William Gill and Elizabeth Leaper

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Husband William Gill ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died: 1832 - Liberty Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Harmony Church Cemetery

       Marriage:  - Allegheny Co, PA

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Wife Elizabeth Leaper ²

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Children

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1 M Samuel Gill ^{4 5}

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           Died: Bef 1888
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2 M Hugh Gill ^{2 6 7}

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           Born: 1782 - Washington Co, PA 8
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           Died: 1866 - Harrisville, Mercer Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 8
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         Spouse: Anne Anderson (      -1872) 2 4
           Marr: Abt 1811 - Mercer Co, PA

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3 M William Gill ⁵

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           Died: Bef 1888
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4 M Isaac Gill ^{1 5}

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           Born: 1810 - Liberty Twp, Mercer Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1877 - Wolf Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Kelly (      -1886) 5

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5 F Sarah Gill ⁵

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           Died: Bef 1888
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6 F Mary Gill ⁹

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
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           Died: Bef 1877
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         Spouse: Thomas McBride (1779-Abt 1830) 10

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7 F Fannie Gill ⁵

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           Died: Bef 1888
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General Notes: Husband - William Gill

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He was a native of Scotland. [HMC 1888, 1031]

He served in the army during the Revolutionary war and was under Gen. Wayne at the battle of Paoli, where Wayne’s army was surprised and defeated. He was wounded in this battle, crawled into a hollow log, and lay until the British left the field. He got well, and served till the end of the war. He was married in Alleghany County, and resided in that county until 1802, when he settled on Wolf Creek in Mercer County, where he encountered the usual experiences of pioneers. He was one of the founders of Harmony Church, and is buried in its cemetery. He reared seven sons and six daughters. [HBC 1883, 398]

William Gill came to Liberty Township, Mercer County, PA, with his wife and four children - two boys and two girls - in 1797-98. They came from Allegheny County, and settled on a farm later owned by David Dale, near the site of Courtney's mill. One girl and two boys were born in the family after they settled. Hugh Gill was the oldest son. A few years after their settlement in Liberty township, they did their plowing with a yoke of oxen, and one of them had a habit of lying down while at work. It was a habit with Mr. Gill to take off his coat on such occasions, and smother the animal with it till it would get up. When the boys were plowing, and the ox would lie down, they used coals of fire to start him, as they were not strong enough to smother him. William Gill died in 1832, and that night the brick house he had lived in was blown down in a heavy storm, and four persons within it were killed. [HMC 1877, 55]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 55.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 398.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1022, 1031, 1059.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 87.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1031.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 55, 87.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1022, 1031.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1022.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1059.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 541, 1059.