Gilbert, Peyton Randolph

EDWIN RANDOLPH GILBERT, 1808-1874

EDWIN RANDOLPH GILBERT, son of Hon. Peyton R. and Anna (Porter) Gilbert, was born in Gilead, a parish of Hebron, Conn., Feb. 10, 1808. He entered the Yale Divinity School in 1829 and completed the course in 1832. On the 3d of Oct., 1832, he was ordained over the Congregational Church in Wallingford, Conn., and retired as pastor emeritus, Jan. 1, 1874. His long pastorate was marked by great fidelity and judiciousness. He died of pneumonia at his residence in Wallingford, April 17, 1874, after an illness of eight days. The sermon preached at his funeral by the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, who also preached the sermon at his ordination, is to be published. From August, 1849, until his death, Mr. Gilbert was a member of the Corporation of Yale College.

He was married, May 7, 1833, to Ann S. Langdon, of Hartford, Conn., by whom he had four children. She died Feb. 13, 1841. His second marriage was with Dorcas S., daughter of Rev. Aaron Dutton. (Y. C. 1803) of Guilford, July 26, 1842. She died July 10, 1849, having had three children. He married again, Sept. 7, 1852, Clara, daughter of William Baldwin, of New Haven, who died Aug. 19, 1864. He was again married, Oct. 16, 1865, to Henrietta M. Carrington, of Wallingford; who survives him. Two sons, one by his first and one by his second marriage, are also living, the younger of whom is a graduate of this college.

From Yale University Obituary Record .

From the guide to the Peyton Randolph Gilbert family papers, 1760-1905, (Manuscripts and Archives)