Gideon HURLBUT

Male 1729 - 1823  (94 years)


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  • Name Gideon HURLBUT  [1, 2
    • He was both a wheelwright and a blacksmith, but making spinning-wheels was his principal business. he first settled in Haddam Neck, town of Haddam, Ct., but afterward rem. to "Waughan Reservation" in Chatham, Ct., now town of Portland, where he purchased a farm and house in 1755 of John Clark, and also other lands of James Patton in 1761. He was the executor named in his father's will, who gave him his blacksmith's shop and tools, with lands and all his movable estate. He m. 14 Feb. 1751, Deborah Brainerd (b. 17 Sep 1732), dau. of Abijah and Esther (Smith) Bainerd, of Haddan. He d. 1 July 1823, in the house occupied in 1861 by his grandson Chester S. Hulbut. Mrs. H. had d. 4 Dec 1819. Their children I may say, were the greater part of them somewhat remarkable for their longevity. [1]
    Birth 9 Jun 1729  Upper Houses, Middletown County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Jul 1823  Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I66716  Main Tree
    Last Modified 14 Oct 2020 

    Father David HURLBUT,   b. 11 Aug 1688, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1773 (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary SAVAGE,   b. 11 Feb 1691 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1709  [1
    Family ID F41967  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah BRAINERD,   b. 17 Sep 1732, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Dec 1819 (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1750/1  Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Timothy HURLBUT,   b. 1 Dec 1764, Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1843, Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F26818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Oct 2020 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1750/1 - Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Jul 1823 - Cromwell, Middlesex County, Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S12067] Henry H. Hurlbut, The Hurlbut Genealogy or Record of the Descendants of Thomas Hurlbut, of Saybrook and Wethersfield, Conn.

    2. [S4570] Grosskopfleastman Family Tree Website.

    3. [S4886] Lucy Abigail Brainard, "The Genealogy of the Brainerd-Brainard Family in America 1649-1908" Vol. 1 & 2, (Hartford Press, The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company 1908).