Ebenezer Gilbert (1734 - abt. 1790)

Born 19 Apr 1734 in Cornwall, Orange, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Carpenter) Gilbert — married 1758 in Goshen, Orange, New York

Descendants

Died about 1790 at about age 55 in New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Ebenezer Gilbert was born at Cornwall, Orange, New York in 1734. He was the son of Caleb Gilbert and Phebe Carpenter. Ebenezer married Ruth Carpenter about 1758 at Goshen, Orange, New York. He passed away about 1790^[1] and Ruth about 1802.

Ebenezer's wife, Ruth Gilbert, is recorded on the 1790 census for New Paltz, New York with two children, possibly her youngest sons, Joseph and Daniel:

Name: Ruth Gilbert
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): New Paltz, Ulster, New York
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 1 Number of Household Members: 3^[2]

Ebenezer “was a signer of the "Articles of Association" of New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. He was a builder of mills, and so was exempt from military service. His wife probably lived in Goshen, N. Y., before her marriage.^[3]

Children of Ebenezer Gilbert and Ruth (Carpenter) Gilbert:

1. Jesse
2. Phoebe
3. Polly
4. Josiah
5. Joseph
6. Elizabeth"^[4][5]

Ebenezer is mentioned in his father's will WILL of CALEB GILBERT, 19 Apr 1755 - 18 Apr 1760: I, Caleb Gilbert, of Orange County, yeoman. I leave to my two sons, Ebenezer and Stephen, the farm or Plantation whereon I now live, and as soon as they are of age they shall pay to my sons John and Josiah œ10 each. I leave to my daughter, Phebe Goldsmith, 20 shillings gs. All the rest of my estate I leave to my sons John and Jeremiah and my daughter, Hannah Gilbert. I make Silas Person [Pierson?] and Samuel Birdseye executors. Witnesses, Luke Clarke, Mary Mesure, Fletcher Matthews^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Green Hills Pioneers http://thegreenhills.org/pioneers/b905.htm#P6
2. ↑ Ruth Gilbert in the 1790 United States Federal Census : Year: 1790; Census Place: New Paltz, Ulster, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 249; Image: 498; Family History Library Film: 056814 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5058&h=276321&ssrc=pt&tid=112966769&pid=110110745695&usePUB=true
3. ↑ Eager, Samuel W. (Samuel Watkins), 1789-1860. "An outline history of Orange County : with an enumeration of the names of its towns, villages, rivers, creeks, lakes, ponds, mountains, hills and other known localities and their etymologies or historical reasons therefor; together with local traditions and short biographical sketches of early settlers, etc. (1846). Publisher----: Newburgh : S.T. Callahan. Page 489.
4. ↑ Excerpt From: Gilbert, Eliza Howe, 1853-. “A record of the Benjamin Gilbert branch of the Gilbert family in America (1620-1920); also the genealogy of the Falconer family, of Nairnshire, Scot. 1720-1920, to which belonged Benjamin Gilbert's wife, Mary Falconer.” [Johnson City, Johnson City Pub.], 1920. iBooks. This material may be protected by copyright.
5. ↑ Entered by Sara V Mosher, Oct 31, 2017
6. ↑ Transcribed by Dorothy Rose. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pattyrose/genealogy/engel/gen/fg10/fg10_326.htm

• Record of the Benjamin Gilbert branch of the Gilbert family in America (1620-1920); also the genealogy of the Falconer family, of Nairnshire, Scot. 1720-1920, to which belonged Benjamin Gilbert's wife, Mary Falconer, by Eliza Howe Gilbert, Johnson City : Johnson City Pub., 1920, p. 12; https://archive.org/details/cu31924029841834/page/n17/mode/2up

• Ebenezer Gilbert https://www.geni.com/people/Ebenezer-Gilbert/6000000051091390993

• Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA

Acknowledgements

Gilbert-3976 was created by Ken Parman through the import of Parman Family Tree(small)_2014-12-07.ged on Dec 7, 2014

Sara V Mosher