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Jacob Gillett

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• • 5th Great-grandfather of Taylor Swift — 8th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 150 
  • Father:
  • Nathaniel Gillett 
  • Mother:
  • Mercy Smith   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 22 Feb 1777 
  • Death Location:
  • Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mott Cemetery, Lebanon Springs, Columbia, New York 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Deborah Monroe
  • Marriage Date:
  • 31 Dec 1769 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut 
  • Children:
  
  

  Joseph Gillett

  Annis Gillett

  Tarzah Gillett (Ahnentafel No:75 )

  Jacob Gillett

  • Notes: 

  • In some of the Salisbury, Connecticut, vital records, Jacob Gillett's given name is also seen as Isaac.

    This Jacob Gillett is sometimes confused with the man of the same name who died while in the army in New York 23 JAN 1777. That Jacob Gillett was from Lebanon, Connecticut, and was born about 1756 as he was only 21 years old at the time of his death.

• Sources for Jacob Gillett

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Marriage record for Jacob Gillett and Deborah Munrow.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Birth record for Jacob Gillett.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Salisbury, p. 48, Birth records for children of Jacob [Isaac] and Deborah Gillett.
  • ⁴ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A044890, read notice about invalid line.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/28/2020).
  • ⁶ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1991, Vol. 8, pp. 116-117.
  • ⁷ McGuire, Joan S. Guilford, The Monroe Book: Being the History of the Munro Clan From Its Origins in Scotland to Settlement in New England and . . ., Franklin, North Carolina: Genealogy Publishing Service (1993), 291-292, gives Jacob's death date as 23 JAN 1777.

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