When Comfort B Gillette was born on 11 July 1797, in New York, United States, his father, Joseph L. Gillett, was 26 and his mother, Susannah Conant, was 25. He married Caroline Dobbs on 16 November 1820, in Phelps, Phelps, Ontario, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Mifflin Township, Wyandot, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Franklin Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 20 December 1865, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dodgeville, Des Moines, Iowa, United States.
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English: variant of Gillett , with spelling altered and stress shifted as if it were a modern French name (see 2 below).
French: variant of Gillet and, in North America, a variant of its altered form Gillett .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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