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Richard Gilbert (abt. 1550 - 1626)

Richard Gilbert
Born about in Worcestershire, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 25 Jun 1575 in Yardley, Worcestershire, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 76 in Yardley, Worcestershire, Englandmap
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PLEASE DO NOT ADD ANYONE FOR RICHARD'S PARENTS ESPECIALLY NOT GILES GILBERT OF SOMERSET (AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FAMILY) WITHOUT SOLID SOURCES WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN FOUND BY ANYONE SEARCHING FOR MANY YEARS Gilbert-5441 21:07, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

No sources have so far been found to identify Richard's parents and origin as noted by Douglas Richardson.[1]So the name of his father is unknown.

Richard Gilbert and his family lived in Yardley, Worcestershire (now part of Birmingham). He is taken to be born around 1550 based on his possibly being around 25 years old when he married Margery at Yardley on 25 June 1575. The marriage entry reads "Richard Gylberde and Margary Morken".[2] Her parents are not known.

There are no Morken entries in the Yardley parish registers, none in the Worcester probate index and none in the 1603 subsidy rolls for northern Worcestershire (John Amphlett, Lay Subsidy Roll A.D. 1603 for the County of Worcester[Oxford 1901]). But there are Marsons and Morgans to look at.
There is no burial in Yardley for Margery under the Gilbert surname, nor have probate records in the Consistory Court of Worcester or the Prerogative Court of Canterbury been found for either of them.

Children of Richard in the Yardley parish records are:

1. Elizabeth Gilbert - Baptised 8 April 1576. Married on 16 April 1605 to Thomas Marshe.
2. Parnell Gilbert - Baptised 15 June 1578 (a daughter).
3. Margarett Gilbert - Baptised 7 October 1580. Married to John Merston on 2 November 1603.
4. Richard Gilbert - Baptised 1 January 1585/1586. Buried: 18 January 1585/1586.
5. Thomas Gilbert - Baptised 25 April 1589. Married to Elizabeth Bennett on 29 August 1610. Died in 1659.

Richard is assumed to be the Richard Gilbert buried at Yardley on 8 Apr 1626.[3]

Research Notes

Earlier Gilberts appear in the Church Register of nearby King's Norton. In the Church Registers for Yardley, which commence in 1539, Gilberts noted who are probably closely related to Richard's family are: [4]

25 Jan 1556/7: A Lettes Gylbert was baptised.
31 Jul 1563: John Gylbard married Ellinor Arram.
10 Dec 1563: An Ysber Gylbard was baptised (Ysber Marson was buried same day).
4 Sep 1627: A Katherine Gilbert was buried.
29 Apr 1628: William Gilbert and Marie Hanne were married.
There are Wills for Gilberts at King's Norton which are held at Worcestershire Archives as follows:[5]
William Gilbert 23 Jun 1648
Richard Gilbert 23 Sep 1687

Sources

  1. Richardson, Douglas. “The English Origin of Thomas Gilbert of Braintree, Mass., and Wethersfield, Conn.” The American Genealogist. Vol 67 p 161-. Jul 1992.
  2. Image of Church register entry on Ancestry.co.uk
  3. Image of Church Register entry on Ancestry.co.uk
  4. Images of Yardley Church Register on Ancestry.co.uk
  5. Worcestershire Probate Index 1600-1858, on FindMyPast
  • Homer W. Brainard, Harold S. Gilbert and Clarence A. Torrey, The Gilbert Family. Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582 (?)-1659, of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield. (New Haven, Connecticut: 1953. (FHL-USA/CAN 929.273 G3776.) (NOTE -All data from this source except where noted.)
  • Gary Boyd Roberts (compiler), Genealogies of Connecticut Families. Volume II, Geer-Owen. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983) Pp. 2-25. (FHL-USA/CAN 974.6 D2g v. 2.)
  • Arthur A. Gilbert, D.D.S., compiler, The Gilberts Of Belpre, Ohio, Their Ancestors and Descendants. (Chicago, ILL.: Privately prented, August, 1935. (FORT WAYNE LIBRARY, Fort Wayne, IN.)

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MOST EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS THIS, but I did not, therefore I meekly post here as a comment, for general reference, under the assumption that new genealogy buffs might benefit from it. Please let me know if it is inappropriate. Source=Wikipedia

Note- 18th-century changes in calendar conventions used by Great Britain and its colonies,

It must be borne in mind that prior to 1752 the year ended Mar. 25, Lady Day. This accounts for months of Jan., Feb., and Mar. being written with two year dates; the first being Old Style and the second according to the present calendar.

To reduce misunderstandings about the date, it was normal in parish registers to place a new year heading after 24 March (for example "1661") and another heading at the end of the following December, 1661/62, a form of dual dating to indicate that in the following few weeks the year was 1661 Old Style but 1662 New Style.


Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are terms sometimes used with dates to indicate that the calendar convention used at the time described is different from that in use at the time the document was being written. There were two calendar changes in Great Britain and its colonies, which may sometimes complicate matters: the first was to change the start of the year from Lady Day (25 March) to 1 January; the second was to discard the Julian calendar in favour (favor- American english) of the Gregorian calendar. Closely related is the custom of dual dating, where writers gave two consecutive years to reflect differences in the starting date of the year, or to include both the Julian and Gregorian dates.

Beginning in 1582, the Gregorian calendar replaced the Julian in Roman Catholic countries. This change was implemented subsequently in Protestant and Orthodox countries, usually at much later dates. In England and Wales, Ireland, and the British colonies, the change to the start of the year and the changeover from the Julian calendar occurred in 1752 under the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750. In Scotland, the legal start of the year had already been moved to 1 January (in 1600), but Scotland otherwise continued to use the Julian calendar until 1752. Thus "New Style" can either refer to the start of year adjustment, or to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar.

In Russia, new style dates came into use in early 1918. Other countries in Eastern Orthodoxy adopted new style dating for their civil calendars but most continue to use the Julian calendar for religious use. In English-language histories of other countries (especially Russia), the Anglophone OS/NS convention is often used to identify which calendar is being used when giving a date.

Adoption of the Gregorian calendar

Through the enactment of the British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 and of the Irish Parliament's Calendar (New Style) Act, 1750, Great Britain, Ireland and the British Empire (including much of what is now the eastern part of the United States) adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752, by which time it was necessary to correct by 11 days. Wednesday, 2 September 1752, was followed by Thursday, 14 September 1752.

The British tax year traditionally began on Lady Day (25 March) on the Julian calendar and this became 5 April, which was the "New Style" equivalent. A 12th skipped Julian leap day in 1800 changed its start to 6 April. It was not changed when a 13th Julian leap day was skipped in 1900, so the tax year in the United Kingdom still begins on 6 April.

The change arose from the realisation (sic) that the correct figure for the number of days in a year is not 365.25 (365 days 6 hours) as assumed by the Julian calendar but slightly less (c. 365.242 days): the Julian calendar has too many leap years. The consequence was that the basis for calculation of the date of Easter as decided in the 4th century had drifted from reality. The Gregorian calendar reform also dealt with the accumulated difference between these figures, between the years 325 and 1582 (1752 in the British Empire), by skipping 10 days (11 in the case of Great Britain, including its colonies and Ireland) to restore the date of the vernal equinox to approximately 21 March, the approximate date it occurred at the time of the First Council of Nicea in 325.

posted by William Gilbert
Agree with Chris that these two Gilberts should be merged.
posted by Mary Landers
Gilbert-5709 and Gilbert-139 appear to represent the same person because: Children's names, birth dates match. Spouses of girls also match.
Do any of you know where William came from as father of Richard? He's not mentioned in the article cited by Douglas Richardson.
posted by Anne B
There is one misattribution of Richard Gilbert to William Gilbert located here: https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/o/r/Vanessa-J-Wortham/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0600.html