Person:Gilbert Crockett (1)

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GILBERT CROCKETT [b ca early 1700s; d: ca early 1740s]

Gilbert Crockett m: 1727, Mary Chew; he d: before 19 March (or May??) 1744. Although it is known that one Eli Crockett of County Londonderry in Ireland had a son named Gilbert (age unknown) as of Feb 1717/18 when one Samuel Wyly made a LW&T naming Eli Crockett executor and Eli's son Gilbert as a legatee, there is not yet proof that that Gilbert and his father Eli were the known immigrants to Pennsylvania and Maryland. Given the 1727 marriage date, Gilbert must have been born ca early 1700s. Gilbert and Mary gave notice of intent to marry on 24 Feb 1726/27. 1737: Gilbert got himself in great difficulty with the government as a collector of quit rents in Baltimore County.Gilbert's date of death has usually been estimated as ca 1744 based upon the date of Mary's next marriage. However, Mary was having land surveyed in her own name early in 1741. One Gilbert Crockett was named in the survey record, and it is impossible to determine whether this was Gilbert her husband or Gilbert her son. She may have been securing land for the eventual use of her two boys, Benjamin and Gilbert.

On 19 May 1744, Gilbert's widow, Mary, was reported by West Nottingham Meeting as having married out of unity to a man named Harrison. John White and Thomas Brown were appointed to help her see her error. 1744: James and Mary Harrison administered the estate of Gilbert Crockett.

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