John B Gilley, Sr b. 3 Mar 1775 Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 31 Oct 1817 Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti: Smith Family Tree

John B Gilley, Sr

1775 - 1817 (42 years)

Name	John B Gilley [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Suffix	Sr
Birth	3 Mar 1775	Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA [10]
Gender	Male
Census	1800	Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [9]
	Mary and John Gilley
Census	1810	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA [6]
	Mary and John Gilley
Death	31 Oct 1817	Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti [10]
	Cause: Accidental Drowning
Burial	Lost at Sea [10]
Person ID	I19355	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	William Gilley, Sr, b. Abt 1746, Ireland d. 1839, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 93 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Eunice Bunker, b. 20 Mar 1756, Harpswell, Cumberland, Maine, USA d. 1 Mar 1843, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 86 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	4 Jun 1774 [11, 12, 13]
Family ID	F8946	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Freelove Woods, b. 24 Oct 1774, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA d. 18 Apr 1856, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 81 years)

Marriage 20 Jan 1796 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA [14]

Children

	1. John B Gilley, Jr, b. 26 Mar 1800 d. 10 Jul 1822 (Age 22 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Lewis W Gilley, b. 30 May 1804 d. 26 Dec 1806 (Age 2 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Horace Gilley, b. 2 Jun 1802, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Jan 1821, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 18 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Lewis Woods Gilley, b. 11 Jun 1812, Bar Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 19 Jan 1860, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 47 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Nancy W Gilley, b. 10 Jan 1808, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 26 Dec 1906 (Age 98 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Justus Woods Gilley, b. 26 Jan 1815, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 17 Jan 1860, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 44 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. William Gilley, b. 11 Feb 1806, Eden, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 20 Apr 1829 (Age 23 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Mary F Gilley, b. 20 Nov 1796, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 18 Aug 1842, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Sarah W 'Sally' Gilley, b. 8 Feb 1810, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 2 Nov 1859, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 49 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	10. Abigail Gilley, b. 3 Feb 1798, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA d. 21 Sep 1852, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F7298 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Marriage - 20 Jan 1796 - Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
	Census - Mary and John Gilley - 1800 - Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
	Census - Mary and John Gilley - 1810 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Death - Cause: Accidental Drowning - 31 Oct 1817 - Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

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Ancestors

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Gott Male Ancestor

Sources

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Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840???1911
[S404] Ancestry.com, Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 42.

Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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1810 United States Federal Census
Year: 1810; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 11; Page: 451; Image: 00444; Family History Library Film: 0218682
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Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922
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1800 United States Federal Census
Year: 1800; Census Place: Derby, New Haven, Connecticut; Series: M32; Roll: 2; Page: 171; Image: 226; Family History Library Film: 205619
[S5834] Find a Grave: GILLEY John Sr 1775-1817, John B Gilley Sr.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232434547/john-b-gilley
[S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
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[S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: .
Marriage date: 1774 Marriage place:
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=468865&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S5835] Find a Grave: WOODS Mary Mayo 1774-1854, Mary Freelove Woods Gilley Mayo.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88131774/mary_freelove_gilley_mayo

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