Ebenezer Gilbert Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: GILBERT
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 260-261

GILBERT, EBENEZER, was born in Norton, Mass., in 1760 and after a while he found his way to 
Surry, N.H., and married Joanna Howard of that place. He removed from Surry to Walpole in the 
spring of 1797, and purchased his place of one Nathaniel Cross. His children were most of them born in 
Surry. Soon after he settled in town he planted a butternut a tree in his yard, which is still thrifty, and is a 
monarch of its kind. It has afforded an ample shade in summer, and bore nuts in profusion for three 
generations to crack. He died Nov. 29, 1829; she died March 28, 1836, aged 71 years. They were 
buried on "Carpenter’s Hill," where were also three of his children, one of whom, Sally, who married 
Asahel Robbins was forty-five years of age; the other two were infants. There was also a son by the 
name of Cyrus, b. Sept. 5, 1797, and a dau., Huldah, who m. Thomas Wyman. (See Wyman.) Nothing 
more is known of the son. Asa, b. Dec. 21, 1792, is still living (1879) on the old homestead, who m. 
Frinday Howard, of Winchester, N.H., June 11, l820, and had the following ch.: 1st, Thankful 
Hawkins, b. June 19, 1821; m. Harding Ball, July 4, 1841, and has four ch. (See Ap.), and resides on 
the Gilbert homestead. 2d, Harriet Sophia, b. May 6, 1822; m. Charles A. Kendall, April 11, 1843, 
and lives in Gardiner, Mass., and has ch.: (1) Charles A. (2) Warren H. (3) Henry W. (4) Hattie L. (5) 
Emma E. 3d, George Howard, b. June 26, 1823; m. Mary Jane, dau. of Mason and Jane (Cochran) 
Fay, May 5, 1852, and has ch.: (1) Ella J. T. (2) Elmon H. (8) Mary I. (4) George H. He went south 
after his majority, and was for several years a teacher there. He served as chairman on the board of 
selectmen in this town at the opening of the Rebellion, and did efficient service. He now resides in 
Keene, N.H., cultivating a taste for science and literature, for which he has a strong penchant. 4th, 
Arad, b. Oct. 25, 1824; m. Hepzibeth Forbush, and resides in Hinsdale, N.H. Ch. (1) Fred M. (2) 
Alice Amanda S. 5th, Daniel Henry, b. July 3, 1827; m. Sophia, dau. of Charles and Amy (Sherman) 
Watkins. 6th, Lorinda, b. Oct. 30, 1828; m. Geo. B. Conaut, and is a widow, with four children, 
residing in Gardner, Mass. Ch. (1) Ella I. (2) Fred H. (3) Frank. (4) Erwin C. 7th, Charles, b. May 7, 
1830; m. Jape Davis. He was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness, and died of his wounds, in the 
hospital at Washington, D. C. They had two ch. 8th, Dexter Wright, b. July 19, 1832; m. Eliza Jane 
Cooley, and has ch.: (1) Ethan A. (2) Charles F. He resides in Keene, N.H.