The Proeger Family · Generation 7 — Earl's earliest known

Moses Gilfillan

Father of Caroline Kent Gilfillan · born about 1803

Moses Gilfillan

Confirmed

Father of Caroline Kent Gilfillan · born about 1803

Children
Henry Henderson
Sources
2

Research status

Research status: CONFIRMED father of Caroline Kent Gilfillan. Evidence: her Vermont birth record of 3 September 1836 at Barnet, Caledonia County, names her father as Moses Gilfillan, and in 1850 she is Carolin K., 13, in the Barnet household of Moses Gilfillan, 47 S1657. Added to the family tree on 10 October 2026

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Children
His daughter is entered as the probable mother of Henry Henderson; her card sets out why that link is still probable

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Weak or missing
What is weak or missing: both records were read from the index, not the images. His birth, about 1803, is worked out from the one census age. His wives are not proved: the 1836 birth record names Hannah, the 1850 household has a Susanna, 42. Hannah T. Gilfillan, who died at Barnet on 8 September 1844 S1662, is entered as his probable first wife; Susanna has no card. His parents, his birthplace and his death are not known, and no death is entered. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.
Cited on this card S1657 S1662 Card added 2026-10-10

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Moses Gilfillan · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

2 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S1657Birth of Caroline Kent Gilfillan, Barnet, Vermont, 1836, and the 1850 census of Barnet. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720–1908, and 1850 U.S. census, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, dwelling 1281. Ancestry, read from the index entry on 2 October 2026; the image has not been opened. Birth: Caroline Kent Gilfillan, born 3 September 1836 at Barnet; father Moses Gilfillan, mother Hannah Gilfillan. 1850: Carolin K. Gilfillan, 13, in the household of Moses Gilfillan, 47, with Susanna Gilfillan, 42, and seven others. The mother’s name differs between the two records and is not settled.
  2. S1662Death of Hannah T. Gilfillan, Barnet, Vermont, 8 September 1844. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720–1908. Ancestry record 242995, read from the index entry on 2 October 2026; the record card has not been opened. Hannah T. Gilfillan died at Barnet, Caledonia County, on 8 September 1844. As indexed, the entry names no husband and no child. Taken to be the Hannah named as mother on Caroline Kent Gilfillan’s 1836 birth record [S1657], by her name, the town and the date. Probable.

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