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Jonas G. Gildersleeve, ^^{[1, 2, 3]}
1821 - Yes, date unknown

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  Birth	1821	{Huntington, Suffolk, NY}   [1, 4, 5]
  	(parents inferred)
  Gender	Male
  AFN	1P79-7CW  [1]
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2, 6]
  Occupation	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	carpenter
  Residence	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	in the household of his parents, Benjamin and Mary Gildersleeve,
  Occupation	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	Ship Carpenter
  Military	7 Apr 1862–12 Jun 1865	the Civil War   [8, 9]
  	Corporal, Company E, New York 1st Cavalry Regiment
  	According to Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles he enlisted in New York City, joining Company E, New York 1st Cavalry Regiment on 11 Jul 1862, and mustered out on 12 Jun 1865. He achieve the rank of full corporal. Jonas Gildersleeve was not found in the Town Clerk Register for the Town of Brookhaven; and no other record of his enlistment has been found, perhaps because of an index anomaly.
  Census	1870	Petsworth, Gloucester, Virginia   [10]
  	Address: Gloucester Court House
  	In his household was Hester Gildersleeve (21), relationship unknown. He was a ships carpenter.
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I361	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2014

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Gildersleeve, ^,   b. 1796, {Huntington, Suffolk, NY} ,   d. 1870, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Mother	Mary Mills, ^,   b. Between 1791 and 1799, NY ,   d. Between 1850 and 1860, {Fire Place (now Brookhaven), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}
  Married	Bef 1826
  Headstones		#028.Gildersleeve. Benjamin Gildersleeve and Mary Mills Gildersleeve Status: Located Plot: Lot 157
  Family ID	F134	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Jane Eliza Gerard, ^,   b. Abt 1822, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1859  [7]
  	[Marriage date inferred. She had a child by her second husband in 1858, and she was living in Jonas' household by the 1860 census but she had been married at least a year by then.)
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [11]
  	In addition to daughter Eliza, also in the household in 1860 were three youths -- William H. Hulse (age 10), James P. Albin (age 5), and Robert Albin (age 2).
  Children	1. Mary A. E. Gildersleeve, <,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F139	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Ancestral File: Gildersleeve. [S3] 1850 Census, p. 114. [S241] Long Island Genealogy: Surname Database, http://www.longislandsurnames.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I0674&tree=Gildersleeve. [S3] 1850 Census, p. 114. Indicates age 29.. [S77] WorldConnect, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2383911&id =I05721. [S3] 1850 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll M432_601; Page: 203A; Image: 411.. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 207. [S818] Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles. Name: Jonas Gildersleeve Age at enlistment: 41 Enlistment Date: 7 Apr 1862 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: New York City, NY State Served: New York Survived the War?: Yes Service Record: Promoted to Full Private on 01 Oct 1862. Enlisted in Company E, New York 1st Cavalry Regiment on 11 Jul 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 10 Jul 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 04 Feb 1863. Promoted to Full Private on 27 Jan 1864. Mustered out on 12 Jun 1865 at Richmond, VA. Birth Date: abt 1821 Sources: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General The index record has ambiguities, and may be a combination for two different Jonas Gildersleeves, but it seems likely that at least one of whom is for the present Jonas. [S1097] New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865, http://interactive.ancestry.com/1964/31513_216246-.. Jonas Gildersleeve was not found in this source for the Town of Brookhaven. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: Petsworth, Gloucester, Virginia; Roll: M593_1648; Page: 351B; Image: 708; Family History Library Film: 553147.. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 207..