Robert Hillis and Elizabeth Wynn

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Husband Robert Hillis ¹

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           Born: Abt 1784 - the north of Ireland
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           Died: Jun 1819 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Hillis (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Wynn ¹

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           Born: 
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         Father: Jonathan Wynn (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Peggy Reed (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M William Hillis ¹

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           Born: 8 Apr 1819 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 19 Mar 1910 2
         Buried:  - Big Sewickley, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Catherine Simpson (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 22 Feb 1844 2

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Hillis

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He was born in the north of Ireland, so near the coast that he could, according to the account, "look over to the braes of Scotland." Here he spent his childhood until he had reached the age of fifteen years, when he came with his father to America on a vessel which took three months to make the voyage, and which met with stormy weather for the majority of the passage. Eventually, however, it was completed in safety in the port of New York. Still accompanying his father, he came directly to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his short life, and died at the age of thirty-five years. He had the reputation of being one of the most powerful men physically that ever lived in the county. He had learned from his father the trade of linen weaving, which he followed to the end of his short life.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 906.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 907.