Genealogy:
Daniel Gilbert was born on February 15th, 1729 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Esther (Perkins) Gilbert. Benjamin's father was John, and John's father was Humphrey.
Humphrey was the first of his family to settle in America, Ipswich to be precise. His will was made the day before he died.
His son John (born 1657/58) was a deacon, married Elizabeth Kilham in 1677 and on February 1st, 1691 had a son Benjamin.
Benjamin, a farmer, married Esther Perkins on 8/9/1716, had two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and removed to Brookfield in 1747. Benjamin was sold lot Number 51 (as recorded in the early settler's deeds with map in Temple's History of North Brookfield) by Jonathan Burk for £1,412 old tenor. This lot comprised the land which includes the current intersection of North and South Main streets and Gilbert Street, and the modern center of town. In 1756 Benjamin sold forty acres of the south-west part of the lot to his son Daniel, who sold a year later to Dr. Benjamin Gott.
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. Daniel married Lucy Barnes on June 6th, 1753 at the age of 26 and had eight children together:
Benjamin, b. 1755, moved to Middlefield, NY.
Lucy, b. 1758, m. Joseph Dane of Brookfield in 1771 and d. in West Brookfield 5/29/1834 age 76.
Mercy, b. 1760, m. (1) Charles Bruce of N. Brookfield in 1779; (2) Nathan Moore of Brookfield in 1786 and d. 4/28/1837 age 77.
Esther, b. 1762, m. Joseph Waite of Brookfield in 1785, and d. in N. Brookfield 2/23/1800 age 38.
Mary, b. 1764, m. John Rice of Brookfield in 1788.
Humphrey, b. 1767, m. Elizabeth Bond in 1790, d. N. Brookfield 2/18/1816 age 49. (She d. in 1861 age 95)
Hannah, b. 1772, m. Jabez Ayers of Brookfield in 1795, d. in N. Brookfield 1/6/1842 age 70.
Abigail, b. 1772, m. Justus Fowler of West field in 1797, d. 3/27/1813 age 41.
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. She gave him two more children:
9. Elizabeth, b. 1774, m. Ephraim Spaulding in 1794, and d. 3/29/1801 age 27.
10. Joseph, b. 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 had only been a widow for under two years before this marriage. She died on July 7th, 1818.
Out of his 10 children, Daniel outlived at least four of them. He died in Brookfield on April 2nd, 1824 at the age of 96, probably at his farm on what is presently Cider Mill Rd. He was a farmer.
Military Service/Achievements:
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.
The American Revolution
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".
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.
Later life and achievements:
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 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. In 1779 Gilbert is acknowledged for being 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.
Daniel Gilbert was born on February 15th, 1729 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Esther (Perkins) Gilbert. Benjamin's father was John, and John's father was Humphrey.
Humphrey was the first of his family to settle in America, Ipswich to be precise. His will was made the day before he died.
His son John (born 1657/58) was a deacon, married Elizabeth Kilham in 1677 and on February 1st, 1691 had a son Benjamin.
Benjamin, a farmer, married Esther Perkins on 8/9/1716, had two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and removed to Brookfield in 1747. Benjamin was sold lot Number 51 (as recorded in the early settler's deeds with map in Temple's History of North Brookfield) by Jonathan Burk for £1,412 old tenor. This lot comprised the land which includes the current intersection of North and South Main streets and Gilbert Street, and the modern center of town. In 1756 Benjamin sold forty acres of the south-west part of the lot to his son Daniel, who sold a year later to Dr. Benjamin Gott.
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. Daniel married Lucy Barnes on June 6th, 1753 at the age of 26 and had eight children together:
Benjamin, b. 1755, moved to Middlefield, NY.
Lucy, b. 1758, m. Joseph Dane of Brookfield in 1771 and d. in West Brookfield 5/29/1834 age 76.
Mercy, b. 1760, m. (1) Charles Bruce of N. Brookfield in 1779; (2) Nathan Moore of Brookfield in 1786 and d. 4/28/1837 age 77.
Esther, b. 1762, m. Joseph Waite of Brookfield in 1785, and d. in N. Brookfield 2/23/1800 age 38.
Mary, b. 1764, m. John Rice of Brookfield in 1788.
Humphrey, b. 1767, m. Elizabeth Bond in 1790, d. N. Brookfield 2/18/1816 age 49. (She d. in 1861 age 95)
Hannah, b. 1772, m. Jabez Ayers of Brookfield in 1795, d. in N. Brookfield 1/6/1842 age 70.
Abigail, b. 1772, m. Justus Fowler of West field in 1797, d. 3/27/1813 age 41.
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. She gave him two more children:
9. Elizabeth, b. 1774, m. Ephraim Spaulding in 1794, and d. 3/29/1801 age 27.
10. Joseph, b. 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 had only been a widow for under two years before this marriage. She died on July 7th, 1818.
Out of his 10 children, Daniel outlived at least four of them. He died in Brookfield on April 2nd, 1824 at the age of 96, probably at his farm on what is presently Cider Mill Rd. He was a farmer.
Military Service/Achievements:
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.
The American Revolution
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".
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.
Later life and achievements:
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 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. In 1779 Gilbert is acknowledged for being 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.
Genealogy:
Daniel Gilbert was born on February 15th, 1729 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Esther (Perkins) Gilbert. Benjamin's father was John, and John's father was Humphrey.
Humphrey was the first of his family to settle in America, Ipswich to be precise. His will was made the day before he died.
His son John (born 1657/58) was a deacon, married Elizabeth Kilham in 1677 and on February 1st, 1691 had a son Benjamin.
Benjamin, a farmer, married Esther Perkins on 8/9/1716, had two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and removed to Brookfield in 1747. Benjamin was sold lot Number 51 (as recorded in the early settler's deeds with map in Temple's History of North Brookfield) by Jonathan Burk for £1,412 old tenor. This lot comprised the land which includes the current intersection of North and South Main streets and Gilbert Street, and the modern center of town. In 1756 Benjamin sold forty acres of the south-west part of the lot to his son Daniel, who sold a year later to Dr. Benjamin Gott.
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. Daniel married Lucy Barnes on June 6th, 1753 at the age of 26 and had eight children together:
Benjamin, b. 1755, moved to Middlefield, NY.
Lucy, b. 1758, m. Joseph Dane of Brookfield in 1771 and d. in West Brookfield 5/29/1834 age 76.
Mercy, b. 1760, m. (1) Charles Bruce of N. Brookfield in 1779; (2) Nathan Moore of Brookfield in 1786 and d. 4/28/1837 age 77.
Esther, b. 1762, m. Joseph Waite of Brookfield in 1785, and d. in N. Brookfield 2/23/1800 age 38.
Mary, b. 1764, m. John Rice of Brookfield in 1788.
Humphrey, b. 1767, m. Elizabeth Bond in 1790, d. N. Brookfield 2/18/1816 age 49. (She d. in 1861 age 95)
Hannah, b. 1772, m. Jabez Ayers of Brookfield in 1795, d. in N. Brookfield 1/6/1842 age 70.
Abigail, b. 1772, m. Justus Fowler of West field in 1797, d. 3/27/1813 age 41.
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. She gave him two more children:
9. Elizabeth, b. 1774, m. Ephraim Spaulding in 1794, and d. 3/29/1801 age 27.
10. Joseph, b. 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 had only been a widow for under two years before this marriage. She died on July 7th, 1818.
Out of his 10 children, Daniel outlived at least four of them. He died in Brookfield on April 2nd, 1824 at the age of 96, probably at his farm on what is presently Cider Mill Rd. He was a farmer.
Military Service/Achievements:
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.
The American Revolution
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".
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.
Later life and achievements:
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 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. In 1779 Gilbert is acknowledged for being 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.
Daniel Gilbert was born on February 15th, 1729 in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Benjamin and Esther (Perkins) Gilbert. Benjamin's father was John, and John's father was Humphrey.
Humphrey was the first of his family to settle in America, Ipswich to be precise. His will was made the day before he died.
His son John (born 1657/58) was a deacon, married Elizabeth Kilham in 1677 and on February 1st, 1691 had a son Benjamin.
Benjamin, a farmer, married Esther Perkins on 8/9/1716, had two sons, Daniel and Joseph, and removed to Brookfield in 1747. Benjamin was sold lot Number 51 (as recorded in the early settler's deeds with map in Temple's History of North Brookfield) by Jonathan Burk for £1,412 old tenor. This lot comprised the land which includes the current intersection of North and South Main streets and Gilbert Street, and the modern center of town. In 1756 Benjamin sold forty acres of the south-west part of the lot to his son Daniel, who sold a year later to Dr. Benjamin Gott.
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. Daniel married Lucy Barnes on June 6th, 1753 at the age of 26 and had eight children together:
Benjamin, b. 1755, moved to Middlefield, NY.
Lucy, b. 1758, m. Joseph Dane of Brookfield in 1771 and d. in West Brookfield 5/29/1834 age 76.
Mercy, b. 1760, m. (1) Charles Bruce of N. Brookfield in 1779; (2) Nathan Moore of Brookfield in 1786 and d. 4/28/1837 age 77.
Esther, b. 1762, m. Joseph Waite of Brookfield in 1785, and d. in N. Brookfield 2/23/1800 age 38.
Mary, b. 1764, m. John Rice of Brookfield in 1788.
Humphrey, b. 1767, m. Elizabeth Bond in 1790, d. N. Brookfield 2/18/1816 age 49. (She d. in 1861 age 95)
Hannah, b. 1772, m. Jabez Ayers of Brookfield in 1795, d. in N. Brookfield 1/6/1842 age 70.
Abigail, b. 1772, m. Justus Fowler of West field in 1797, d. 3/27/1813 age 41.
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. She gave him two more children:
9. Elizabeth, b. 1774, m. Ephraim Spaulding in 1794, and d. 3/29/1801 age 27.
10. Joseph, b. 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 had only been a widow for under two years before this marriage. She died on July 7th, 1818.
Out of his 10 children, Daniel outlived at least four of them. He died in Brookfield on April 2nd, 1824 at the age of 96, probably at his farm on what is presently Cider Mill Rd. He was a farmer.
Military Service/Achievements:
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.
The American Revolution
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".
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.
Later life and achievements:
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 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. In 1779 Gilbert is acknowledged for being 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.
Bio by: Sam Buzzell
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