Joseph Gillett^[1]

1641 - 1675  (34 years)

• Name	Joseph Gillett
  Birth	25 Jul 1641	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Sep 1675	Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I29341	Master
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Gillett,   b. 11 Aug 1609, , , Somerset, England d. 23 Aug 1677, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Dolbere,   b. 7 Jun 1607, Colyton, Devon, England d. 5 Jan 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Mar 1634	Colyton, Devon, England
  Family ID	F7334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Hawkes,   b. 10 Jan 1647, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Oct 1681, Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	24 Nov 1663	Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Joseph Gillett,   b. 2 Nov 1664, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 9 Jul 1745, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Elizabeth Gillett,   b. 12 Jun 1666, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Oct 1710, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Mary Gillett,   b. 10 Sep 1667, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 19 Aug 1734, Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Jonathan Gillett,   b. 11 Aug 1669, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 3 Jun 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 16 years)  [Father: natural]   5. John Gillett,   b. 10 Jun 1671, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Apr 1755, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Nathaniel Gillett,   b. 4 May 1673, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Jul 1714, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 41 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Hannah Gillett,   b. 30 Jan 1675, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 11 Aug 1683, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 8 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F7330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Jul 1641 - Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 24 Nov 1663 - Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Death - 18 Sep 1675 - Bloody Brook, Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Extract from "The History of Deerfield" & Wikipedia "Joseph came as one of our earliest settlers, built on No. 32, on the Dr. Willard lot; was killed with Capt. Lothrop September 18, 1675 in the King Philips War at Battle Creek." From Wikipedia - King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom's War or Metacom's Rebellion was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day southern New England and English colonists and their Native American allies from 1675–1676. It continued in northern New England (primarily on the Maine frontier) even after King Philip was killed, until a treaty was signed at Casco Bay in April 1678. According to a combined estimate of loss of life in Schultz and Tougias' "King Philip's War, The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict" (based on sources from the Department of Defense, the Bureau of Census, and the work of Colonial historian Francis Jennings), 800 out of 52,000 English colonists (1.5%) and 3,000 out of 20,000 natives (15%) lost their lives due to the war, which makes it proportionately one of the bloodiest and most costly in the history of America. More than half of New England's ninety towns were assaulted by Native American warriors. The war quickly spread, and soon involved the Podunk and Nipmuck tribes. During the summer of 1675 the Native Americans attacked at Middleborough and Dartmouth (July 8), Mendon (July 14), Brookfield (August 2), and Lancaster (August 9). In early September they attacked Deerfield, Hadley, and Northfield (possibly giving rise to the Angel of Hadley legend.) The New England Confederation declared war on the Native Americans on September 9, 1675. The next colonial expedition was to recover crops from abandoned fields for the coming winter and included almost a hundred farmers/militia. They got careless and were ambushed and soundly defeated in the Battle of Bloody Brook (near Hadley) on September 18, 1675.

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=117125034&pid=232 [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 2659.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GCH.