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Sarah Hanna Arthur Scott William Gilmor ---- Sarah Hanna 1778 Arthur Scott Jr. ---- Ann Hamilton 1788 THE UNION OF THE FOUR FAMILIES in the marriage of William Gilmor and Agnes Scott 1820 by ELIZABETH GILMOR Wooster, Ohio Copyright 1932 by ELIZABETH GILMOR Wooster, Ohio Printed by THE COLLEGE PRESS Mt. Vernon, Ohio GILMOR - HANNA SCOTT - HAMILTON 1729 - 1929 William Gilmor - Agnes (Scott) Gilmor 1820 Dedicated to My sister Flora ' I / / . .. '. ' -----·- · ... +··.··:: ·.>';. - ' .. ' . ... ~ •· - ·... , - t .• Gilmor Coat of Arms of Craigmiller Castle PREFACE IN THE fall of 1877 my sister, Flora Gilmor, always much in­ terested in information concerning our ancestors, began to collect data concerning them. I took up the work where she laid it aside when she went home, February 21, 1887. It has been a long, tedious, but very pleasant work these many years. It was through information given by Mrs. Mary (Gilmor) Sterrett that it was possible to connect so much of the past with the present. Mrs. Sterrett, with others who have given valuable assis­ tance, has long ago gone home. Others have assisted and been much help in furthering the work. It was through information given by Mrs. Ruth (Hamilton) Keppel, daughter of Calvin Hamilton, that records have been found concerning Colonel Hance Hamilton, Sr., the real "Indian Fighter," the first Sheriff of York County, Pennsylvania. Our ancestors were among those people of Scotland who ac­ cepted the land grant of King James on condition they go into the rugged hills of Northern Ireland and cultivate the land. These people of Scotland never inter-married with the people of Ireland. King James gave them all of the Province of Ulster, Ireland, and they received the name of Scotch-Irish only in the United States to distinguish them from the Scotch and Irish that came into the country about the same time. SYNOPSIS William Gilmor, born in the "Inchaleen," Ulster, Ireland, in 1747, came to this country prior to 1778. He was united in marriage to Sarah Hanna who was born in New Jersey in 17 61, granddaughter of William Hanna who came over with his brother John, who was united in marriage to Jane Andrew. Arthur Scott, Jr., born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1761, the son -of Captain Arthur Scott, Sr., was united in marriage to Ann Hamilton, born in the "Manor of the ,Masque," 1767, grand­ daughter of Colonel Hance Hamilton, the "Indian Fighter." William Gilmor, born near Newville, Cumberland County, Penn­ sylvania, in 1782, son of William and Sarah (Hanna} Gilmor, was united in marriage to Agnes Scott, born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1797, granddaughter of Captain Arthur Scott, Sr., and great-granddaughter of Colonel Hance Hamilton, the "Indian Fighter," and his wife Ann. With the marriage of William Gilmor and Agnes Scott in 1820, we have the union of the four families, Gilmor - Hanna - Scott - Hamilton. Family histories are oft.en founded on family tradition, exaggera­ tion, imagination, and a few facts. We have endeavored to give nothing but facts. Although we accept no tradition, yet it is through tradition we have been able to trace the true records. Old church and court records and old cemeteries have been searched, also Ellis and Evans, Gibson, Cope, Old Red Stone, Wash­ ington Presbytery Centennial, and other old histories have been con­ sulted and copied as far as they agree with court and church records, and old tombstones. The old spelling and capitals have been used. Where families have carried the given name down for three or four generations it is very confusing, and hard to place them in the right generation, and ofttimes we have found honor has been given to the son that rightly belonged to the father. We trust that the reader will be considerate of us if we also have erred in our statements. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Gilmors of the "Inchaleen," in Ulster near Garvagh ____________ 15 2. Maria Gilmor ----------------------------·--------------------------------------------- 21 3. William Gilmor ----··-·-·-------------·--··-·-------······--·-----------·----·------- 28 4. Sarah Ann Gilmor ·----·------------·-····-·-·-·------·----------·----------·-··----·- 41 5. Joseph Gilmor ----···----·-----·----·----···-·--------·---·--------·----·--------·---·-- 46 6. Mary Gilmor ··--- --·---·------··-----·-·-···-·------·-·--·---------------------·------ 78 7. John Gilmor ------·------·-------------·-·····--·-------·-----·------------------------- 80 8. Ru th Gilmor ----·-------·-----------··---·-···---··--------··-----·-·------··--·---·-·-- 100 9. John Gilmor -----··--·-··------···--·-·--·-····--·-------·-···-··-··---·--··-······---·- 102 10. William Hanna ---·---··------·--···-··---···---·-----·---·-··--·--------------···-···· 109 11. Arthur Scott Sr. -----··------··--···--··-·-·--··-············-·······--·----···--···-· 118 12. William Scott ·-·········-··-·-·········--········-·-··· ···············--·---·-·---·-·-· 132 13. Elizabeth Scott ·-----·-·--··········---·-··-····---···-···-·-·······--·-----··········- 13 5 14. Mary Scott ····-····--······-···········-·-········--·---···-·--·-·---··-·-·---··---·---· 140 15. David Scott -·····--·-··-·· ·----·---··-·----··-·--··-·-·-·--···----···---·--··--····-----· 15 5 16. Joseph Scott -··--··----·--··-···--·····-·--·-·--·--·-·---···----···--------·--·--·---·-· 159 17. The Scott Puzzle ····-······----··-·-·-·· .. ·-·--····-·-------··-----···-·--··---·-·-· 168 18. Colonel Hance Hamilton Sr. ·-·----·----····-·----·---··-----·-··--···-···---· 17 4 19. William Hamilton ········---·······-----··--·····-·--···--·-·---------·--·---·--·-· 184 20. Jane Hamil ton ··········-············ ....... ··············---·----·-··---·----··-·-·---- 189 21. Daniel Hamilton ···--··-·········-·-·-·-···----·-·------·-·---·-··-·--··--··-······· 192 22. The Presbyterian Church at Garvagh, Ireland ____________________ 209 23. Ebenezer Church, Martinsburg Presbyterian Church --------·- 211 24. Craigmiller Castle Near Edinburgh, Scotland -------·-·····---~---- 220 25. "Blue Presbyterians" ....................... ···----------------·- ----····---·-···---- 222 CHAPTER ONE Giln1ors of the ''lnchaleen,'' in Ulster near Garvagh LSTER, the northern part of Ireland, was settled by natives of Scotland. In 1690 three young men, John or Robert, U James, and Alexander Gilmor, natives of Gouroch near Greenoch on the Clyde in Scotland, accompanied the army of King William III into Ireland and took part in the siege of Londonderry. After the war these three young men settled in County Londonderry. In a list of ·Protestant Householders, among the Presbyterian records in the Historical Library in Belfast, Ireland, we find the names of James and David Gilmor as early as 17 40 in the Parish of Errigal, Barony of Colerain, and County of Londonderry. Garvagh is in this parish, barony and county. Our Gilmor ancestors settled in a little hamlet, called the "lnchaleen," a mile from Garvagh. The records of the first Presbyterian church in Garvagh have been lost, but ever since the first records were found the Gilmors have been connected \vith this church. "Between 1771 and 1773 over twenty-five thousand Scots emi­ grated from Ulster to this country, where they have always been known as 'Scotch-Irish' to distinguish them from the Irish and the emigrants of Scotland." These Scottish people never inter-married with the Irish. About this tin1e our branch of the Gilmor family came from County Londonderry, Ireland. William Gilmor was born in the "Inchaleen" in 17 47. We do not know the name of his father. but \\·e kno,,· he ,vas born, lived 16 OUR ANCESTORS and died in the same house in which all his children were born. He was twice married. We do not know the name of his first wife; his last one was Elizabeth. His children were : Archibald, who went to Virginia; we cannot trace him. William, married to Sarah Hanna, daughter of William and Mary Hanna. John, married to Elizabeth Patton. Jrunes, married to Mary Anderson. Mary, married to John Dorrance. A daughter, married to a Woodburn. William Gilmor \Villiam Gilmor married Sarah Hanna born, 1747 about 1778 born, 1761 died, Sept. 11, 1816 died, Jan. 13, 1849 Their children were : Robert, born 1780, died 1803. Margaret, born 1780 ; died October 31, 1856. William, born 1782; died October 17, 1863. Mary, born 1788; died November 6, 1856. Jane, Inscription on tombstone cannot be read. John, born 1796, died May 28, 1863. Ruth, born 1799; died June 17, 1880. William's first wif.e died in Ulster; they had one little son, Archi­ bald, whom his father brought \vith him to America. In the Court House, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, are to be found these records : THE GILMORS 17 "The Common-wealth of Pennsylvania, S. S. : "WHEREAS: "William Gilmor of the county of --- hath requested to take up 114 acres of land joining Alex Officer's land on the west, the north mountain on the north, and land of Samuel Wilson on the south in West Pennsboro township in the county of Cumberland, (providing the same land is purchased of the Indians) for which he agrees to pay immediately into the office of the Receiver General for the use of the state, at the rate of ten pounds per hundred acres, of gold, silver, or paper money of the state, or certificates, agreeable to an act of ~embly passed the first day of April, 1784. Interest to com­ mence from the date hereof. These are, therefore, to authorize and require you to survey or cause to be surveyed unto William Gilmor at the place aforesaid according to the methods of township appointed the said quantity of acres, if not already surveyed or appropriated
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