John Gill Esq. (1732 - 1785)

Born 17 May 1732 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Kneeland) Gill — married 22 Jan 1756 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1785 at age 53 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

John, son of John Gill & Elizabeth, was born on 17 May 1732 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.^[1][2]

John married Ann Kneeland on 22 January 1756 in Boston, Massachusetts.^[3].^[4]

Bookseller, printer, publisher, journalist, and patriot, Benjamin Edes (1732-1803), in partnership with John Gill (1732-1785), maintained the most radical of Boston newspapers in the period leading up to the Revolution. From 1755 to 1775 they published the Boston Gazette from their press "opposite to the Prison in Queen-Street." In addition to the newspaper, the pair printed religious tracts, annual sermons, scientific lectures, almanacs, and advertising broadsides. During the Siege of Boston, Gill remained in town (where he was imprisoned for a month for treason and sedition) while Edes removed his press to Watertown.^{[5] [6]}

Captain John Gill, printer, died (age 54) on 26 August 1785 in Boston.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
   citing Birth, Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009468.
   FamilySearch Record: F42Q-HVV (accessed 13 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-997M-59NP-D Image number 00067
   John Gill born on 17 May 1732, son of John Gill & Elizabeth, in Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ 'A genealogical register of the descendants of George Abbot, of Andover : George Abbot, of Rowley, Thomas Abbot, of Andover, Arthur Abbot, of Ipswich, Robert Abbot, of Branford, Ct. and George Abbot, of Norwalk, Ct by Abbot, Abiel, 1765-1859. 1n; Abbot, Ephraim, 1779-1870', 1847, pp 168, archive.org (accessed 12 December 2022)
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Record 2495 #8384073 (accessed 13 December 2022)
   John Gill marriage to Ann Kneeland on 22 Jan 1756 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
4. ↑ Seven Centuries in the Kneeland Family by Kneeland, Stillman Foster, 1845-1926. cn', 1897, pp 104, archive.org (accessed 13 December 2022)
5. ↑ The Printing Office of Edes &Y Gill, https://www.bostongazette.org/about-edes-and-gill
6. ↑ Who Was Who In America: Historical Volume 1607-1896: a Component Volume of Who's Who In American History, a Compilation of Sketches of Individuals In Some Manner Related to the History of the United States, From the Founding of Jamestown Colony to the Year of Continuation by Volume I of Who Was Who. Chicago: Marquis, 1963. Page 208 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.31210016058735?urlappend=%3Bseq=208%3Bownerid=116153088-214
7. ↑ Death: "U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930"
   Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 50015 #115957 (accessed 13 December 2022)
   Captain John Gill death 26 Aug 1785 (age 54) in Boston.