Abner Gillett (abt. 1684 - 1762)

Born about 1684 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Higginson — married 6 Sep 1710 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 12 May 1762 at about age 78 in Southington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Abner was born about 1684 and was the child of Jeremiah Gillett. He was baptized as an adult at Farmington on January 1, 1691/2.^[1] There on September 6, 1710 Abner married Mary Higginson,^[2] the daughter of William and Sarah Warner Higginson. They had six children together:^[1]

1. Sarah b 12 Apr 1715;
2. Elizabeth b 4 Feb 1716/17
3. Mary b 30 Apr 1719
4. Zachariah b 31 Mar 1721
5. Solomon b 12 Jul 1725
6. Samuel b 27 Sep 1730

Abner died at Southington on May 12, 1762.^[3]

Research Notes

Family Search shows several Birth sources for children born in Farmington, CT for Abner Jelett. Since Early Milford source states Abner, son of Jeremiah Gillett removed from Milford, CT to Southington, CT, this is not the same person. ^[4] . This profile was initially created with parents that were not Gillette and they were later added, so entire profile is suspicious.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines. "The 'Other' Gillettes." The American Genealogist, Volume 25. New Haven, CT: 1949. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .) By Subscription $. Page 188.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data:White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. By Subscription $. Ancestry Record 1062 #562926
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data:Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. By Subscription $.Ancestry Record 3032 #342473
4. ↑ Early Milford pg 300

• Abbott, Susan Woodruff Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page p. 301
• Abbott, Susan Woodruff Families of Early Milford, Connecticut (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979) Page p. 300