Cornelius Gillett, Sr.

CORNELIUS, 2nd known child of Jonathan & Mary (Dolbiar) Gillett, was born say 1636. He married by 1659 Priscilla Kelsey, daughter of WILLIAM KELSEY.

Their child: Sarah (Gillett) Andrews

Source: Anderson's Great Migration Begins.

Cleveland Cleaveland Families, The Genealogy, Vol. 2

Jonathan and his brother Nathan came to Dorchester, Mass., with Rev. John Maverick and Rev. John Warhani (who came from Exeter, CO. Devon, Eng., and both came from Plymouth, Eng., in the Mary, 1630) 1630, freeman May 6, 1635, Windsor 1636, constable 1656, d. 1677 ;

Cornelius^, b. per. in Eng., of Windsor, freem. 1658, m. Priscilla Kelsey ;

Esther^ Gillet m. John Loomis^.

Comments

Birthdate

The birthdate of Cornelius (Gillet) Gillett in America listed as January 10, 1634, is suspect as it predates the likely arrival of Cornelius' mother Mary Dolbere from England - sometime in mid-1634, following her marriage to his father Jonathan (Gylett) Gillett, Sr. in March 1634.

Birth date of July 1636, Dorchester, Suffolk, MA - the source is "The Brothers Jonathan and Nathan Gillett and Some of Their Descendants", Compiled by Alice Lucinda Priest, B.L. of Brookline, Mass., link: http://www.nehrs.org/research/database/register/default.asp?vol=101... <— defunct URL

References

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 27 2016, 22:08:48 UTC

  ---

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Jun 1 2021, 8:01:33 UTC
• Priest Alice L. 1943. Descendants of Jonathan Gillett 160?-1677 of Dorchester Massachusetts and Windsor Connecticut. Brookline Mass: A.L. Priest.
• Gillette families (Gillet--Gillett--Gillette) : including some of the descendants of the immigrants Jonathan Gillet and Nathan Gillet, brothers from Chalcombe, Somersetshire, England to Nantasket, Mass., 1630, to Windsor, Conn., 1632 … http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/603980
• Some descendants of Nathan Gillett of Windsor and Simsbury, Connecticut Statement of Responsibility: by Leon S. Pitman (1999) http://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/555710
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34135256/cornelius-gillett