Elizabeth (Collins) Gemmill (abt. 1750 - 1824)

Born about 1750 in York County, Province of Pennsylvania, America

Wife of John Gemmill — married 1787 in Pennsylvania, USA

Died 1824 at about age 74 in York County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Birth: 1750 York County, Pennsylvania, USA. ^[1] Elizabeth was the daughter of William Samuel Collins (1718-1795) and Grace Hamilton (1723-1813). ^{[2] [1]}

Marriage: Pvt. John Gemmil/Gemmill (1745 - 1798), 1787 York County, PA [2nd wife].^[1] ​^[2]

Death: 1824 York County, Pennsylvania, USA.^[1]

Buried: There are two Find a Grave pages for his wife Elizabeth:

1. Find A Grave: Memorial #130664466 for Elizabeth (Collins) Gemmill has information on the page for her parents, husband, siblings, and children by Elizabeth with no gravestone at 'Old Guinston Presbyterian Church Cemetery', Airville, York County, PA ^[1]
2. Find A Grave: Memorial #191575754 for Elizabeth has the gravestone with John and his 1st wife Agnes at 'Round Hill Cemetery' ^[3]

• Ted L. Gemmill states Elizabeth was buried, along with her husband and his first wife, at Downies Graveyard (Cemetery), Chanceford Twp., York County, PA. "Downies Graveyard was the burial ground used by the early generations of Gemmills and should not be confused with 'Old Guinston Cemetery' which is located at Guinston Chruch (founded in 1733). Due to poor care, and the encroachment of near-by farmers, the markers and headstones were removed from Downies Graveyard to the cemetery at Round Hill Presbyterian Church, East Hopewell Township, York County by John McAlister Gemmill in 1915, 'with consent by the heirs and legal descendants of those Gemmills buried there'. Today, only Robert Gemmill and his wife Sarah along with their family are interred at Downies. A marker denoting the names of those removed was erected at the sight [sic]." ^[4][5]
• Support for the accuracy of the report is provided by a memorial dated 1915 and listing: ^{[3] [6]}

"John Gemmill

1745―1798

First Consort

Agnes Wallace

Second Consort

Elizabeth"

Research Notes

There is some dispute as to the number of children of John and Elizabeth. William N. Gemmill states: "His second wife was Elizabeth, with whom he had four children. They were Mary, Jean, Robert and Sarah." ^[7]

Ted L. Gemmill indicates they had five children: ^{[8][2] [1]}

1. Elizabeth Gemmill(1789–1848)
2. Robert Gemmill (1791–1813)
3. Jean Gemmill (1792/1793–1793)
4. Mary Jean Gemmill (1794– )
5. Sarah Gemmill (1795– ).

•Eizabeth Gemmill is named as the wife of John Gemmill in his Will of 1798 and was appointed as one of the Executors of his Estate.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/130664466/elizabeth-gemmill : accessed 12 June 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Collins Gemmill (1750–1824), Find A Grave: Memorial #130664466 , citing Old Guinston Church Cemetery, Airville, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Liam Collins (contributor 47770333) . No gravestone picture
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Descendants of John Gemmill (1745-1798). The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. p. 316.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/191575754/elizabeth-gemmill : accessed 12 June 2021), memorial page for Elizabeth Gemmill (unknown–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #191575754 , citing Round Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Cross Roads, York County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Harry Senft (contributor 46798826) Gravestone picture.
4. ↑ Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Part II, The Gemmills of America. The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. p. 20.
5. ↑ Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Descendants of John Gemmill (1745-1798). The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. p. 1.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Memorial stone of John Gemmil, Agnes Wallace Gemmill, and Elizabeth Collins Gemmill. lonnieriley1965 originally shared this on 15 Apr 2014. Retrieved from https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/69059920/person/30191422487/media/57e48215-e4a6-4783-afdf-db1f3e8d5eb9?_phsrc=qsB1613&_phstart=successSource.
7. ↑ John and Agnes and Elizabeth. A Genealogy of Six Generations of Gemmills in America: With Notes on Their Scottish Ancestry. Hammersmith-Kortmeyer Co., Chicago, IL. p. 31
8. ↑ Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Part II, The Gemmills of America. The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. p. 18.

• Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Part II, The Gemmills of America. The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. pp. 18 & 20.

• Gemmill, W.N. (1917) Chapter VI, John and Agnes and Elizabeth. A Genealogy of Six Generations of Gemmills in America: With Notes on Their Scottish Ancestry. Hammersmith-Kortmeyer Co., Chicago, IL. p. 31

• Gemmill, T.L. (1995) Descendants of John Gemmill (1745-1798). The Origin of the Name GEMMILL and the Genealogical Progenitors of Scotland and York County, PA. Red Lion, York County, PA. pp. 1 & 316.

• Ancestry.com. Memorial stone of John Gemmil, Agnes Wallace Gemmill, and Elizabeth Collins Gemmill. lonnieriley1965 originally shared this on 15 Apr 2014. Retrieved from https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/69059920/person/30191422487/media/57e48215-e4a6-4783-afdf-db1f3e8d5eb9?_phsrc=qsB1613&_phstart=successSource.

• Ancestry.com. 1800, Hopewell, York, Pennsylvania; Series: M32; Roll: 44; Page: 1376,1377; Image: 201; Family History Library Film: 363347. 1800 United States Federal Census. Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2010) Provo, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7590/images/4440910_00201?pId=460741.

• Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Septennial Census, 1779-1863. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (2012) Provo, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2702/images/33017_263392-00827?pId=458715.

• Ancestry.com. National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C. Pennsylvania, U.S. Direct Tax Lists, 1798. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. (2012) Provo, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2060/images/32643_B036827-00388?pId=87860.

• Lineages, Inc., comp. York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819. (Originals housed at the York County Archives.) The Generations Network, Inc. (2000) Provo, UT, USA. Retrieved from https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=4899&h=12692&ssrc=pt&tid=14166785&pid=348048038&usePUB=true.