Moses Gillmor and Isabel [2] Wallace

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Husband Moses Gillmor ¹

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           Born: Abt 1749 - County Donegal, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jun 1825 2
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church

       Marriage: 9 Nov 1784 3

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Wife Isabel [2] Wallace ^{3 4}

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           Born: 23 Feb 1757 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1828 2
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church

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         Father: Robert Wallace (      -      ) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Clyde (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Thomas Gillmor ²

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           Born: 1785 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1793 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Mary Gillmor ²

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           Born: 1787 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1793 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M William Gillmor ²

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           Born: 1789 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Aug 1856 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Isabella Cowden (      -      ) 2

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4 M Robert Gillmor ²

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           Born: 1791 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1867 2
         Buried: 

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5 F Margaret Gillmor ²

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           Born: 1793 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1839 2
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - Moses Gillmor

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He was born in the townland of Burt, parish of Templemore, county of Donegal, six miles from the city of Londonderry, province of Ulster, Ireland.
Until his seventeenth year he remained in Ireland, when he came with an uncle to America, settling in Hanover township, Lancaster, later Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Prior to the Revolution he returned to Ireland on business connected with his father's estate, but the breaking out of the Revolutionary war delayed his return until about 1783.
Upon the laying out of the town of Harrisburg in 1785, Mr. Gillmor purchased a lot on Market square, built a house and established himself in the mercantile business, which he successfully carried on a number of years. Mr. Gillmor was prominent in political afiairs, and in the church of which he was one of the founders, the First Presbyterian, he was an elder for thirty-four years.

Concerning Moses Gillmor the following description of him and estimate of his character, as given by the Rev. Dr. Robinson in his "Historical Discourse on the Ruling Elders of the First Presbyterian Church," are a fitting close to this sketch." He was a gentleman of remarkably fine personal appearance, tall and well proportioned, grave and dignified, and wore, as was customary with gentlemen of his standing in society, the cocked hat, short breeches and silver-buckled shoes of that and the earlier revolutionary age. He was a man of stately bearing and courtly manners, and his tall manly form, clothed in the dress peculiar to gentlemen of the olden times, would command involuntary respect. He was a most worthy citizen and a man of sterling integrity, sincere, incorrupt and straightforward in all his dealings. In Christian character he was decidedly old side; and in this day of so much that is easy, fictitious and sensational in religious life and manners, he would, no doubt, be regarded severely cold and puritanic; but in him and his associates there was in their reverent and high-toned piety, a solid realness that could well do without the more attractive, but less substantial piety of many in modern times.
"Many incidents are still rehearsed that illustrate the character of this good and strong-minded man. When selling merchandise he was often heard to tell his customers, 'Tak it, if ye like, if not, ye'll perhaps find something better at some other place.' The precenter was one day greatly troubled to find a tune of the right metre for the psalm that was to be sung. After failing once or twice, the voice of Mr. Gillmor was heard from another part of the church, 'Tut, man, tak anither tune.'"

1 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 120, 401.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 402.

3 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 401.

4 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 120.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 114.