Person:Josiah Gilbert (11)

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Josiah Gilbert
b.12 Sep 1659 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
d.1 Feb 1704/05 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Est 1651
  1. Sergeant Benjamin Gilbert1652 - 1711
  2. Elizabeth Gilbert1654 - 1714
  3. Lydia Gilbert1656 - Aft 1704/05
  4. Josiah Gilbert1659 - 1704/05
  5. Sarah Gilbert1661 - Bef 1704/05
  6. Eleazer Gilbert1663 - 1701
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Josiah Gilbert
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 12 Sep 1659 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Will[1][3] 24 Jan 1704/05 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][2][3] 1 Feb 1704/05 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[3] 15 Feb 1704/05 £85-16-02. Taken by Daniel Bordman and Jonathan Belden.
Probate[3] 5 Apr 1705 Will and inventory exhibited and approved.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 6. Josiah2 Gilbert, in Brainard, Homer Worthington; Donald Lines Jacobus; Harold Simeon Gilbert; and Clarence Almon Torrey. The Gilbert Family: Descendants of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659, of Mt. Wollaston (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield. (New Haven, Conn.: A. C. Gilbert, 1953)
    68.

    "Josiah (Gilbert), b. Sept. 12, 1659; d. at Wethersfield, Conn., Feb. 2, 1704/5, unm. He was infirm in health; left a will dated Jan. 24,1704/5, wherein he remembers all his brothers and sisters except Eleazer and Sarah."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    117.

    "Gilbert, … Josiah, [s.Josiah & Elizabeth], b. Sept. 12, 1659; d. Feb. 2, 1705 [1:37]"
    "Gilbert, … Josiah, d. Feb. 2, 1704/5. Æ 45 [1:05]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gilbert, Josiah, Wethersfield, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:63-64.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VII, 1700 to 1710. Page 124-5.

    Gilbert, Josiah, Wethersfield. Died 2 February, 1704-5. Invt. £85-16-02. Taken 15 February, 1704-5, by Daniel Bordman and Jonathan Belden. Will dated 24 January, 1704-5:

    I, Josiah Gilbert, of Wethersfield, being weak and low through sickness, do now make this my last will and testament. Imprimis: I give to my Brother Benjamin Gilbert 1-3 part of all my land, and he to have the first choice in taking his third part of my lands at Divident in Wethersfield. I give to my brother Moses Gilbert 1-3 part of my lands at Divident. I give to my sister Mary, the wife of Symon Willard, the remaining third part of my land at Divident. I give to my brother Caleb Gilbert 5 shillings. I give to my sister Elizabeth Deming 5 shillings. I give to my sister Lydia Riley 5 shillings. I give to my cousin Josiah Willard (the son of my brother Willard) all my cooper's tools. I give my new Bible to my cousin Mary Willard, daughter of my brother Willard. It is my will that, my just debts being first paid, my sister Amy Gilbert have all the remaining part of my estate which I have not given, viz., all my debts due to me and all other estate which I have not disposed of in this my last will, whatsoever it be. I appoint my brother Benjamin Gilbert executor.

    JOSIAH GILBERT, LS.

    Witness: Peter Bulkeley, Mary Boardman.

    Court Record, Page 66—5 April, 1705: Will and invt. exhibited, approved and ordered to be recorded and kept on file."

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