George Gillmore (1720 - 1811)

Born 1720 in Antrim County, Ulster, Ireland

Husband of Anne (Allen) Gillmore — married 1760 in Ireland, Northwestern, Europe

Descendants

Died 30 Sep 1811 at about age 91 in Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia

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Biography

From: "Historical Statement, 1754-1954," Grand Pre Presbyterian-Covenanter Church, 1804-1954, 150th Anniversary Service programme, 29 Aug 1954. "... He was succeeded in 1791 by Rev. George Gillmore who also laboured in this charge for 20 years. At this time Presbyterianism seemed to be at a low ebb but still, in 1804, a start was made on the building of this Church. It was not completed, however, until 1811 and in that year Mr. Gillmore died."

"Mr. Gillmore had been in Nova Scotia since 1784. He lived in Ardoise where he received a free grant of land for his services, and one winter his family subsisted on potatoes and milk. On one occasion, he walked to Halifax and tried in vain to mortgage his farm for a barrel of flour, and so in the midst of poverty and many difficulties he continued 'Faithful unto death.' His body was buried in the cemetery close by the Church and on the headstone is inscribed in Latin his obituary which he wrote himself and the following is the English translation:

Here in this grave lies the body of George Gillmore, who on the 20th day of September in the 88th year of his age died in the year of our Lord 1811. He received ordination at the hands of the Presbytery. For many years he preached the gospel, unholy contact with the irreligious crowd did not turn him from the right path. Through varied experiences, through so many different conditions of things full of faith and holding fast to his belief, lamented by many good people he died, 'Remember that thou must die.'

Sources

• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Volume V (1801-1820)

• Find A Grave: Memorial #188321849 Covenanter's Church yard, Grand Pre, Kings, Nova Scotia

EDUC

EDUC University of Edinburgh

DATE 1762

PLAC Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

ORDN at meeting of the Presbytery of Boston

DATE 02 JUL 1773

PLAC Londonderry,, New Hampshire

TITL

TITL Rev.

RELI

RELI Presbyterian Minister

IMMI

IMMI from Ireland/Came to America

DATE 1769

RESI

RESI became pastor of the Kirk of Grand Pre

DATE 1791

PLAC Horton, Kings, Nova Scotia

RESI

DATE 1770

PLAC Voluntown, New London, Connecticut

RESI farmed, kept a school and preached

DATE ABT 1777

PLAC Albany, New York, USA

RESI sent for his family, ministered to Artillery

DATE 1783

PLAC Sorel, Quebec, Canada

RESI Recieved a land grant

DATE 1786

PLAC Ardoise Hill, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada

EVEN

TYPE Arrival

DATE 09 SEP 1769

PLAC Philadelphia, , Pennsylvania

EVEN escaped through the forests to Quebec

TYPE Departure

DATE ABT 1780

TYPE Denounced the English Cause

DATE 1776

EVEN Forced to leave his church, Rev. George Gilmore fled to Quebec. He crossed the St. Lawrence River--on ice--with his wife supposedly carrying their baby in her arms.Fleeing to Canada makes him sound like a Tory, but he previously denounced the English...?

EVEN In the year 1791 the family moved to Horton where he succeeded the Rev. Dr. Murdock in the pastorate of the Kirk at Grand Pre, where he rented a farm from the Hon. Mr. Cochrane of Halifax.

TYPE Came to Ardoise Hill, 1786.

EVEN sailed for America

TYPE Departure

DATE 21 JUN 1769

NOTE

NOTE @N2105@

@N2105@ NOTE The translation [from Latin] of the inscription on his tombstone has been given by the late Dr. A. W. Eaton as follows:

Here interred lies the body of George Gillmore,

Who died the 30th of September, 1811,

In the 90th year of his age,

From the hands of the Presbytery

he received sacred ordination

and many years he preached the Gospel

in the right manner and way.

He did not turn aside through

Contact with the sacrilegious crowd,

Through varied misfortunes and many hazards

And full of faith and holding fast his purpose,

Lamented by many good people, he died.

Remember to die.

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@F536@ FAM

MARR

DATE 1760

PLAC Ireland, Northwestern, Europe