John Gilbert, who lived in the west of Cornwall, England, becoming a Quaker was banished in 1663. Emigrated to America, settled near what is now Perkasie, Bucks Co. John Gilbert had bought his wife, Florence, and two sons, John and Joseph, the lattler being 7 or 8 years old. It is believed that John Gilbert did not leave the Society of Friends. In 1695, he purchased 600 acres of land from Nicholas Redron. Joseph Gilbert, married Rachel Loegy, of Abington or Lower Dublin, and settled on a tract of land left him by his father, where he died Aug 8, 1765, aged 90. After bearing him several children his first wife died and he married 2nd to Sarah James. Benjamin Gilbert, youngest son of Joseph, was born 1711, and June 1731 he married Sarah Mason, d/o Benjamin. By this marriage they had eight children; His first wife died in 1759 and he married 2nd 1761 to Elizabeth Peart, widow of Benjamin Peart, d/o Benjamin Walters. Best Wishes, Geri