Othniel Gilbert (1728 - 1795)

Born 30 Oct 1728 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Packard) Allen — married 11 Sep 1793 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1795 at age 66 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

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Othniel "Gilburt", son of "Samuell and Lydea" was born in Brookfield, Massachusetts on Oct 30, 1728. ^[1]

Deacon Othniel Gilbert died on 6 Feb 1795 aged 66 at Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts and is buried at North Brookfield.^[2]

Othniel Gilbert first married Rachael Abbott about 1748. On Sept. 11, 1793^[3] he married Mrs. Susanna Allen, born probably at Bridgewater, MA about 1731; died in 1818, aged 87 years.

She first married William Allen, Dec. 28,1748; second Isaac Allen, July 10, 1788, and third Deacon Othniel Gilbert. According to the West Brookfield Congregational Church records she had a fourth husband. She joined that church Nov. 30, 1777.

Othniel Gilbert signed Brookfield remonstrance, May 15, 1750. He joined the church at West Brookfield, Sept. 7, 1766 and was chosen deacon, Oct. 14, 1767. He served as private in the French and Indian War, in Capt. Jacob Abbott's company, Colonel Ruggles's regiment, according to a Return Nov. I, 1757. He was a selectman of Brookfield in 1779. ^[4]

Othniel disposed of his property in the years before his death. On 25 December 1778, Othniel Gilbert yeoman of Brookfield, in consideration of £600, conveyed several parcels in Brookfield, including one small parcel with a dwelling house, to Levi Gilbert. On 10 October 1785, Othniel Gilbert, in consideration of £400, conveyed 45 acres in Brookfield with dwelling house to Pelatiah Gilbert. On 16 December 1785, Othniel Gilbert, in consideration of £5, conveyed to William Allen of Brookfield a 12-acre tract in Brookfield. On 8 May 1788, Deacon Othniel Gilbert and Pelatiah Gilbert, in consideration of £14, conveyed small parcels in Brookfield to Levi Gilbert.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Brookfield - Births - Massachusetts Vital Records Project Online database of images and transcriptions courtesy of John Slaughter.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #97819504
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZG-MQC8 : 11 May 2022), Othniel Gilbert and Susannah Allen, 11 Sep 1793; citing Marriage, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009589.
4. ↑ Information from The Gilbert Family, Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 by Homer Worthington Brainard
5. ↑ Massachusetts Land Records, Worcester County, 110:299, 119:193, 108:456, 112:456

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