Gilbert Adams' service in the Revolution was the basis for membership in the
DAR. The first application filed was # 48091 in the Columbus Ohio Chapter.
His date of birth was listed as 21 Nov 1760 Fishkill N.Y. in the DAR
application submitted c.1910.
Gilbert Adams d.15 Jul 1825 ae 64-7-22 East Fishkill, Dutchess Co. NY. The
correct dates were published by J. W. Poucher in 1924 and are on the
Dutchess Co. New York site at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nydutche/cems/bapchupp.htm I have personally seen
the stone myself.
A picture of the gravestone, taken last week, is posted at:
http://home.att.net/~janet.t.newman/SECOND-GENERATION.htm
I had hoped that seeing the picture would settle the controversy about the
date of birth. And I had hoped that the incorrect date of birth for Gilbert
Adams on the WCGS site at
http://home.whitleynet.org/genealogy/ancindx1.htm
would finally be corrected by the webmaster. It wasn't despite the fact that
both GSWC members posting Ancestral Charts have 1760 in their records.
The incorrect date is still out there.
Janet T. Newman [descendant of Gilbert Adams (1760-1825)]