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INDEX

THIRTEENTH GENERATION

4944. Jonathan Gillett/ Gylette

"GILLETT, or JELLETT, ...(4944) JONATHAN, Dorchester, freem. 6 May 1635, rem. next yr. to Windsor with ch. (4945ii) Cornelius, (4945i) Jonathan, and (4945iii) Mary, wh. m. 16 July 1658, (4945iii[1]) Peter Brown; there he had (4945iv) Ann, bapt. 29 Dec. 1639, wh. m. 29 Oct. 1663, (4945iv[1]) Samuel Filley; (4945v) Joseph, 25 July 1641; (4945vi) Samuel, 22 Jan. 1643; (2472)John, 5 Oct. 1644; (4945viii) Abigail, 28 June 1646, d. at 2 yrs.; (4945ix) Jeremiah, 12 Feb. 1648; and (4945x) Josiah, 14 July 1650; was a constable 1656, and d. 1677."

-- James Savage, "A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692" c/o http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/

4945. Mary Dolbiar/ Dolbere

REF: http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/irving/3516; http://www.my-ged.com/db/page/johnson/980

"(4944) Jonathan Gillett sailed with 140 puritans on 20 Mar 1630 with Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick on the ship "Mary & John" from Devonshire, Dorsetshire and Somersetshire, England. Arrived on 30 May 1630 off Nantasket, MA. First settled at Dorchester, MA. Returned to England in 1633. Returned to New England and settled at Windsor in late 1636 with new wife (4945) Mary. How Jonathan met a girl from Colyton is not known. However, the "Mary & John" passenger, George Hull of Crewkerne, had two brothers who were ministers of Colyton, the last being Rev. William Hill, who died there in 1627."
-- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=annegillette&id=I1662

(4944) Jonathan was the ancestor of three men named Augustus Gillet, each descended through a different son.

4946. Sgt. Thomas Barber

4947. Jane unknown

  • iii. Sarah Barber
  • iv. Samuel Barber

    "BARBER, ...(2465x[1]) SAMUEL, Windsor, s. of (4947ii) Thomas, by first w. (4947ii[1]) Mary had Thomas, b. 7 Oct. 1671; Samuel, 26 Jan. 1674; and by sec. w. (4947iv[2]) Ruth d. of John Drake, had John, 25 Jan. 1677; and Hannah, 4 Oct. 1681; Ruth, 24 July 1683; Elizabeth 9 Feb. 1685; and perhaps others; but I dare not copy the list of Stiles, 528."
    -- James Savage, op. cit.

  • v. (2473) Mary /Marcy Barber
  • vi. Josiah Barber REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1821208&id=I1614

    The name Barber is said to be of Strathclyde Briton origin, and to have first appeared in records in Northumberland

    -- http://www.infokey.com/cgi-bin/cntry00

    "(4946) Thomas Barber... was apprenticed under Francis Stiles, a master carpenter from Millbrook, Bedfordshire, England. Stiles was contracted by Sir Richard Saltonstall to build houses in America for Englishmen who were to follow. Thomas was among the twenty apprentices plus others who sailed with Stiles for New England in the ship "Christian" (John White, Master) which left London 16 March 1634 (Julian calender), and arrived 3 months later in Boston in June 1635. Each of the passengers had a certificate which read in part:

    "with certificate from St. Mildren, Bread Stree, London, and having taken the oaths, to be transported to New England from London in the 'Christian'."

    (From the Publick Record Office, Westminster Hall, London). "After 10 days at Boston the "Christian" sailed up the Conneticut River to Windsor, arriving there on the first day of July 1635."

    The Pequot War

    "The Pequot War in 1637, precipitated by the Pequot Indians by their continual harassment of both the settlers and the friendly Mohegans, found (4946) Thomas a Sargeant, one of 30 soldiers from Windsor under the leadership of Captain John Mason. The night attack was a complete surprise to the Pequots, and a large percentage of the tribe was massacred....

    "He took part in several battles with the Pequot Indians and greatly distinguished himself in the attack made upon the Pequot Fort, which the Indians deemed impregnable. In an account of this battle, written by Mason, and published in Boston in 1727, the following reference is made to the part taken by Thomas Barber: `We had entered the fort and in getting out of a wigwam encountered seven Indians. They fled and we pursued to the end of a lane, but before we could reach them they were met by Thomas Barber and Edward Patterson, who slew the entire seven with their axes and knives, their muskets having been discharged.'

    "The records also state that while returning from the Pequot fight Thomas Barber and Lieutenant Cook engaged in a dispute over church matters. Becoming somewhat heated Barber struck Cook whereupon the court adjudged that Barber should forfeit his military position and pay a fine of £5. As an Indian fighter he evinced a courage and sagacity which secured him the confidence of the colonies and the fear and respect of the Indians. He was thoughtful, intelligent and a God-fearing man, and for the times exceedingly liberal in religious views."

    -- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gene-perkins-2&id=I03564

    Mrs. Barber

    "A deep mystery surrounds Jane, wife of (4946) Thomas. He married her in 1640, but the written record by Matthew Grant gives only the name (4946) Jane or Joan. Two of Thomas's sons married Coggin ladies, but there is little sign that Jane was a Coggin, as some have suggested. One report (LDS record) has it that Jane Coggin, b. Bedfordshire ENG 1619 was daughter of John Coggin, b. in Bedford, Bedfordshire about 1593.

    "It has also been suggested that Thomas Barber married (4949) Jane Bancroft, widow of (4949) John Bancroft who died in 1637. Jane Bancroft had ties to Windsor thru her daughter (4949ii) Anna, b 1627, who married 1647 John Griffin of Windsor and Simsbury, and her son John, born about 1620, who married in 1650 Hannah Dupper and had a family in Windsor. But Jane Bonython who married (?) John Bancroft was born in 1573, and would have been way too old to have borne Thomas Barber’s children. This theory against the wife being Jane Bancroft was written up in The American Genealogist, Vol 37, p 164, in 1961 by George E McCracken and more or less disproved at that time. He points out that she would have had to have borne children for too long a time span - highly unlikely, and also she would have had 2 sons named John and 2 named Thomas - also unlikely.

    "Another account has John Bancroft born about 1596, died 1637, m. Jane about 1622. That would have meant she was born about 1606 or before, making her about 47 in 1653 when Thomas’s youngest child Josiah Barber was born - not impossible, but very unlikely.

    "It has been said by some that Thomas may have married the daughter of one of the Dutch traders at Old Saybrook, or Hartford, and also that the one he married was “the first white woman to land in Connecticut”.

    "One of Francis Stiles' sisters was named Jane, born 1605. She married in England and presumably remained there. There was a Jane Morden or Worden, age 35 (in 1635), on the passenger list of the Christian; however I know nothing further about her. It seems she was too old to have borne all of Thomas's children.

    "There seems as yet no way of knowing who Jane was (an all too frequent problem in genealogy). [~ Windsor Hist Soc:Jay Mack Holbrook, 1992; 1909 Barber Gen; Barbour Index; Lyman Barber Gen; Stiles:Windsor; Lure of the Litchfield Hills ~]"

    -- http://members.aol.com/BarbrFam/3index.html

    4948. John Bancroft

    4949. Anne unknown

    SRC: The American Genealogist v. 37 p. 154 (1961) REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=hwbradley&id=I20814

    "I thought it might be useful to summarize the probable ancestors and family of (9896) Thomas Bancroft as described in these articles, which are found in Vol 37, p154 (1961), Vol 42, p.210 (1966), and Vol 67, p.112 (1992):

    "* Thomas Bancroft, of Swarkeston, Derby, England, died ca 1626. His will mentions his wife (9897) Rebecca and five children: (4948) John, (9897ii) Ralph, (9897iii) Thomas, (9897iv) Dorothy and (9897v) Elizabeth (NEH&GR, Vol 56, p.86)

    "* John Bancroft apparently decided to emigrate to New England with his family and sold his holdings at Swarkeston, but died at nearby Kings Newton, Derby, England, before May 12, 1635 when his will was proved. Thus he did not come to New England in the James. John’s wife, who is named in his will, was (4949) Anne not Jane. (The confusion seems to have been introduced by the early assumption (Savage?) that John Barcroft, whose wife was named Jane and who did come over on the James, was actually John Bancroft. However it seems that these were two different individuals; John and Jane Barcroft appear to have gotten in crosswise with the Puritans and may have moved to Virginia.)

    "* The widow Anne Bancroft, with her seven children, probably came to New England with the influential Nathaniel Sowther, a witness to John’s will and an overseer of his estate. She moved with her family from Massachusetts to Southampton, Long Island, NY; some of the family, including her children John, Thomas and Anna/Hannah, later moved to the Connecticut Valley. (4949i) John married (4949i[1]) Hannah Dupper in 1650, and (4949ii) Anna married (4949ii[1]) John Griffin in 1647. (2474) Thomas married (1) (2474[1]) Margaret Wright, (2) (2475) Hannah, perhaps the daughter of (4950) Samuel Gardner, and died in Enfield in1684."

    -- http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?wright::bancroft::198.html c/o Hal Langworthy hal@rochester.rr.com

    4950. prob. Samuel Gardner

    "GARDNER, ...(4950) SAMUEL, Hartford, or Wethersfield 1641, rem. to Hadley 1663, there liv. 1678, had Samuel, wh. d. 1676, unm. and Joseph, wh. d. 1684, leav. wid. but no ch. He had also five ds. wh. m. but the male line failed."

    -- James Savage, op. cit.

    4951. prob. Elizabeth (Belding?)

    REF: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=nonmaskable&id=I10693

    "No substantive evidence has been found for the parents of (4950) Samuel Gardner, and ...published claims of his parents do not survive critical review of claimed dates, places and ...relationships. The basic Gardner family information is from Genealogies of Hadley Families, by Lucius M. Boltwood (1905, reprinted Baltimore 1979), and other standard colonial New England sources...

    "One source states [(2475) Hannah Gardner] was married in 1675 to (4949i_a) Nathaniel Bancroft, but this has not been confirmed."

    -- Preston-Gardner, From the files of Stephen M. Lawson, http://kinnexions.com/smlawson/preston.htm

    "There was Thomas Gardner, of Sherborne, Dorsetshire, England, who came to America in 1624 and settled in Salem, Mass. Any relation? Also there was a John S. Gardner, who came from England and settled at Hingham, Mass., in 1617; from him one line of descent is traced through his son Thomas and his wife Abigail Ellis; their son Obadiah and his wife Lois. Any relation? Most secondary sources note that no proven ancestry has been found (4950) Samuel Gardner."

    -- http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kerryap&id=I1307

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