Robert
Gilbert
Born in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Richard Gilbert
and Ann (Lane) Gilbert
Brother of
Elizabeth Gilbert
Husband of
Elizabeth (Foakes) Gilbert
— married
23 Nov 1778 in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England
Husband of
Judith (Strong) Gilbert
— married
20 Feb 1792 in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Ann Gilbert, Robert Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, Mary Gilbert, Richard Gilbert, Charlotte Gilbert, Samuel Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, William Gilbert, John Gilbert, Ann Gilbert and Roda Gilbert
Died
at about age 85
in Fonthill Gifford, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Oct 2015
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Biography
This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.
Robert the son of Richard and Ann Gilbert was baptised at Fonthill Gifford on 11 Feb 1757.[1]
Robert Gilbert, a bachelor of Fonthill Gifford, married Elizabeth Foakes, a spinster of Fonthill Bishop, at Fonthill Bishop by Banns on 23 Nov 1778 with witnesses Francis Dorington and John Cool.[2]
Robert Gilbert married Judith Strong at Fonthill Gifford by Banns on 20 Feb 1792 when both of the Parish with witnesses John Strong and Thomas Morris.[3]
1841: In the 1841 Census he is assumed to be the Robert Gilbert aged 77 (he would have been about 84 based on his baptism and age at death) living next to his presumed son William at Fonthill Gifford but this need to be verified as that Robert and William could be another Gilbert family. [4]
Robert Gilbert of Fonthill Gifford was buried there on 1 Mar 1842 aged 85.[5]
Sources
- ↑ Image of Church Register baptism entry, on Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ Image of Church Marriage Register entry, on Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ Image of Church Marriage Register entry, on Ancestry.co.uk
- ↑ 1841 Census of England
- ↑ Image of Church Burial Register entry, on Ancestry.co.uk
- "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQG-V42 : 12 March 2020), Robert Gilbert, 1778.
- "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKQG-F2P : 12 March 2020), Judith Strong in entry for Robert Gilbert, 1792
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Robert:
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