Ancestry of
Harold Godfrey

(1904–1982)

Thompson Van Gilder

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• • Great-grandfather of Harold Godfrey — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
  • Father:
  • Ezekiel Van Gilder 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Chapman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Jan 1809 
  • Birth Location:
  • New Jersey 
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  • Burial Date:
  • 27 Jan 1891 
  • Burial Location:
  • Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Ocean View, Cape May, New Jersey 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Priscilla Corson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 JAN or FEB 1838 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cape May County, New Jersey 
  • Child:

  Emily Cameron Van Gilder (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Additional marriages for Thompson Van Gilder

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  • Spouse:
  • Esther J. Peterson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 11 Dec 1859
  • Marriage Location:
  • Upper Township, Cape May, New Jersey

• Sources for Thompson Van Gilder

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A036715.
  • ² Federal Census, NJ, Cape May County, 1860, Dennis, p. 47, Image 7 of 40.
  • ³ Federal Census, NJ, Cape May County, 1850, Dennis, Image 34 of 40.
  • ⁴ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/01/2021).
  • ⁵ New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965, Marriage record for Thompson Vangilder and Esther J Peterson.
  • ⁶ New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Records, 1670-1965, Marriage record for Thompson Vangilder and Priscilla Corson.
  • ⁷ Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, Burial record for Thompson Van Gilder.
  • ⁸ Tennessee, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955, Death record for daughter Emily Cameron Godfrey.
  • ⁹ Corson, Orville, Three Hundred Years with the Corson Families in America: Including the Staten Island-Pennsylvania Corsons . . ., Vol. 2, Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Interstate Printing Corporation (1939), 104.