URL: Sir Anthony Aucher, knt. Later that evening the small ship disappeared, swallowed up by the sea. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. He was buried on month day 1715, at burial place. Married Richard Coomer Hannah Gilbert. A National Trust Property, parts of Compton Castle are open to the public several days each week. He wedded Affra, daughter of William Cornwallis, of Norfolk, and had issue. Under Captain Christopher Newport, the London Colony sailed from London in December 1606 and reached the Chesapeake Bay on May 13, 1607. Gilbert was part of a remarkable generation of Devonshire men, who combined the roles of adventurer, writer, soldier and mariner - often in ways as equally loathsome as admirable. John Raleigh Gilbert. 15601561. And in 1621 Ralegh Gilbert was a member of the Council of England for the Plymouth colony. He sent the "Bark Raleigh", a ship of 200 tons. He died in 1634. View more surname facts for GILBERT. Because it was small and could explore harbors and creeks, Gilbert now sailed on Squirrel, a ship of 10 tuns, rather than Delight, his 120 tun flagship. Although this attempt failed, it got his brothers Walter and Carew Ralegh involved in American Exploration. From: 'Parishes: Otterden', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798), pp. Sept. 9th. Gilbert was father to Ralegh Gilbert, who was to become second in command of Popham Colony. Gilbert refused to leave the Squirrel, while the vessels continued on the Atlantic crossing. In the 20th century, Greenway, the birthplace of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, was the home of the mystery writer Agatha Christie, a close friend of the Gilbert family. as he lifted his palm to the skies to illustrate his point. Born in Compton, . One of the pioneers of English colonization, he also claimed what is thought to be the first English property in North America. Gilbert had a half-brother, the even better known Sir Walter Raleigh, and two of his sons, Bartholomew and Raleigh Gilbert, in whose veins the desire for adventure and exploration ran strong. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. On Aug 29 the latter ship wrecked with the loss of 100 lives and many of Gilbert's records. In 1571 he was elected to represent Plymouth in Parliament. This grant provided for two colonies the London Colony and the Plymouth Colony. 1546-1597. Gilbert was eager to participate and, after Carew's seizure of the barony of Idrone (in modern County Carlow), he pushed westward with his forces across the River Blackwater in the summer of 1569 and joined up with his kinsman to defeat Sir Edmund Butler, a younger brother of the Earl's. In the latter expedition he was knighted by the Earl of Essex. The wind was in their favour as they sped back to Cape Race in two days and were soon clear of land. On Monday, September 9, he was observed on deck reading a book. Sir Humphrey's older brother, Sir John Gilbert, inherited Compton Castle from their father. Second son of Otto Gilbert, (BEF 5 Aug 1513-18 Feb 1546/1547) (son of Thomas Gilbert and Isabel Reynward), and Catherine Champernowne. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on September 9, 1583 in off, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, he was 44 years old. ("Why not?") Violence spread in a confusion from Leinster and across the province of Munster, when the Geraldines of Desmond went into rebellion. Early interested in exploration, in 1566 he prepared A Discourcs of a Discoveries for a new Passage to Cataia [China] in which he urged the queen to seek a Northwest Passage to China because the known routes were controlled by the Spanish and the Portuguese. On the return voyage to England to record his claim Gilbert remained aboard Squirrel rather than transferring to the larger Golden Hinde as urged by his men. Family tree Cromer/Russell/Buck/Pratt Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583) Personal data Sir Humphrey Gilbert He was born on January 11, 1539 in Greenway Court, Near Galmpton, Devon, England. It was assumed that Gilbert would be appointed President of Munster after the dismissal of Ormond as lord lieutenant of the province in the spring of 1581. There they founded Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the New World. This grant provided for two colonies the London Colony and the Plymouth Colony. He is also said to have sent Captain Apsley into Kerry to inspire terror. If so, login to add it. Because it was small and could explore harbors and creeks, Gilbert now sailed on Squirrel, a ship of 10 tuns, rather than Delight, his 120 tun flagship. In April 1569 he proposed the establishment of a presidency and council for the province, and pursued the notion of an extensive settlement around Baltimore (in modern County Cork), which was approved by the Dublin council. Quid non? Three years later, Gilbert was sent to Ireland to quell a rebellion. * Gilbert Sound near Greenland was named after him by John Davys. Aug. 20th. http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/gi http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62930, http://archive.org/details/agenealogicalan02burkgoog, http://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalan02burkgoog#page/n43/mode/1up, http://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalan02burkgoog#page/n44/mode/1up, http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/CHAMPERNOWNE.htm#Catherine, http://www.archive.org/stream/raleghana03brus/raleghana03brus_djvu.txt. Walter RALEIGH (Sir Knight) 7. 2008 - 2023 INTERESTING.COM, INC. All rights reserved. Queen Elizabeth 1 was queen at the time. Over the next three years he efficiently subdued the rebels. Sir Henry Sidney became his mentor, and he was educated at Eton and the University of Oxford, where he learned to speak French and Spanish and studied the arts of war and navigation. Gilbert then set about organizing a more ambitious colonizing expedition. Will proved at London on 20 Oct 1584 by the Lady Anne Gilbert, relict and executrix. Updates? Categories: Persons of National Historic Significance | Nine Years' War (Ireland) | Compton Castle, Devon Gilberts, Gilbert Name Study | Devon, Notables | Notables, WIKITREE HOME | ABOUT | G2G FORUM | HELP | SEARCH. As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story. Compton Castle, the family seat, was then held by Otho's elder brother John; thus it was at Greenway on the River Dart, that John, Humphrey, Adrian and Elizabeth Gilbert were born. The investors were constrained by penal laws against the recusants in their own country, and loath to go into exile in hostile parts of Europe; thus, the prospect of an American adventure appealed to them, especially when Gilbert was proposing to seize some 9 million acres (36,000 km) around the river Norumbega, to be parcelled out under his authority (although to be held ultimately of the crown). By the mid-1570s Gilbert began to apply his Irish colonization schemes to North America. She does not, however, seem to have been prosecuted herself. as he lifted his palm to the skies to illustrate his point. [2], The book, written in the first person, is Gilbert's diary written after he had managed at last to return to England, four hundred years later than intended. Together with some hundred other "Temporally Displaced Persons" Gilbert is incarcerated in a secret installation until the authorities decide what to do with them. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA. For over a century it was not family property and had become a ruin; however, in 1930 Commander Walter Ralegh Gilbert and his wife Joan bought the castle which they painstakingly restored. He realised that harsh subjugation of the Irish was not the way to establish a permanent peace. found in U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Humphrey Kelly Gilbert found in U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Humphrey Kelly Gilbert found in American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Humphrey Kelly Gilbert found in U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 But the adaptable Gilbert learns the local language, gets released and finds conditions not too dissimilar from those he knows. Frobisher's search for a north-west passage proved fruitless. During the return voyage, Gilbert insisted on sailing in his hardy old favourite, the Squirrel. On February 6, 1584, Adrian Gilbert obtained Letters Patent to continue the search for the Northwest Passage. Gilbert was one of the leading advocates for a north-west passage to the land of Cathay (present-day China), noted in great detail for its abundance of riches by Marco Polo in the 13th century. On 9 September, the frigate Squirrel was nearly overwhelmed but recovered. The ensuing winter was severe and many of the colonists died. "Gilbert Family Records" contains family trees covering all branches of this great including your own from about A.D. 1083 down to 1929 giving leading facts, dates, etc; beautiful illustrations and coats-of-arms in color; early Gilbert settlers in America and their descendants; records of 1152 (?) Married in 1570 to Anne Aucker, whose father and grandfather had fought in the final defense of Calais, Gilbert was the father of two sons - John and Raleigh - who with his brothers Adrian Gilbert and Walter Raleigh continued the family involvement in the exploration and colonization of the New World. . He then continued southerly, encountered Nova Scotia and explored it, claiming the entire coast. By 1572 Gilbert had turned his attention to the Netherlands, where he fought an unsuccessful campaign in support of the Dutch Sea beggars at the head of a force of 1500 men, many of whom had deserted from Smith's aborted plantation in the Ards of Ulster. Instead, he finds a city named Ent where the people speak a language only very distantly resembling English. Later Sir Ferdinando Gorges made a second unsuccessful attempt to colonize the same area. In business affairs, he involved himself in an alchemical project with Smith, whereby iron was to be transmuted into copper and antimony, and lead into mercury. The younger Sir John accompanied Raleigh on his voyages to Guiana in 1595 and Cadiz in 1596. During the three weeks of this campaign, all enemies were treated without quarter and put to the sword - including women and children - which explains, perhaps, the swiftness with which so many castles had been abandoned before Gilbert's aggression. Quid non? Educated at Eton and at Oxford, Gilbert had a very tedious education - so much so that it later inspired him to write a paper on the reform of education. All four children were minors when their father died in 1547. Led by Raleigh Gilbert and George Popham, the Plymouth colony sailed from Plymouth on May 31, 1607 and arrived in what is now the state of Maine on Aug 1, 1607. Later that evening the small ship disappeared, swallowed up by the sea. 4th cousins 11 times removed. The formality of his annexation of Newfoundland eventually achieved reality in 1610; but perhaps of more significance was the reissue to Raleigh in 1584 of Gilbert's patent, on the back of which he undertook the Roanoke expeditions, the first sustained attempt by the English crown to establish colonies in North America. Two of the great European powers were established in the Americas from 1492 (Spain) and 1524 (France) but by the 1580s, England still had no presence here. In 1578, at the age of 40, he received Letters Patent authorizing the planting of an English colony in America. After discussions with Edward Hayes and William Cox, captain and master of the Golden Hind, Gilbert had decided on 31 August to return. Descendants of the Gilbert family live in Compton Castle today. Married to Alice Molyneux, he died without issue in 1608, leaving Compton Castle to his brother Ralegh Gilbert. On Monday, September 9, he was observed on deck reading a book. The first well-documented member of the Gilbert family was Sir Geoffrey (Galfried) Gilbert MP for Totnes in 1326, who in 1329 married Joan de Compton, . Compton Castle, the family seat, was then held by Otto's elder brother John; thus it was at Greenway on the River Dart, that John, Humphrey, Adrian and Elizabeth Gilbert were born. In Fire in the Abyss by Stuart Gordon (1983), Humphrey Gilbert is the main character. Columbus had discovered America with far less evidence to go on. The latter vessel, a small frigate, was notable for having completed the voyage to America and back inside three months under the command of a captured Portuguese pilot. Gilbert Humphrey Gilbert in Famous People Throughout History Sir Humphry Gilbert in GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index Humphrey Gilbert in GenealogieOnline Family Tree Index Humphrey Gilbert in Biographical Summaries of Notable People view all Immediate Family Ann Gilbert wife John? He died in 1502, and was buried in the north chapel of this church. After discussions with Edward Hayes and William Cox, captain and master of the Golden Hind, Gilbert had decided on 31 August to return. English (of Norman origin) French and German: from the personal name Giselbert composed of the ancient Germanic elements gsil 'pledge hostage noble youth' (see Giesel) + berht 'bright famous'. (1) Elizabeth by the grace of God Queeneof England, &c. To all people to whom these presents shall come, greeting. After that initial success, he showed courage in striking out into rebel territory, and managed to march unopposed through Kerry and Connello, taking 30-40 castles without the aid of artillery. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. When the Golden Hind came within hailing distance, the crew heard him cry out repeatedly, "We are as near to Heaven by sea as by land!" Educated at Eton and at Oxford, Humphrey Gilbert also spent time in the household of Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth. Nearly 900 miles away from Cape Race, they encountered high waves and heavy seas, "breaking short and high Pyramid wise", said Hayes. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Catherine continued to live in the West Country, where she kept liveried servants and a waiting woman, but she was in debt when she died. [Gilbert, Sir Humphrey (1539?-83), English navigator and soldier, who annexed Newfoundland for the British crown and devised brilliant, if unsuccessful, colonization schemes. He died in 1634. when he died without issue he left the property to Sir Humphrey's older son, also Sir John Gilbert. [1] The wind was in their favor as they sped back to Cape Race in two days and were soon clear of land. Hamons, John Pinkham, Frauncis Hutton, Edward Button, George Martin, Anthony Wolcocke, mark, William Den, Thorns Trott, mark. (Ronald, p. 248-2490). In Philip Jos Farmer's The Gate of Time (1966), Gilbert was not displaced forward in time but sidewise, into an alternate timeline. Login to find your connection. Sir Humphrey Gilbert The family tree identifies Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1539-1583) as a direct line ancestor. Despite the persuasions of others, who wished him to take to one of the larger vessels, Gilbert stayed put and was observed sitting in the stern of his little frigate, reading a book. When the Golden Hind came within hailing distance, the crew heard him cry out repeatedly, "We are as near to Heaven by sea as by land!" Half brother of Margaret Radford / Hull; Sir Carew Raleigh, MP and Sir Walter Raleigh. Manteo, Will of Sir Humphrey Gilbert held by the National Archives, Kew, Ref PROB 11/67/362, The life of Sir Humphrey Gilbert: England's first empire builder published in 1911, The Visitation of the County of Devon, 1564 page 112, The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620 page 128, https://www.dib.ie/biography/gilbert-sir-humphrey-a3467. But Queen Elizabeth I rejected the idea and instead sent Gilbert to Ireland (156770), where he ruthlessly suppressed an uprising and began to elaborate plans for a Protestant colonization of the province of Munster, in southern Ireland. In order to cowe local supporters of the rebels, he chose to put on gruesome spectacles: after a day's killing he would order the decapitation of the scattered corpses so that the heads could be brought to his camp in the evening, where they were arranged in two parallel rows, making a pathway to the flaps of his tent, along which the supplicants would tread in the presence of their late fathers, brothers and sons. He was outstanding for his initiative and originality, if not for his successes, but it is in his efforts at colonization that he had most influence. A National Trust Property, parts of Compton Castle are open to the public several days each week. In 1607, Sir Humphrey Gilbert's son, Raleigh Gilbert, established a fortified storehouse he called Fort Saint George on the coast of Maine. The Gilberts, still interested in the New World, participated in 400th Anniversary celebrations in both Newfoundland and North Carolina. The bonds to remaine in the custodye of the seide Sir Thomas Cornewalleys or William Awchier to thuse of my saide children &c.; all my landes in the counties of Devon and Somersett which I bought of my Lorde Scrope and all my leases in Walles to be sould or leased to the best proffitt at the discression of my saide wife with the consent of the saide Sir Thomas Cornewalleys, Sir John Gilbert and William Awchier or any twoe of them, &c, for the payment of my debtes and the marriage of Elizabeth Gylbert my daughter and suche daughter or daughters as my said wief goeth or is or maie be nowe withe childe w th all &c, &c. Witnesses Tho. Married in 1570 to Ann Aucker, whose father and grandfather had fought in the final defense of Calais, Gilbert was the father of two sons John and Ralegh who with his brothers Adrian Gilbert and Walter Ralegh continued the family involvement in the exploration and colonization of the New World. One of the pioneers of English colonization, he also claimed what is thought to be the first English property in North America. Both Martin Frobisher and John Davys were inspired by this work. Gilbert also helped to set up the Society of the New Art with Lord Burghley and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, both of whom maintained an alchemical laboratory in Limehouse. Gilbert and his crew are placed in a lunatic asylum, where some of the sailors become truly insane. Sir Humphrey Gilbert died at sea, circa 9 Sep 1583. He died in 1634. ; Otho Gilbert; Isabella Gilbert; Adrian Gilbert, MP and 1 other; and Katherine Raleigh / Miners less On August 29 the latter ship wrecked with the loss of 100 lives and many of Gilbert's records. This was to frame his future ambitions and ultimately lead to his death. There they built the Fort of St. George on the Sagadahoc River (now the Kennebec River). Create a FREE Account. Edward Hayes (or Haies) in "Golden Hind" arrived in Falmouth with the news. He was the elder half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh, from his mother's 2nd marriage. And on March 25, 1584, Walter Ralegh obtained a Royal Patent to explore and colonize farther South. Humphrey GILBERT (SIR) (HumphreyGILBERT) Born in 1539 - Devon, England Deceased 9 September 1583 - Azores, Portugal,aged 44 years old Parents Otho Gilbert, born in 1500 - Compton, Devon, England, deceased 15 February 1547 - Compton, Devon, England aged 47 years old Married in 1531, England, to I. John, of Otterden, m. Ann, daughter of Sir William Kellaway, knt. In 1566 he wrote a Discourse proposing a voyage in search of a Northwest Passage between England and the Far East. In 1572 he commanded the 1,500 English volunteers sent to assist the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain. Know ye that of our especiall grace, certaine science and meere motion, we have given and granted, and by these presents for us, our heires and successours, doe give and graunt . Within the year he had set down an account of his strange and turbulent visions, in which he received the homage of Solomon and Job, with their promise to grant him access to secret mystical knowledge. The half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville, Gilbert studied navigation and military science at Oxford, entered the army, and was wounded at the siege of Le Havre (1563). [2] Sir Humphrey Gilbert. John Aucher, esq. There they founded Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in the New World. Humphrey Gilbert Birth: ABT 1615/1616 in England (deposed as age about 38 in 1651) Death: 14 Feb 1657/1658 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Parents: unknown Married 1) unknown 2) Elizabeth Black Family Children of 1st wife Martha Gilbert. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 29 degrees from Pope Saint John Paul II Wojtyla, 16 degrees from Pope Urban VIII Barberini, 40 degrees from Pope Pius VII Chiaramonti, 18 degrees from Pope Victor II Dollnstein-Hirschberg, 24 degrees from Blessed Pope Innocent XI Odescalchi, 18 degrees from Pope Benedict XIII Orsini, Persons of National Historic Significance, Compton Castle, Devon Gilberts, Gilbert Name Study. Humphrey married Joan Gilbert (born Pomeroy) on month day 1679, at age 39 at marriage place. Straining his means to the utmost, Gilbert finally outfitted a seven-ship expedition and set sail on November 19, 1578. He soon ordered a controversial change of course for the fleet, and owing to his obstinacy and disregard of the views of superior mariners one of the vessels ran aground with some loss of life (probably on the western shores of Sable Island). Although this attempt failed, it got his brothers Walter and Carew Raleigh involved in American Exploration. He was outstanding for his initiative and originality, if not for his successes, but it is in his efforts at colonization that he had most influence. tienne Gilbert from Aulnay in Vienne, France, married Marguerite Thibault in Neuville, QC, in 1683. Remainder turned back, having suffered various sicknesses. Her son and daughter-in-law Geoffrey and Angela Gilbert with their three children, Humphrey, Arabella, and Walter Ralegh, live there today. 1550 - d. 1625). He assembled a large fleet which sailed from Dartmouth on September 26, 1578; however, storms forced the ships to seek refuge in Plymouth until November 19. At this time Gilbert was member of parliament for Queenborough, Kent, but his attention was again drawn to North America, where he hoped to seize territory on behalf of the crown. It was to be several centuries before there would be either a university in London or schools for military training. Mrs. Gilbert lived at Compton Castle until 1984. Humphrey Gilbert had served Queen Elizabeth I with distinction since his youth at Court as a page and was determined to find trade routes to the Orient through, and establish English colonies on, North America. Gilbert had injured his foot on the frigate Squirrel and, on 2nd September, came aboard the Golden Hind to have his foot bandaged and to discuss means of keeping the two little ships together on the voyage. To his credit, he attempted to peacefully settle Ireland, convinced that English colonisation would be beneficial to both nations. REMARKS ON THE ANCESTRY OF SIR WALTER RALEGH. Married Peter Harvey. Sir Humphrey's older brother, Sir John Gilbert, inherited Compton Castle from their father. Gilbert was eager to participate and, after Carew's seizure of the barony of Idrone (in modern County Carlow), he pushed westward with his forces across the river Blackwater in the summer of 1569 and joined up with his kinsman to defeat Sir Edmund Butler, a younger brother of the Earl's. Gilberts contentions won support and money was raised, chiefly by the London merchant Michael Lok, for an expedition. Geni requires JavaScript! The Geraldines were driven out of Kilmallock, but returned to lay siege to Gilbert, who drove off their superior force in a sally, during which his horse was shot from under him and his buckler transfixed with a spear. At about this time he petitioned the Queen's principal secretary, Lord Burghley, for a recall to England - "for the recovery of my eyes" - but his ambitions still rested in Ireland, and particularly in the southern province of Munster. The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Gilbert: Volumes I-II, Volumes 1-2 by David Beers Quinn. In 1573 he presented the Queen with a plan for Queen Elizabeth's Academy, which was to be a university in London to train the nobility and the gentry for the army and the navy. His brothers Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert, and half brothers Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh were also prominent during the reigns of Elizabeth I or James I. Katherine was a niece of Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governess, who introduced the young men at court. His eldest son, Sir Anthony Aucher, married Affra, daughter of William Cornwallis, by whom he left three sons, John, who was of Otterden, Edward, who was of Bishopsbourne, whose descendants were baronets, and remained there till within these few years, and William, who was afterwards of Nonington. One of the vessels - the Bark Raleigh, owned and commanded by Raleigh himself - had to turn back owing to lack of victuals. His second wife was Joan, daughter and heir of Thomas St. Leger, as above-mentioned, by whom he had an only son Henry, who succeeded to this manor of Otterden, and resided here. He married Anna Aucher in 1562, in Devon, England, United Kingdom. He assembled a large fleet which sailed from Dartmouth on September 26, 1578; however, storms forced the ships to seek refuge in Plymouth until November 19. Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. But he tried. Under Captain Christopher Newport, the London Colony sailed from London in Dec 1606 and reached the Chesapeake Bay on May 13, 1607. For over a century it was not family property and had become a ruin; however, in 1930 Commander Walter Ralegh Gilbert and his wife Joan bought the castle which they painstakingly restored. Elizabeth Gilbert. Sir Humphrey Gilbert 1539 - 1583. On Monday, Sep 9, he was observed on deck reading a book. . Louis Gilbert dit Comtois from Besanon in Doubs married Anne Jacques in Charlesbourg, QC, in 1722. The expedition seems to have been an unfortunate one, suffering "very many difficulties, discontentments, mutinies, conspiracies, sicknesses, mortality, spoilings, and wracks by sea". And in 1621 Raleigh Gilbert was a member of the Council of England for the Plymouth colony. Is my grandmother, Elizabeth Marie Gilbert related to Sir Humphrey Gilbert? By logic and reason a north-west passage must exist announced Gilbert. when he died without issue he left the property to Sir Humphrey's older son, also Sir John Gilbert. At the same time he was involved with Sidney and the secretary of state, Sir Thomas Smith, in planning a large settlement of the northern province of Ulster by Devonshire gentlemen. IMPORTANT PRIVACY NOTICE & DISCLAIMER: YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO USE CAUTION WHEN DISTRIBUTING PRIVATE INFORMATION. In 1583, he sailed a northern route across the Atlantic hoping to find the elusive Northwest Passage, but arrived at Newfoundland, where he claimed as English property the crude little camp of St. Johns used by Grand Banks fishermen from France, Portugal and Basque Spain. [1] He soon ordered a controversial change of course for the fleet, and owing to his obstinacy and disregard of the views of superior mariners one of the vessels ran aground with some loss of life (probably on the western shoars of Sable Island). At midnight the frigate's lights were extinguished, and the watch on the Golden Hind cried out that, "the Generall was cast away". Once this resistance was overcome, Gilbert waved his letters patent about and, in a formal ceremony, took possession of Newfoundland (including the lands 200 leagues to the north and south) for the English crown on 5 August 1583. In 1570 Sir Humphrey Gilbert returned to England, where he married Anne Aucher, who bore him six sons and one daughter. His brothers Sir John Gilbert and Adrian Gilbert, and half brothers Carew Raleigh and Sir Walter Raleigh were also prominent during the reigns of Elizabeth I and / or James I. Katherine was a niece of Kat Ashley, Elizabeth's governess, who introduced the young men at court. All four children were minors when their father died in 1547. Sir Humphrey Gilbert Birth 1539 - England Death 1583 - null Mother Unavailable Father Unavailable Quick access Family tree New search Sir Humphrey Gilbert family tree Family tree Explore more family trees Parents Unavailable Unavailable Children John Gilbert Unknown - Unknown Wrong Sir Humphrey Gilbert ? And on March 25, 1584, Walter Ralegh obtained a Royal Patent to explore and colonize farther South. Educated at Eton and at Oxford, Humphrey Gilbert also spent time in the household of Princess Elizabeth, who later became Queen Elizabeth. Gilbert was then created colonel by Lord Deputy Sidney and charged with the pursuit of the rebel James Fitzmaurice Fitzgerald (whom Gilbert considered, "a silly wood-kerne"). Robert Fredrick Gilbert was born on 31 August 1930, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States as the son of Family Tree Albert Gilbert and Nina Marie Thompson.
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