Mary WELLS

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First Church of Christ on Main Street, Hartford, Conn.

Gravesite of Mary Wells Gilbert located approx. 10 feet back of wrought iron fence and to the right of the foot path approx. 40 feet. Mary buried beside her husband Jonathan Gilbert.
Inscription reads:

Mary Gilbert age 74 years died July 3, 1700 wife of Jonathan Gilbertt.
Jonathan Gilbertt's gravestone inscription reads:
Here lieth of Jonathan 1682 (blank) December."
Other words on marker too obliterated to read.

Mary and Jonathan had 8 children. They were the grandparents of Jonathan Belcher, Governor of Massachusetts and later of New Hampshire, and ancestors of Noah Webster, noted American author and lexicographer.

Mary married Jonathan GILBERT in 1650 in Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut. Jonathan (son of Thomas GILBERT and Lydia ?) was born about 1618; was christened on 8 Jun 1617 in Yardley, Worcestershire, England; died on 10 Dec 1682 in Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Capt Andrew BELCHER, Jr. on 01 Jul 1670 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. Andrew (son of Andrew BELCHER and Elizabeth DANFORTH) was born on 01 Jan 1647 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 31 Oct 1717. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 23 May 1700

Lydia married Stephen RICHARDSON before 25 Sep 1673. Stephen (son of Amos RICHARDSON and Mary ?) was born on 14 Jun 1652 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died about 1694. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Excerpts from Amos Richardson of Boston and Stonington: Thomas was Captain of the ship "Swan", which was owned by his brother-in-law, Captain Belcher. During King William's war the French sent a squadron to sweep our commerce from the shores of New England. Captain Gilbert, with his associates, captured a french ship called the "Saint Jacob". In 1695 he saled for London, was taken by a French privateer and imprisoned for 2 months in France. The remains of Captain Gilbert and his wife Lydia rest in the "Granery burial ground" in Boston.

Thomas married Lydia BALLETT on 25 Nov 1693. Lydia was born on 27 Oct 1670 in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; died on 23 Mar 1708 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Mary HOWLETT on 24 Sep 1708 in Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. Mary was born on 22 Jan 1670 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Dec 1773 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Pequot War

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Samuel married Mary Rogers, and resided in Hartford, where he was commissioned ensign of the train band in 1698. In 1707 he removed to Colchester, where he was appointed captain of the train band. He had six sons and one daughter.

"James Rogers and His Descendants": He was cornet under Major John Mason, in the Pequot war; ensign in a train band in Hartford, CT., July, 1678; one of the patentees of the town of Colchester, CT., in 1707, and commanded a company in the expedition against Canada, in 1711. He was also at one time marshall of the Connecticut Colony. His father, Jonathan, was one of the first proprietors of Hartford.

Samuel married Mary ROGERS on 02 Oct 1684 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Samuel ROGERS and Mary STANTON) was born on 17 Apr 1667 in New London, New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Sep 1756 in Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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After his mother's death in 1700, he settled in Kensington, probably because of a gift of 300 acres of land there, from his father in his will, dated Sept. 10, 1674. This land the elder Gilbert had acquired from Massecup, an Indian, who with other Indians, had sold land to Samuel Wyllys, John Talcott and others. (Early Conn. Probate Records, 1, p. 07.) Before 1717 he had built himself a house on Christian Lane with bricks made fro clay taken from his own land; the house is still standing and has always been in the possession of a gilbert in direct succession from Ebenezer. (N.E. Reg. 60, p. 314.) That Ebenezer was a man of standing in the community is shown from the fact that with the exception of Mr. Burnham, he was the only man in the community entitled to the prefix "Mr." (Andrews' New Britain, p. 34.) There are several references to him in the Kensington Church Records. He was seated in the first "pue" next the pulpit. "At a meeting of the church Jan. 7, 1716-1717, Insign Isaac Norton was appointed to take care for the obtaining a fashionable and decent 'cushing' for the desk of our Meeting-house upon the Society's charge"; apparently he was not successful for at the Annual Meeting, Dec. 1, 1718 "Mr. Ebenezer Gilbird was appointed to provide a convenient cushen", etc, (Andrew's New Britain, p. 29.) he was considered a very rich man; at his death his estate amounted to L4242, 5 sh. 0 d.; included in the inventory were a negro L100, woman L45, boy L100, child L30 total L275. North's History of Berlin, pp. 11, 12.

Family/Spouse: Esther/Hester ALLYN. Esther/Hester (daughter of Capt Thomas ALLYN and Abigail WARHAM) was born on 29 Jan 1676/7; died on 4 Oct 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles DICKINSON. Charles was born on 20 Apr 1658 in Chester, Cheshire West and Chester Unitary Authority, Cheshire, England; died on 14 Sep 1740 in North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island; was buried in Platform Cemetery, North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rachel married Josiah MARSHFIELD on 22 Sep 1686 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Josiah was born on 29 Sep 1665 in Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts; died on 25 Jun 1712 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]