Moses Gilbert

Descendants

Died before Dec 1791 in Brunswick, North Carolina, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Moses Gilbert of Brunswick County, North Carolina, who died before Dec 1791,^[1] has been added as the Patriarch of a DNA line in the Gilbert DNA Project based as yet only on trees provided by DNA participants whilst further research is awaited. For descendants see the DNA Lineage page

Research Notes

The following record without a note of where it was sourced from, was provided by a researcher:

Brunswick County. When Moses Gilbert died, he left a widow, a tract of land, five head of cattle, and “One Negroe of but small Value.” The land had been bought on credit in 1789 from the estate of Aaron Roberts, and now the executors of Roberts's estate were demanding payment. If the widow's personal property were sold to discharge the debt, she and her family would be left in “utmost distress.” The administrators of Gilbert's estate ask for an act to protect the “small Estate” and for permission to sell the tract of land to pay the debt. Petitioners {2}: Bell, Robert; Cains, John.

Sources

1. ↑ Session of December 1791-January 1792: North Carolina General Assembly House Bills, New Bern, Craven County

The following source was added on an edit but there is no evidence so far submitted to indicate if it might be the Moses Gilbert of Brunswick county, North Carolina:

• 1790 Census: "1790 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut; Series: M637; Roll: 1; Page: 449; Family History Library Film: 0568141
  Ancestry Record 5058 #7461 (accessed 2 October 2023)
  Moses Gilbert in Berlin, Hartford, Connecticut.