Gilbert
Oakley
Born about in Westchester, New York
Ancestors 
Son of Elisha Oakley
and Elizabeth (Yeomans) Oakley
Brother of
Drusilla (Oakley) Strang and Elijah Oakley
Husband of
Sarah (Haviland) Oakley
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Charlick) Oakley
— married
about 1766 (to before 1810) in Westchester County, New York
Descendants 
Father of
Eunice Oakley, Sarah (Oakley) Soule, Nehemiah Oakley, Susannah (Oakley) Soule, Gilbert R. Oakley, Isaac Oakley and Philah (Oakley) Halenbeck
Died
at about age 82
in Taghkanic, Columbia, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2017
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Biography
Gilbert Oakley was born in 1745, in Westchester county, New York, a son of Elisha Oakley and Elizabeth (Yeomans) Oakley. Gilbert was named in the Will of his paternal grandfather, Robert Yeomans, dated 18 March 1761 Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. Gilbert was remembered with a gift of two sheep, as well as his share of the inheritance. [1] Gilbert married Sarah Haviland. [2]
Gilbert was Witness to Will of Phebe Hunt of Westchester County, new York, probated 9 December 1772. This Will left "oe 20", a set pf blue curtains, and a blue bed quilt to Mary, wife of Gilbert Oakley. Gilbert made his own Will on October 23, 1822. His seven children, and several grandchildren, are named therein.
Gilbert Oakley died December 5, 1827, in Taghkanic, about nine miles southwest of Craryville, and is buried in the North Coapke Cemetery, Craryville Columbia county, New York. [3] Sarah died July 15, 1830, nearly 80 years of age, and is buried next to him. There are photographs of their headstones on their Find A Grave memorials.
Sources
- ↑ The New York Historical Society for the year 1897 page 70
- ↑ http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~alford/genealogy/oakley.pdf
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50461730
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L616-PWL
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SB9F-YB6 : accessed 2017-03-11), entry for Gilbert /Oakley/.
- 1790 Federal Census - Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York
- 1800 Federal census - Livingston, Columbia County, New York
- 1810 Federal Census - Hudson, Columbia County, New York
- 1820 Federal Census - Taghkanic, Columbia County, New York
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gilbert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gilbert:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Gilbert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Gilbert:
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