Reynolds GILLET and Shadrach GILLETT b. Lyme, CT
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Reynolds GILLET and Shadrach GILLETT b. Lyme, CT
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Posted: 21 Nov 2005 2:43AM GMT |
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Surnames: GILLET, GILLETT, DANA, STEAD, PECK, BENNETT, McGRAW, HOUGHTON, SMITH, LORD, HOWARD
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Reynolds and Shadrach’s parents are not named!
The News Tribune, Sunday, January 12, 1896, page 14, Detroit, Michigan.
“R. Gillet & Co., Commission and forwarding merchants, 1 Wapping.â€
“Shadrach Gillet, merchant, residence 52 Griswold street.â€
The two brothers were natives of Lyme, Conn., on the banks of the Connecticut river. Reynolds Gillet was born in 1797, and Shadrach Gillet first saw the light in 1801. Their father died when Shadrach was a little boy, and his mother married again. The stepfather did not treat Shadrach well, and he left his home and was reared by his uncle, Reynolds PECK, in West Bloomfield, N.Y.
Reynolds was about five feet nine inches in height, plump figured, and weighing about 180 pounds, with a florid complexion and blue eyes. He was hearty, genial and jolly in his way.
His home for many years was on the northwest corner of Congress and Cass streets, and here he died on January 4, 1850, aged 53 years. The Gazette chronicles the death on Aug. 30, 1826 of Mary Gillett, wife of Capt. Reynolds Gillett, age 26 years. Her maiden name was Mary DANA, and she is remembered as a lovely and estimable woman. She died about two years after marriage and left no children. He afterward married Charlotte MACK, of Chautauqua county, N.Y., who died on Dec. 29, 1873, age 70 years. They had five children, William D., John R., Mary, Pauline, and Charlotte. William D. GILLET was a caretaker on board the tug Champion in the winter of 1883. On the night of Dec. 29 of that year he went to bed in his room on the tug, and the fumes of escaping coal gas asphyxiated him. He was 55 years of age. John R. GILLET is now living in Duluth, where he is a secretary of a tug line, and his family reside in Detroit. Mary Gillet married Judge Orson BENNETT, of Jackson, and died there over 30 years ago. Her married daughter and two children live in London, England. Pauline Gillet married Dr. John H. McGRAW, and lives with her husband in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. Charlotte Gillet died at Lima, N.Y. while at school, on Feb. 5, 1859, age 16 years.
Shadrach Gillett, brother of Reynolds Gillett, was born in Lyme, Conn., on Jan. 23, 1801. What little there is known of his early life is given at the beginning of this article. He came to this city (Detroit, Michigan) in 1815, when he was 14 years of age.
Shadrach was a smart youth, a fine and accurate bookkeeper, and a favorite with the family of his employer's, in whose household he lived. After Roby died, in 1821, he succeeded to the business. Personally he was of medium size, being five feet eight inches in height, and of spare frame, but increased in weight in his later years. He had a well shaped head, with black hair, dark complexion, dark gray eyes, active in his motions, and rather quiet, reserved and retiring in disposition. He was a man of unquestioned integrity, kind and generous, with an open hand and purse for every deserving object; clearheaded and quick witted, with a keen sense of humor, and greatly enjoyed a good story or funny anecdote.
The Gazette chronicles the fact that he married Mary STEAD, daughter of Benjamin STEAD, at Mrs. ROBY's house, on Saturday evening, Jan. 27, (year unreadable). Mary had been left an orphan by the death of her father and mother, and was boarding with Mrs. ROBY at the time. She was the cousin of Robert STEAD, who still survives in this city. She died on April 17, 1872. After the death of his wife in 1872 he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Jacob HOUGHTON, 51 Elizabeth street, east. Here he died on Feb. 15, 1876, aged 75 years.
The children of Shadrach Gillett and Mary STEAD were 11 in number, but five died in infancy. His deceased children who reached maturity were Thomas S. GILLETT, who lived in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1878; Sarah Roby Gillett, who married Ambrose (?) SMITH, commission merchant, and died in 1885; and Annie Stead Gillett, who died unmarried in 1870. His surviving children are Mary Elizabeth, widow of the late Henry W. LORD, United States consul at Manchester during the Lincoln administration, and congressman from the district in 1881-2; Frances, widow of Oren S. HOWARD, brother of Bronson HOWARD, the dramatist, who is a well-known literary woman, and contributes to the Free Press; and Theodosia Petite, wife of Jacob HOUGHTON, civil and mining engineer, and brother of the late Douglas HOUGHTON, Michigan's first state geologist. Mrs. LORD and Mrs. HOUGHTON live in Detroit, and Mrs. HOWARD in Brooklyn, N.Y.
(not related to these Gillett’s)
Reynolds and Shadrach’s parents are not named!
The News Tribune, Sunday, January 12, 1896, page 14, Detroit, Michigan.
“R. Gillet & Co., Commission and forwarding merchants, 1 Wapping.â€
“Shadrach Gillet, merchant, residence 52 Griswold street.â€
The two brothers were natives of Lyme, Conn., on the banks of the Connecticut river. Reynolds Gillet was born in 1797, and Shadrach Gillet first saw the light in 1801. Their father died when Shadrach was a little boy, and his mother married again. The stepfather did not treat Shadrach well, and he left his home and was reared by his uncle, Reynolds PECK, in West Bloomfield, N.Y.
Reynolds was about five feet nine inches in height, plump figured, and weighing about 180 pounds, with a florid complexion and blue eyes. He was hearty, genial and jolly in his way.
His home for many years was on the northwest corner of Congress and Cass streets, and here he died on January 4, 1850, aged 53 years. The Gazette chronicles the death on Aug. 30, 1826 of Mary Gillett, wife of Capt. Reynolds Gillett, age 26 years. Her maiden name was Mary DANA, and she is remembered as a lovely and estimable woman. She died about two years after marriage and left no children. He afterward married Charlotte MACK, of Chautauqua county, N.Y., who died on Dec. 29, 1873, age 70 years. They had five children, William D., John R., Mary, Pauline, and Charlotte. William D. GILLET was a caretaker on board the tug Champion in the winter of 1883. On the night of Dec. 29 of that year he went to bed in his room on the tug, and the fumes of escaping coal gas asphyxiated him. He was 55 years of age. John R. GILLET is now living in Duluth, where he is a secretary of a tug line, and his family reside in Detroit. Mary Gillet married Judge Orson BENNETT, of Jackson, and died there over 30 years ago. Her married daughter and two children live in London, England. Pauline Gillet married Dr. John H. McGRAW, and lives with her husband in Honolulu, Sandwich Islands. Charlotte Gillet died at Lima, N.Y. while at school, on Feb. 5, 1859, age 16 years.
Shadrach Gillett, brother of Reynolds Gillett, was born in Lyme, Conn., on Jan. 23, 1801. What little there is known of his early life is given at the beginning of this article. He came to this city (Detroit, Michigan) in 1815, when he was 14 years of age.
Shadrach was a smart youth, a fine and accurate bookkeeper, and a favorite with the family of his employer's, in whose household he lived. After Roby died, in 1821, he succeeded to the business. Personally he was of medium size, being five feet eight inches in height, and of spare frame, but increased in weight in his later years. He had a well shaped head, with black hair, dark complexion, dark gray eyes, active in his motions, and rather quiet, reserved and retiring in disposition. He was a man of unquestioned integrity, kind and generous, with an open hand and purse for every deserving object; clearheaded and quick witted, with a keen sense of humor, and greatly enjoyed a good story or funny anecdote.
The Gazette chronicles the fact that he married Mary STEAD, daughter of Benjamin STEAD, at Mrs. ROBY's house, on Saturday evening, Jan. 27, (year unreadable). Mary had been left an orphan by the death of her father and mother, and was boarding with Mrs. ROBY at the time. She was the cousin of Robert STEAD, who still survives in this city. She died on April 17, 1872. After the death of his wife in 1872 he lived with his daughter, Mrs. Jacob HOUGHTON, 51 Elizabeth street, east. Here he died on Feb. 15, 1876, aged 75 years.
The children of Shadrach Gillett and Mary STEAD were 11 in number, but five died in infancy. His deceased children who reached maturity were Thomas S. GILLETT, who lived in St. Joseph, Missouri in 1878; Sarah Roby Gillett, who married Ambrose (?) SMITH, commission merchant, and died in 1885; and Annie Stead Gillett, who died unmarried in 1870. His surviving children are Mary Elizabeth, widow of the late Henry W. LORD, United States consul at Manchester during the Lincoln administration, and congressman from the district in 1881-2; Frances, widow of Oren S. HOWARD, brother of Bronson HOWARD, the dramatist, who is a well-known literary woman, and contributes to the Free Press; and Theodosia Petite, wife of Jacob HOUGHTON, civil and mining engineer, and brother of the late Douglas HOUGHTON, Michigan's first state geologist. Mrs. LORD and Mrs. HOUGHTON live in Detroit, and Mrs. HOWARD in Brooklyn, N.Y.
(not related to these Gillett’s)