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Jonathan Gillett, Sr.

Jonathan Gillett, Sr.

Male Bef 1609 - 1677  (68 years)    Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Jonathan Gillett 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Bef 4 Feb 1609  Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Aug 1677  Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Siblings 8 Siblings 
    Person ID I101998  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2000 

    Father Rev. William Gyllett,   b. Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1641, Colyton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F41398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Dolbiar,   b. 7 Jun 1607, Colyton, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1686 (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 29 Mar 1634  St. Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
    +1. Jonathan Gillett, Jr.,   b. Jan 1634, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1698, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +2. Cornelius Gillett,   b. Jul 1636, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jun 1711, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     3. Mary Gillett,   b. 1638, Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1719, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Anna (Hannah) Gillett,   b. 29 Dec 1639, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1711, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +5. Joseph Gillett,   b. 25 Jul 1641   d. 18 Sep 1675, Bloody Creek, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +6. Samuel Gillett,   b. 22 Jan 1642, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1676, Turners Falls, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)
    +7. John Gillett,   b. 5 Oct 1644, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 5 Dec 1682, Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     8. Abigail Gillett,   b. 28 Jun 1646   d. 1649 (Age 2 years)
    +9. Jeremiah Gillett,   b. 20 Feb 1647, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Mar 1693, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +10. Josiah Gillett,   b. 14 Jul 1650, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1736 (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F40566  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2000 

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  • Notes 
    • - Sailed with 140 Puritans on 20 Mar 1630.

      - Aboard ship "Mary and John" from Devonshire, Dorsetshire & Somersetshire.

      - Sailed with Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick.

      - Arrived on 30 May 1630 off Nantasket, MA.

      - Settled at Dorchester, MA. Returned to England in 1633.

      - Returned to MA & settled at Windsor in late 1636 with new wife Mary.

      - Lived next to brother Nathan.

      - Will made 8 Aug 1677.

      - Used the Geneva ("Breeches") Bible.

      Sailed with 140 puritans on 20 Mar 1630 with Rev. John Warham and Rev.
      John Maverick on the ship Mary and John from Devonshire, Dorsetshire and
      Somersetshire, England. Arrived on 30 May 1630 off Nantasket, MA. First
      settled at Dorchester, MA.Returned to England in 1633. Returned to New
      England and settled at Windsor in late 1636 with new wife Mary. Lived
      next to his brother Nathan.

      Probably born there.

      Will made 8 Aug 1677.

  • Sources 
    1. [S388] "New Gillett Information from England", The American Genealogist, (July 1979 ,).

    2. [S209] Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1983), 26 (Reliability: 0).

    3. [S209] Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1983), 36 (Reliability: 0).



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