Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Isaiah H Gill 
      Sex: M
AKA: Josiah A Gill 2
Individual Information 
          Birth: Aug 1786 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: Dec 1857 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Nabby Knowles (9 Mar 1789 - Apr 1862) 1 3 
       Marriage: Feb 1816 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
         Status: 



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James B Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 27 Sep 1851 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James C Gill (1816-      )
         Mother: Elizabeth (Est 1819-      )



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James C Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1816 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Cole Gill (1794-      )
         Mother:
Spouses and Children 
1. *Elizabeth (Est 1819 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James B Gill (1851-      ) 4
                2. Gill (1855-      )
Notes
General:
1850 Wellfleet census
James C Gill, age 34, no occupation listed, b Mass, living with James C & Mary Gill, ages 54 & 51, married too late to both be his parents it seems.

1855 mariner, Wellfleet

picture James Cole Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1794 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary Mayo Hinckley (6 Sep 1798 -       ) 5 
       Marriage: 7 May 1818 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Asa Warren Gill (1830-1889) 7
                2. Chloe Gill (1833-      ) 7
                3. Mary Loring Gill (1838-      ) 7
Notes
General:
There is a grave marker for a James Gill in Duck Creek Cemetery, lacking dates.

picture James Young Gill Jr 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 12 Oct 1899 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 8
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Young Gill (1858-1917)
         Mother: Julia A Doyle (1864-1914) 9
Spouses and Children 
1. *Flora S Hardwick (Est 1900 -       )
       Marriage: 1 Jul 1923 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 



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James Young Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Jun 1858 - Boston, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 19 May 1917 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 10
         Burial: in Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham
 Cause of Death: carcinoma of bowels 10

Parents 
         Father: Ezekiel D Gill (1830-1882)
         Mother: Betsey Y (1830-1889) 11
Spouses and Children 
1. *Julia A Doyle (19 Sep 1864 - 17 Feb 1914) 9 
       Marriage: 22 Mar 1886 - Orleans, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. James Young Gill Jr (1899-      ) 8
Notes
Medical:
age 58-11-13
Marriage Notes (Julia A Doyle)
Mass VR images not available Jul 2007, but 1886 marriage for James Y Gill in Wellfleet, Eastham and Orleans

picture Jesse Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Jun 1792 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Gill (1767-1810)
         Mother: Betsey Dill (1770-1803) 13
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy Jackson (14 Nov 1797 -       )
       Marriage: 6 Jul 1815 - Chatham, Massachusetts 14
         Status: 



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Joanna Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1788 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Stephen Young Brown (6 Nov 1786 - 27 Aug 1809) 15 
       Marriage: Aug 1808 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Stephen Young Brown (1809-1888) 17 18

2. Thomas Lewis (24 Oct 1775 -       ) 19 
       Marriage: 10 Oct 1811 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 20
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rebecca Lewis (1812-1879) 21
                2. Lurana Lewis (1813-1868) 21 22
                3. Joanna Lewis (1813-1836) 21
                4. Thomas Lewis (1815-      ) 21



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John Gill 
      Sex: M
AKA: John Gills
Individual Information 
          Birth: 20 Sep 1767 - Eastham, Massachusetts 23
        Baptism: 
          Death: 23 Oct 1810 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 24
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 25, 28 Mar 1816 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: John Gills (1748-1810) 26
         Mother: Lydia Linckhornew (1740-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Betsey Dill (5 Dec 1770 - 8 Aug 1803) 13 
       Marriage: Cir 1789
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mehitable Gill (1790-1861) 12
                2. Thomas Gill (1791-1805) 12
                3. Jesse Gill (1792-      ) 12
                4. John Gill (1794-Bef 1830) 12
                5. Betsey Gill (1796-1873) 12 27
                6. Aaron Gill (1798-1861) 12

2. Azubah Cole (16 Oct 1769 - 22 Aug 1818)
       Marriage: 1804 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Daniel Gill (1804-      ) 12
                2. Nathan Atwood Gill (1809-1882) 12
                3. Caroline Gill (1812-1900) 12
Notes
General:
The John Gill who died in 1816 could be this man or his father.
Marriage Notes (Betsey Dill)
Betsey's identity is speculative, based on town of birth, appropriate birth date, and name of "Betsey D" in Aaron's death record.

picture John Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1745
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Hannah (Mayo) (Est 1750 -       )
       Marriage: 3 Jan 1773 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 28
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Abijah Gill (1782-1853) 1



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John Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 30 May 1794 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 12
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1830 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Gill (1767-1810)
         Mother: Betsey Dill (1770-1803) 13
Spouses and Children 
1. *Thankful Rich (10 Jul 1793 - 1830)
       Marriage: 4 Jun 1816 - Truro, Massachusetts 29
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Captain Aaron Gill (1817-1862) 30
                2. Thankful Gill (1818-      ) 30
                3. Betsey Gill (1820-1877) 30



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John G M Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1848 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Nathan Atwood Gill (1809-1882) 12
         Mother: Tamsin Gould (1810-1893)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mary M Jones (1849 -       )
       Marriage: 12 Sep 1867 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Edith Gill (1868-      )
Notes
General:
1867 currier, Eastham

picture Joseph Warren Gill 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 18 May 1845 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31 32
        Baptism: 
          Death: 17 Nov 1908 - Somerville, Massachusetts 33
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Aaron Gill (1817-1862) 30
         Mother: Eliza Ann Dill (1823-1911) 34
Notes
General:
Barnstable Patriot obit

picture Judith Ann Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Oct 1939 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 35
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
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Parents 
         Father: Bernard Franklin Gill (1912-      ) 36
         Mother: Luella Parker Hatch (Est 1915-      )



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Lettie Florence Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 10 Jan 1882 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 28 May 1902 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: chronic nephitis 38

Parents 
         Father: Nathan Atwood Gill Jr (1843-1917) 37
         Mother: Martha S Lacount (1849-1944) 37
Notes
Medical:
age 20-4-19
no occupation
single
interred Wellfleet

picture Lidia Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1780 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Barnabas Atwood (Est 1770 -       )
       Marriage: Dec 1799 - Eastham, Massachusetts 16
         Status: 



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Martha Celeste Gill 
      Sex: F
AKA: Mattie E Gill 41
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Sep 1849 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 40
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1931
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Aaron Gill (1817-1862) 30
         Mother: Eliza Ann Dill (1823-1911) 34
Spouses and Children 
1. *Joseph Swett Chipman (29 Aug 1846 - 7 Aug 1915)
       Marriage: 2 Jan 1868 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Emmie Wentworth Chipman (1870-1877) 39
                2. Ernestine Warren Chipman (1868-1930) 39 42
                3. Fred W Chipman (Est 1870-      )
Notes
Marriage Notes (Joseph Swett Chipman)
daughet in 1930, Mrs Richard MacMillan of Newton

picture Martha D Gill 
      Sex: F
AKA: Patty Gill 31
Individual Information 
          Birth: 26 Oct 1840 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 31
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 May 1848 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Oak Dale Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death: acute hydrocephalus

Parents 
         Father: Captain Aaron Gill (1817-1862) 30
         Mother: Eliza Ann Dill (1823-1911) 34
Notes
General:
stone:
"To the memory of Martha D. Gill, daughter of Aaron & Eliza Gill, who died May 7, 1848, aged 7 years, 6 months & 11 days.
'Like the rose she bloomed & died
Like thee her life was brief
And to her name remembrance dear
Like perfume to the leaf.' " 44
Medical:
age 7-7-
d/o Aaron & Eliza Gill 43

picture Mary E Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 5 Aug 1846 - Gloucester, Massachusetts 45
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Russell G Gill (1823-      )
         Mother: Eliza Brazier (1828-      )
Notes
General:
Sarah?

picture Mary Loring Gill 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Jan 1838 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 7
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: James Cole Gill (1794-      )
         Mother: Mary Mayo Hinckley (1798-      ) 5
Spouses and Children 
1. *Charles Hardy (1835 -       )
       Marriage: 2 Dec 1860 - Truro, Massachusetts
         Status:
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Sources

1 Margaret H. Weiler, Cemetery Inscriptions. Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Eastham Mass. (1987. Eastham Mass: Eastham Historical Society).

2 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204). numerous transcription errors

3 Charles Thornton Libby, "The Knowles family of Eastham" (1927-1928. NEHGR in 5 parts: vol. 79: 286-297, 379-392; vol. 80: 6-24, 119-130, 265-279.), 80:24.

4 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 43. year uncertain.

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:68.

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:568. Marriages.

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:160. James C. & Mary Gill famly.

8 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1899. Births.

9 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1914. Deatha.

10 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1917. Deaths.

11 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1889, p 32.

12 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:78.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:61.

14 Sheila M. Dann Westgate and Anna Lowell Tomlinson, Vital Records of Chatham, Massachusetts, 1696-1850. vol. 1 (1991. Chatham Mass.: Chatham Historical Society), 203. Rev Mr Brigg.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:37. the children of Elisha Brown and Abagail his wife.

16 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Mr. Shaw.

17 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1888, p 28, death records.

18 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:98. Stephen Y and Joanna Brown family.

19 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:22. the family of Mr. Moses Lewis and Rebecca his wife.

20 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:562. Marriages.

21 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:102. Thomas and Joanna Lewis family.

22 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 17.

23 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 161. Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

24 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:233. Deaths.

25 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:231. Deaths.

26 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 117 (MD24:190.

27 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 256:7 (Eastham).

28 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:526. Marriages.

29 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 217.

30 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:113. The children of John and Thankful Gill.

31 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:181. The children of Aaron Gill & Eliza his wife.

32 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 7.

33 Barnstable Patriot (Barnstable, Mass
archives 1830-1930 online at Sturgis Library, Barnstable), 30 Nov 1908.

34 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:135. The Children of Elijah J. and Patty Dill.

35 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1939.

36 Wellfleet Town Officers, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Annual Reports (Wellfleet MA), 1912. Births.

37 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), row 38, lot 1A. Nathan A. Gill & Martha S. LaCount family.

38 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Deaths 1859-1907 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 47. 1902 #10.

39 Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association, Wellfleet, Truro & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions, section 9. Pleasant Hill and Oakdale Cemeteries, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (1986. Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Wellfleet Historical Society and Rich Family Association), 133, row 31, lot 115 (Joseph Swett Chipman & Martha Chipman Doane family).

40 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 22.

41 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910 (2004. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org (From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives), 208:25 (Wellfleet).

42 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 13.

43 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), Deaths. p 77 #12.

44 Elizabeth Freeman, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Cemetery Transcriptions. Section Three. Duck Creek Cemetery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Asscociation), 2.

45 Vital records of Gloucester Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (http://www.rootsweb.com/~maessex/VitalRecords/EssexCounty/Gloucester/index.html
originally published : Salem Mass: The Essex Institute
Births, Vol. 1, 1923; Marriages, Vol. 2, 1923; Deaths, Vol. 3, 1924), 1:283.

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