"12. Nathaniel5 Gilbert (Nathaniel,4 Thomas,3 Thomas,2 John1) was
born about 1719 in Taunton, Mass.; killed in action at Lake George, N.Y., 8 Sep. 1755. … Nathaniel lived on Ingell Street, Taunton, no doubt in the house previously occupied by his father and grandfather. He received from Nathaniel, Sr., several tracts of land near the Weir Bridge, and was presumably a farmer. In the Crown Point expedition of 1755 he was a captain and company commander in Col. Ephraim Williams's regiment. The battle of September 8th was the only important one in which the expedition was engaged. The Colonial forces, moving up from the south to attack Crown Point on Lake Champlain, were encamped for some time at the south end of Lake George. When the presence of a French-Indian force was reported the Colonials moved out to meet them, ran into a forest ambush, and were driven back to their base with severe losses. It was at this early stage that Nathaniel was killed. The French, attempting to follow up their success, were in turn repulsed, and their general, Baron Dieskau, was wounded and captured. The battle was considered a British victory, but the expedition made no further attempt to advance on Crown Point."
