GILBERT Genealogy
of Burlington County, New Jersey
GILBERT Genealogy
of Burlington County, New Jersey
Over the past few years,
I have been researching the various branches of the GILBERT family in Burlington County, New Jersey.
At present, I have broken the family into a handful of independent branches,
which may turn out to be connected.
Clicking on the name of a branch will take you to that person in my
online database,
using the
WorldConnect
system at
RootsWeb.
Please send me email at the link below if you have information on these families,
or would like information.
My online database has information on over 560 people named GILBERT,
most of them from Burlington County,
although the data for those born after 1901 has been privatized.
My branch of the family descends from William GILBERT (c1810-1861).
William was supposedly the son of a Joseph GILBERT, but I don�t know which one.
I suspect it might be the
Joseph who married
Priscilla,
which would make William part of the Benjamin line below.
The name of William�s first wife has been given as either Catherine RODMAN or Lydia PARR,
but I am unsure which is correct.
This is the major branch of the family in the area of Burlington City.
This is the main GILBERT family from the Mansfield/Chesterfield/Bordentown area of the county.
It is possible that they came from Pennsylvania, based upon some families in that state which
feature many of the same given names, such as Amos, which are not common among the other branches
of the family in Burlington County.
His father's name was also Jesse, but no more is known of him.
It is possible that this is the same
Joseph who married
Priscilla.
If so, he would be part of the Benjamin line, above.
Joseph GILBERT
(b est c1810) md Margaret RODMAN
By 1850,
Margaret RODMAN
was already widowed, and her husband was named as Joseph GILBERT.
I know nothing about him other than his name.
Because my William may have been married to a Catherine RODMAN,
I suspect a connection between this Joseph GILBERT and my family.
I suspect that this William is same person that I have listed as
the son of Thomas GILBERT & Rebecca STOCKTON,
but I have been able to find no evidence other than their matching birthdates.
Joseph was a tailor in Mount Holly, and was supposedly a prominent cloth merchant in Philadelphia when he was younger.
I am unsure of his connection with the Burlington County GILBERTs, if there is any.
This family appears to have come from Pennsylvania to the Evesham/Mt Holly area before 1870.
There is a remote chance that this family is related to the
Jesse GILBERT family of the Mansfield area.
They came from Cecil County, Maryland.
His oldest son was the mayor of Bordentown at one time.
Zachary GILBERT
of England and Burlington (c1783-1851)
This family came to Burlington City from England in the early 19th century.
There is no known ancestral connection between this branch and the other branches in Burlington County.
This is a family which came from Germany, probably during the 1840�s.
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