Notes About Susan Ann Yerxa

The Children of Susan Ann Yerxa and Josiah Gilbert

Generation Eight (1) James B. Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, James B. Gilbert 8)

James B. Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born in 1832. He married 28 March 1854, Martha Haines of St. Mary’s Parish, York County, born in 1834. They lived in Devon (now part of Fredericton).

Children of James and Martha (Haines) Gilbert were:

  1. Chalmers Gilbert (1859- )
  2. Frank Gilbert (1864- ) m. Mary A. McGinnis
  3. Lena Gilbert (1867- ) m. Samuel Long
  4. Hattie Gilbert (1868- ) m. 8 May 1888, John Sutton of Woodstock

Generation Eight (2) Margaret Ann Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Margaret Ann Gilbert 8)

Margaret Ann Gilbert, daughter of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born in 1834/5. She married 1851/2 John Edward Todd. (A sworn statement by her is in Pension Files, National Archives, dated 19 Feb. 1873, attesting that her brother William had worked for her husband who was in the lumber business and to whom she had been married for twenty years. She was 37 years of age.)

Generation Eight (3) William Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, William Gilbert 8)

William Gilbert, born 1837. He enlisted at Bangor, Me. 9 Sept. 1864; wounded at Hatcher’s Run, Virginia, 7 Feb. 1865, died 8 Feb. 1865, and was buried nearby. (Pension Record in National Archives, Washington, D. C.)

Generation Eight (4) John Wellington Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, John Wellington Gilbert 8)

John Wellington Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, born 1839. He married 19 September 1867, Sarah Beek, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Leslie) Beek, born Miramichi, N. B. about 1847.

The children of John and Sarah (Beek) Gilbert were:

  1. John Chesley Gilbert (1870-1953) m. Lydia M. Morehouse
  2. Manford Gilbert (1871-1893) unmarried. Baptized as Benjamin Manford
  3. Harry Gilbert (1872-1925) m. Mamie Dunphy, 9 children
  4. Gertrude May Gilbert (1874-1939) m. George M. Conlogue, 9 children
  5. Kenneth Gilbert (1877-1964) m. (1) Grace Oliver (no issue), (2) Zelda ___(no issue)
  6. Minnie Gilbert (1879-1920) m. Frank Stubbs (no issue)
  7. Ethel Emma Gilbert (1881-1974) m. George Manning Wood
  8. Whitford Gilbert (1884/6-1937) m. (1) Nellie Severance, l dau., (2) Lillian Knox, 10 children
  9. Ralph Hazen Gilbert ( ) died young
  10. Adelbert Gilbert ( ) died young

John Wellington Gilbert died Douglas Parish, N. B. October 19, 1909. Sarah (Beek) Gilbert, wife, died Eddington, Maine, 1918.

Generation Eight (5) Enoch Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Enoch Gilbert 8)

Enoch Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born December 7, 1845. He married Emma (Dow) Yerxa, widow of Elias Yerxa, Lower Woodstock. Emma was the daughter of Mahala (Yerxa) Dow and Samuel Dow. They lived on the farm owned by Emma’s late husband, Elias Yerxa. Enoch Gilbert was more of a general labourer than a farmer.

Children of Emma or Amy (Yerxa) Gilbert were:

  1. Benjamin Gilbert (1875-1950’s) m. Celeste Stairs died in Connecticut, USA, 1 dau. adp. Marjorie Stairs
  2. Herman Gilbert (1878- ) m. ___________. Had children. Went to Nevada. No further information

Enoch Gilbert died in 1921 and was buried in Dowville Cemetery in the Yerxa plot. (Now in Lower Meductic)

Generation Eight (6) Angelina Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Angelina Gilbert 8)

Angelina Gilbert, born in 1844, was the daughter of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert. She married Henry Davis and lived in Calais, Maine.

Generation Eight (7) Benjamin Bradford Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Benjamin Bradford Gilbert 8)

Benjamin Bradford Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born in 1847. He married Elsie (Emery) Scott. No issue.

Generation Eight (8) Jemima Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Jemima Gilbert 8)

Jemima Gilbert, daughter of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born September 22, 1850. Jemima Married John MacGibbon, born in 1842, son of Alexander and Emma or Amy (Yerxa) MacGibbon.

Children of Jemima and John MacGibbon were:

  1. Garner MacGibbon (1889-1964) m. 14 Sept. 1921 Sadie Jean Allen. (Had Lloyd MacGibbon, who married Ruth ___ )
  2. Susan MacGibbon ( ) m. Neil Coyle. Lived Portland, Me. 1965
  3. Archie MacGibbon ( ) an inventor. m. ______
  4. Dau ? MacGibbon ( ) m. Thomas Wilson, Devon. Lived New York State

Garner MacGibbon died November 28, 1964 in Douglas. His mother, Jemima (Gilbert) MacGibbon, died May 8, 1940, in Douglas.

Generation Eight (9) Emma Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Emma Gilbert 8)

Emma Gilbert, daughter of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born December 13, 1852. She married Henry Bevard. Lived in Calais, Maine and Providence, Rhode Island.

Generation Eight (10) Winslow Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Winslow Gilbert 8)

Winslow Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born December 10, 1854 (birth date in the Pension File). Winslow married March 25, 1885, Susan Gill.

Children of Winslow Gilbert and Susan (Gill) Gilbert were:

  1. Harold Willard Gilbert (1892-1967) m. Annie McAdam (1894-1978)
  2. Annie Gilbert ( ) m. _______ Todd
  3. Clayton Gilbert ( )
  4. Dawson Gilbert ( ) Lived Los Angeles, California
  5. Burla Gilbert ( ) m. Ryan Fawcett (Tucson, Arizona)
  6. Mildred Gilbert ( ) m. Clifford Sweeney Deltz (Tucson, Arizona)
  7. Sylvester Gilbert ( ) Los Angeles, California

Winslow Gilbert died October 9, 1917.

Generation Eight (11) Chesley Gilbert (Poulus 1, Johannes 2, Johannes 3, Abraham 4, Johannes (John Yerxa) 5, John Yerxa 6, Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert 7, Chesley Gilbert 8)

Chesley Gilbert, son of Susan Ann (Yerxa) Gilbert and Josiah Gilbert, was born March 4, 1856 (birth date in Pension File). Chesley married August 14, 1884 Belle Scott, daughter of Elsie Emery Scott by her first husband. He is said to have lived in the U.S.

References: Mrs. Mildred Munsey, Weston, Mass., Gilbert descendant, has supplied a great amount of data; Family records, Pension Files, Carlisle Cemetery stones. Census Records 1851-1891. Douglas Rural Cemetery.