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Lapham

John Lapham b. 1635, Devonshire, England, m. 6 Apr. 1673 Mary Mann, b. 1640. John died 1710, Dartmouth, Bristol Co, MA. They had:
  1. Mary Lapham
  2. *John Lapham
  3. William Lapham
  4. Mary Lapham
  5. Thomas Lapham
  6. Nicholas Lapham
John Lapham b. 13 Dec 1677, Newport, Newport Co, RI, m. 3 Apr 1700, in Dartmouth, Bristol Co, MA, Mary Russell, b. 10 July 1683, d. May 1752, Dartmouth, Bristol Co, MA. John died 1734. They had:
  1. Elizabeth Lapham m . Amos Taber
  2. John Lapham m. (1)Desire Howland (2) Rachel White
  3. *Thomas Lapham m. Abigail Wilbur
  4. Rebecca Lapham m. Barnabas Howland
  5. Joseph Lapham m. Mary Ballou
  6. Mary Lapham
  7. Francis Lapham m. Nathaniel Bowdish
  8. Benjamin Lapham m. Lydia Ballou
  9. Ruth Lapham m. Seth Sherman
  10. Bathsheba Lapham m. John Gilford
  11. Joshua Lapham m. Hannah Sherman
  12. Hannah Lapham m. (1) Joseph Brown (2) Jacob Aldrich (3) Richard Estes
  13. Sylvia Lapham
  14. Elizabeth Lapham m. Benjamin Sherman
Thomas Lapham b. 10 Dec 1705, Dartmouth, Bristol Co, MA, m. Abigail Wilbur, b. 9 Sep 1711, Portsmouth, Neport Co, RI, d. 1785, Smithfield, Providence, RI. Thomas died 5 Jan 1779, Smithfield, Providence, RI. They had:
  1. Sylvia Lapham m. (1) Ephraim Whipple (2) Solomon Lapham (son of Nicholas)
  2. David Lapham
  3. Phebe Lapham
  4. Abagail Lapham
  5. *Thomas Lapham
  6. Bathsheba Lapham
  7. Jethro Lapham
  8. Lillis Lapham
  9. Augustus Lapham m. Mary Scott
Thomas Lapham b. 15 Jun 1740, m. Mary Harris (dau. of Jonathan and Mary (Brown) Harris). They had:
  1. William Lapham
  2. David Lapham m. Nancy Ballou
  3. Olive Lapham m. Samuel Hill, Jr.
  4. Jonathan Lapham m.Hannah Mann
  5. Chloe Lapham
  6. *Job Lapham m. (1) Ada Smith (2) Hannah Dake
  7. Isaac Lapham m. Phebe Kingsley
  8. Phebe Lapham m. Otis Ballou
Job Lapham b. 04 Mar. 1771, Providence, Providence, RI, m. (1) Ada Smith (dau. of Jeremiah and Livinia (Olney) Smith), b. 19 Oct 1768, d. 09 Feb 1808. (2) Hannah Dake. They had:
  1. Chloe Lapham, b. 17 Feb 1802; m. 18 Aug 1820 Olney Whipple
  2. *Smith Lapham
  3. Mary Lapham
  4. Adah Lapham
  5. Oliver Lapham m. Hannah Taber (dau. of Lodowick and Esther (Crippen) Taber
  6. Asa Lapham
  7. Samuel Lapham
  8. Otis Lapham
  9. Vialetta Lapham m. George H. Keene
Smith Lapham b. 8 Apr. 1804, RI, m. 10 Apr 1826, in Saratoga Co, NY, Katherine Gilbert, b. 10 Oct 1808, Genesee Co, NY, d. 27 May 1888, Rockford, Kent Co, MI. Smith d. 26 July 1884, Rockford, Kent Co, MI.
  1. *Harriett Lapham m. Isaac Baker See info..
  2. Stafford Lapham
  3. Amy Ann Lapham m. E. L. Piper
  4. Darius Lapham
  5. George Gilbert Lapham m. Lizzie Williams
  6. Lodica Lapham m. Jerome "Jed" Miner
  7. Josephine Lapham m. James B. Collins
  8. Embree B. Lapham m. Ellen Joiner
  9. Ada Blanche Lapham m. Henry Taylor

Much of the Lapham in formation is taken from Laphams in America by Bertha Bortle Beal Aldridge, Victor, NY 1932-53.

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Gilbert

Thomas Gilbert b. 1582 Eng., m. 1618, in Meridian, Warwickshire Eng., Lydia, b. abt. 1586, Eng. d. Jan 1654, Wethersfield, Windsor, CT. Thomas d. 5 Sep 1659, Wethersfield, Hartford, CT. They had:
  1. Jonathan Gilbert
  2. *Thomas Gilbert
  3. Ezekiel Gilbert
  4. Sarah Gilbert
  5. John Gilbert
  6. Josiah Gilbert
  7. Obadiah Gilbert
Thomas Gilbert b. 1620/24, m. 31 Jul 1655 (also listed as 30 Jun 1655), in Wethersfield, Windsor, CT or MA, Catherine Chapin (dau. of Samuel and Cicely (Penny) Chapin), b. 1626, Paigton, Devonshire, Eng., d. 4 Feb 1712/3. Thomas d. 5 June 1662. They had:
  1. Sarah Gilbert
  2. John Gilbert
  3. Thomas Gilbert
  4. Henry Gilbert
Henry Gilbert b. 1 Mar 1660/1, Springfield, MA, m. 31 Jan 1682/3, Elizabeth Belding (dau. of Samuel and Mary Belding), b. 1663, Wethersfield, CT, d. 27 Apr 1735, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. Henry d. 17 Aug 1740, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. They had:
  1. Henry Gilbert
  2. John Gilbert
  3. Elizabeth Gilbert
  4. Samuel Gilbert
  5. Mercy Gilbert
  6. Ebenezer Gilbert
  7. *Thomas Gilbert
  8. Nathaniel Gilbert
  9. ELizabeth Gilbert
Thomas Gilbert b. 1695, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, m. 2 Dec 1718, Judith Goss (dau. of Philip and Judith (Hayward) Goss), b. 1700, d. 24 Aug 1779, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. They had.
  1. Thomas Gilbert
  2. Abner Gilbert
  3. *John Gilbert
  4. Anna Gilbert
  5. Seth Gilbert
  6. Jedidiah Gilbert
  7. Elizabeth Gilbert
  8. Philip Gilbert
  9. Thankful Gilbert
  10. Thomas Gilbert
  11. Jedidiah Gilbert
  12. Judith Gilbert
  13. Lemuel Gilbert
John Gilbert b. 28 July 1723, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, m. (1) 3 Nov 1744, Sarah Abbott (dau. of Moses and Bathsheba (Gilbert) Abbott), b. 6 Nov. 1725, Brookfield, Worcester Co, MA, m. (2) Sarah Barnes, b. 21 Oct. 1735, Brookfield, MA, d. 23 Jan. 1813. John d. 13 Jan 1806, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA. They had:
  1. Nathan Gilbert
  2. Rachel Gilbert
  3. Gideon Gilbert
  4. *Asa Gilbert
  5. Dinah Gilbert
  6. Abel Gilbert
  7. Jemima Gilbert
  8. Joel Gilbert
  9. Elizabeth Gilbert
  10. Jonas Gilbert
  11. Sarah Gilbert
Asa Gilbert b. 26 May 1750, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, m. Hannah Barnes (dau. of Thomas and Mary (Howe) Barnes), b. 24 Aug 1740, Brookfield, Worcester Co., MA, d. 1796, St. Johnsbury, VT. Asa died aft. 1806, prob. in Pittsfield, Ruland Co., VT. They had:
  1. Arunah Gilbert
  2. Sally Gilbert
  3. Lucy Gilbert
  4. *Asa Gilbert
  5. Thaddeus Gilbert
  6. Sophia Gilbert
Asa M. Gilbert m. m. 1800 in Saratoga, NY Hannah Johnson (dau. of David and Mary (Joiner) Johnson), b. 11 Jan 1784, d. 24 Feb. 1877 in Rockford, MI. Asa d. 1828 Saline/Lodi wp, Washtenaw Co., MI. They had:
  1. David Johnson Gilbert
  2. Luke Gilbert
  3. *Katherine Gilbert
  4. Polly Gilbert
  5. John Wesley Gilbert
  6. Franklin Gilbert
  7. Sally Gilbert
  8. Perthinia Gilbert
  9. Orrin Bird Gilbert
  10. Stanton Gilbert
  11. Asa Barnes Gilbert
Much of my information has come from The Gilbert Family: Descendents of Thomas Gilbert, 1582(?)-1659 by Homer Worthington Brainard, Harold Simeon Gilbert and Clarence Almon Torrey; and a fellow researcher and descendent of Luke Gilbert.

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