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Gillette Family Genealogy Forum
  
I don't know where your line intersects mine, but I have the following information:Jonathan (Your sp., Jonathon) Gillette b.?-23 Aug 1677 M. Mary Dolbere 24 Mar 1634 son: Samuel Gillette Jonathan and his brother Nathan came in the "Mary and John" which sailed 3/20/1630 and reached Nantasket May 30. All the passengers settled at Mattapan which was renamed Dorchester. He was declared a Freeman 5/6/1635. Went with Nathan to Windsor 1636 where he was a first settler. Maybe later to Simsbury. Samuel Gillette 1643-1676 M. Hannah Dickinson 23 Sep 1668 son: Samuel Gillette, Jr. dau: Hannah Gillette Samuel and his older brother Joseph were first settlers of Deerfield. Joseph was killed at Bloody Brook in 1675 leaving seven children, who settled about Windsor and Simsbury. Samuel was killed at the Falls Fight May 19 1676. His widow Hannah m. May 15 1677 Stephen Jennings of Hatfield. She and her two children between ages of 3 and 6 whose father was Samuel Gillette, were captured in an Indian attack on Hatfield 9/19/1677, and with other prisoners were carried to canada. Stephen Jennings and Benj. Waite made the long journey overland to Quebec to find and ransom them. They succeeded and reached Hatfield again in May 1678. A girl named Captivity Jennings was born early 1678 while her mother was a captive. Samuel Gillette, Jr. 14 May 1672 - 26 Dec 1769 m. Hannah Hathaway At age 4 was captured by Indians as described under his father. Samuel Gillette, 3rd 26 Dec 1703 - ? m. Eunice (Mary?) Clark 23 Apr 1746 son: Moses Gillette Moses Gillette m. Mary (Polly) Foote 1779 son: Nehemiah Gillette Nehemiah Gillette - 8 Jul 1795 - aft 1859 m. Drucilla Platte son: Nathan Platte Gillette Nathan Platte Gillette 1831 -1899 m Sarah Jane Warner son: Theodore Wallace Gillette Theodore Wallace Gillette 3 Jun 1864 - 1932 m. Harriet Matilda Hawthorne sons: Nathan Warner Gillette Theadore Burbank Gillette daus: Helen Hawthorne Gillette Clara Gillette I have all of the line from this point on, so I am sure that your line left this one sometime in the above. Please let me know if I can do anything else. I would also be interested to know if this gave you the information that you were looking for. Al Gillette
  
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