Born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Gilbert
and Hannah (Canfield) Gilbert
Wife of
John Merchant
— married
27 Aug 1724 in Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Wife of
Zechariah Booth Sr.
— married
1 Jan 1734 in Stratfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
Gurdon Merchant Sr., Agnes (Merchant) Fine, John Merchant, Sarah (Merchant) Gilbert, Hezekiah Booth, Anna (Booth) Curtis, Helkiah Booth, Phoebe Booth, Abel Booth, Abijah Booth, Setas Silas Booth and Angus Booth
Died
at age 83
in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Feb 2014
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Biography
This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.
Sarah GILBERT was born 10 Nov 1705.[1] She married John MARCHANT on 24 Aug 1724.[2][3]
Some sources show Sarah Gilbert as the daughter of John Gilbert and Hannah Blackman/Blakeman.
Her will is dated 5 April 1788 and proved on 23 April 1788 in Stratford.[4]
Her inventory was completed on 1 December 1788 in Stratford.[5]
In 1790, her estate distribution was set out to Helkiah Booth, Abel Booth, Abijah Booth, Agur Booth, Anna Curtiss, the heirs of Gurdon Marchant, John Merchant, Sarah Gilbert, Polly Booth, Phebe Booth, Anne Booth, Sarah Booth, and Phebe Ann Garnesy.[6]
Sources
- ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 459.
- ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 223.
- ↑ Ann Oelheim of Penfield, New York" Page 9 of 47
- ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B3L8 : 14 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 187, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 1, 1782-1788, Pages 305-305a. The image is very difficult to read, due to quality. It should be found in a different repository.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B32N : 14 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 218, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 9-10.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-B3NC : 15 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007627132, image 297-298, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 2, 1788-1795, Pages 133-136.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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Categories: Gilberts descended from Thomas Gilbert d.1662 of Massachusetts, Gilbert Name Study
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77V-VVL : 11 February 2018), Sarah Gilbert, 10 Nov 1705; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.