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About Gilbert Wilford
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Gilbert Wilford
b. 26 April 1644, d. 28 July 1676
Mother Lydia b. c 1620, d. 1694
Gilbert Wilford was born on 26 April 1644 at Bradford, Essex, MA.1 He married Mary Dow, daughter of Thomas Dow and Phebe, before 1667 at Bradford, Essex, MA; She married (2) in 1679 to Matthew Clark.1,2 Gilbert Wilford died on 28 July 1676 at Bradford, Essex, MA, at age 32.
Family
Mary Dow b. 26 Apr 1644, d. 1685
Child
Martha Wilford+1 b. 18 Jan 1670, d. 21 Feb 1757
Citations
[S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by HowardFife48.
[S14] Unknown author, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey., p. 816.
He married Mary Dow (1644 - 1685) in 1665 at Bradford. Wilford had a house in Haverhill in 1675. He died at Bradford at the age of 36 before 28 July 1676, when his estate was inventoried by Henry Palmer and Robert Ford; it was attested 10 April 1677.
Gilbert Wilford's widow and children were mentioned in his will (although their names were not specifically listed), as well as seventeen people to whom debts were due. Wilford's widow Mary married (2) Matthew Clarke on 2 April 1679 at Haverhill. His daughter, Ruth Wilford Ayer, was accused of witchcraft in the 1692 Salem witch trials.
Children of Gilbert and Mary Wilford
- Mary Wilford (born 18 November 1667 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts)
- Martha Wilford (born 18 January 1669 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts)
- Ruth Wilford (born 15 November 1672 Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts)
- Nathaniel Wilford (born 1675)
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Gilbert Wilford's Timeline
| 1644 |
April 26, 1644
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Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
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| 1667 |
November 18, 1667
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Haverhill, Essex County, MA, United States
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| 1669 |
January 18, 1669
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Bradford, Essex, Massachusetts
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| 1672 |
November 15, 1672
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Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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| 1675 |
May 20, 1675
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Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1676 |
July 28, 1676
Age 32
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Bradford, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts
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