George Gilbert (1781 - 1862)

Born 7 Oct 1781 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sylvia (Colton) Gilbert — married 7 Jan 1812 in Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1862 at age 80 in Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

George was born in 1781. George is the child of John Gilbert and Millicent Goodrich.

He was a Captain in the War of 1812.^[1]

He passed away on 27 Aug 1862.^[2][3][4][5]

His Will was probated in Plymouth, Connecticut on 3 Sep 1862.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Colton, George Woolworth. A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Quartermaster George Colton. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Wickersham Print Company, 1912, p. 113.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #77091743
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut. Probate Packets, Emshine-Hemmingway, A, 1833-1880
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut
5. ↑ Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.

• Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut; Roll: M653_81; Page: 433; Family History Library Film: 803081.

See also:

• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
• Ely, Heman & Terry, Amanda. Records of the descendants of Nathaniel Ely : the emigrant, who settled first in Newtown, now Cambridge, Mass., was one of the first settlers of Hartford, also of Norwalk, Conn., and a resident of Springfield, Mass., from 1659 until his death in 1675. Cleveland, OH: Short & Forman, 1885, p.103.
• The Family Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments with Brief Notes and Instructions, Published by the American Tract Society, New York 150 Nassau Street. Boston: 28 Cornhill. 1857. This Bible is believed to have first belonged to Henry E. H. Gilbert.