Gilbert did not live to see the exciting times when Andros was demanding the surrender of the New England charters and Connecticut's charter was saved for better times through the sagacity of her officials and the episode which has immortalized Capt.
Brainard, H.W., Gilbert, and Torrey, The Gilbert FamilyDescendants of ThomasGilbert, 1582(?)1659 of Mt. Wollastin (Braintree), Windsor, and Wethersfield, 1953, pp.