Joseph Gilson

1667 - 1739  (72 years)

• Name	Joseph Gilson  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	8 Jan 1667	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate death	20 Aug 1735	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [4]
  Alternate death	Aft 20 Aug 1735	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [8]
  Death	Between 18 Oct 1739 and 11 Dec 1739	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [9]
  Person ID	I47363	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gilson   d. Between Apr 1676 and May 1676, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Mother	Mary Cooper,   b. Abt 1641
  Marriage	10 Nov 1661	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [7, 10]
  Family ID	F27496	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hepzibah   d. Aft 25 Dec 1698, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	+ 1. Eleazar Gilson,   b. Abt 1694   d. 16 Feb 1754, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F27487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Lawrence,   b. 9 Jan 1669   d. Aft 20 Aug 1735 (Age > 66 years)
  Children	> 1. Mary Gilson,   b. 8 Feb 1703, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F27489	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S141] The Farwell Family: A History of Henry Farwell and His Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass by John Dennis Farwell, Jane Harter Abbott, and Lillian M. Wilson. Orange, Texas: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929. [S9150] Find a Grave page for Elezer "Eleazer" Gilson. [S9152] Joseph Gilson of Groton, Massachusetts and Some of His Descendants by Elsie (Gilson) Merriam and Ruth T. Bennett. 1959. [S9145] Find a Grave page for Joseph Gilson. [S141] The Farwell Family: A History of Henry Farwell and His Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England, and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass by John Dennis Farwell, Jane Harter Abbott, and Lillian M. Wilson. Orange, Texas: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929., place only. [S3431] Massachusetts, town clerk and town records, 1626-2001, on familysearch.org. [S9147] Chelmsford. Vital Records 1650-1780, on familysearch.org. [S9146] Genealogy of the Gillson and Jillson Family by David Jillson. Central Falls: E. L. Freeman & Co., 1876. [S9148] Marilyn Fitzpatrick, "Timothy Cooper of Lynn, Mass." The Essex Genealogist 11:212, 1991. [S9147] Chelmsford. Vital Records 1650-1780, on familysearch.org., or 18 Nov.