NOTES: Tombstone states "Farewell my friend dry up your tears/My dust lies hear till Christ appears"
(Amsbury, 1989) "Records show that Jacob Gillett Sr. was diposing of his share of inheritance from his father, Nathaniel's, estate 1774/76 preparatory to moving his family to Columbia Co., NY, where other family members had gone. Family records state that the father Jacob died while serving in the King's District of Albany Co., Columbia Co. not formed until 1786. These records also show that when the children became of age, they signed off their share of their father's land to their mother Deborah. Jacob's widow Deborah and her second husband, Joseph Knapp, are buried in the same plot as Jacob Sr. and other Gillett family members.
Just when/where Jacob Sr. enlisted for service is not known, but some of his Gillett Cousins enlisted at New marlborough, Berkshire Co., MA, in order to be eligible for land grants in Albany Co. His brothers, John and Nathan Gillett, were granted land bounty rights for their service in the 17th District, Albany Co., militia. A number of researchers have told me many of those early lists are far from complete.
The Albany County Clerk's office has no land records for Jacob's land, primarily because much of this part of Albany County was still in dispute with the Indians, plus the fact that MA was selling portions of this section (Berkshire Co., MA).
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