Posted by Ron Gillett
on July 19, 2008, 2:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Rev. William Gillett"
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YES
EARLIEST ANCESTORS OF GILLETT'S IN AMERICA
Jonathan, Nathan and Jeremiah Gillett were the first progenitors of the Gillett family in America.
They were among the ten children of Rev. William Gillett (Gyllett), Rector of Chaffcombe, Somerset, England. William Gillett was instituted to that Benefice on February 4, 1609. He was born in 1574 and died in April 1641.
The ancestors of Jonathan, Nathan and Jeremiah Gillett were French Huguenots living in Guyenne Bergerac Province, France. They fled from France about time of the massacre of the French Protestants, beginning on St. Batholomew's Day, August 24, 1572, during the reign of King Henry II. They went to Scotland and remained there about thirty years, then moved to Devonshire England.
Jonathan and Nathan came to the colonies (MA) in 1630. By 1633, Jonathan had returned to England and married Mary Dolbere returning to Dorchester, MA with her in 1634.
The descendants of Jonathan, Nathan and Jeremiah Gillett remained in Connecticut for four or five generations, then some moved westward and today the name Gillett is known all over the United States. There were many spellings of the name over the years and now it is spelled with one (t); with two (tt's); or Gillette.
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