Asahel Gilbert (1758 - 1852)

Born 15 Dec 1758 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Goodrich) Gilbert — married 27 Sep 1781 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1852 at age 93 in Galesburg, Knox, Illinois, United States

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Biography

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Ashael Gilbert BIRTH 7 May 1760 DEATH 23 Nov 1852 (aged 92) Knox County, Illinois, USA BURIAL Hope Cemetery Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, ^[1]

Asahel Gilbert was born in Hebron, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America on 15 Dec 1760. ^[2]

Asahel served in the Revolutionary War from the state of Connecticut from 1778 till 1780.

He married Anna Goodrich 27 Sep 1781 at Tolland, Connecticut^[3] and they had their first child Elizabeth in 1781^[4] there.

I believe the rest of their children were born in Massachusetts-probably Berkshire County.

Asahel can be found in Sheffield Berkshire County in 1790 Census like his father Ebenezer. In 1800, Asahel was in Alford while his father had moved to Great Barrington in the Berkshire County Census. It should be noted that the Gilbert clan can not be found listed in the town vitals or church records for that region. The material found in the town vitals of Berkshire County MA was only voluntarily given.

Asahel's other children were

1. Neziah (b.1786),
2. Levina (1788-1868),
3. Asahel Jr (1790-1862),
4. John (b.1793),
5. Charles Whiting (1796-1875).

From an article about Alford Berkshire County MA's history, I found that Asahel ran a mill in the town. Later in the late 1790's, I found an ad he put in the newspaper looking for help in his dry goods store. By 1820, he was in the Troy Rensselaer NY Census. His sons Neziah and Asahel Jr. were also located in Troy.

It has been reported that his wife died in 1826. In 1830 he appeared to be living with his son Charles and his families and his son Asahel Jr. was on the same page of the Troy Census. I suspect that Asahel then lived in Poughkeepsie Duchess County NY in 1840. There is a man of his age there with an older lady in their census. It is unclear what Asahel's occupation was during this time period.

In a letter from the government about his Revolutionary War service, they said Asahel listed himself as a Methodist minister. According to this letter, he had moved to New York City in 1845 and then moved to Knox County Illinois by his youngest son Charles in 1847.

In 1850 Census, he listed himself as a minister and lived with his grandson Isaac.

The DAR honored him with a tombstone marker for his war record. "Trumpeter LT DRAGOONS" (see FAG Memorial photo) He died in 1862 and is buried in Hope Cemetery in Galesburg Knox County IL.

- Kathy Gilbert

Sources

1. ↑ v Find A Grave: Memorial #5636930
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73L-DM4 : 11 June 2020), Asahel Gilbert, 1760.
3. ↑ "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-W61 : 11 June 2020), Asahel Gilbert in entry for Anna Goodrich, 1781.
4. ↑ Elisabeth Gilbert Birth Date 21 Dec 1781 Hebron Twp, Tolland, Conneticut Father's Name Asahel Gilbert Mother's Name Anna Event Type Birth "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77V-LLJ : 7 January 2020), Asahel Gilbert in entry for Elisabeth Gilbert, 1781.

• http://www.americanancestors.org/PageDetail.aspx?recordId=265130028 Western Massachusetts Families in 1790[broken link]. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012. (From various authors, Helen S. Ullmann, FASG, ed.)
• S70: The Descendants of Andrew Warner: Author: Warner, Lucien C. : Nichols, Mary Josephine Genung (New Haven, Conn. : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor : 1919)
• This profile was created through the import of dyermaeettaaug2010.ged on 10 September 2010.
• http://www.illinoisancestors.org/knox/Military/Rev_War/asahel_gilbert.html [broken link] Illinois Ancestors]

SEE ALSO

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 Page number: pp 227-228