Margaret Gilmore (1728 - 1808)

Born 17 Mar 1728 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy O'Brien — married 17 Apr 1746 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1808 at age 80 in Noel, Hants, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Margaret Gilmore was born in 1728 in Dunlap or Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland. She married a Irishman, Timothy O'Brien, in Ayr on April 17, 1746.[O'Brien.] The family left Ulster for Nova Scotia in the spring of 1768 on the ship Nancy. They landed in Halifax, then went on to Pizequid, now Windsor in Hants County. In 1771, Timothy received 2650 acres of farmland at Noel in the eastern part of Hants, near the lands of James Fulton.[Benjamin.] After Timothy's 1777 death, the widow Margaret is described as a "sturdy old Scotchwoman, the terror of her grandchildren who were unmannerly enough to make a noise in her presence or unfortunate enough to come within reach of her staff."[O'Brien.] Margaret died at Noel, July 25, 1808.[O'Brien.]

Sources

• Maitland History
• O'Brien, Royal G Noel and the Genealogy of the O'Briens, includes text of Timothy's will.
• Lucy Crowe's History of Burntcoat.
• Benjamin, R. Allen. Obadiah Benjamin of Nova Scotia.

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