John Gemmill and Elizabeth Porter

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Husband John Gemmill ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Zacharia Gemmill 3
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           Died: Bef 1800
         Buried:  - Lewistown, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Porter ^{1 2}

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           Died: 1823 1
         Buried:  - Hart's Log Cemetery, near Alexandria, Huntingdon Co, PA

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Children

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1 M Rev. John Gemmill ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1759 - Mifflin Co, PA 2
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2 M Zachariah Gemmill ²

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            AKA: Zechariah Gemmill 1
           Born: 1782 - Mifflin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1812 2
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         Spouse: Mary Mytinger (1782-1860) 2
           Marr: 1803 2

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3 F Elizabeth Gemmill ²

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           Born:  - Mifflin Co, PA
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4 F Marion Gemmill ²

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           Born:  - Mifflin Co, PA
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5 F Anna Gemmill ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Mifflin Co, PA
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         Spouse: Thomas Harris Stewart (      -1831) 1 3

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6 F [Unk] Gemmill

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General Notes: Husband - John Gemmill

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The Gemmill family descends from Scotch ancestors seated for five or more generations at Kilmarnock, Scotland, from whence in the sixth generation came John Gemmill, the American ancestor. John Gemmill came to Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land in or near the present site of Lewiston. He was a deeply religious man, the letters written to his children indicating that he was a holy man-perhaps a preacher. He was buried at Lewiston, his wife in "Hart's Log" graveyard, once the site of an old Indian fort near Alexandria, Huntington County, Pennsylvania.

John Gemmill very early succeeded to the ownership of the lands on that side of the river, but died before the close of the century.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Porter

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After her husband's death, she subsequently laid out the town of Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. She lived in a small brick house near the canal-lock at that point until her death.

1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 420.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 874.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 286.