128–129. Samuel Gilbert was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in February 5, 1687/8, and died in Gilead Parish, Hebron, Connecticut, on May 1, 1760. Mercy Warner was born in Deerfield, Massachusetts, on Friday, September 25, 1685, and died in Gilead Parish in Hebron, Connecticut, on October 31, 1759. The Gilbert Family gives her birth date as 15 Sep. 1685. She was buried in Gilead Cemetery. They were married in Deerfield, Connecticut, about 1709. She took the name Mercy Gilbert. He is the son of Samuel and Mary (Rogers) Gilbert. She is the daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Boltwood) Warner. They had ten children:
| i. | Abilena Gilbert was born in Lebanon, Connecticut, on March 10, 1710/11, and died in Sheffield, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1774. She was a twin with Sarah. She married James Sexton; they had ten children: James, Abilena, Anna, Mercy, William, Jasper, Asher, Desire, Frederick, and Rhoda. | |
| ii. | Sarah Gilbert was born in Lebanon on March 10, 1710/11, and died in Hebron, Connecticut, on July 10, 1796. She was a twin with Abilena. She married Thomas Carter; they had an unknown number of children. | |
| iii. | Samuel Gilbert was born in Lebanon on May 1, 1712, and died in Lyme, New Hampshire, on October 16, 1774. He married first Elizabeth Curtis; they had three children: Samuel, Elizabeth, and Anne. He married second Abigail Rowley; they had six children: Thomas, Anne, John, Abigail, Sylvester, and Gardner. | |
| iv. | John Gilbert was baptized in Lebanon or Hebron, Connecticut, on November 21, 1714, and died in Hebron on January 19, 1794. He married Abigail Carter; they had no children. | |
| v. | Elisha Gilbert was born in Hebron on December 10, 1717, and died in New Lebanon, New York, on July 23, 1796. He married first Abigail Curtis; they had one child: Joseph. He married second Hannah Adams; they had nine children: John, Abigail, Elshia, Hannah, Samuel, Lydia, Mary, Benjamin, and John. | |
| vi. | Mary Gilbert was born in Connecticut on August 24, 1719. She married Hosea Curtis. | |
| vii. | Hannah Gilbert was born in Hebron on April 8, 1722, and died on August 15, 1777. She married Joseph Mann. | |
| viii. | Ezra Gilbert [#64]: He was born in Hebron on May 23, 1726, and died in Warren, Connecticut, on September 28, 1805. | |
| ix. | Mercy Gilbert was born in Hebron on November 17, 1728, and died on October 16, 1817. She married Daniel Dart; they had six children: Daniel Gilbert, Anna, Mercy, Abigail, Roxellania, and Daniel Gilbert. | |
| x. | Ebenezer Gilbert was born in Hebron on April 9, 1732, and died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, about 1805. He married first Anna Phelps; they had ten children: Rosannah, Ebenezer, Neziah, Asahel, Anna, Mercy, Lucy, Abigail, Mary, and Hannah. |
Samuel Gilbert probably resided in Hartford until 1707 and removed with his father to Colchester in that year. There is a possibility that he went northward to Northfield or Deerfield, for there he met his wife, Mercy Warner. After their marriage he located not in Colchester, but in the town of Lebanon. His children were baptized by the pastor at Lebanon until 1717. About this time he removed and settled in Gilead Parish of Hebron and continued there until the end of his days. He was appointed Ensign of the North Company or Trainband in the town of Hebron in 1745 and Captain of the Trainband in Gilead Parish in 1749. His will (Colchester Probabate Records, vol. 3, p. 56), dated September 20, 1754, mentions five sons and five daughters. His personal estate was £161.13.06. He was a large landowner.
His first child was born before the youngest child of his parents. Therefore, some have assigned to him Lydia, born September 4, 1707, and Mercy, born October 4, 1708. But in his will he does not mention a daughter, Lydia, or her heirs. Hence, we conclude that Abilena was his oldest child. There are other indications that this is the correct assignment.
On June 22, 1712, Mercy, wife of Samuel Gilbert, publicly owned the
covenant at Lebanon.