This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CFB.2ACI/173.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Here is some of the info showing why I believe that Adam, David, Isaac & James are brothers. 1850 census (taken 8 Aug 1850) Carroll Co, Md (District No. 7), pg 288A: Isaac Gilbert, age 48, farmer, b. Md, , no value given for real estate owned Kesiah, age 47, b. Md William, age 23, farmer, b. Md Lewis, age 21, carpenter, b. Md George, age 17, farmer, b. Md John, age 13, b. Md, in school during last year Mary, age 15, b. Md, in school during last year Emily J, age 11, b. Md David, age 8, b. Md Charles, age 3, b. Md James, age 1, b. Md 1850 census for Dist #7, Carroll Co, Md, pg 296 (taken 10 Aug 1850): Adam Gilbert, 50 b. Md, farmer, real estate $7000; Catharine, 45 b. Md; Ellen, 22 b. Md; John, 20 b. Md, farmer; James, 18 b. Md, farmer; Nelson, 16 b. Md, farmer; Mary, 12 b. Md; Joshua, 14 b. Md, farmer; Julia, 4 b. Md. 1850 census for Dist #2, Carroll Co, Md, pg 395 (taken 29 Aug 1850}: James Gilbert, 45 b. Md, farmer; Susan, 38?, b. Md; George M, 21 b. Md, farmer; Catharine J?, 19 b. Md; James W, 17 b. Md; Emily G?, 16 b. Md; Edward G, 14 b. Md; Charles, 12 b. Md; Levi, 10 b. Md; Martha Ann, 8 b. Md; Agnes Ann, 4 b. Md. Living next door to Joshua Brown, 31 b. Pa family. 1850 census for Dist #2, Carroll Co, Md, pg 396 (taken 30 Aug 1850): David Gilbert, 52 b. Md, laborer, real estate 4400; Laurena, 39 b. Md; Sarah Ann, 21 b. Md; Francis, 16 b. Md, male; Joshua, 14 b. Md; Emily, 10 b. Md; James A, 7 b. Md; David U?, 3 b. Md. "A Genealogical Index of Miami Valley Pioneers, Ohio", pg 60 (Germantown Public Library): a George Gilbert from Frederick Co, Md had 5 sons: Adam (who married Catherine Diffenbaugh), James, George (who married Catherine Wampler, and then Mary [Brown] Wampler, a widow), David, and Isaac. "Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of Dayton and Montgomery County" (page 1233-1234): Jeremiah Gilbert was father of some Montgomery County settlers; he had 23 children, including 14 (including an Isaac) by a second wife, ?Powell, who Jeremiah married 27 August 1793. The same book (at pages 1231-1233) states that: the original settler was Thomas Gilbert from England, settled in Md, married a German woman, and had 2 children, Jeremiah & Susan; Jeremiah received a farm from his father Thomas, m. 1779 Catherine Weaver (whose father was soldier in Revolution), later married ?Powell, and had 23 children, including George (mother was Catherine Weaver). The book implies that this George may be the father of the 5 sons mentioned in "A Genealogical Index", etc described above. However, the same book at page 1232 states that George had only 4 children: Adam, David, James, & Isaac (no George); it further states that Adam's son, Jesse, was "of remotely German ancestors, w! ho, on coming to America, made their home in the wilderness of Frederick county, Md, where many of the family name reached distinction." [Virtually verbatim information describes Adam Gilbert, father of the above Jesse, in Drury's History of Dayton, discussed below.] (For Adam, David & James Gilbert, see 1850 census above.) "History of City of Dayton", by Drury, vol 2, pg 755-757: Jesse Gilbert & Adam Gilbert discussed. Jesse Gilbert, s/o Adam & Catherine (Diffenbaugh) Gilbert, married Hannah (Swihart) Mullendore. [Adam Gilbert, b. 5 Feb 1800, d. 1 Oct 1865, buried Carroll Co, Md, m. Catherine Diffenbaugh; Catherine Diffenbaugh, b. 18 May 1803, d. 26 May 1890, buried Carrol Co, Md (next to her husband).]