Caleb Gilbert (1700 - abt. 1760)

Born 8 Aug 1700 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Phebe (Carpenter) Gilbert — married 20 May 1730 in Southampton, Suffolk, NY

Descendants

Died about 1760 at about age 59 in Cornwall, Orange, New York

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Caleb Gilbert was born at Southampton, Suffolk, New York in 1700. He was the son of Caleb Gilbert and Elizabeth Bower.^[1] Caleb married Phebe Carpenter in 1730 at Southampton. Phebe was born about 1711 in Westchester, New York. She was the daughter of Silas Carpenter and Jane Thorncraft.^[2]

Children:

1. Phoebe
2. Ebenezer
3. Stephen
4. John
5. Josiah
6. Hannah
7. Jeremiah

Phebe Gilbert passed away 25 Nov 1739 at Southampton. She was laid to rest in the North End Burial Ground, Southampton.^[3]

Following Phebe's death, Caleb removed, before 1744, to Orange County, New York, and settled in or near the town of Cornwall. Some of his children were by his second wife, whose name is not known. In an old deed recorded in Orange County, he is called "carpenter."^[4]

WILL of CALEB GILBERT, 19 Apr 1755 - 18 Apr 1760: I, Caleb Gilbert, of Orange County, yeoman. I leave to my two sons, Ebenezer and Stephen, the farm or Plantation whereon I now live, and as soon as they are of age they shall pay to my sons John and Josiah œ10 each. I leave to my daughter, Phebe Goldsmith, 20 shillings gs. All the rest of my estate I leave to my sons John and Jeremiah and my daughter, Hannah Gilbert. I make Silas Person [Pierson?] and Samuel Birdseye executors.^[5][6]

Caleb Gilbert died about 1760 at Orange County, New York.^[7]

Sources

Extensive information on Caleb & his children, from Randy Saylor's well-researched website on early Bay of Quinte families:

• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~saylormowbray/gilbert.html

1. ↑ Gilbert, Eliza Howe, 1853-. “A record of the Benjamin Gilbert branch of the Gilbert family in America (1620-1920); also the genealogy of the Falconer family, of Nairnshire, Scot. 1720-1920, to which belonged Benjamin Gilbert's wife, Mary Falconer.” [Johnson City, Johnson City Pub.], 1920. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
2. ↑ Descendants of William Carpenter of Providence
   • http://carpentercousins.com/wc-662-desc/aqwg05.htm#856
3. ↑ Town of Southampton's Historic Cemeteries
   • http://www.hgsdb.info/searchdbresults.aspx?sourceid=0&searchBy=FULLNAME&value=Gilbert&YEARCRITERIA==
4. ↑ Gilbert, Eliza Howe, 1853-. “A record of the Benjamin Gilbert branch of the Gilbert family in America (1620-1920); also the genealogy of the Falconer family, of Nairnshire, Scot. 1720-1920, to which belonged Benjamin Gilbert's wife, Mary Falconer.” [Johnson City, Johnson City Pub.], 1920. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
5. ↑ Will Transcription by Patty Rose
6. ↑ Source: Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume V. 1754-1760), Page 411 (image 429 of 516), Cornell Univeristy website, email from Mark Davenport, Burlington, WA, Jan 14 2007
7. ↑ Entered by Sara V Mosher, Oct 29, 2017

• http://www.carpentercousins.com
• Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA

• See also Find A Grave record for his son Stephen, which includes the text of Caleb's UEL land claim in 1790:
  • https://findagrave.com/memorial/202167309/stephen-gilbert

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher
• Ken Parman