Record Of The Benjamin Gilbert Branch Of The Gilbert Family In America 1620 1920

Author : John Wingate Thornton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332046799
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book A Genealogical Memoir of the Gilbert Family written by John Wingate Thornton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Genealogical Memoir of the Gilbert Family: In Both Old and New England This brief Memoir was suggested by the labors of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, whose life, genius, and estate were devoted to geographical discoveries, principally in North America. He was "The Father of Northern and North Western Colonization" in America; in attempting which he lost his life, leaving his opinions and example in possession of his disciple and brother, Sir Walter Kaleigh, who perfected them, and thus became the Founder of Virginia. These men laid the foundation of the trade and naval power of Great Britain. Among the earliest colonists in Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine were the Gilberts, to whom these pages refer. It has been the design of the author merely to present a few general facts, which may be of service to future enquirers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.