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Hannah Gillett

Female 1786 - 1844  (57 years)

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  • Name Hannah Gillett
    Birth 14 Sep 1786  Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Death 26 Aug 1844  Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1398  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Thomas Gillett,   b. 14 Sep 1748, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1821, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Mother Mary Jones,   b. 7/07 FEB/FEB 1747/1748, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1827, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Marriage Abt 1772  of Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F885  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joseph Thomas Shaw,   b. 1786, , , Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1850, of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 65 years)
    Marriage Bef 1810  of Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. Censuses:
      1810 US: Boyle, Ontario, New York, p. 4 of 10 (not sure if this is the right Joseph T. or not):
      Jos. T. Shaw; males 1(0-10), 1(16-25); females 1(0-10), 1(16-25).

      1820 US: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, p. 16 of 18:
      Joseph T. Shaw; males 1(10-16), 1(26-45), 1(45+); females 3(to 10), 2(10-16), 1(16-26), 1(26-45).

      1830 US: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, p. 29 of 62:
      Joseph T. Shaw; males 2(to 5), 1(10-15), 1(40-50); females 1(10-15), 3(15-20), 1(20-30), 1(40-50).

      1840 US: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, p. 37 of 62:
      Joseph T. Shaw; males 2(10-15), 1(50-60); females 1(15-20), 1(20-30), 1(50-60).

      1850 US: Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, p. 113 of 148, 26 Sep 1850, house and family 802. (Note that the neighbors in this census are the same as those of 1830 and 1840. It appears Joseph's daughter Laura (1810-1884) lived with her father. The children are his grandchildren.):
      Joseph T. Shaw, 63, farmer, $1400, VT.
      Laura, 40, NY.
      Oliver, 6, NY.
      Joseph T., Jr., 3, NY.
      William N., 1, NY.

      2. Website www.raims.com/jury.html "Nineteenth Century Jury List, Ontario County (NY) to 1855": Joseph T. Shaw, 1839 and 1840.

      3. Website: Www.freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~tomfrog/recordsinfo/famgroupsheets/JosephShawHanahGillet.html shows Joseph Thomas Shaw, b. 1786, m. to Hannah Gillet (1786-1844), with one child Laura Shaw, b. 1810 in Canandaigua, Ontario, New York, m. John Bucklin Mason, 31 Jan 1831 in Canandaigua, d. 5 Dec 1884 at Rocky Ridge, Ottawa, Ohio. Extensive descendancy of John and Laura follow in website.

      4. Website: Www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/cems/canandaigua/cooleyceme.htm are burials in the Cooley Road Cemetery of Canandaigua, New York. Note that there were several Cooleys living next to Joseph Shaw in the censuses. One burial is recorded as: "Joseph T. Shaw, Jr., d. May 5, 1828; aged 1d; son of Joseph T. and Hannah Shaw."

      5. Ancestry.com's "The Baptist Missionary Magazine," p. 95, Donations from February 15, to March 15, 1837: Canandaigua, N.Y., Legacy of Mr. Hurd, (deceased,) from Joseph T. Shaw, Ex'r., per Rev. Marvin Allen, $300.

      6. Today's Hampden County of Massachusetts was originally Middlesex County until it was split off in 1662 and named Hampshire County. Hampden County was formed from Hampshire County in 1812.