Jonathan Gilbert (abt. 1709 - aft. 1755)

Born about 30 Oct 1709 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Keziah (Smith) Gilbert — married 24 Jun 1742 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Disputed Marriage and Offspring

This profile originally showed Hannah Collins as the wife of Jonathan Gilbert, Sr., without source. Jonathan Sr.'s known marriage, per Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (see Sources below), was to Keziah Smith. The link between his profile and that of Hannah Collins has therefore been severed.

Hannah Collins's spouse was, in fact, Jonathan Gilbert, Jr., the son of Jonathan, Sr., and Keziah. Those two profiles have now been linked.

Relatedly, this profile originally showed Lucy (Gilbert) Dickinson as a daughter of Hannah Collins and Jonathan Gilbert, Sr.; Lucy was in fact the daughter of Hannah and husband Jonathan, Jr. The link between Lucy and Jonathan, Sr., has been severed; the link between Lucy and Hannah as daughter and mother had been severed, but has now been restored.

Biography

Jonathan Gilbert was born in Hartford County, Connecticut Colony, in 1709; he was christened there on the penultimate day of October of that year, a son of Ebenezer Gilbert and Esther (Allyn) Gilbert. He married Keziah Smith at Farmington in late June of 1742.

Jonathan is referred to as "Dr. Gilbert" in the 1928 genealogy Descendants of William Kelsey, Volume 2, in a passage noting the marriage of Seth Gilbert -- son of Jonathan and brother of Keziah (Gilbert) Kelsey -- to Lucy Kelsey -- sister of Keziah's husband Enoch^[1][2].

No certain record of the death of Dr. Jonathan Gilbert -- nor of Keziah (Smith) Gilbert -- has been located online to date.

Research Notes

Given that there is an established connection between the Goodrich and Gilbert families, it may be of interest that NEHGS (americanancestors.org) shows, by subscription, the record of the 1742 marriage of a Hannah Collins to Abraham Goodrich, at Wethersfield.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of William Kelsey, Vol. 2, by Edward A. Claypool and Azalea Clizbee, original printing 1928, edited by Chester Caulfield Kelsey; reprinted 1972, with additions and corrections edited by Elias Isbell Kelsey; p. 95; https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/152787/?offset=0#page=95&viewer=picture&o=search&n=0&q=%22Seth%20Gilbert%22
2. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MGRZ-P3C : 7 January 2020), Entry for Seth Gilbert, 1752.
3. ↑ "COLLINS... Hannah, m. Abraham Goodrich, Sept 16, 1742, by Rev. Daniel Russel" -- Wethersfield VRs, p. 70; Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928; https://www.americanancestors.org/DB414/i/12395/70/138476891; see also Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.), https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/60862/54/10001338156 (by subscription)

• Birth and parentage; marriage: Families of early Hartford, Connecticut, by Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1878-1934, author, compiler, Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977, p. 261; https://archive.org/details/familiesofearlyh00barb_0/page/260/mode/2up (citing "1 Ch Rec" [records of the First Church])

• Marriage to Keziah (or Geria) Smith at Farmington, 24 June 1742: "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:QRKL-MF7N : 15 April 2022), Entry for Keziah or Geria Smith, ; citing Marriage, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272248.

Acknowledgments

• This profile was originally created through the import of Dickinson families b.ged on 20 January 2011.

• Edits were contributed by Gilbert-5507 13:27, 25 July 2022 (UTC) (July 2022).