John Gilson, Sr. and Patience Graves

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Husband John Gilson, Sr. ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Jun 1750 - Groton, Middlesex Co, MA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1811 - Warren Co, PA 5
         Buried: 12 Mar 1811 - Daniel Jackson farm, near Warren, Warren Co, PA 6

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         Father: John Gilson (1726-1787) 3
         Mother: Hannah Green (1732-      ) 3

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       Marriage: 1769 - Sunderland, MA 4

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Wife Patience Graves ^{3 6 7}

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           Born: 20 Jun 1749 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1823 6
         Buried:  - Warren, Warren Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Lydia Gilson ⁴

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           Born: 30 Dec 1769 - Sunderland, MA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Owens (      -      ) 4
           Marr: Salisbury, Litchfield Co, CT

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2 F Olive Gilson ^{3 4}

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           Born: 1781 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1806 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elisha Cannon (      -1797) 3 4

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3 F Betsey Gilson ^{5 8}

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           Born: 17 Feb 1791 - Salisbury, Litchfield Co, CT 8
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           Died: 23 Oct 1873 5 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Edward Stevens (      -Bef 1811) 8

         Spouse: Col. John King (1787-1842) 5 8 9
           Marr: 15 Aug 1811 5 8

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4 M Gideon Gilson ¹⁰

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

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5 M John Gilson, Jr. ^{2 11 12}

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           Born: 20 May 1797 - Genesee Co, NY 13
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           Died: 17 Jun 1884 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Fidelia Ball (      -      ) 12 14

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General Notes: Husband - John Gilson, Sr.

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He was a native of New England, either Massachusetts or Connecticut, but before removing to Warren, Pennsylvania, had resided for some years at a point on the Delaware river in New York. His family, accompanied by two other families, reached Warren in May, 1803, floating down from Olean on a raft. John Gilson, jr., was the youngest of a family of eleven children, all of whom lived to be seventy-five or more years of age.

He served in the Revolutionary War.

He was of Scotch descent, and came to America, locating for a short time in Olean, Cattaraugus County, New York. While there he framed a house and rafted it down the Allegheny River until he reached the place where Warren, Pennsylvania, is now situated. There he landed his house and built the first frame residence where the town of Warren now stands. [BOB37, 15]

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General Notes: Wife - Patience Graves

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Thomas Graves, the immigrant ancestor of this family was born in England, before 1585; was of Hartford in 1645; and died at Hatfield, Dec. 1662; his wife was Sarah [Unk]. John Graves, his son, born in England, was killed by the Indians in their attack on Hatfield in 1676; he married, first, Mary Smith, dau. of Lieut. Samuel Smith.
Their son: Samuel Graves, born in 1657, was one of the first 40 settlers of Sunderland; he died March 11, 1721. His wife was Sarah [Unk].
Their son: Noah Graves, b. Dec. 19, 1695; d. March 17, 1773; m. Rebecca, dau. of Benoni Wright; their son Reuben Gilson [Graves], was born in 1724 in Sunderland, and died March 11, 1778. He married Hannah Fuller, September 18, 1748; their daughter: Patience Graves, was born June 10, 1749; married in 1769; John Gilson.

1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 328, 330.

2 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 15.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 555.

4 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 402.

5 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 330.

6 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 368.

7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 400.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 906.

9 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 399.

10 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 328.

11 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 328, 515.

12 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943.

13 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 515.

14 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 16.