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William Pitt Gilbert
1787 - 1861
BiographyWilliam Pitt Gilbert was a furniture maker born 6 February 1787. He was the son of Patience Barber Gilbert and Sylvester Gilbert. His mother was the daughter of David Barber, a prosperous Hebron merchant. His father was a Dartmouth-educated lawyer who ran a private law school from 1810-1816, served as town clerk, was a selectman, town agent, and representative in Hartford, and who was a member of Congress from 1818-1819. William P. Gilbert was one of thirteen children; he, like four of his siblings, was deaf.
William P. Gilbert never married, and, possibly as a result of his deafness, he never took apprentices. From 1810-1816, he owned a piece of property in the center of Hebron that had formerly been owned by Stephen Hempstead of New London, possibly a relative of the cabinetmaker Benjamin Hempstead. From 1816 on, William P. Gilbert, his father, and some of his other siblings all lived in the same home. Both the 1820 and the 1840 census list list one adult male working in agriculture and one working in manufacturing. William P. Gilbert died on 8 November 1861 at the age of 74.
William P. Gilbert never married, and, possibly as a result of his deafness, he never took apprentices. From 1810-1816, he owned a piece of property in the center of Hebron that had formerly been owned by Stephen Hempstead of New London, possibly a relative of the cabinetmaker Benjamin Hempstead. From 1816 on, William P. Gilbert, his father, and some of his other siblings all lived in the same home. Both the 1820 and the 1840 census list list one adult male working in agriculture and one working in manufacturing. William P. Gilbert died on 8 November 1861 at the age of 74.
Person TypeIndividual
American, 1876 - 1950
