This name is also spelled Joseph Gillette.
One of the earliest settlers of the village of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County).
Joseph Gillette (Sr.) was a teamster killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.
"Joseph Gillett was made freeman in [Windsor, Connecticut] 8 Oct. 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct. 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. . . . While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was financially interested in the projective settlement by 1673."
—NEHGR (see Sources).
Born / bap. July 25, 1641.
4. Joseph, s. of Jonathan (1), b. 1641; came as one of our earliest settlers; built on No. 32—the Dr. Willard lot;—was k. with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675. He m. Nov. 24, 1664, Elizabeth, dau. John Hawks of Hadley; she m. (2) Dec. 16, 1680, Nathaniel Dickinson; she d. bef. Apr., 1682.
Ch.:
-Joseph, Nov. 2, 1664(7).
-Elizabeth, June 13, 1666.
-Mary, Sept. 10, 1667.
-Jonathan, Aug. 11, 1669; d. bef. Apr. 17, 1692.
-John, June 10, 1671; capt. by Indians Sept. 16, 1696; Oct. 23, administration was granted on his estate, "he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore as to his personal residence in Deerfield is dead;" he was taken to Canada, where he became a farm servant for the nuns at Montreal; was sent to France, thence to England, whence he was sent home abt. 1698.
-Nathaniel, May 4, 1673.
-Hannah, Jan. 30, 1675.
Sources:
"The brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and some of their descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), v 101, p 44
History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v II, p 173
See cemetery notes for further details and bibliographic sources.
One of the earliest settlers of the village of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County).
Joseph Gillette (Sr.) was a teamster killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.
"Joseph Gillett was made freeman in [Windsor, Connecticut] 8 Oct. 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct. 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. . . . While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was financially interested in the projective settlement by 1673."
—NEHGR (see Sources).
Born / bap. July 25, 1641.
4. Joseph, s. of Jonathan (1), b. 1641; came as one of our earliest settlers; built on No. 32—the Dr. Willard lot;—was k. with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675. He m. Nov. 24, 1664, Elizabeth, dau. John Hawks of Hadley; she m. (2) Dec. 16, 1680, Nathaniel Dickinson; she d. bef. Apr., 1682.
Ch.:
-Joseph, Nov. 2, 1664(7).
-Elizabeth, June 13, 1666.
-Mary, Sept. 10, 1667.
-Jonathan, Aug. 11, 1669; d. bef. Apr. 17, 1692.
-John, June 10, 1671; capt. by Indians Sept. 16, 1696; Oct. 23, administration was granted on his estate, "he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore as to his personal residence in Deerfield is dead;" he was taken to Canada, where he became a farm servant for the nuns at Montreal; was sent to France, thence to England, whence he was sent home abt. 1698.
-Nathaniel, May 4, 1673.
-Hannah, Jan. 30, 1675.
Sources:
"The brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and some of their descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), v 101, p 44
History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v II, p 173
See cemetery notes for further details and bibliographic sources.
This name is also spelled Joseph Gillette.
One of the earliest settlers of the village of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County).
Joseph Gillette (Sr.) was a teamster killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.
"Joseph Gillett was made freeman in [Windsor, Connecticut] 8 Oct. 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct. 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. . . . While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was financially interested in the projective settlement by 1673."
—NEHGR (see Sources).
Born / bap. July 25, 1641.
4. Joseph, s. of Jonathan (1), b. 1641; came as one of our earliest settlers; built on No. 32—the Dr. Willard lot;—was k. with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675. He m. Nov. 24, 1664, Elizabeth, dau. John Hawks of Hadley; she m. (2) Dec. 16, 1680, Nathaniel Dickinson; she d. bef. Apr., 1682.
Ch.:
-Joseph, Nov. 2, 1664(7).
-Elizabeth, June 13, 1666.
-Mary, Sept. 10, 1667.
-Jonathan, Aug. 11, 1669; d. bef. Apr. 17, 1692.
-John, June 10, 1671; capt. by Indians Sept. 16, 1696; Oct. 23, administration was granted on his estate, "he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore as to his personal residence in Deerfield is dead;" he was taken to Canada, where he became a farm servant for the nuns at Montreal; was sent to France, thence to England, whence he was sent home abt. 1698.
-Nathaniel, May 4, 1673.
-Hannah, Jan. 30, 1675.
Sources:
"The brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and some of their descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), v 101, p 44
History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v II, p 173
See cemetery notes for further details and bibliographic sources.
One of the earliest settlers of the village of Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (Deerfield is now in Franklin County).
Joseph Gillette (Sr.) was a teamster killed at Bloody Brook. The teamsters were hauling grain to storage, under the protection of Captain Thomas Lothrop and his soldiers.
"Joseph Gillett was made freeman in [Windsor, Connecticut] 8 Oct. 1668 and is again so listed there 11 Oct. 1669. The births of his seven children are recorded there and the deaths of two. . . . While the Windsor birth records of all seven children suggest that the young family did not move to new-town Deerfield until the spring of 1675, Joseph was financially interested in the projective settlement by 1673."
—NEHGR (see Sources).
Born / bap. July 25, 1641.
4. Joseph, s. of Jonathan (1), b. 1641; came as one of our earliest settlers; built on No. 32—the Dr. Willard lot;—was k. with Capt. Lothrop, Sept. 18, 1675. He m. Nov. 24, 1664, Elizabeth, dau. John Hawks of Hadley; she m. (2) Dec. 16, 1680, Nathaniel Dickinson; she d. bef. Apr., 1682.
Ch.:
-Joseph, Nov. 2, 1664(7).
-Elizabeth, June 13, 1666.
-Mary, Sept. 10, 1667.
-Jonathan, Aug. 11, 1669; d. bef. Apr. 17, 1692.
-John, June 10, 1671; capt. by Indians Sept. 16, 1696; Oct. 23, administration was granted on his estate, "he being killed or captured by the Indians, therefore as to his personal residence in Deerfield is dead;" he was taken to Canada, where he became a farm servant for the nuns at Montreal; was sent to France, thence to England, whence he was sent home abt. 1698.
-Nathaniel, May 4, 1673.
-Hannah, Jan. 30, 1675.
Sources:
"The brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and some of their descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR), v 101, p 44
History of Deerfield, Sheldon, 1895, v II, p 173
See cemetery notes for further details and bibliographic sources.
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