Ens Thomas Gildersleeve

• BIRTH 1661 Hempstead, Queens County, New York
• DEATH 1740 (aged 78–79) Hempstead, Queens County, New York
• BURIAL Old Town Burying Ground, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, MEMORIAL ID 52650306

Son of Richard and Dorcas Gildersleeve. A very early settler of Hempstead.

Graveside Details
No marker remains, but the burying ground has numerous Gildersleeves of his descent

Parents
Richard Gildersleeve III b. 1659 in Hempstead, Long Island
Dorcas Gildersleeve

Siblings
Thomas Gildersleeve

Spouse
Mary (unknown) Gildersleeve 1663–1722 (m. 1682)

Wife

From Geni discussion:
https://www.geni.com/discussions/248761?msg=1558711

George D. A. Combes' "Early Vital Records of Hempstead" (NYG&B, 1923) says no birth surname found for Mary. Herbert Furman Seversmith's "Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut" (1939) says the same.

Children

1. Asa Gildersleeve b. 3/19/1685 Hempstead, Long Island, NY [6]
2. George Gildersleeve b. 10/22/1687 Hempstead, Long Island, NY [6]
3. Thomas Gildersleeve b. 5/16/1690 Hempstead, Long Island, NY, d. 11/20/1741 Hempstead, Long Island, NY [6]
4. Mary Rhodes Gildersleeve b.12 Mar 1693 Hempstead, Long Island, NY, m. Hope Rhodes.
5. Richard Gildersleeve 4/7/1695 Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York, d. 9/738 Hempstead, Long Isld, NY.
6. Elisha Gildersleeve b. 5/ 7/1697 Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, NY, d. 1773 Hempstead, Long Island, NY
7. Elizabeth Gildersleeve b. 4/4/1701 Hempstead, Long Island, NY [6]
8. Dorcus Gildersleeve b. 5/17/1704 Hempstead, Long Island, NY, d. abt 1789 [6]
9. Moses Gildersleeve b. Abt 1709 [6]
10. Obadiah Gildersleeve 1728–1816 [1 this child is questionable CDA]

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(III) Richard Gildersleeve (3d) was born in 1659 in Hempstead, Long Island. He bought land in Huntington, Suffolk Co., L. I., April 2, 1687 of John Goulding and wife. He was granted by the town 22 acres at Clapboard Hollow, and at Crab Hollow, his assessment 1688 was £37. On January 10, 1694, he and John Scidmore bought of Edward Ketcham 150 acres of upland west side of Nesaguage River. He conveyed a tract of land in Hempstead on April 20, 1699, to Richard Valentine of Hempstead. He sold his proprietor's rights at Hempstead, May 2, 1704, to his brother, Thomas Gildersleeve.

1. Thomas Gildersleeve (Richard Gildersleeve4, Richard* Gildersleeve3, Richard* Gildersleeve2, Robert* Gildersleeve1) was born Abt 1661, and died Aft Jan 1740 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. He married Mary [Munn sic: UNKNOWN] 1684 in Hempstead, Long Island, Nassau, NY. She was born Abt 1663 in , New York.

Children of Thomas Gildersleeve and Mary [Munn sic: UNKNOWN] are:

• + 2 i. Asa Gildersleeve was born 19 Mar 1685 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, was christened 1705.
• + 3 ii. George Gildersleeve was born 22 Oct 1687 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, was christened 1705, and died Nov 1739 in Hempstead, NY.
• + 4 iii. Thomas Gildersleeve was born 16 May 1690 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, and died 20 Nov 1741 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
• 5 iv. Mary Gildersleeve was born 12 Mar 1693 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, was christened 1705. She married Hope Rhodes.
• + 6 v. Richard Gildersleeve was born 7 Apr 1695 in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York, was christened 18 Aug 1707 in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York, and died Sep 1738 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
• + 7 vi. Elisha Gildersleeve was born 7 May 1697 in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, NY, was christened 1705 in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, and died 1773 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY.
• 8 vii. Elizabeth Gildersleeve was born 4 Apr 1701 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, was christened 18 Aug 1707. She married John Wood.
• + 9 viii. Dorcas Gildersleeve was born 17 May 1704 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY, was christened 18 Aug 1707 in Hempstead, Nassau, New York, and died Abt 1789.
• 10 ix. Moses Gildersleeve was born Abt 1709. He married Unknown. He was born Abt 1709.

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References

• [1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52650306/thomas-gildersleeve
• [2] The Nellie Ritch Scudder Collection.
• [3] Prominent Families of Huntington, Long Island by Henry or Horace Ruscoe, a manuscript.
• [4] Gaylords and Gildersleeves, Helen Gaylord Gildersleeve, 1989, page 136: In 1683, at the age of 22, he became a proprietor of Hempstead. When his father died in 1683, he inherited more land. He was elected town clerk in 1695, 1705-1709, and 1712-1737. Thomas was a quiet, scholarly man, a surveyor like his father, and a church of England Warden. He was an Ensign in the militia in 1700. He became a charter member of St. George's Episcopal Church in Hempstead in 1735, and a town assessor in 1702. His attention centered on children, and he made it his life interest to serve as catechist and schoolmaster from 1712 to 1740. One one of his five sons, (Elisha), survived him.
• [5] Ecclesiastic Records of the State of New York, page 2131, Thomas Gildersleeve was Church Warden of Hempstead May 22, 1719. Hempstead census of 31 August 1698 listed: Thomas & Mary, Asa, George, Thomas Jr., Mary, Richard, and Elisha. Children were baptized by Rev. John Thomas who recorded dates of birth. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol 54, P 42 lists 7 children, omitting Thomas. Has some varying dates for births and baptisms.
• [6] Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910 By George Kemp Ward, Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward
• https://postmorrowgenealogy.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I61263&t... (has errors)
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/collaborate/L6CK-GGT "No record is available to indicate this Thomas Gildersleeve's wife was Eleanor Munn or that his wife Mary's maiden name was Munn."
• Colonial families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut : being the ancestry & kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith ...Volume three. Gildersleeve. First and second lines. Page 1,133 - 1,135. < AncestryImage >. < PDF > attached.