Sarah (Duncan) Gill (abt. 1735 - abt. 1785)

Born about 1735 in Scotland

Wife of John Gill — married 1748 in New Jersey

Descendants

Died about 1785 at about age 50 in South Carolina

Biography

Unsupported Research Notes

No original source records have been located to confirm birth or marriage records. It appears that some erroneous information may have been published, and perhaps republished/reported, making the “actual facts” obscure . These dates need further research/clarification before taken as "fact".

Sarah Duncan ^[1] Parents Unknown

Location Estimates Scotland/Ireland/England/New Jersey/South Carolina

Birth

Birth Estimate 1728 - 1735 Scotland/Ireland/England

1735 Place , Chester, England^[2]

Marriage

Marriage Estimate 1748 New Jersey
"About the year 1748, John Gill married a Miss (Sarah) Duncan who was a Scotch (sic, Scottish, Scotch is a whiskey- FOC) lady, and the young couple settled in what was then called the colony of New Jersey." Family Bibles show the family in NJ in 1760. ^[3]

Children

Known Children of John Gill married Sarah (named in Will)

1. John Gill (Jr.) born before 1796-21=1775 wife Elizabeth
2. William Gill either youngest or unmarried at death of his father.
3. Thomas Gill m. Hannah Chriswell. Thomas Franklin Gill is the son of John Gill Sr (1727-1797) and Sarah (Duncan) Gill (~1719-aft 1787). The family left New Jersey, first moving to Philadelphia and then to South Carolina ^[4]
4. George Gill 1st wife Margaret Strait d/o Christopher Strait, 2nd wife Jane Cooper (1782 - 1847) ^[5]
5. James Gill (Samuel James Gill ^[6]
6. Robert Gill married Elenor Cooper ^[7]
7. Rachel Gill married a Porter, one married Josiah Porter
8. Sarah Gill married a Porter, one married Josiah Porter

Death

Death Estimate Unknown ABT 1785 before 1800 in South Carolina

Burial Place: Fishing Creek Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina ^[8]

Will

(Dates are estimates) Sarah Duncan m. John Gill abt 1746 Named in Gill Will : Death Estimate Unknown 1785 (named as Widow in John’s Will – Undated other papers dated 1798 --; Recorded 5 Sept. 1797

Sources

1. ↑ Named in Gill Will Recorded 5 Sept. 1797
2. ↑ Page: accessed 20 Oct 2014), "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/MWHL-M9J : accessed 2014-10-21), entry for Josiah Porter GILL. Quality or Certainty of Data: 3 Abbreviation: Family Search Title: database Publication: (https://familysearch.org)
3. ↑ John Gill Sarah Duncan
4. ↑ son Thomas Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2020), memorial page for Capt Thomas F. Gill (27 Aug 1755–30 Aug 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #54920935, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by Mary (contributor 47111521) Gravestone picture
5. ↑ son George Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2020), memorial page for Col George Gill (1761–7 Jul 1844), Find A Grave: Memorial #8461386, citing Fishing Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Mary Bob McClain (contributor 46546099) .
6. ↑ son James Gill Family Information
7. ↑ son Robert Genealogy.com page for Robert David Gill
8. ↑ Descendants of George Gill 1693-1740

• Mary Ann Duncan Dobson "Duncan Research Files" (Consolidated, sourced and acknowledged); and the many Duncan Researchers that have provided information.
  

Duncan Genealogy Research Files on rootsweb

• Chester Co PA Records
• Articles on the Gill family by Elmer Oris Parker on pgs.206-7, in the 1982 "Heritage History of Chester Co. SC" by Chester Co. SC Gen. Society (FHL book 975.747 H2h); and pgs.103-4 in the Dec. 1986 issue of "The Bulletin" of Chester Dist. SC Genealogical Society

Acknowledgement

• This person was created on 31 October 2010 through the import of Pioneer Stock.GED.

• WikiTree profile Duncan-1021 created through the import of LHH WIKI.GED on Jun 17, 2011 by Lee Hoffman.