Gilbert Forsyth (1716-1796)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Mary Bishop Jason Forsyth+ Gilbert Forsyth Caleb Forsyth Hannah Forsyth+ Mary Forsyth Gilbert Forsyth Born: 13 Feb 1716 2 Marriage: Mary Bishop on 4 Jun 1741 1 2 Died: 12 Oct 1796, Wolfville, King's County, Nova Scotia aged 80 2    Another name for Gilbert was Gilbert Forsyth.1 2 Gilbert married Mary Bishop, daughter of Eleasar Bishop and Sarah Dart, on 4 Jun 1741.1 2 (Mary Bishop was born in 1720 2 and was baptized on 8 Jul 1722 2.)

1 Frederic W. Bailey, Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Second book, scanned text, pp. 7-38; New London, CT, Marriages - Bailey, online http://home.earthlink.net/~sgtusgw/ctnewlondon/nlBailey.html, website published 7/12/2003. Originally published in hard copy (New Haven, CT: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896).

2 Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, Tangled Roots, Descendants of John Bishop (1709-1785) of Horton, Nova Scotia A New England Planter Family, 4 volumes (Wolfville, Nova Scotia: Genealogical Committee of the Bishop Family Association, 1990), 1: xii.