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William Giles Gilbert 1530 – 1595 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 17 JUN 1595

Death Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Gilbert

Mother: Jane Haydon

Spouse(s): Joan Pearce

Children(s): Ann Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, John Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, William Gilbert, Susannah Gilbert, Humpherey Gilbert, John Gilbert

It was in 1530 that William Giles Gilbert was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, a child of Robert Giles Gilbert and Jane Roberta Haydon. William Giles Gilbert went on to marry Joan Pearce and had children such as Ann Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, John I Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, William Gilbert, Susannah Gilbert, Humpherey Gilbert and John Giles Gilbert. William Giles Gilbert was deceased by 1595 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Robert Gilbert
1510 – 1557
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
RG
Jane Haydon
1514 – 1572
Birth Location: Woodbury with Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Joan Pearce
1539 – 1597
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
JP

Children(s)

Ann Gilbert
1551 – 1595
Birth Location: England, United Kingdom
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Thomas Gilbert
1562 – 1589
Birth Location: York, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
TG
John Gilbert
1573 – 1608
Birth Location: Wendron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
JG
Giles Gilbert
1573 – 1626
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
GG
Matthew Gilbert
1574 – 1637
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
MG
Elizabeth Gilbert
1575 –
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
EG
John Gilbert
1577 – 1657
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Joan Gilbert
1581 – 1635
Birth Location: Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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William Gilbert
1582 – 1668
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England
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Susannah Gilbert
1584 – 1603
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
SG
Humpherey Gilbert
1588 – 1648
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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John Gilbert
1592 –
Birth Location: Virginia, British Colonial America
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1530
    Event Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 JUN 1595
    Event Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

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