Benjamin Gilbert1

M, #2634, b. 1711, d. 8 June 1780
  • Birth*: 17111
  • Marriage*: 30 August 1731; at Abington Monthly Meeting; Spouse: Sarah Mason1
  • Marriage*: 18 August 1760; by license. his 2nd, her 2nd; Spouse: Elizabeth Walton1
  • Death*: 8 June 1780; on banks of St. Lawrence River1
Last Edited: 1 Jun 2011

Parents:

Father: Joseph Gilbert1 b. c 1675, d. 21 Aug 1765
Mother: Rachel Taylor1 b. 15 Jan 1664/65

Family 1:

Sarah Mason d. 6 Dec 1759
  • Marriage*: 30 August 1731; at Abington Monthly Meeting; Spouse: Sarah Mason1

Family 2:

Elizabeth Walton b. 27 May 1725, d. 5 Aug 1810

Notes

  • Note*: On April 25, 1780, Benjamin Gilbert was taken by Indians along with his family and the families of his son and of a neighbor. He died in captivity. The others were eventually released and returned to Byberry in September 1782. See book by Walton, or short account in Justice.1,2
  • Note: Benjamin Gilbert is the great grandfather of esteemed genealogist Gilbert Cope.
  • Note: b's of children 1732-1745 & d. 17383

Citations

  1. [S249] Justice, Alfred Rudulph, Descendants of Robert Taylor : one of the colonizers and early settlers of Pennsylvania under William Penn, with special reference to the descendants of his son Isaac, and his daughters, Rachel Livesey and Mary Lewis (Publ. Philadelphia 1925 : Alfred R. Justice and Joseph W. Taylor. [Viewed on Heritage Quest], ), p. 17.
  2. [S506] Walton, William, A Narrative of the Captivity and Sufferings of Benjamin Gilbert and his Family, who were taken by the Indians in the spring of 1780, to which is prefixed A Short Account of the Gilbert Family who Settled at Byberry. 3rd ed. (Printed 1848 Philadelphia, Richards. Viewed on Google books, ).
  3. [S421] Society of Friends, Abington Monthly Meeting. Women's Minutes and Marriages , Births & Deaths, now Montgomery Co., Pa., abstracted by Gilbert Cope, about 1903. Filmed at Historical Society of Pennsylvania. FHL Microfilm 383,428. Item 2. Births, p. 360, 390.