Elizabeth (Craighead) Gilson (1740 - 1792)

Born 1740 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Wife of William Gilson — married about 1762 in Lancaster or Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1792 at about age 52 in Silver Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Elizabeth /Craighead/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1740

Place: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: 24 Jan 1792

Place: Silver Spring, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA^[4]

IS THERE ANY DOCUMENT WITH THIS WOMAN'S NAME ON IT? 　 - NOTES FOR ELIZABETH CRAIGHEAD -

1740/43 Born the daughter of John & Rachel (MONTGOMERY) CRAIGHEAD. {Would this have been in Sassbury Twp., Lancaster Co., PA? ?} [relation suggested by family history notes of Mamie E. Wood.]

NEED TO PROVE HER PARENTAGE! ! !

Feb 1746 John CRAIGHEAD removes to property on the Yellow Breeches creek, 4 miles south of Carlisle. Described as being adjacent to lands of Abraham STAUFER & James HENRY.

Jun 1762 Richard GILSTONE purchases 111@ Allen twp. propery, known as "Round Hill", on the Yellow Breeches creek (near the present town of Lisburn). Described as being adjacent to James HUNTER. Middle House Springs Presby. Church: no records of the 18th centruy have survived for this congregation formed in 1734. Silvers' Spring Presby. Church: no records have survived for the 18ths cent. for this congregation fromed in 1734. ["Cumberland Co., Pa. Church Records of the 18th Cent., F.E. Wright.]

ca. 1763 Married William GILSON. Most likely in Allen or Middleton Twp., Cumberland Co., PA.

NEED PROVE OF HER MARRIAGE! ! !　

13 Apr 1773 Purchase by Wm. GILSON of 224@ on Conodoquinet Creek (now Silver Spring Twp.)

1775 - 1781 AMERICAN REVOLUTION

bef. Jan 1792 Date of Death. Cumberland Co., PA. { Did she die in Silver Spring twp.? Silvers' Spring Presby. Church?}

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29 Oct 1795 Sale of Conodoquinet farm from Wm. GILSON and his wife, Sarah, to John MILLER.

Sources

1. ↑ Craighead-262 was created by Lyle Larkin through the import of Larkin McKeone_Fishburn_Jeffer.ged on Jan 9, 2015. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S-2123209198 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
3. ↑ Source: #S-2123209198 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network
4. ↑ Source: #S-2123209198 Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry and The Generations Network

• Source: S-2123209198 Repository: #R-2145883636 Title: Public Member Trees Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Repository: R-2145883636 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:

Rev. James Geddes Craighead, "Craighead Family," (Philadelphia, PA: 1876).