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Michael Gilbert was born on 24 Jan 1669 in Leeds, Yorks, England. 

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Mary Gilbert was born on 6 Feb 1671 in Leeds, Yorks, England.

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Robert Gilbert was born on 4 Sep 1673 in Leeds, Yorks, England.

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Thomas Gilbert was born on 12 Aug 1676 in Leeds, Yorks, England.

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Gervaise (or Jarvis) Gilbert was born on 15 Apr 1680 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, christened on 6 May 1680 in St. Peters, Leeds, Yorks, England.  He died on 5 Jun 1739 in , Baltimore Co., Maryland,  was buried on 18 Jun 1739 in , Baltimore, Maryland.  He married about 1706 in Harford Co, MD.  Margaret b. ca. 1684 - Died 16 Jan 1714/15 in Baltimore Co., MD.  He married second after 1715 in, Baltimore, Maryland, Mary b. ca. 1695.

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Charles Gilbert was born on 11 Apr 1684 in Leeds, Yorks, England. He died after 1756.

GARVIS  GILBERT

THE  GILBERTS OF HARFORD COUNTY MARYLAND

Garvis  GILBERT, our emigrant ancestor, was born 15 April 1680 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. He married twice and surnames of both his wives are unknown. His first wife was Margaret and his second wife was Mary. The first child of Garvis was born 1707 in Baltimore County, Maryland (now Harford County). From this record we know that he was in this country in early 1700. His name first appears in Baltimore County in 1699 in the Middle River Hundred,

Garvis  GILBERT (sometimes Gervais, Jarvis, Garvies) may have been the son of Michael  GILBERT and Dorothy Hargrave. If so he was born 15 April 1680 at Leeds, Yorkshirehire, England. While there has been no primary proof that Garvis who came to Maryland was their son, so much circumstantial evidence shows this to be true, that after analysis and research by many different parties this is considered [by some to be] a reasonable conclusion. (Marcum, “The Way it Was with our Ancestors.")

The name Garvis  GILBERT (sometimes spelled Jarvis or Gervais) first appears in Baltimore (now Harford) County MD in 1699 in the Middle River Hundred. (From Taxables in Baltimore County, 1699, Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol 8, page 64). (Henry C Peden Jr (707 Bedford Rd, Bel Air MD 21014),  GILBERT Records in Harford County MD, Bel Air Copy Center, Bel Air MD, ©1986:

Baltimore County, Maryland Tax Lists (from LDS records) show the following:

1702-Jervis Gilbard, South Gunpowder Hd;

1703-Gervais  GILBERT, South Gunpowder Hd;

1704-Jervis  GILBERT, North Gunpowder Hd;

1705-Garvies  GILBERT, North Gunpowder Hd;

1706-Jarvis  GILBERT, North Gunpowder Hundred.

4 Nov 1707 - Garvis  GILBERT purchased a tract of land located on the head of the middle branch of the Bush River in North Gunpowder Hundred, Baltimore County MD from William Lowe and his wife Rebecca (Marcum citing Baltimore County MD land deed records (Liber HW, No. B, folio 49). According to Marcum this was the homestead of Garvis throughout his life.

Garvis  GILBERT paid 5,000 pounds of tobacco to William Lough (Lowe) for the property and it was laid out as 100 acres, more or less, and contained plantation houses, edifices, buildings, fences, orchards, gardens, pastures and woods, became known as Lowe's Lot and lay near the line of the land called The Agreement. (According to Davis (Baltimore County Land Records Vol RM:561-562),

22 Jan 1722 until 11 Apr 1726, Vestry records of Spesutia Church, St George's Parish show that Garvis GILBERT was a Vestryman at the Spesutia Church.

1727 - "In 1727 he (Garvis  GILBERT) bought Hall's Pipe, 145 acres on Swan Creek for 50 pounds Sterling. He also bought Clark's Tobacco, 71 acres on Swan Creek (Wilbur E Davis, The  GILBERT Family).

1735 - Garvis  GILBERT, "for the natural love and affection which I have and do bear unto my son Michael  GILBERT," gave Michael land to be released to his brothers at the time of his (Garvis') death: Clark's Tobacco, 60 acres; Hall's Pipe, 145 acres;  GILBERT's Chance, 40 acres. (Marcum citing Baltimore County MD land deed records (Lib. HWS, No. M, folio 302).

2 Jun 1739/17 Jun 1739 - The will of Gravis  GILBERT of Baltimore County, planter, was dated June 2, 1739 and proved June 17, 1739.

To his son Samuel he gave a tract called  GILBERT's Addition and part of  GILBERT's Outlet, joining to Edward Hall's Road;

To his son Garvis he gave Bow's (Lowe's) Lot and remainder of Outlet, joining;

To his son Charles he gave dwelling plantation Clark's Tobacco,  GILBERT's Chance, and Negro Man, Oliver, after demise of wife;

To his son Aquila he gave The Agreement and Negro woman, Charity, after demise of wife;

To his son Benjamin he gave ten pounds of money when he became of age;

to his son Daniel he gave ten pounds of money when he became of age;

To his daughter Hannah he gave a cow, one feather bed and furniture, and Negro child, Oliver, after demise of wife;

To his daughters, Mary and Martha, he gave each ten pounds of money when they became age 16 or at their marriage.

The executors of this will were his wife Mary and Michael  GILBERT.

Wit: Obd Pritchard, James Pritchard, and James Canell (Camell,Camill).).

(Will dated 2 Jun 1739 and filed 10 Jun 1739 by Obadiah Pritchard and James Pritchard. Administration bond posted 7 Nov 1739 by the executors with John Durbin and Samuel Pritchard securities; estate administered 12 Aug 1740 by execs).

The date of death of Garvis  GILBERT has been determined to be 5/6 Jun 1739. (Marcum citing Baltimore County MD Perogative Court Wills 22, page 79).

The property of Gravis  GILBERT, dec'd, distributed to his sons by executor Michael  GILBERT follow:

• 1740 (HWS, LS, 420) Samuel  GILBERT, Clark's Tobacco, 60 acres.
• 1740 (HWS, IA, 413) Jarvis  GILBERT, Lowe's Lot, 100 acres, part of  GILBERT's Outlet, 125 acres.
• 1742 (TB, C, 204) Charles  GILBERT, Clarke's Tobacco, 40 acres; Union, 60 acres;  GILBERT's Chance.
• 1753 (ABB, J, 17) Aquilla  GILBERT, Hall's Mill Run, 200 acres.

(Marcum citing Baltimore County MD land deed records)

Even though Michael  GILBERT is not named in Garvis' will as his son, it is proven in a gift deed in the Hall of Records in Annapolis, Maryland, that Garvis  GILBERT "for the natural love and affection which I have and do bear unto my son Michael  GILBERT." he gave land to Michael to be released to his brothers at the time of his (Garvis) death.

The Church Register shows the death of Charles  GILBERT, son of Gervase and Mary, and also the death of their daughter, Mary.

It is surmised that after the death of these children, Gervase and Mary had other children of the same name, as they are mentioned in his will of 1739. It was a familiar custom that when one child was named and died as an infant, another one would be named the same name. Garvis GILBERT fathered fifteen children and his line established the  GILBERT family in Harford County, Maryland. The microfilm records of St. John's and St. George's parishes are full of birth, death, and marriage records on the  GILBERTs of Harford County Maryland.

a grantee of a deed on 3 Mar 1713 in Bush River, Baltimore Co., MD. a grantee of a deed on 7 Oct 1727 in Swan Creek, Baltimore Co., MD.

1727 - Wilbur E Davis, The  GILBERT Family: "In 1727 he (Garvis  GILBERT) bought
Hall's Pipe, 145 acres on Swan Creek for 50 pounds Sterling. He also bought
Clark's Tobacco, 71 acres on Swan Creek.

1735 - Marcum citing Baltimore County MD land deed records (Lib. HWS, No. M,
folio 302): Garvis  GILBERT, "for the natural love and affection which I have
and do bear unto my son Michael  GILBERT," gave Michael land to be released to
his brothers at the time of his (Garvis') death: Clark's Tobacco, 60 acres;
Hall's Pipe, 145 acres;  GILBERT's Chance, 40 acres.
From about 1748 until the late 1750's five of Garvis Gilbert's sons, Samuel, Garvis, Aquilla, Benjamin and Daniel moved to Bedford (formerly Lunenburg and now Campbell) County, Virginia. Two of his sons, Michael and Charles, remained in Baltimore County, MD; however, some of their children later moved to Virginia.

In 1773 the northeastern end of Baltimore County, Maryland was carved off to establish the new county of Harford, with its county seat at Bel Air. The coastal portion of Hartford County contains the towns of Havre de Grace of Aberdeen.

Most of Garvis' property lay west of the town of Havre De Grace and to the south and east of Aberdeen, including the northern portion of the present Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Descedants of Garvis Gilbert's sons, Michael and Charles Gilbert, inherited large portions of the original Garvis Gilbert estate.

 

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