Thomas Gillett b. 16 Apr 1711 Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 10 Apr 1791 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Name	Thomas Gillett
Born	16 Apr 1711	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Gender	Male
Died	10 Apr 1791	Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Person ID	I1833	Petersen-de Lanskoy
Last Modified	27 May 2021

Father	Samuel Gillett, b. 16/16 Feb 1677/8, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. Bef 20 Nov 1734, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age < 56 years)
Mother	Rebecca Bancroft, b. 23/23 Feb 1680/1, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. Aft 2 May 1736, of Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age > 55 years)
Married	22/22 Jan 1701/2	Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Family ID	F1121	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Barlow, b. 20 Apr 1719, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States , d. 3 Jan 1806, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 86 years)

Married 12 Jun 1744 Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

Children

	1. Elizabeth Gillett, b. 25 Apr 1745, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
	2. Zorviar Gillett, b. 18 Mar 1746, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 19 Apr 1783, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 37 years)
	3. Thomas Gillett, b. 14 Sep 1748, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 27 Apr 1821, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 72 years)
	4. Eli Gillett, b. 28 Sep 1749, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 29 Feb 1824, Litchfield, Herkimer, New York, United States (Age 74 years)
	5. Samuel Gillett, b. 8 Mar 1750, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 27 May 1750, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)
	6. Samuel Gillett, b. 8 Mar 1751, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 28 Apr 1829, Granby, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (Age 78 years)
	7. Zadock Gillett, b. 12 Aug 1753, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. 14 Mar 1816, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States (Age 62 years)
	8. Zilpha Gillett, b. 22 Jan 1757, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
	9. Frederick Gillett, b. 22 Jan 1761, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
	10. Sarah Gillett, b. Abt 1762, Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States , d. Bef May 1800 (Age ~ 38 years)

Last Modified 28 May 2021

Family ID F891 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. "New England History and Genealogy Register," v. 101, p. 285, Article: "Jonathan and Nathan Gillett Descendants":
"Samuel Gillett (son of John, grandson of Jonathan), of Suffield, Conn., and Granville, Mass., born in Windsor, Conn., 16 Feb 1677/8. He was five years old when his mother married secondly, Captain George Norton of Suffield, the town that became the boy's home for most of his life. In the later years of his life he lived in Granville, across the line in southwest Mass., and died there 'in 1739, aged 60', but was buried in Suffield. (Northampton Probate Records give administration of estate 1934[typo?]) He married in Suffield, 22 Jan 1701/2 (int. 20 Dec 1701), Rebecca Bancroft (dau. of Thomas, g.dau. of John), born in Springfield, Mass. (part later Enfield, Conn.), 23 Feb 1680...
[Her mother] Widow Jane Bancroft received 100 acres in Lynn in 1638. Her daughter Anna married 13 May 1647 Sergt. John Griffin, settled in Simsbury, Conn., had ten children and one of them, Sarah Griffin, married Elias Gillett (son of Nathan). Son Thomas Bancroft of Springfield, Mass. region, residence at the 'lower wharf,' now Enfield, Conn., was a selectman of Westfield; 8 Dec 1653 married Margaret Wright (dau. of Samuel) and their daughter Ruth Bancroft married John Stiles and had many Children; and daughter Rebecca married Samuel Gillett; and son Nathaniel had descendants in Granville, Mass. (and Ohio) and it was probably this connection that took Samuel Gillett from Suffield to Granville.
Rev. Ezra Stiles, president of Yale from 1772 to 1795 was the son of Rev. Isaac and the grandson of John and Ruth (Bancroft) Stiles, and he wrote of his grandmother's family: 'The Family of Bancroft are a brisk, smart, quick, sensible and lively cast. Grandmother communicated her family spirit to all (her) Children', etc. (Stiles Gens. 1892 and 1895).
Children, born in Suffield:
a. Samuel, b. 13 Sep 1702.
b. John, b. 16 Jan 1704/5. Perhaps the 1724 John Gillett of his uncle Thomas Gillett's 1726 probate record?
c. Nathaniel, 10 May 1707; m. Phebe ___...
d. Hannah, b. 19 Jun 1709; d. in Suffield 2 Nov 1746, age 37; m. there, 26 Feb 1728/9 (int. Jan. 10) Joseph Kent (1898 Kent Gen.).
e. Thomas, b. 16 Apr 1711.
f. Gardner, b. 23 Jun 1715.
g. Rebecca, b. 21 Sep 1718."

2. The book "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet," comp. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, 1955, p. 23:
"Samuel Gillett, (son of John, gson of Jonathan) b. 16 Feb 1677-78 at Windsor, Conn., d. 1739 Granville, Mass. Bur. Suffield, Conn., m. in Suffield 22 Jan 1701-2, Rebecca Bancroft, b. Springfield Mass., 23 Feb 1680, dau. of Thomas and Margaret (Wright) Bancroft.
Children:
Thomas Gillet, b. 16 Apr 1711, at Suffield, Conn., d. 10 Apr 1791, Granville, Mass., m. 2 Jun 1744, Elizabeth Barlow, b. 20 Apr 1719; d. 3 Jan 1806."

3. The publication "Search for the Passengers of the "Mary & John" 1630," by Burton W. Spear (Toledo, OH; The Mary & John Clearing House, 1989-2004), 5:49-64. These pages have a five generation descendency listing of all the descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Mary Dolbair. I only transcribe my own descendency line which is the seventh child:
"7 John Gillett- b. 5 Oct. 1644, Windsor. m. Mercy Barber, 8 July 1669, Windsor (1651-1725) dau. of Thomas Barber (emigrant). She m. (2) Capt. George Norton, 1683. John d. 1682. Windsor p. 50 says Mary Barber bpt. 12 Oct. 1651, m. ___ Hale. res: Suffield. (Gillett-19)
7.1 Thomas Gillett- b. 7 Jan. 1671, Windsor. d. by 1676
7.2 John Gillett Jr.- b. 6 Aug. 1673, Windsor. d. 4 July 1699, Windsor, unmarr.
7.3 Thomas Gillett- b. 18 July 1676 (Gillett p. 19 says 31 May 1678), Windsor. m. (1) Martha Mills. She d. without children. m. (2) Hannah Clark, 26 Feb. 1704 (1686-1709) Windsor, dau. of John Clark & Mary Crow (D. Clark-34). He d. 11 June 1708. Children of Thomas Gillett & Hannah Clark (2) (NER 101:285)â€¦
7.4 Samuel Gillett- b. 16 Feb. 1677/8, Windsor. m. Rebecca Bancroft, 22 Jan. 1701/2, Suffield, dau. of Thomas Bancroft. She was b. 1680. He d. 1739, Grnaville, Mass. (Gillett-23) Children of Samuel Gillett & Rebecca Bancroft (NER 101:286).
7.4.1 Samuel Gillett, Jr.- b. 13 Sept. 1702, Suffield. m. Anna Pierce, 13 Apr. 1727. He d. Granville, Mass.
7.4.2 John Gillett- b. 13 Jan. 1704/5, Suffield.
7.4.3 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 10 May 1707, Suffield. m. Phebe ___. Children of Nathaniel Gillett & Phebe ___. (NER 101:286)â€¦
7.4.4 Hannah Gillett- b. 19 June 1709, Suffield. m. Joseph Kent, 26 Feb. 1728/9, Suffield (b. 1710), s. of John Kent & Abigail Winchell of Suffield. He m. (2) Elizabeth Palmer, 1748. Hannah d. 2 Nov. 1746, Suffield. Six children.
7.4.5 Thomas Gillett- b. 16 Apr. 1711, Suffield. m. Elizabeth Barlow, 2 June 1744 (1719-1806). He d. 10 Apr. 1791, Granville, Mass. (Gillett-1955, 23, 34, 48) Children of Thomas Gillett & Elizabeth Barlow. (Gillett-23) [Note: The author lists only one child, which is of course very incomplete.]
7.4.5.1 Zadoc Gillett- b. 12 Aug. 1753, m. wid. Rebecca Tyron (1758-1840). He d. 14 Mar. 1816, Granville, Mass. Two children (1781-1784). She d. Shesequin, Bradford Co., Pa. (Gillett-34)
7.4.6 Gardner Gillett- b. 23 June 1715, Suffield. m. Mary Rowe, 27 Jan. 1740/1. Res: Dutchess Co., N.Y.
7.4.7 Rebecca Gillett- b. 21 Sept. 1718, Suffield.
7.5 Nathaniel Gillett- b. 3 Oct. 1680, Windsor. (Windsor-290)
7.6 Benjamin Gillett- b. 1680, Windsor. m. Elizabeth Austin, 6 Sept. 1705 (1684-1752), dau. of Capt. Anthony & Esther Austin. (Gillett-21) (Benjamin's b. 3 Oct. 1680 in Gillett-22) Children of Benjamin Gillett & Elizabeth Austin (Gillett-21)â€¦
7.7 Mercy Gillett- b. 21 Jan. 1682, m. Jacob Adams, Jr. (1681-1736), s. of Jacob Adams & Anne Allen and gr. s. of Robert & Elinor Adams of Newberry, Mass. Res: Suffield, Conn. Children of Mercy Gillett & Jacob Adams, Jr. (NER 101:47)â€¦"

DEATH:
1. Ancestry.com's "Massachusetts Town Death Records": Thomas Gillet, d. 10 Apr 1791, buried at Granville, source is Vital Records of Granville, complete record: Thomas, Apr. 10, 1791, in 80th year, G.R.1. (a. 80, P.R.6.). Source information: "Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the year 1850," Boston, New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1914.

SOURCES_MISC:
1. Per family group sheet archive record: Corr, Suffield Vital rec.; Granville V.R. Mass G11 p44; Boston Transcript; record of Frederick Gillett; submitted by Mrs. D.B. Stringham, 2539 Polk Ave, Ogden, UT.

2. Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, "Gillette Families, Some of the Descendants of Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, 1572-1800"; Collection entitled, "Genealogy and Local History," by University Microfilming, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan; Microfiche no.G-1135; Public Library call no. GEN-R 929.3.

3. Per group sheet of Israel Barlow Family Association, 801-298-3687, dated 24 Feb 1999 per Lloyd B. Carr, Genealogist, PO Box 89, Bountiful, Utah, 84011.