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Source: Jonathan Gillett in the New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins - IN MEMORIES SECTION "Birth about 1609"

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New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635 Great Migration Begins, Vol 2, G-O

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"Great Migration" states Jonathan Gillett's origin was Chaffcombe, Somersetshire. He migrated in 1633, his first residence as Dorchester, removing to Windsor in 1638. He returned to England, married, and returned to America. He left a Will which named family relationships. Jonathan Gillett Senior died 23 Aug 1677 in Windsor. His birth "By about 1609 (based on presumed age at marriage), son of Rev. William Gillett." He married in Colyton, Devonshire, 29 Mar 1634 Mary Dolbiar, baptized in Colyton, Devonshire, 7 Jun 1607. She died in Windsor 5 Jan 1685/6. Their children were Jonathan, Cornelius, Mary, Anna, Joseph, Samuel, John, Abigail, Jeremiah, and Josiah. He was the brother of Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor. DISCUSSION OF PARENTAGE: "Ever since the publication of the will of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somersetshire, Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor have been considered his sons, although there have been some nagging doubts. In 1979 George E. McCracken published additional information which makes the identification solid. McCracken suggested that Jonathan, Nathan and some of their siblings were born before 1610, when William Gillett was instituted at Chaffcombe; but we only have scattered Bishops' Transcripts for some of the years after 1610, and there is a ten-year gap when several Gillett children could have been born. Jonathan was probably older than Elias, who was baptized on 11 Feb 1611/2 and so could well have been born at an earlier residence for the family. Nathan, however, need not have been born until 1613, and he could have been born at Chaffcombe, next after Elias, during a period when neither the parish register nor the Bishops' Transcripts survive for that parish." COMMENTS ABOUT ARRIVAL IN AMERICA: "Jonathan Gillett and his brother Nathan are frequently included in passenger lists of the Mary and John. While this is not impossible, it is also not a necessary conclusion.. They were both from the West Country, and both settled first in Dorchester, but were they first here in 1630? The first record of Nathan is his admission to freemanship in 1634, which implies arrival by 1633, and nothing more. From the statement of Jonathan's son Benjamin in their copy of the "Breeches Bible" that "My father Gille[tt] came into new-inglan the second time in June in the year 1634...," we know that Jonathan arrived for the second time in 1634, and he does appear on the 1634 passenger list of the Recovery. But he could have come for the first time in 1633, turned around immediately to return to England to marry early in 1634 and board ship in time to sail back to New England. There was a ship from the West Country in 1633 that could have brought the Gillett brothers to New England, and as a result we would not be justified in placing them on the Mary and John. Any evidence which might overturn this conclusion would almost certainly have to come from England."

"Great Migration" states Jonathan Gillett's origin was Chaffcombe, Somersetshire. He migrated in 1633, his first residence as Dorchester, removing to Windsor in 1638. He returned to England, married, and returned to America.

He left a Will which named family relationships. Jonathan Gillett Senior died 23 Aug 1677 in Windsor. His birth "By about 1609 (based on presumed age at marriage), son of Rev. William Gillett." He married in Colyton, Devonshire, 29 Mar 1634 Mary Dolbiar, baptized in Colyton, Devonshire, 7 Jun 1607. She died in Windsor 5 Jan 1685/6. Their children were Jonathan, Cornelius, Mary, Anna, Joseph, Samuel, John, Abigail, Jeremiah, and Josiah.

He was the brother of Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor.

DISCUSSION OF PARENTAGE:
"Ever since the publication of the will of Rev. William Gillett, Rector of Chaffcombe, Somersetshire, Jonathan and Nathan Gillett of Dorchester and Windsor have been considered his sons, although there have been some nagging doubts. In 1979 George E. McCracken published additional information which makes the identification solid. McCracken suggested that Jonathan, Nathan and some of their siblings were born before 1610, when William Gillett was instituted at Chaffcombe; but we only have scattered Bishops' Transcripts for some of the years after 1610, and there is a ten-year gap when several Gillett children could have been born. Jonathan was probably older than Elias, who was baptized on 11 Feb 1611/2 and so could well have been born at an earlier residence for the family. Nathan, however, need not have been born until 1613, and he could have been born at Chaffcombe, next after Elias, during a period when neither the parish register nor the Bishops' Transcripts survive for that parish."

COMMENTS ABOUT ARRIVAL IN AMERICA:
"Jonathan Gillett and his brother Nathan are frequently included in passenger lists of the Mary and John. While this is not impossible, it is also not a necessary conclusion.. They were both from the West Country, and both settled first in Dorchester, but were they first here in 1630? The first record of Nathan is his admission to freemanship in 1634, which implies arrival by 1633, and nothing more. From the statement of Jonathan's son Benjamin in their copy of the "Breeches Bible" that "My father Gille[tt] came into new-inglan the second time in June in the year 1634...," we know that Jonathan arrived for the second time in 1634, and he does appear on the 1634 passenger list of the Recovery. But he could have come for the first time in 1633, turned around immediately to return to England to marry early in 1634 and board ship in time to sail back to New England. There was a ship from the West Country in 1633 that could have brought the Gillett brothers to New England, and as a result we would not be justified in placing them on the Mary and John. Any evidence which might overturn this conclusion would almost certainly have to come from England."

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