The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1910-08-26
Gilbert Family
BY A G
Copyright by Mcclure Syndicate,

likely to excite Gods heavy judg
ments, If it were in~termeddled in witt
base purposes"
In a very beautiful picture, by Mat
terson, the later expedition of Sill
Humphrey (1583), being the subject,
the originator of the expedition is
represented as a man OF great dignity
The picture shows the landing at st,
Johns harbor, Newfoundland, where
Sir Humphrey took possession of the |
country, for 300 leagues every way |
around it, and published laws for the
government of the territory, among |
which was one for the establishment
of public worship, according to the
Church of England.
Sir Humphrey was the son of Otho
Gilbert, and by his mothers side, he
was alf-brother to Sir Walter Ra.
leigh. At court Sir Humphrey obtained
the special favor of Queen Elizabeth,
who granted him a patent to COLOMBO
North America. He married a daugh,
wife became possessed of estates in
Kent.
Returning from his western expe
dition he lost the largest of his three
vessels near Cape Breton, the Golden
Hind" and the squirrel" were the
names OF the two remaining ships,
and with these he started homeward.
The sea was tempestuous, and the
captain begged Gilbert to go with him,
in the larger Of the two vessels, the
Hind, but he would not forsake his
crew. I'VE are as near to heaven by
sea as by land" said he. That night
his little vessel, the "Squirrel.' was
swallowed up by the waves.
Many memorials of various kinds
exist, erected 10 the noble comman-
der's memory. They are all in Eng
land, with the one exception of a
modest epitaph engraved upon a stone
in a rural cemetery of New York state.
Among the celebrities of the family
were Nicolas Gilbert, a French poet,
born 1851; and William Gilbert or Gils
herd, also Gilbertus, as his name is
written, born in England, 1910. He
| was descendant OF an ancient SUI
folk family, long resident of Clare,'
and "the most distinguished man Of
science in England during Queen Eliz-
abeth's reign, to whom he was a ply
sician." His portrait may be seen at
Oxford. His book on magnetism
treating of the magnetic needless
not only the first, but the most impor-
tant contribution to the science Of
magnetism. OF him Fuller in his
"Worthies Of England" says: Ma
hornets tomb is said to be suspended
between heaven and earth, but the
memory of this doctor will never fall
to the ground, which his book DE.
Magnete,' will support-to eternity"
In Virginia and North and South
Carolina, the Gilberts have lived prob.
ably since the founding of those
states, and among the marriage con.
n%ections are the Lewises, Taylors and
Hickmans, of Virginia, all of whom
have wal records. The Balengers OF
South Carolina are kin, and the Ora.
hams of North Carolina-Gen. George
Graham, of revolutionary fame, and
William Graham, signer Of the Neck
lenburg Declaration Of Independence
We find the family an important one
in New York state, where a town is
named for the founder Of the family
there-Atijah Gilbert, who was borl
in England, and crossed the sea about
1887. He purchased land, and is
down in the records as gentleman
Many places bear the name Of The
T family; there is Gilberts peak OF ths
Rocky mountains, ard Gilbert is
lands in the Pacific ocean.
? Heitman's "Oficers OF the American
, Revolution gives the followin,
? names; from Massachusetts, Ensign,
Benjamin, '76, and Elisha; Capt. Sam
: uel, II. Quarter~Master Sergeant Ben
jamin from ~ to So. and Joseph, VIII,
: was first lieutenant of PrescOtt's regi
ment, rs, and was afterwards car
tain; from Connecticut, Quarter-Mas
ter Sergeant Gershom; from Pennsyl
vania, Surgeons Mate John; from
Maryland, Capt. Michael. rs to 81.
The illustrated cOat-Of-arms i
blazoned: Argent, on a chevror
s gules, three roses Of the field, ii. G
n argent Or silver.)
= Crest: A squirrel cracking a nut
f proper.
Motto: Mellem Mori GUAM mutar
i prefer death to change.
This is the coat-arn!or ascribed t
n Capt. Nathaniel OF Middletown. TIL
arms borne by John of Dorcheste
b differs slightly. The motto is Tena
4 prnrnsiti-hn firm to Ynnr nnrnnct