31ST GENERATION

2699. Obadiah Gildersleeve Sr(135) was born in 1727 in Northport, Long Island, New York. He was christened on 26 May 1728 in Northport, Long Island, New York. He died on 5 Jan 1816 in S. Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut. He has Ancestral File number 1F6L-VH. The Middletown Press 5 September 1991 Supplement, Middletown, Connecticut.

Gildersleeve Pioneers, by Willard Harvey Gildersleeve, 1941.

Sylvester Gildersleeve's Descendants, by Willard Harvey Gildersleeve, 1952.

Moved from Long Island to Portland, Connecticut in 1776.

Obadiah and Mary were married by Ebenezer Prime. They removed to Sag Harbor,
Long Island in 1762, and he was engaged in shipbuilding. He continued in this
work after leaving Long Island in 1776. He made his home at Chatham,
Connecticut. He then, with his daughter Esther, removed to South Glastonbury,
Connecticut where he died January 5, 1816, aged 88.
The births of the children of Obadiah are recorded in the Family Bible
which was torn and worn so that some dates are missing.

First generation in Gildersleeve, Connecticut. Census of 1776, Southampton,
East of Watermill, 5 M, 4 F. Baptised by Rev. Prime, Presbyterian Church.
Married by Rev. Prime, Presbyterian Church.

He was married to Mary Dinge on 14 Feb 1750 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. Mary Dinge(135) was born in 1726 in Northport, Long Island, NY. She was christened on 3 Apr 1726 in Northport, Suffolk, New York. She died on 24 Jun 1798 in Gildersleeve, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Baptised by Rev. Prime, Presbyterian Church. Obadiah Gildersleeve Sr and Mary Dinge had the following children:

child3640 i. Esther Gildersleeve(135) was born on 10 Oct 1751 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. She died on 14 Sep 1826. She was buried in Portland, Middlesex, CT.
child+3641 ii. Mary Gildersleeve.
child+3642 iii. Henry Gildersleeve.
child+3643 iv. Philip Gildersleeve.
child+3644 v. Elizabeth Gildersleeve.
child+3645 vi. Sarah Gildersleeve.
child+3646 vii. Obadiah Gildersleeve II.
child3647 viii. Richard Gildersleeve(135) was born in Aug 1765 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. He died on 21 Mar 1782 in Gildersleeve, Middlesex County, Connecticut.
child3648 ix. Bailey Gildersleeve(135) was born in Dec 1767 in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. He died on 11 Jan 1773.

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