"Samuel4 Gilbert … married about 1709, Mercy Warner, … daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Boltwood) Warner of Northfield and Deerfield, Mass. … His family record begins before that of his father ends. Some have assigned to him Lydia, b. Sept. 4, 1707, and Mercy, b. Oct. 4, 1708. But in his will he mentions not a daughter Lydia or her heirs. Hence we conclude that Abilena was his oldest child. There are other indications that this is the correct assignment.