on Feb 1 1609/10. He died early in 1641 and his will was proved on the
16th of April of thet year. (The New York Genealogy and Giographical Record
of Oct 1910, pp. 182-283, gives clues from English Archives contributing
to American Gen. and it lists "Will of William Gyllett of Chaffcombe, Co.
Somerset, dated 1641.
Had a brother mentioned in his will by the name of Richard.
Info from Gale Bardwell Polley, he may of died at Tauton, Somersethshire,
England.
Also there was a will , dated 1 July 1600 probated 16 July 1600 for Richard
Gillett of Caudle Haddon, Dorset, Husbandman. He listed sons, Richard and
William which would satisfy the Chronological and geographical requirements
of the father of william. this gotten from Search for passengers of Mary
and John 1630. Vol. 15.
From the Book on Johathan and Nathanial Gillet. Children were:
2496 i.
Jonathan GILLET.
ii.
Habiah GYLLETT(14) was born about
1602 in , England. ! Information on all of this family came from same as fathers.
iii.
Mary GYLLETT(14) was born about 1604
in , England. ! Information on all of this family came from same as fathers.
iv.
Andrew GYLLETT(14) was born about
1606 in Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. He was christened about 1623 in Chaffcombe,
Somerset, England. !Was baptized April 1623.
v.
Nathaniel GILLET(14) was born about
1608 in Somerset, England. He died between 1688 and 1692 in Simsbury, Hartford,
CT. ! had a lot that was on the West side and paralleeled Jonathan's his brother.
Nathan joined t he church at Windsor Aug 29 1641. He was granted
50 acres of land near Simsbury on 12 Oct 1671, for his services in the Pequot War.
This info gotten from Gale Polley.
vi.
William GYLLETT(14) was born about
1610 in Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. !In fathers will; To my son, William
the next reversioner of said land,
shall surrender his estate unto Thomas when requested thereunto.
A Captain and served in the Irish Wars of 1690-91, and was killed in the
battle of Aughium on 12 July 1691, probably in charge of the French Huguenots
Cavalry.
May of been born in Chaffcomb Somerset England.
vii.
Elias GILLET Rev.(14) was christened
on 11 Feb 1611/12 in Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. He was born about 1612 in
Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. He died in , England. ! Inn Hall, matriculated
7 May 1632, age 20 B.A. 7 June 1632, M.A.
23 Apr.
1635. Ellias was probably the father of another Rev. Elias Gillet, of Christ Church College , Oxford, ordained a deacon 19 Sep. 1675, and a priest
20 Dec. 1679, then instituted to Rector Misterton, County Somerset, on 15 Feb. 1680-81. Th e 2nd Elias died 1703 and was the father of another
clergyman, William Gillett, who matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford,
7 Mar. 1703-04, age 18; B.A. 1707.
Baptized 11 Feb 1611/12.
viii.
Thomas GYLLETT(14) was born about
1614 in Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. He was christened on 27 Mar 1621 in Chaffcombe,
Somerset, England. !Was baptized 27 Mar 1621
ix.
Jeremiah GILLET(14) was born about
1616 in , England. He died in , England. ! The Other Gilletts found in the
American Genealogists. It has been pointed
out that Jeremiah , brother of Jonathan and Nathan seems to have been early in
Windsor and to have participated in the Pequot War in 1637. In 1641 he was
back in England when his father made his will. In 1674 he received, probably
through the efforts of his relatives here, the colonial grant of 50 acres to
which he was entitled as a veteran, and it may be the same grant to which
reference was made in Simsbury records in 1678. It is worthy of notice that
Nathan lived in Simsbury and obtained his own grant 2 and a half years before
Jeremiah obtained his. No acutal proof has been found that any Jeremiah
Gillett occupied the land or lived in Simsbury much before 1695, when a house
lot was giben him and the former grant was laid out. It is therefore possible
to suppose that Jeremiah returned to England shortly after 1637 and lived there
at the time of the grant, until 20 years after that. His brother Nathan looked
after his local interest.
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