Daniel Gilbert
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Daniel Gilbert (1729 - 1824)

Captain Daniel Gilbert
Born in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 26 Jun 1754 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
Husband of — married 18 Jun 1773 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
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Died at age 95 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Gilbert Name Study.

Capt. Daniel Gilbert was born on February 15, 1729 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He died on April 2, 1824, in Brookfield, MA. His parents were Benjamin Gilbert and Esther Perkins.[1]

He was apparently still active in 1810 when at the age of 81 he was one of a committee appointed to draft a petition to incorporate the town of North Brookfield into Brookfield.

He married Lucy Barnes on June 26, 1754.

Together they had these children:

  1. Benjamin Gilbert, b. 1755, m. Mary Starr Cornwall. moved to Middlefield, NY.
  2. Lucy Gilbert, b. 1758, m. Joseph Dane. of Brookfield in 1771 and d. in West Brookfield 5/29/1834 age 76
  3. Mercy Gilbert, b. 1758/1760, and d. 4/28/1837 age 77. m. (1) Charles Bruce )(or Brude) of N. Brookfield in 1779; (2) Nathan Moore b. 1760 of Brookfield in 1786
  4. Hannah Gilbert, m. Jabez Ayres.
  5. Esther, b. 1762, and d. in N. Brookfield 2/23/1800 age 38. m. Joseph Waite of Brookfield in 1785,
  6. Mary, b. 1764, m. John Rice of Brookfield in 1788.
  7. Humphrey, b. 1767, d. N. Brookfield 2/18/1816 age 49. m. Elizabeth Bond in 1790, (She d. in 1861 age 95)
  8. Hannah, b. 1772, d. in N. Brookfield 1/6/1842 age 70. m. Jabez Ayers of Brookfield in 1795,
  9. Abigail, b. 1772 d. 3/27/1813 age 41. m. Justus Fowler of West field in 1797,

Daniel's first wife Lucy Barnes died on April 21st, 1772 at age 43 from giving birth to twins Hannah and Abigail. Just over a year later, he re-married to Elizabeth Gott of Springfield on June 18th, 1773.

Together they had these children:

  1. Elizabeth, b. 1774, m. Ephraim Spaulding in 1794, and d. 3/29/1801 age 27.
  2. Joseph Gilbert, b. 25 Dec 1776, m. ----- Ball of Orange, and died there.

His second wife died on February 14th, 1777. He married a third time at the age of 59 to the widow Mary Goddard Kimball of Brookfield on March 9th, 1778. Mary Gilbert BIRTH 2 Jan 1728 Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, DEATH 7 Jul 1818 (aged 90) Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Mary had been a widow for under two years before this marriage. [2]

Marys Children

  • Abigail Kimbal 1756–1787
  • Aaron Kimball 1757–1833
  • John Kimball 1765–1785
  • Jude Kimball 1770–1850
1776 Project
Captain Daniel Gilbert served with 6th Regiment, Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
SAR insignia
Daniel Gilbert is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 165922
Rank: Captain
Daughters of the American Revolution
Daniel Gilbert is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A045081.

Military Service/Achievements: [3] [4] [5]

Daniel was a Captain in the The American Revolutionary War serving under Col Job Cushing Cushing-1426.

Though he did not respond to the April 19th alarm to march to Lexington & Concord, his brother Joseph led a company of minutemen there and his father Benjamin marched as a fifer.

In 1777, at the age of 48, Daniel Gilbert took the title of Captain, assuming command of a company of Brookfield and Western (now Warren). Peter Hill and Joshua Tyler, buried in the same cemetery, were in his company. He commanded this company at the Battle of Bennington, and at Half Moon, marching from Brookfield on July 30th and serving for one month and three days, i.e. September 2nd.
In 1778 Capt. Daniel Gilbert, along with two other captains with their companies, are recorded as "continuing in the service". And Colonel Job Cushing Cushing-1426
Also in 1778, Gilbert served under Colonel Josiah Whitney's regiment from July 30th to September 13th (1 month 18 days), travel included, at Rhode Island.

French & Indian War

Daniel Gilbert and three other Brookfield men enlisted in Colonel Thatcher's regiment in July 1756. Daniel at this time was 27 years old.

There was an alarm of an Indian attack on a force of English/American militia, and on August 9th, 1757 Brookfield responded. That day men marched from Brookfield to assist, and Daniel Gilbert was one of 4 Corporals in Captain Nathaniel Woolcott's Company. All men who marched from Brookfield arrived after the raid, and the Company Gilbert was in was out for 16 days.

Life and Achievements

In 1757, at the age of 28, Daniel Gilbert bought one of the oldest pieces of owned land in the town; "Pynchon's Farm" which is lot Number 76. It was sold by Elisha Dwight. Cider Mill Road is the road which runs through this land.
In 1788, Gilbert was engaged in the business of smelting iron ore. The furnace was built on the Five Mile River in Brookfield. This business was carried on for twenty years.
Daniel Gilbert was a very active man regarding the politics of North Brookfield, as early as March 14th, 1774 at age 45 when he, with four others, was elected selectman. The rank of Ensign defines him at this election. At the same election, his father Benjamin was elected as a hog reeve (a district official responsible for impounding stray pigs and assessing the damage they caused). In 1775 he and two others were on the town Committee of Inspection for the 2nd Precinct of Brookfield.
In 1779 Gilbert is acknowledged for being a selectman once again, when he and the two others signed ____ for 26 men who marched for Claverack, NY. for three months (one of those was Thomas Tucker).

Daniel was put on the following committee:

"At a legal meeting of the Inhabitants of the Second Precinct in Brookfield on the 30th day of March, A.D. 1791,… Voted to appoint a committee of nine men to take up the matter respecting schooling; to consider the circumstances of all parts of the Precinct, and report to the Precinct the number of Districts that in their opinion will be the most convenient, and to propose to the Precinct the division of the districts".

Daniel Gilbert, being over 80 years old, was still very active, now involved in the quest for the division of North Brookfield from the mother town of Brookfield.

"To consider whether the Parish will vote to be set off as a Separate Town from the other Parishes, with all the privileges of a Town. On the question, Will the inhabitants send a petition to the Legislature, for the purpose of being separated from the other precincts and be incorporated into a Township by the name of North Brookfield?"

82 voted Aye, 10 voted Nay. Daniel and four others were appointed to a committee to draft a petition.

The first application failed, but the citizens of North Brookfield were persistent. Another petition was sent to the Legislature on April 15th, 1811, and Daniel Gilbert, Esquire, was the agent for the Precinct. He and six others of that committee signed the petition. The town of North Brookfield was incorporated on February 28th, 1812. The first town meeting was held on Tuesday, March 10th, 1812, and Daniel Gilbert was chosen moderator.
He was not through with politics yet, however. In 1820, at the age of 92, Gilbert was chosen as a representative in the Massachusetts Legislature. He died four years later.

[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts
  2. ↑ https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/165922
  3. ↑ DAR
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  6. ↑ Bio by: Sam Buzzell, FAG Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113747593/daniel-gilbert : accessed 22 November 2021), memorial page for Capt Daniel Gilbert (15 Feb 1729–2 Apr 1824), Find a Grave Memorial ID 113747593, citing Old West Brookfield Road Cemetery, North Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Pauline Merrick (contributor 47600334) .
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-11-21), "Record of Daniel Gilbert", Ancestor # A045081.
  • "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch
  • Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0547195.
  • Year: 1790; Census Place: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M637; Roll: 4; Page: 79; Image: 99; Family History Library Film: 0568144
  • Year: 1800; Census Place: Western, Worcester, Massachusetts; Series: M32; Roll: 16; Page: 257; Image: 269; Family History Library Film: 205617
  • Year: 1810; Census Place: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 22; Page: 533; Image: 00048; Family History Library Film: 0205630
  • 1820 U S Census; Census Place: North Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts; Page: 175; NARA Roll: M33_55; Image: 188

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile Gilbert-984 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff.




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Gilbert-4525 and Gilbert-984 appear to represent the same person because: Same Daniel, married Lucy Barnes 1754 per Massachusetts Town Records
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