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William Pennington Gilbert 1725 – 1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Jan 1725

Birth Location: Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1793

Death Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States

Father: John Gilbert

Mother: Elizabeth Brooks

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Hale

Children(s): Eleanor Gilbert

William Pennington Gilbert was born in Virginia, United States in 1725, to John Thomas Gilbert and Elizabeth Ella Brooks. Later in life, William Pennington Gilbert married Elizabeth Ella (Isabel) Hale; among their children were Eleanor Penelope Gilbert. William Pennington Gilbert died in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States, 1793.

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Parents

John Gilbert
1690 – 1735
Birth Location: Bertie, North Carolina, United States
JG
Elizabeth Brooks
1676 – 1730
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
EB

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Hale
1725 – 1808
Birth Location: Virginia, United States
EH

Children(s)

Eleanor Gilbert
1745 – 1823
Birth Location: Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, United States
EG

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1 Jan 1725
    Event Place: Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1784
    Event Place: Halifax, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., State Census, 1784-1787

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1786
    Event Place: District #12, Halifax County, NC
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 459; Image: 268; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1793
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 6 Aug 1793
    Event Place: Boxgrove, Sussex, England
    Record Source: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

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