Gilbert's Father James was born, married and had a family with two boys and two girls under ten in Stonington, CT, all by the time the Revolutionary War started. Nearby New York was offering 500 acre Land Bounty Rights to men who joined the NY Militia in 1776. Rensselear Manor had land deals too with free leases east of Albany. Men in the NY Militia could live their lives at home with their families, but could be called up several times a year for a month or two as needed. James settled in Berlin, Rensselaer County before both existed, and was counted in the 1790 Census of Stephentown, Albany County. More exactly, James acquired at least 50 acres SW of Sweet's Corners (now Cherry Plain, NY) along Bly Hollow Road. And four more large parcels north, one just south east of Kendall Pond, lots along Main Street in Berlin before there was a Berlin, the old Goodell Farm at Hilltop Road north of Berlin 1.5 miles, and a few hundred acres at the top end of Hill Hollow Road in Petersburg on which this Cemetery is located.
Life was very rough and primitive in Stephentown, Albany County before 1790. The roads were only Indian Trails even oxcarts couldn't navigate. The first settlers had to build small log houses. Nothing very suitable for women. It appears the females in James Family stayed in Stonington, at least until much later. Gilbert and his brother James, Jr., took wives and settled in Sweet's Corners and later up a bit north in Berlin.
Gilbert found his first wife already in Sweet's Corners, she was Huldah Sweet and gave him a son, Gilbert Sweet Main. Unfortunately, Huldah seems to have died shortly thereafter. Gilbert returned to Stonington and married Martha Palmer. She helped him settle in Berlin, and they had five children in the Little Hoosic Valley.
Gilbert Sweet Main took off at 17, became a seaman briefly, married and settled in Franklin, Quebec, Canada. He had many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who liked Shiocton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
His brother, James Jr., brought his Wife Mercy Taylor from CT. They had several children in Berlin, but she passed early. James, Jr., then found another local girl at Sweet's Corners, Eunice Bly, and he finished his live with her.
There was a smallpox epidemic in 1813 in the Little Hoosic Valley that killed hundreds. The population at the time was only a couple of thousand.
Mother was Hannah Wallis, often misspelled
BIRTH 2 AUG 1745 • New Hampshire, USA
Gilbert's Son, James (b. 1791), and his brother James' (b. 1766) daughter, Mercy (b. 1794), married in Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, about 1814 . (1st cousins.) Most people have eight great grandparents. James and Mercy's kids had only six.
Gilbert was too young to see action in the Revolutionary War, and died before being called into the War of 1812.
Life was very rough and primitive in Stephentown, Albany County before 1790. The roads were only Indian Trails even oxcarts couldn't navigate. The first settlers had to build small log houses. Nothing very suitable for women. It appears the females in James Family stayed in Stonington, at least until much later. Gilbert and his brother James, Jr., took wives and settled in Sweet's Corners and later up a bit north in Berlin.
Gilbert found his first wife already in Sweet's Corners, she was Huldah Sweet and gave him a son, Gilbert Sweet Main. Unfortunately, Huldah seems to have died shortly thereafter. Gilbert returned to Stonington and married Martha Palmer. She helped him settle in Berlin, and they had five children in the Little Hoosic Valley.
Gilbert Sweet Main took off at 17, became a seaman briefly, married and settled in Franklin, Quebec, Canada. He had many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who liked Shiocton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
His brother, James Jr., brought his Wife Mercy Taylor from CT. They had several children in Berlin, but she passed early. James, Jr., then found another local girl at Sweet's Corners, Eunice Bly, and he finished his live with her.
There was a smallpox epidemic in 1813 in the Little Hoosic Valley that killed hundreds. The population at the time was only a couple of thousand.
Mother was Hannah Wallis, often misspelled
BIRTH 2 AUG 1745 • New Hampshire, USA
Gilbert's Son, James (b. 1791), and his brother James' (b. 1766) daughter, Mercy (b. 1794), married in Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, about 1814 . (1st cousins.) Most people have eight great grandparents. James and Mercy's kids had only six.
Gilbert was too young to see action in the Revolutionary War, and died before being called into the War of 1812.
Gilbert's Father James was born, married and had a family with two boys and two girls under ten in Stonington, CT, all by the time the Revolutionary War started. Nearby New York was offering 500 acre Land Bounty Rights to men who joined the NY Militia in 1776. Rensselear Manor had land deals too with free leases east of Albany. Men in the NY Militia could live their lives at home with their families, but could be called up several times a year for a month or two as needed. James settled in Berlin, Rensselaer County before both existed, and was counted in the 1790 Census of Stephentown, Albany County. More exactly, James acquired at least 50 acres SW of Sweet's Corners (now Cherry Plain, NY) along Bly Hollow Road. And four more large parcels north, one just south east of Kendall Pond, lots along Main Street in Berlin before there was a Berlin, the old Goodell Farm at Hilltop Road north of Berlin 1.5 miles, and a few hundred acres at the top end of Hill Hollow Road in Petersburg on which this Cemetery is located.
Life was very rough and primitive in Stephentown, Albany County before 1790. The roads were only Indian Trails even oxcarts couldn't navigate. The first settlers had to build small log houses. Nothing very suitable for women. It appears the females in James Family stayed in Stonington, at least until much later. Gilbert and his brother James, Jr., took wives and settled in Sweet's Corners and later up a bit north in Berlin.
Gilbert found his first wife already in Sweet's Corners, she was Huldah Sweet and gave him a son, Gilbert Sweet Main. Unfortunately, Huldah seems to have died shortly thereafter. Gilbert returned to Stonington and married Martha Palmer. She helped him settle in Berlin, and they had five children in the Little Hoosic Valley.
Gilbert Sweet Main took off at 17, became a seaman briefly, married and settled in Franklin, Quebec, Canada. He had many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who liked Shiocton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
His brother, James Jr., brought his Wife Mercy Taylor from CT. They had several children in Berlin, but she passed early. James, Jr., then found another local girl at Sweet's Corners, Eunice Bly, and he finished his live with her.
There was a smallpox epidemic in 1813 in the Little Hoosic Valley that killed hundreds. The population at the time was only a couple of thousand.
Mother was Hannah Wallis, often misspelled
BIRTH 2 AUG 1745 • New Hampshire, USA
Gilbert's Son, James (b. 1791), and his brother James' (b. 1766) daughter, Mercy (b. 1794), married in Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, about 1814 . (1st cousins.) Most people have eight great grandparents. James and Mercy's kids had only six.
Gilbert was too young to see action in the Revolutionary War, and died before being called into the War of 1812.
Life was very rough and primitive in Stephentown, Albany County before 1790. The roads were only Indian Trails even oxcarts couldn't navigate. The first settlers had to build small log houses. Nothing very suitable for women. It appears the females in James Family stayed in Stonington, at least until much later. Gilbert and his brother James, Jr., took wives and settled in Sweet's Corners and later up a bit north in Berlin.
Gilbert found his first wife already in Sweet's Corners, she was Huldah Sweet and gave him a son, Gilbert Sweet Main. Unfortunately, Huldah seems to have died shortly thereafter. Gilbert returned to Stonington and married Martha Palmer. She helped him settle in Berlin, and they had five children in the Little Hoosic Valley.
Gilbert Sweet Main took off at 17, became a seaman briefly, married and settled in Franklin, Quebec, Canada. He had many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren who liked Shiocton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
His brother, James Jr., brought his Wife Mercy Taylor from CT. They had several children in Berlin, but she passed early. James, Jr., then found another local girl at Sweet's Corners, Eunice Bly, and he finished his live with her.
There was a smallpox epidemic in 1813 in the Little Hoosic Valley that killed hundreds. The population at the time was only a couple of thousand.
Mother was Hannah Wallis, often misspelled
BIRTH 2 AUG 1745 • New Hampshire, USA
Gilbert's Son, James (b. 1791), and his brother James' (b. 1766) daughter, Mercy (b. 1794), married in Petersburg, Rensselaer, New York, about 1814 . (1st cousins.) Most people have eight great grandparents. James and Mercy's kids had only six.
Gilbert was too young to see action in the Revolutionary War, and died before being called into the War of 1812.
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