When Jason C. Gillett was born on 31 July 1805, in Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Gillett, was 36 and his mother, Deborah Watson, was 31. He married Emma Maria Fellows on 17 October 1829, in Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 6 July 1861, in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Roberts Cemetery, Mount Vernon Township, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
English: when pronounced with a soft G (/dʒ/), it is usually from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Gillet, Gilot, Giliot, or Geliot. These are diminutives of Gille or Gilly, which are commonly pet forms of the (often female) name Gilian, Gelian (see Gillian ). Gilot and Gillet are also probably pet forms of Giles .
English (of Norman origin): when pronounced with hard G, it is more likely from the Middle English personal name Gilot, a borrowing of Old French Guillot, a pet form of Guillaume (see William ) and a doublet of Willett .
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous minor places called Gillhead, such as those in the parishes of Matterdale, Moresby, Castle Sowerby, and Westward (all Cumberland), formed from Middle English gil(le) ‘ravine, narrow valley’ (Old Norse gil) + hed, heved ‘head’. This would become Gillett, with hard g.
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