Person:John Gilbert (117)

Sir John Gilbert

b.Abt 1572 England

d.5 Jul 1608 England

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m. 1571

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Sir John Gilbert
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1572	England
Marriage		to Alice Molyneux
Death^[2]	5 Jul 1608	Englanddied of smallpox ; no known issue
Burial^[2]		Marldon, Devon, Englandat Marldon Church

References

↑ St. George, Richard, and F. R. (Francis Robert) Raines. The visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613, by Richard St. George, esq., Norroy king of arms. (Manchester: Chetham Society, 1871)
p. 131.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
1:13.

Gilbert, Sir John, eldest son of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, went with Raleigh to Guiana in 1595; showed gallantry at the battle of Cadiz in 1596 and was knighted by Essex; governor of the fort at Plymouth, 1597; member of the council for Virginia, 1607; was a brave officer; married a daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, of Sefton, but died without issue, July 5, 1608, of small pox, and was buried at Marldon Church. His brother Raleigh Gilbert was his heir.