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     Eleazer Gilbert was born in 1649 at Taunton, Massachusetts. He was the son of Thomas Gilbert and Joan Combe. Eleazer Gilbert married Elizabeth Crane, daughter of Henry Crane and Tabitha Kingsley, on 23-May-1682. Eleazer Gilbert died on 29-Mar-1701 at Taunton, Massachusetts.

     Eleazer Gilbert was born in 1680 at Taunton, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Eleazer Gilbert and Elizabeth Crane.

     Giles Gilbert was born in 1546 at Bridgewater, England. He married Joan Pearce. Giles Gilbert died on 17-Jun-1595 at England.

     John Gilbert was born on 1-Aug-1580 at Bridgewater, England. He was the son of Giles Gilbert and Joan Pearce. John Gilbert married Alice Hopkins, daughter of Thomas Hopkins, on 1-Sep-1606. John Gilbert died in 1657.

     Mary Mercy Gilbert was born on 13-Oct-1684. She was the daughter of Eleazer Gilbert and Elizabeth Crane. Mary Mercy Gilbert was born in 1691 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. She married Stephen H. Garey Jr., son of Stephen H. Garey Sr. and Patience (?), on 9-Nov-1711 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Mary Mercy Gilbert died in 1782 at Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

     Thomas Gilbert was born in 1612 at Dorchester, England. He was the son of John Gilbert and Alice Hopkins. Thomas Gilbert married Joan Combe, daughter of Joseph Combe and Winnifred Rossiter, on 23-Mar-1638/39. Thomas Gilbert died in 1676.

     Maresa Lyn Gilchrest is the daughter of Gerald Vernon Gilchrest and Linda Diann Owensby.

     Elizabeth Gill was born on 13-Dec-1706 at Massachusetts. She married John (son David 1) McClure, son of David 1 McClure and Agnes (?), in 1730 at Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; name is spelled ELISEBATH. Elizabeth Gill died on 23-Sep-1785 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 78.

     
     Thomas Gill witnessed the will of David 1 McClure on 9-Nov-1744 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the Name of God amen the ninth day of November anno domini 1744 I David McClure of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will and testament. Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body I recommended to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the direction of my executor hereafter mentioned named nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate the wherewith God hath seen pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
1stly, My will and pleasure is that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my personal estate.
2ndly, I give and bequeath to Agnes my dearly and well beloved wife all the residue of my personal estate to her absolute disposal and the sole use & benefit and improvement of all my real estate during her natural life.
3rdly, I give and bequeath to my sons and daughters viz, John, James, Elizabeth and Jenny fifty shillings lawful money to each of them, to my daughter Margaret five pounds lawful money and to my daughter Sarah seven pounds ten shillings lawful money all to be paid within three years after the decease of my wife Agnes by my son David out of my real estate.
4thly, I give and bequest to my son David all my real estate to him his heirs and assigns forever after the decease of my wife Agnes he paying the legacies aforesaid to his brothers and sisters aforenamed.
5thly, I constitute make and ordain, my well beloved wife Agnes and my 1st son David the executors of this my last will and testament.
David McClure (and seal) Signed sealed public he pronounced and declared by the said David the testator as his last will and testament in personey.
William Gill, Thomas Gill, Joseph Dwight
Worcester, March 8, 1744/5 William Gill and Thomas Gill two of the evidences to this instrument personally appearing made oath that they saw David McClure sign seal and heard him public pronounce & declare the same to be and contain his last will and testament and that when he said he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that they with the Hon. Joseph Dwight Esq. set to their names as witnesses thereof at the same time in the said testators presence sworn before me John Chandler, Judge.

Province of the Massachusetts Bay by the Honourable Joseph Wilser, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and for Granting (L S) Letters of administration on the estates of persons deceased having goods chattels rights or credits in the County of Worcester within the Province aforesaid. To all unto whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof before me at Worcester in the County of ref. and the will of David McClure of Brookfield in the County and Province aforesaid Husbandman deceased, before me (illegible) annexed having been proved was now approved and allowed who having while he lived & at the time of his death goods chattels rights or credits in the County aforesaid and the Probate of the said will. Power of committing administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights and credits of the said dec. by virtue thereof appertaining to me. The administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights and credits of the dec. and his will in any manner concerning is hereby committed unto Agnes McClure his wife Executrix in the same will named will and faithfully to execute the said will and administer the estate of said dec. according there unto and to make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels rights credits of the said dec. and to exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid at or before the 15^th day of June next ensuing and also to render a plain and true of her said administration upon oath when required. In testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate. Dated at Worcester the 15^th day of May anno dominio 1745. By order of the Honorable Judge John Chandler.
Entered from the original of John Chandler                         Joseph Wilder.

     
     William Gill witnessed the will of David 1 McClure on 9-Nov-1744 at Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In the Name of God amen the ninth day of November anno domini 1744 I David McClure of Brookfield in the County of Worcester and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Husbandman, being very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make & ordain this my last will and testament. Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body I recommended to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the direction of my executor hereafter mentioned named nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God and as touching such worldly estate the wherewith God hath seen pleased God to bless me in this life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.
1stly, My will and pleasure is that all my debts and funeral expenses be paid out of my personal estate.
2ndly, I give and bequeath to Agnes my dearly and well beloved wife all the residue of my personal estate to her absolute disposal and the sole use & benefit and improvement of all my real estate during her natural life.
3rdly, I give and bequeath to my sons and daughters viz, John, James, Elizabeth and Jenny fifty shillings lawful money to each of them, to my daughter Margaret five pounds lawful money and to my daughter Sarah seven pounds ten shillings lawful money all to be paid within three years after the decease of my wife Agnes by my son David out of my real estate.
4thly, I give and bequest to my son David all my real estate to him his heirs and assigns forever after the decease of my wife Agnes he paying the legacies aforesaid to his brothers and sisters aforenamed.
5thly, I constitute make and ordain, my well beloved wife Agnes and my 1st son David the executors of this my last will and testament.
David McClure (and seal) Signed sealed public he pronounced and declared by the said David the testator as his last will and testament in personey.
William Gill, Thomas Gill, Joseph Dwight
Worcester, March 8, 1744/5 William Gill and Thomas Gill two of the evidences to this instrument personally appearing made oath that they saw David McClure sign seal and heard him public pronounce & declare the same to be and contain his last will and testament and that when he said he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that they with the Hon. Joseph Dwight Esq. set to their names as witnesses thereof at the same time in the said testators presence sworn before me John Chandler, Judge.

Province of the Massachusetts Bay by the Honourable Joseph Wilser, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills and for Granting (L S) Letters of administration on the estates of persons deceased having goods chattels rights or credits in the County of Worcester within the Province aforesaid. To all unto whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that upon the day of the date hereof before me at Worcester in the County of ref. and the will of David McClure of Brookfield in the County and Province aforesaid Husbandman deceased, before me (illegible) annexed having been proved was now approved and allowed who having while he lived & at the time of his death goods chattels rights or credits in the County aforesaid and the Probate of the said will. Power of committing administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights and credits of the said dec. by virtue thereof appertaining to me. The administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights and credits of the dec. and his will in any manner concerning is hereby committed unto Agnes McClure his wife Executrix in the same will named will and faithfully to execute the said will and administer the estate of said dec. according there unto and to make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods chattels rights credits of the said dec. and to exhibit the same into the Registry of the Court of Probate for the County aforesaid at or before the 15^th day of June next ensuing and also to render a plain and true of her said administration upon oath when required. In testimony whereof I have hereunto let my hand and the seal of the said Court of Probate. Dated at Worcester the 15^th day of May anno dominio 1745. By order of the Honorable Judge John Chandler.
Entered from the original of John Chandler                         Joseph Wilder.

     Abigail Gilson married John Eaton, son of Nicholas Eaton and Katherine Master, on 5-Apr-1630.
     Abigail Gilson immigrated in 1635; from England on the "Elizabeth & Anne" with her sister Mary, Mary's husband Thomas, and her daughter Jane Damon, age 9.

     Mattie Mae Gilstrap was born in 1908 at Texas. She married James Thomas Webb, son of William Walter Webb and Inez Wood, on 26-Sep-1926 at Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas. Mattie Mae Gilstrap died in 1998 at Skidmore, Bee County, Texas.

     Alexander Givens was born on 17-Oct-1827 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. He was the son of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Alexander Givens married Isabella Stroud on 21-Feb-1850 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Alexander Givens married Jane Margaret Young on 19-May-1854 at Butler County, Kentucky. Alexander Givens married Rebecca Frances Hawes on 18-Feb-1865. Alexander Givens died on 16-Jan-1909 at Pawnee, Bourbon County, Kansas, at age 81.

     Allen Givens was born on 28-Oct-1760 at Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He married Mary Forsythe in 1792. Allen Givens married Rhoda "Rody" Cooper, daughter of John (Cotton) Cooper and Nancy Arnold, on 22-Feb-1816 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Allen Givens died on 6-Jul-1856 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky, at age 95.
     Allen Givens left a will on 29-Nov-1856 at Butler County, Kentucky; sons James and Montgomery were administrators.

     Eleazer Givens married Sarah Givens, daughter of James Givens and Eady Cooper, on 30-Dec-1852 at Butler County, Kentucky; at the home of James Givens in the presence of Asberry Grubb and Wm. T. Givens.

     Elizabeth Givens was born circa 1836 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of James Givens and Eady Cooper. Elizabeth Givens married Peter M. Moore on 17-Mar-1858 at Butler County, Kentucky; at James Givens home.

     James Givens was born on 8-May-1798 at Boston, Logan County, Kentucky. He was the son of Allen Givens and Mary Forsythe. James Givens married Eady Cooper, daughter of John (Cotton) Cooper and Nancy Arnold, on 30-Mar-1821 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. James Givens died on 29-May-1880 at Butler County, Kentucky, at age 82.

     James Benjamin Franklin Givens was born on 28-Oct-1837 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. He was the son of James Givens and Eady Cooper. James Benjamin Franklin Givens married Elizabeth Ramon Holland Brown on 24-Jul-1862. James Benjamin Franklin Givens died on 29-May-1880 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky, at age 42.

     Lucretia Ann Givens was born on 28-Mar-1823 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Lucretia Ann Givens married James W. Stroud in 1853 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Lucretia Ann Givens died on 21-Aug-1892 at Cato, Crawford County, Kansas, at age 69.

     Martha "Patty" Givens was born on 17-Mar-1825 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Martha "Patty" Givens married Edward Burton McCoy on 7-Jun-1849 at Butler County, Kentucky. Martha "Patty" Givens died on 17-Feb-1914 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky, at age 88.

     Minerva J. Givens was born on 23-Jan-1824 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Minerva J. Givens married Benjamin B. Beason on 12-Dec-1849 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Minerva J. Givens died on 31-Dec-1863 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky, at age 39. She was buried at Read Cemetery, Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky.

     Montgomery Givens was born on 10-Feb-1817 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. He was the son of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Montgomery Givens married Unis Anne McCoy on 26-Mar-1839 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. Montgomery Givens died on 1-Jun-1863 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky, at age 46.

     Nancy Jane Givens was born on 6-Sep-1821 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of James Givens and Eady Cooper. Nancy Jane Givens married Benjamin Franklin Grubb on 28-Jun-1844 at Morgantown, Butler County, Kentucky. Nancy Jane Givens died on 1-Aug-1900 at Bourbon County, Kansas, at age 78.
     Nancy Jane Givens had 7 children, and at least the first 4 were born in Butler County.

     Narcissa "Sis" Givens was born on 1-Apr-1819 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Allen Givens and Rhoda "Rody" Cooper. Narcissa "Sis" Givens married Thomas D. Stroud on 9-Jan-1845 at Butler County, Kentucky. Narcissa "Sis" Givens died on 29-Aug-1909 at Pawnee, Bourbon County, Kansas, at age 90.

     Rebecca Givens was born in 1833 at Berry's Lick, Butler County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of James Givens and Eady Cooper. Rebecca Givens married David McGown on 12-Jan-1848 at Butler County, Kentucky.
     Rebecca Givens had 6 children.