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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

In 1530, William Giles Gilbert entered the world in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Giles Gilbert and Jane Roberta Haydon. William Giles Gilbert married Joan Pearce, and had children including Ann Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, John I Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, William Gilbert, Susannah Gilbert, Humpherey Gilbert, John Giles Gilbert. William Giles Gilbert passed away in 1595 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1530, William Giles Gilbert entered the world in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, born to Robert Giles Gilbert and Jane Roberta Haydon.
  • William Giles Gilbert married Joan Pearce, and had children including Ann Gilbert, Thomas Gilbert, John Gilbert, Giles Gilbert, Matthew Gilbert, Elizabeth Gilbert, John I Gilbert, Joan Gilbert, William Gilbert, Susannah Gilbert, Humpherey Gilbert, John Giles Gilbert.
  • William Giles Gilbert passed away in 1595 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Gilbert
1510 – 1557
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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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
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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
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John Gilbert
1573 – 1608
Birth Location: Wendron, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
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Giles Gilbert
1573 – 1626
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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Matthew Gilbert
1574 – 1637
Birth Location: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
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Elizabeth Gilbert
1575 –
Birth Location: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
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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
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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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William Gilbert's Ancestors

Self
William Gilbert
1530 – 1595
Birth Place: Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Robert Giles Gilbert
1510 – 1557
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Jane (Roberta) Haydon
1514 – 1572
Woodbury with Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Gilbert
1475 – 1546
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Joan Hackett
1478 – 1546
Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Richard Haydon
1452 – 1533
Woodbury with Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Kimbre
1452 – 1533
Woodbury with Exton, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Gilbert
1450 – 1494
Hanna Lacy
1454 – 1555
John Hackett
1450 – 1494
William Boughwood
1405 – 1454
Susan Devon
1415 – 1470
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Otho Gilbert
1419 – 1493
Elizabeth Hill
1423 – 1456
John Hackett
1430 – 1449
Henry Ebford
1384 – 1407
Ann Boleyn
1440 – 1510
Devon
1390 –
Devon

William Gilbert's Descendants

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William (Giles) Gilbert (1530 – 17 JUN 1595) m. Joan Pearce (1539 – 16 APR 1597)
  1. 1. Ann Gilbert (ABT 1551 – 1595)
  2. 2. Thomas Gilbert (1562 – 1589) m. Aleny Brooke (1560 – ) m. Thomas Gilbert (ABT 1567 – ) m. Margery Morken (31 MAY 1553 – 1591)
  3. 3. John Gilbert (1573 – 5 JUL 1608) m. Alice Molineux (1577 – 1625) m. Jon (ABT 1577 – ) m. Jane Jenkins (1573 – ) m. Miss (Moly) Neoux
  4. 4. Giles Gilbert (12 AUG 1573 – 23 MAR 1626) m. Mary Celley (1573 – 6 JAN 1643)
  5. 5. Matthew Gilbert (1574 – 1637) m. Mary Gilbert (1579 – ) m. Mary (ABT 1579 – )
  6. 6. Elizabeth Gilbert (22 SEP 1575 – ) m. Robert Chandler (1573 – From 1601 to 1664)
  7. 7. John (I) Gilbert (17 SEP 1577 – MAR 1657) m. Winifred (Combe) Rossiter (1590 – 1663)
    1. 1. Thomas Gilbert (1614 – 1676) m. Blanche (1600 – 1676)
    2. 2. Sarah Gilbert (ABT 1616 – )
    3. 3. Martha Gilbert (ABT 1618 – )
    4. 4. Mary Gilbert (1620 – )
    5. 5. John Gilbert (ABT 1619/1620 – )
    6. 6. Ezekial Gilbert (17 FEB 1621 – AFT 1664)
    7. 7. Mary Gilbert (ABT 1622 – )
    8. 8. Mary Gilbert (ABT 1623 – 29 DEC 1712) m. Nathaniel Norcross (ABT 1618 – 10 AUG 1662)
    9. 9. Mary Gilbert (ABT 1624 – )
    10. 10. Josiah Gilbert (ABT 1625 – 22 AUG 1688) m. Elizabeth Belcher (24 JAN 1632 – 17 OCT 1682)
      1. 1. Benjamin Gilbert (22 SEP 1652 – 9 DEC 1711) m. Mary Riley (22 SEP 1654 – )
      2. 2. Elizabeth Gilbert (28 MAR 1654 – 4 SEP 1714) m. Jonathan Deming (9 SEP 1639 – 8 JAN 1700)
      3. 3. Lidiah Gilbert (8 DEC 1656 – AFT 1705) m. John Riley (15 AUG 1646 – 1711)
      4. 4. Josiah Gilbert (12 SEP 1659 – 1745)
      5. 5. Sarah Gilbert (1 DEC 1661 – BEF 24 JAN 1703) m. Jacob Williams (7 MAR 1665 – 26 SEP 1712)
        1. 1. Anna Williams (11 DEC 1686 – 1749) m. Samuel Steele (1 OCT 1688 – 1761)
        2. 2. Capt (Jacob) Williams (27 FEB 1688 – 29 JAN 1751) m. Martha Belden (1693 – 29 MAR 1716) m. Eunice Standish (31 MAY 1698 – 14 APR 1770)
        3. 3. Ephraim Williams (10 JAN 1691 – 23 JUL 1761) m. Elizabeth Russell (12 MAY 1695 – ) m. <Living>
        4. 4. Stephen Williams (19 MAR 1692 – 17 JAN 1746) m. Ruth Morton ( – 1747) m. Abigaile Wright (8 DEC 1692 – )
        5. 5. David Williams (4 AUG 1692 – 3 JUL 1762) m. Dorothy Sturges (28 AUG 1701 – ) m. Mehitable (Mabel) Rose (12 FEB 1699 – 1754) m. Anne Deming (1700 – )
        6. 6. Daniel Williams (10 JAN 1694 – 29 SEP 1759) m. Mary Howard (11 OCT 1703 – AFT 1759)
        7. 7. Sarah Williams (24 MAR 1698 – 10 MAY 1781) m. Gideon Goodrich (3 OCT 1695 – 9 AUG 1769) m. John Whittelsey (1696 – 1746) m. Buel (<1696> – )
        8. 8. Mehitable (Mabel) Rose (12 FEB 1699 – 1754) m. David Williams (4 AUG 1692 – 3 JUL 1762)
        9. 9. Mary Williams (17 NOV 1701 – 1800) m. John Gillett (16 JUN 1702 – 29 FEB 1764)
      6. 6. Benjamin Gilbert (22 SEP 1662 – 9 DEC 1711)
      7. 7. Eleazer Gilbert (20 SEP 1663 – 15 SEP 1701) m. Mary Moody (30 JAN 1669 – ) m. Mary Moody (28 FEB 1664 – 20 JUN 1725) m. Mary (ABT 1667 – AFT 1708)
      8. 8. Moses Gilbert (12 APR 1666 – BEF 1713) m. Jane Dirck (3 OCT 1674 – 7 MAR 1738) m. Jannetie Dircks m. Jannetje Fluyt (3 OCT 1669 – 7 MAR 1737) m. Jannetje Fluijt
      9. 9. Caleb Gilbert (10 JUN 1668 – AFT 1694) m. Elizabeth Bower (1672 – ) m. Elizabeth Belcher (1670 – ) m. Elizabeth Gilbert (ABT 1696 – )
      10. 10. Mary Gilbert (18 NOV 1670 – 1 DEC 1712) m. Simon Willard (1662 – 8 JAN 1726)
      11. 11. Amy Gilbert (12 APR 1672 – ABT 1739) m. <Living>
      12. 12. John Gilbert (ABT 1674 – 17 NOV 1769) m. Eunice Goff (27 MAR 1696 – )
    11. 11. Giles Gilbert (1626 – 8 JAN 1717) m. Sarah (ABT 1631 – 1681/1682) m. Elizabeth Willmarth (4 APR 1647 – 4 OCT 1690)
    12. 12. Joseph Gilbert (ABT 1626 – )
    13. 13. Joseph Gilbert (ABT 1629 – 1680) m. Martha Slocombe (1639 – 1680)
    14. 14. Elizabeth Gilbert (<1637> – )
    15. 15. Jane Gilbert (1657 – 14 SEP 1715) m. Samuel Gulliver (14 DEC 1650 – 28 NOV 1706)
  8. 8. Joan Gilbert (3 DEC 1581 – 22 JAN 1635) m. Giles Penn (1573 – 1642)
  9. 9. William Gilbert (ABT 1582 – AFT 1668)
  10. 10. Susannah Gilbert (9 DEC 1584 – 18 FEB 1603) m. Nicholas (A.) Street (6 OCT 1576 – 13 FEB 1617)
  11. 11. Humpherey Gilbert (ABT 1588 – 6 DEC 1648) m. Margarett Gill (ABT 1588 – ) m. Elizabeth (ABT 1530 – )
  12. 12. John (Giles) Gilbert (1592 – ) m. Winfred Rossiter (1596 – )

William Gilbert's Timeline

2 Records

1530
1530
Birth of William Giles Gilbert in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
1595
17 JUN 1595
Age 65
Death of William Giles Gilbert in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Bridgwater, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

Sources

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

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