Abner GILBERT b. ABT 1766 d. ABT 1831

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Birth	Abt 1766
	He was about 14-16 in 1780 when he was capture by the Indians.
Gender	Male
Religion	Quaker
Died	Abt 1831 [4]
	He died at age 65.
Age	~ 65 years
Person ID	I10011	Pitards and Lansdales
Last Modified	10 Jun 2006

Father	Benjamin GILBERT, b. Bef 1711, d. 6m 8, 1780, Coeur du Lac, Quebec, Canada (69 years)
Mother	Elizabeth WALTON, b. 3m. 27, 1725, d. 8m. 5, 1810 (85 years)
Married	1760
Family ID	F7584	Group Sheet

Family Ann COOPER, b. 7 Jul 1768, Sadsbury Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania , d. 12 Nov 1846 (78 years)

Married 1m 18, 1799 [5]

Married by a Justice of the Peace, but stayed within Quakerism.

Children

>	1. Eliza GILBERT, b. 11m 4, 1799, Sewickley, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania , d. 18 May 1862 (63 years)
	2. Benjamin GILBERT, b. 12m 13, 1800, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania ,
	3. George GILBERT, b. 10 Apr 1802,

Family ID F1285 Group Sheet

Notes

He was "one of the Indian captives." His father was Benjamin Gilbert; his family was captured by a group of Mohawks and others in 1780 and taken north to be distributed among tribes who had lost members to white incursions; all were eventually released. He later settled in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania with his brother Benjamin.

"The names of these Indians, with their respective tribes, are as follows:
"Rowland Monteur, first captain; John Monteur, second in command, who was also styled captain, - these two were Mohawks, descended of a French-woman; Samuel Harras, a Cayuga Indian; John Huston and his son, John Huston, Jr., Cayugas; John Fox, of the Delaware nation. The other five were Senecas.
"At this place they made captives of the following persons: Benjamin Gilbert, aged sixty-nine years; Elizabeth, his wife, fifty-three years; Joseph Gilbert, his son, forty-one years; Jesse Gilbert, another son, aged nineteen years; Sarah Gilbert, wife to Jesse, aged nineteen years; Rebecca Gilbert, a daughter, aged sixteen years; Abner Gilbert, a son, aged fourteen years; Elizabeth Gilbert, a daughter, aged twelve years; Thomas Peart, son to Benjamin Gilbert's wife, aged twenty-three years; Benjamin Gilbert, a son of John Gilbert, of Philadelphia, aged eleven years; Andrew Harrigar, of German descent, hired by Benjamin Gilbert, aged twenty-six years; Abigail Dodson (daughter of Samuel Dodson, who lived on a farm near one mile distant from the mill), who came that morning with grist, aged fourteen years. They then proceeded to Benjamin Peart's dwelling, about half a mile farther, and brought himself and family, viz: Benjamin Peart, son to Benjamin Gilbert's wife, aged twenty-seven years; Elizabeth Peart, his wife, aged twenty years; their child, about nine months old."

The story is also told in the History of Westmoreland County, where Abner settled, in a section on the history of the Gilbert family.

Abner was part of the founding of the Friends meeting at Sewickely Twp.: "Abner Gilbert produces a certificate from Friends in Chester County, 8mo. 31, 1798, an unmarried man. . . . The meeting was not yet permanently established . . . Finally, on 8 mo. 30, 1799, it was agreed to establish the meeting . . . Abner Gilbert was appointed overseer 6 mo .29, 1809, and appoint a member of the ‘Meeting for Sufferings' 3 mo 29, 1811, in the room of his brother Benjamin, deceased." [2, 6, 7, 8]

Sources

[S264] Truman Family Genealogy, Don Truman.
[S380] History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1906), 2.473-75.
[S381] A Record of the Cope Family, as Established in America by Oliver Cope, Gilbert Cope, (Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861), 78 (in ref. to son Benjamin’s marriage); 90 (in reference to their son George’s marriage).
[S380] History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1906), 3.373.
[S380] History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1906), 474.
[S241] Histories of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford, (Philadephia: Everts and Richards, 1884), 579-93.
[S241] Histories of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Alfred Mathews and Austin N. Hungerford, (Philadephia: Everts and Richards, 1884), 579-80.
[S380] History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, (New York: Lewis Publishing, 1906), 1.601.

Abner GILBERT[1, 2, 3] Abt 1766 - Abt 1831

Abner GILBERT^{[1, 2, 3]}
Abt 1766 - Abt 1831