Truman (Gillet) Gillett (1779 - 1850)

Born 23 Jul 1779 in New Marlborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA

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Died 8 Feb 1850 at age 70 in Camden, Oneida, New York, United States

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Biography

Private Truman (Gillet) Gillett served in the War of 1812
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Born: Truman Gillet was born July 23, 1779 in New Marlborough, Mass.^[1]

Military Service: Truman served in Van Dalfsen's Reg't, New York Militia in the War of 1812.^[2]

Marriage: Truman married Phoebe, allegedly Sliter or Slater.

Land Transactions:

By instrument dated April 1, 1816, Levi Brace, and Martha his wife, of the Town of Williamston, Oswego, New York conveyed conveyed 8 ac described as part of Lot 177 in Williamston and 15 ac. described as part of Lot 190 in Township 5, Oswego, New York, to Truman Gillet of the County of Herkimer, State of New York. ^[3]

By instrument dated September 28, 1821, Truman Gillet, and his wife Phebe, of the Town of Newport, County Herkimer, State of New York conveyd Lot 43 of the Town of Newport, Second Allotment, Royal Grant, to Norman Butler, of the Town of Fairfield, State of New York. ^[4]

By instrument dated June 7, 1825, Truman Gillet, of Williamston, Oswego, New York, conveyed 8 ac described as part of Lot 177 in Williamston and 15 ac. described as part of Lot 190 in Township 5, Oswego, New York, to Lyman Preston, of Camden, Oneida, New York.^[5]

By instrument dated January 29, 1828, Lyman Preston of Camden, Oneida, New York, assigned all of his right, title and interes in Lot 179 of Township 5, Williamston, Oswego, New York to Truman Gilett.^[6]

By instrument dated November 10, 1829, Truman Gillet, and Phebe his wife, of Williamston, Oswego, New York conveyed 60 ac including the Tavern Stand and Farm on which he then lived in the same town, to Samuel Freeman of Oswego County, New York.^[7]

By instrument dated November 27, 1834, Lyman Preston, and Hannah his wife, of Camden, Oneida, New York, conveyed 8 ac described as part of Lot 177 in Williamston and 15 ac. described as part of Lot 190 in Township 5, Oswego, New York, to Truman Gillet, of Town of Williamston, Oswego, New York.^[8]

By instrument dated November 27, 1834, Lyman Preston, and Hannah his wife, of Camden, Oneida, New York, conveyed 8 ac described as part of Lot 177 in Williamston and 15 ac. described as part of Lot 190 in Township 5, Oswego, New York, to Truman Gillet, of Town of Williamston, Oswego, New York.^[9]

By instrument dated November 27, 1834, Truman Gillet, and Phebe his wife, of Williamston, Oswego, New York, conveyed 8 ac described as part of Lot 177 in Williamston and 15 ac. described as part of Lot 190 in Township 5, Oswego, New York, to Alma Jeruska Judson, of Williamston.^[10]

By instrument dated July 17, 1837, Truman Gillet, and Phebe his wife, of Williamston, Oswego, New York, conveyed part of Lot 177 in Williamston to Edwin S. Hyatt of the same town.^[11]

By instrument dated January 5, 1841, Enoch Tickner and Jane, his wife, of Camden, Oneida, New York conveyed part of Lot 18, Township 7, of the Seibas Patent to Truman Gilette of Williamston, Oswego, New, York.^[12] This is not Truman, Jr. because he was living in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841.

There is an 1845 Deed to Truman Gillett, recorded in1855. The grantee could have been either the subject of this profile or his son, but of whom were alive in 1845 but deceased in 1855. Further research on deed may reveal the proper grantee.

Ministry: In 1809, Truman began preaching as a Methodist Episcopal minister in New York. ^[13][14] In early 1813, he formed the Sodus Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church which lasted until 1817 and served Wayne, Seneca, Cayuga and Onodoga.^[15] He then left the ME church and joined the Free Baptists.^[16] On October 15, 1818, Truman was ordained as a Pastor in the Free Will Baptist Church. He ministered in Fairfield, Poland, and Oswego County, NY, and also in Canada.^{[13][17][18][19]} Among the congregations to whom Truman ministered was the first church in Camden, New York.^[20] and the Methodist Episcopal Church of Wolcott, New York.^[21]

Death: Truman died in Camden, New York at the age of 70 of consumption.^[22][23][24] He was married at the time of his death on February 8, 1850.^[22]

Burial: Truman is buried at the Seventh Township Cemetery, Camden, Oneida County, New York, USA.^[1] His marker is inscribed: "Gillett, Rev. Truman, a. Feb. 8, 1850 ae. 70 yrs. 6 mos. 16 days".^[25]

File File: Media Format: jpg. Truman Gillett - New Marlborough.

Children:

The children of Truman and Phoebe were:

1. James Titus Gillette, b. December 23, 1802, d. February 8, 1850.
2. Frances P. Gillett, b. about 1805, d. after 1855.
3. Hannah Gillett, b. February 5, 1807, d. April 2, 1897.
4. Truman Gillett. b. about 1811, d. unknown.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #38401554
2. ↑ United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815
3. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book 3, page 133 Available here
4. ↑ New York, Herkimer, Deed Book 14, p. 476 Available here
5. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book D, p. 357Available here
6. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book G, p. 67 Available here
7. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book J, p. 233 Available here
8. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book T, p. 264 Available here
9. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book T, p. 264 Available here
10. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book T, p. 264 Available here
11. ↑ New York, Oswego, Deed Book Z, p. 266 Available here
12. ↑ New York, Oneida, Deed Book 103, p. 278 Available here
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} New York and Vicinity, United Methodist Church Records, 1775-1949, Pastors of the Church Available on Ancestry here
14. ↑ 1810; U.S. Census Place: Schuyler, Herkimer, New York; Roll: 27; Page: 352
15. ↑ Early History of ME Church in What Was Known as the Sodus Circuit, Lake Shore News Wolcott, New York Available here
16. ↑ Free Baptist Cyclopaedia, ... the Rise of the Freewill Baptist ... Gideon Albert Burgess, 1889, p. 231
17. ↑ 1840; Census Place: Greene, New York; Roll: 288; Page: 311; Family History Library Film: 0017189 Ancestry Record 8057 #2388311
18. ↑ Williams, A., Memorials of the Free Communion Baptists, Also Called Free Baptists, p. 182 (1873) Available on Google Books here
19. ↑ History of Oswego County, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Available here
20. ↑ Pioneer history of Camden, Oneida County, New York. Utica, N.Y.,1897, p. 326.
21. ↑ Landmarks of Wayne County, New York.
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: M2; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Camden, Oneida, New York Available here
23. ↑ New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education; Albany, New York; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, New York, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: M2; Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Camden, Oneida, New York Ancestry Record 8756 #309495
24. ↑ 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813-1850, No. 3481, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, Maryland.
25. ↑ Camden 7th Township Cemetery available here

• The New York genealogical and biographical record, Vol LII, p. 342 (1921)