Robert GILL Sr.
- Birth: 1720, Clanbrassil, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland
- Married (2): Abt 1743, , , , Ireland
- Death: 30 Jun 1804, Fishing Creek, Chester, S. C.
- Buried: 2 Jul 1804, Fishing Creek, Chester, South Carolina
General Notes:
!DEATH:WILL 29 JUNE 1804
1. Wills Chester Co., S-Cr (FSC Ce, pt 2 (5407) BK p 223
2. Syphus Averett Fam. Hist. pts. 1-2 (929.273 Av. 35a)
3. Corrs Irish Research, 47 Winchester St., London, England S.W.1
Elinor resided in Pennsylvania prior to moving to South Carolina.
Marriage Information:
Robert married Elenor. (Elenor was born about 1732.)
Marriage Information:
Robert also married Eleanor KELSEY about 1743 in , , , Ireland. (Eleanor KELSEY was born about 1721-1732 in Largan, Clanbrassil, Armagh, Ireland, died on 13 Dec 1801 in , Chester, South Carolina and was buried on 13 Dec 1801 in Fishing Creek Cemetary, Chester, South Carolina.)
Marriage Notes:
Remarks on family genealogy written by George Washington Gill Averett.
Greatgrandfather Gill, and his son, my grandfather George Gill, sometime before the War of 1776, came from Ireland to America and settled in Pennsylvania. Sometime before the Revolutionary War, Grandfather George Gill married Genett Hamilton who was also from Ireland (or at least her parents came from Ireland).
Greatgrandfather Gill and grandfather George Gill both, at the outbreak of the Revolution, enlisted in the army and fought under General George Washington and other American officers. Passing through many hardships and danger through the whole of that war, being in one defeat, and many victories.
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