Phebe (Carpenter) Gilbert (1711 - 1739)

Born 1711 in Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Caleb Gilbert — married 20 May 1730 in Southampton, Suffolk, NY

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1739 at about age 28 in Southampton, Suffolk, New York

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Biography

Phebe Carpenter was born about 1711 in Westchester, New York, the daughter of Silas Carpenter and Jane Thorncraft.^[1] Phebe is mentioned in her father Silas Carpenter's will. Silas Carpenter died after Jan 3, 1728 in North Castle, Westchester, New York. He was buried before Feb 1, 1728 in North Castle. A will of the New York Historical Society Collections Volumes found states in abstract:

"In the name of God, Amen. January 3, 1728/1729, I, Silas Carpenter of North Castle, in Westchester County, Blacksmith. I leave to my wife, Jane, one-third of all moveables. All houses and lands to be sold. I leave to my daughters, Hannah and Phebe, 10 pounds each when of age. The rest to be put at interest until my three sons, William, Timothy, and Silias, are of age and then divided among them. I make William Craft and William Carpenter, Jr., both of Long Island, and my wife, Jane, Executors. Witnesses, Adam Ireland, Job Wright, Nataniel Carpenter. Proved Feburary 1, 1728/1729."^[2]

Phebe married Caleb Gilbert in 1730 at Southampton, Suffolk, New York, who was born at Southampton in 1700. She died at Southampton, 25 Nov 1739, and was laid to rest in the North End Burial Ground, Southampton. ^{[3] [4]}

Here lies ye body of Phebee ye wife of Chaleb Gilbert who died in her 28th year of her age.^[5]

Following Phebe's death, Caleb removed, before 1744, to Orange County, New York, and settled in or near the town of Cornwall. Some of his children were by his second wife, whose name is not known. In an old deed recorded in Orange County, he is called "carpenter."

Children:

1. Phoebe
2. Ebenezer
3. Stephen
4. John
5. Josiah
6. Hannah
7. Jeremiah^[6]

Caleb Gilbert died about 1760 at Orange County, New York.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Descendants of William Carpenter of Providence, Silas Carpenter-1
2. ↑ Descendants of William Carpenter of Providence, Silas Carpenter-2
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 07 December 2020), memorial page for Phebee Gilbort (unknown–25 Dec 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #17474979, citing North End Graveyard, Southampton, Suffolk County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Fred Saar (contributor 46511066).
4. ↑ "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKDP-XW9V : 15 September 2015), Phebee Gilbon, died 25 Nov 1739; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at North End Cemetery, Southampton, Suffolk, New York, United States.
5. ↑ Town of Southampton's Historic Cemeteries, Gilbert, Phebe
6. ↑ 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.
7. ↑ Entered by Sara V Mosher, Oct 28, 2017

See also:

• http://www.carpentercousins.com

Acknowledgements

• Sara V Mosher
• James Kitchen
• Ken Parman