Person:Elias Gillett (3)

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Elias Gillett
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Name Elias Gillett
Gender Male
Birth[3] Est 1652 Chaffcombe, Somerset, Englandprobably
Ordination[1] 19 Sep 1675 deacon
Ordination[1] 20 Dec 1679 priest
Occupation[1] From 15 Feb 1680/81 to 1703 Misterton, Somerset, Englandrector
Marriage Bef 1685 to Mary _____
Burial[2] 21 Jun 1703 Misterton, Somerset, England
Other[1] Speculative father: Elias Gillett (2)
Religion[4] Church of England
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The American Genealogist (TAG). (Donald Lines Jacobus, et.al.)
    55(1979):172.

    'Foster [Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1744] says that the younger Elias was of Christ Church, certainly the most prestigious of the Oxford colleges, ordained deacon 19 Sept. 1675, priest 20 Dec. 1679, instituted rector of Misterton, ... 15 Feb. 1680/1, ... where he remained until he died in 1703.'

  2. Misterton, in Somerset, England. Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812. (Ancestry.com).

    Elyas Gyllett was buried 21 Jun 1703 in Misterton, Somerset, England

  3. based on the date he was ordained deacon
  4. implied by reference to Church of England parish registers