT. Hannah was born Nov 4 1751 to David Chapin and Martha Allen, of Paris & Whitestown, NY. She died 181? ^[2]

Theodore and Hannah had at least one child, Titus Gilbert, born abt 1780 in Litchfield, CT. Titus married Elizabeth Andrus and had at least 6 children. ^[3]

Theodore is buried, with his wife, in Old Sauquoit Cemtery, Sauquoit, Oneida, New York ^[4]

Theodore served in the Revolutionary War for three years. ^[5]as follows: A private in Caleb Bull's Company, a division of Samuel B Webb's Regiment--the Ninth Connecticut Line. He served for three years. ^[6]

In the winter of 1789-90, Theodore Gilbert, Sr., with his wife, Hannah Chapin, each in the 39th year of their age, with their five daughters, the eldest 18, the youngest an infant and with two of their three sons — mere lads — entered a sleigh behind a span of fine-bred, iron-gray horses, and drove out of the old town of Hartford, Ct., and bade adieu to home and friends, their destination being the "far West," the wilderness of then Herkimer County, N. Y., their future selected home being the valley of the Sauquoit. . . . they arrived at last, early in March, and went into camp at a point about three-eighths of a mile south of the present location of the Presbyterian Church in West Sauquoit, at that time a dense wilderness. The father and his two sons, Titus and Allyn, at once commenced the erection of a log-house, opposite where was afterward erected the Burning Spring Hotel,

Theodore, the other son, a sturdy lad just entering his "teens," followed them with a yoke of oxen and a sleigh containing the household goods and the rude agricultural tools and implements, . . . The pioneer of the valley, Theodore Gilbert, with the aid of his three boys, soon erected a comfortable shelter . . . Titus, the eldest son, a millwright by trade, as soon as practicable commenced the erection of a mill at the foot of the hill, . . . the first grist mill on the stream using burr-stones was in due time completed and put in operation by Titus —(in company with a Mr. Norton, a miller) — who, how- ever, was not destined to long enjoy the fruit of his skill and ingenuity, as he died August 12, 1803, leaving a wife and four boys, Hiram, Andrus, Grove, and Titus, Jr. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74M-JVZ : 11 February 2018), Theodore Gilbert in entry for Theodore Gilbert, 05 Oct 1751; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} The Chapin book of genealogical data, with brief biographical sketches, of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, compiled by Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin, Gilbert Warren, 1847-Hartford, Conn., Chapin family association, 1924 pg 174
3. ↑ The Chapin book of genealogical data, with brief biographical sketches, of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, compiled by Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin, Gilbert Warren, 1847-Hartford, Conn., Chapin family association, 1924 pg 174, 441
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 January 2019), memorial page for Theodore Gilbert, Jr (5 Oct 1751–18 Aug 1826), Find A Grave: Memorial #88287568, citing Old Sauquoit Cemetery, Sauquoit, Oneida County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Grandma (contributor 46890409) .
5. ↑ biography in The Chapin book of genealogical data, with brief biographical sketches, of the descendants of Deacon Samuel Chapin, compiled by Gilbert Warren Chapin, Chapin, Gilbert Warren, 1847-Hartford, Conn., Chapin family association, 1924.
6. ↑ He is mentioned in Connecticut Men in the Revolution, Connecticut History Collections (Vol 12), and DAR Lineage books (Vol. 46).
7. ↑ "History of the town of Paris, and the valley of the Sauquoit: pioneers and early settlers ... anecdotes and reminiscences, to which is added an account of the ceremonies attending the re-internment of Col. Isaac Paris".https://archive.org/stream/historyoftownofp00roge/historyoftownofp00roge_djvu.txt

• Genealogies of Connecticut Families: From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 1, Genealogical Publishing Com, 1983
• The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582 -1659, of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield by Harold Simeon Gilbert, Clarence Almon Torrey, Donald Lines Jacobus, A.J. Hoe, New Haven, 1953