Ara
"Asa"
Gillett
Born in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Nathan Gillett
and Lucy (Harrison) Gillett
Brother of
Nathan Gillet and Saloma (Gillett) Wright
Husband of
Dyantha (Wilcox) Gillett
— married
22 Jan 1809 in Geauga, Ohio, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 76
in Berrien, Michigan, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Mar 2021
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Biography
Ara was born in 1782. He was the son of Nathan Gillett and Lucy Harrison.
Like many young men of his day, he went west to 'New Connecticut'. By 1801 he had settled in Ashtabula county, Ohio. He married Dyantha Wilcox nearby in 1809. They soon moved southwest to Portage county (now Summit county) Ohio. They lived in Tallmadge, then Middlebury (now part of Akron), then Norton for many years. In their final years they moved to southwest Michigan.
According to Bronson, they had four children, all born in Tallmadge.
He passed away in 1859.
Sources
- "United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N9LP-PZN : 19 September 2019), Ara Gillett, .
- "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN3R-QF3 : 8 March 2021), Ara Gillet and Diantha Willcox, 22 Jan 1809; citing Marriage, Geauga, Ohio, United States, bkA, p20,12, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
- "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-G3L : accessed 26 March 2021), Ara Gillett, Talmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States; citing p. 64, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 95; FHL microfilm 181,401.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX7C-Z5S : 21 December 2020), Ara Gillet, Norton Township, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Find A Grave: Memorial #126170430
- Bronson, Charles Cook. History of Tallmadge and the Western Reserve (Tallmadge Historical Society) Volume 1, Page 60 and Volume 4, Pages 47-48.
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- Claire Gillette
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M253 - George Gillette :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #503741
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