Display Patriot - P-166388 - Joseph GILLETTE/GILLET

Joseph GILLETTE/GILLET

SAR Patriot #: P-166388

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A044914

Birth: 04 Jun 1753 Simsbury / Hartford / CT
Death: 07 May 1836 Norton / Delaware / OH

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1776, he served as a Private in the company of Captain Samuel Hay's Connecticut, commanded by Colonel Jonathan Pettibone.
  2. 1779, he served in the company of Captain Andrew Hillyer of the Connecticut Light Horse of the Continental Army.
  3. 1779, he served as a Teamster in the company of Captain Joseph Higley and drove wagons of supplies.

Additional References:
  1. Revolutionary War Pension file S/W7524
  2. Roster of Rev War soldiers buried in Ohio. Wilbur R. Branthoover, compiler. Veterans Affairs, Ohio. Reprinted by OHSDAR. 1929

Spouse: (1) Mary Rowe; (2) Persis/Persey Andrews
Children: Joseph; Amasa; Sarah; Orsamus; Harold; Elizabeth;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2014-06-12 UT 59239 Barry Evan Short (191342) Harold   
2017-10-13 CA 77668 Eric Randolph Nay (204928) Harold   
Burial:
Wyatt Cemetery (C-0372915)
Location:
Waldo / Marion / OH / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
44215
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
75865111
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • Flat V/A marker and a formerly upright original stone
  • Photo used with permission of Michael B. Gunn, Cincinnati Chapter, OHSSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Waldo-Delaware Rd (OH-423) south through Waldo. Turn left on Norton Rd (OH-229). Cross US 23. The cemetery will be on the left about 2/10's of a mile.



Author: Mark Andrew Davis

The following biography was written by PRS staff, and some information was provided by Mike Gunn.

Joseph Gillette was born on 4 June 1753 [he states in his pension that he was born on 15 June 1750] at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hayes) Gillett.

In 1776, he entered the service from Hartford as a Private in Captain Samuel Hay's Connecticut Company, which was commanded by Colonel Jonathan Pettibone's Regiment. In his company was a drummer named Azariah Gillit and a Private named Nathan Gillit.

He served for about three months. Later, in 1779, he served in the cavalry in the company of Captain Andrew Hillyer of the Connecticut Light Horse of the Continental Army. He served a tour of four months. Also, during that year, he served as a teamster in Captain Joseph Higley’s company for six months, where he drove wagons of supplies from Hartford to places like Fishkill, New York.

He married Mary Rowe in about 1782, probably in Hartford. Their known children were: 

  • Joseph was born about 1783 and married Lucinda Chapman.
  • Amasa was born about 1787 and married Susannah Burr.
  • Sarah was born on 2 April 1792 and married Silas Davis.
  • Clara was born in 1796 and died young.
  • Orasamus was born on 13 October 1803 and married Elizabeth Mitchell.

After Mary’s death, Joseph married Persis “Parcey” Andrews on 17 November 1806 in Hartford, Connecticut. They were married by Richard Porter, a Presbyterian Minister. Their known children were: 

  • Harold was born on 13 April 1808 and married Permelia Scribner.
  • Elizabeth was born about 1813 and married Jonathan Ayers.

On 12 November 1832, Joseph, a Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio resident, sat for his deposition related to an application for a Military Pension.

The Patriot died on 7 May 1836 at Marion County, Ohio, and was buried at Wyatt Cemetery, Waldo, Marion County, Ohio. There is an old gravestone that is said to belong to Joseph, along with a modern Veteran’s Administration flat marker that states, “Joseph Gillet, Connecticut VT 18 Regt Conn. Militia-Revolutionary War.” 

Sources:

  1. Revolutionary War Pension file S/W7524
  2. Johnston, Henry Phelps, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Services During the War of the Revolution 1775-1783, Connecticut. Harford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1889, pages 472, 665, 661 

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