Priscilla (Kitchen) Gilbert (1647 - 1721)

Born 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Hunn II — married Sep 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

Wife of George Farmer Bowers — married 1677 (to 1689) in Massachusetts Bay

Wife of John Curtis — married 29 Oct 1689 in Kent County, Delaware

Descendants

Died 1721 at about age 74 in Kent County, Delaware

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Biography

Priscilla was a Friend (Quaker)

Priscilla Kitchen was born on October 6, 1647 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. She is the daughter of John Kitchen and Elizabeth Grafton.

Priscilla marries first to Nathaniel Hunn in September of 1672. Nathaniel is killed in an Indian Massacre in 1677.^[1]

Priscilla marries second to George Bowers in about 1677 in Massachusetts. George Bowers was born on February 28, 1653 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts. George is the son of Bernanuel Bowers and Elizabeth Dunster. George dies in about 1689 in Kent County, Delaware.

Priscilla marries third to John Curtis on October 29, 1689 in Kent County, Delaware.

Priscilla then marries for a fourth time to John Gilbert in 1698.

Priscilla died in 1721 in Kent County, Delaware. Her will was probated on 10 May 1721.

Children

Children of Priscilla Kitchen and Nathaniel Hunn are:

1. Priscilla Hunn, later Walton, was born on January 21, 1672 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

2. Sarah Hunn, later Bowman, was born on October 6, 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

Children of George Bowers and Priscilla Kitchen are:

1. John Bowers was born on November 25, 1686 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Children of John Curtis and Priscilla Kitchen':

Ruth Curtis, later Rodney, born 1690 in Kent, Delaware.

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records. Name Nathaniell Hunn Event Type Marriage Event Date Sep 1672 Event Place Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Gender Male Spouse's Name Priscilla Kitchen Spouse's Gender Female

• Marriage - First: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 5 November 2017, Nathaniell Hunn and Priscilla Kitchen, Sep 1672; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 877,468.

• Publications - "The Untold Story of a Slave Girl Named Hannah," Author: Shonda Renee' Brooks. Edition: illustrated. Publisher: Lulu.com, 2015. ISBN: 1329249720, 9781329249721. Length: 102 pages. Referencing Page 71, Marriage of Priscilla Kitchen to George Bowers.

• Publications - "A 1688 Census of Kent County, Delaware," by Jeffrey L. Scheib. Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine. Referencing Page 141 & 152.

• Publications - "New England Marriages Prior to 1700," Middlesex Genealogical Society. Author: Clarence Almon Torrey. Edition: reprint. Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985. ISBN: 0806311029, 9780806311029. Length: 1009 pages. Referencing Page 87.

• Publications - "Family of Famous Quaker Traced in Massey Pamphlet," Newspapers.com Author: William P. Frank,"] The Morning News, A Publisher Extra Newspaper. Article Published on February 14, 1952. Wilmington, Delaware. Referencing Column 1, Page 2.

• Calendar of Kent County, Delaware probate records, 1680-1800, page 42. database and images at Ancestry.com Image accessed 27 Apr 2021.

Gilbert, Prissila. Widow. Will (copy). Made Jan. 22, 1719/20. Heirs: daus. Sarah Bowman, Prissila Walton & Ruth Rodney; son John Bowers; grandsons Nathaniel Hunn & Nathaniell Luff; granddau. Penelop Rodney, dau. of William & Ruth Rodney; Thomas Bowman, son of Nathaniel Bowman. Exec’rs, son John Bowers & son-in-law Nathaniel Bowman. Wits., Jonathan Manlove, Hannah Manlove. Prov. May 10, 1721. Arch. vol. A19, page 28. Reg. of Wills, Liber D, folio 44.

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