1745 - 1826 (80 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 85 descendants in this family tree.
1745 - 1826 (80 years)
Birth |
Jul 1745 |
Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Died |
19 Mar 1826 |
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Father |
John Gilruth |
Mother |
NN Morris |
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Family |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
Children |
| 1. Jane Gilruth |
| 2. John Gilruth, b. French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
+ | 3. Rev. James Gilruth, b. 29 Jan 1793, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Mary Gilruth, b. 24 Jan 1797, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 5. William Gilruth, b. 24 May 1799, Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) |
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1776 - 1847 (71 years)
Birth |
14 Feb 1776 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Died |
14 Apr 1847 |
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Father |
William Ingles, b. 1740, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Grace Douglas, b. 1756 |
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Family |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
Children |
| 1. Jane Gilruth |
| 2. John Gilruth, b. French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
+ | 3. Rev. James Gilruth, b. 29 Jan 1793, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Mary Gilruth, b. 24 Jan 1797, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 5. William Gilruth, b. 24 May 1799, Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
John Gilruth |
Mother |
NN Morris |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Family |
NN Morris |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
| 2. Archibald Gilruth |
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- Yes, date unknown
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
John Morris |
Mother |
Catherine Souter |
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Family |
John Gilruth |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
| 2. Archibald Gilruth |
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1776 - 1847 (71 years)
Birth |
14 Feb 1776 |
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Died |
14 Apr 1847 |
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Father |
William Ingles, b. 1740, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Grace Douglas, b. 1756 |
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Family |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
Children |
| 1. Jane Gilruth |
| 2. John Gilruth, b. French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
+ | 3. Rev. James Gilruth, b. 29 Jan 1793, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 4. Mary Gilruth, b. 24 Jan 1797, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
+ | 5. William Gilruth, b. 24 May 1799, Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) |
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Father |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
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Birth |
French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
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Father |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
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1793 - 1873 (80 years)
Birth |
29 Jan 1793 |
Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
Died |
2 Jun 1873 |
Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, USA |
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Father |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
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Family 1 |
Hannah Koontz, b. 8 Sep 1799 |
Married |
21 Nov 1816 |
Children |
| 1. Helen Hannah Gilruth, b. 20 Nov 1817, French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
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Family 2 |
Mary (Jane) Westlake, b. 2 Oct 1801, Big Levels, Greenbriar Co., Virginia, USA |
Married |
25 Sep 1823 |
Gallipolis, Meigs Co., Ohio, USA |
Children |
| 1. Harriet Gilruth, b. 2 Dec 1824 |
| 2. Mary Gilruth, b. 5 Jun 1827 |
+ | 3. Naomi Melcina Gilruth, b. 24 Jul 1828 |
+ | 4. Matilda Carolina Gilruth, b. 12 Aug 1831, Granville, Licking Co., Ohio, USA |
+ | 5. Alitia Pauline Gilruth, b. 25 Feb 1835 |
| 6. Mary Gilruth, b. 25 Feb 1835 |
+ | 7. Christiana M. Gilruth, b. 20 Jul 1837 |
+ | 8. James Henry Gilruth, b. 7 Apr 1840, Worthington, Ohio, USA |
+ | 9. Thomas Westlake Gilruth, b. 6 Apr 1843, Worthington, Ohio, USA |
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1797 - Yes, date unknown
Birth |
24 Jan 1797 |
Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA |
Died |
Yes, date unknown |
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Father |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
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Family 1 |
John Tosser |
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Family 2 |
William S. Thomas |
Children |
+ | 1. Adeliza Thomas |
| 2. Marion Thomas |
| 3. Oratha Thomas |
| 4. Ann Thomas |
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1799 - 1879 (80 years)
Birth |
24 May 1799 |
Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) |
Died |
1 Jun 1879 |
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Father |
Thomas Gilruth, b. Jul 1745, Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland |
Mother |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland |
Married |
7 Mar 1792 |
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Family |
Rebecca Austin, b. 1805, Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA |
Married |
May 1822 |
Children |
| 1. Infant Gilruth |
| 2. Infant2 Gilruth |
| 3. Irwin Malcolm Gilruth |
+ | 4. Thomas Gilruth, b. 5 Nov 1827 |
| 5. James Gilruth |
+ | 6. Minerva Gilruth |
| 7. John William Gilruth |
| 8. Austin Gilruth |
+ | 9. Isaac Newton Gilruth |
| 10. Mary Gilruth |
| 11. Henry Clay Gilruth |
| 12. Archibald Gilruth |
| 13. Rebecca Alice Gilruth |
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Name |
Thomas Gilruth |
Birth |
Jul 1745 |
Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
19 Mar 1826 [1, 3] |
- "French Grant", Scioto Co., Ohio
LastWill - 16.02.1826 - - Will written
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Siblings |
1 Sibling |
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Person ID |
I320405 |
Geneagraphie |
Last Modified |
8 Aug 2009 |
Family |
Marion T. Ingles, b. 14 Feb 1776, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 14 Apr 1847 (Age 71 years) |
Marriage |
7 Mar 1792 |
- Marietta N.W.T. (Now Ohio) ?, by Gen. Benjamin Tupper, Governor of N.W.T.
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Children |
| 1. Jane Gilruth |
| 2. John Gilruth, b. French Grant, Scioto Co., Ohio, USA |
+ | 3. Rev. James Gilruth, b. 29 Jan 1793, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA d. 2 Jun 1873, Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa, USA (Age 80 years) |
+ | 4. Mary Gilruth, b. 24 Jan 1797, Belleville, Wood County, West Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
+ | 5. William Gilruth, b. 24 May 1799, Hanging Rock, Scioto Co., Ohio (Adams Co. at that time) d. 1 Jun 1879 (Age 80 years) |
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Family ID |
F127716 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 Oct 2001 |
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Notes |
- - Linen weaver - he had the first loom on either side of the river between Big Sandy and Little Scioto
from Scotland when old enough; went to N. Carolina
Thomas Gilruth, b. 07-1745 met Marion Ingles on the Ohio River at Belleville (West Virginia?)
Thomas Gilruth went to Pittsburg in 1785, floated down Ohio River to what became Belleville, Virginia (now in West Virginia) where he had bought land from government. Here they build a log fort, surrounded by a palisade. (From Thomas Gilruth Family Group Record)
The text below is from a letter written by James Gilruth and posted in the Ironton Register, Lawrence Co. OH: "OLD TIMES - Gilruth on Early Settlers in Lawrence County", from the Ironton Register, February 1, 1872 to July 18, 1872; transcribed by Mary Ann St. Louis
March 23, 1872
In my former letters, I have made frequent allusions to the
French Grant. Before proceeding any farther with the history of individual
settlers, I think it proper to give you an account of the origin of the
French Grant.
Soon after the Revolutionary War, some men went over to
France and succeeded in selling to some French gentlemen a large tract
of land, to which they had no legal right, at a French crown an acre.
These gentlemen bro't over a number of respectable people of the common
class, to settle their lands; but after they came, they found that they
had been swindled out of their money, and that they had no legal right
to a foot of land. These emigrants settled at and formed the town of
Gallipolis. This was the origin of Gallia County. The men who had been
swindled out of their money all returned to France, except John B.
JARVIS, who stayed and employed a lawyer in Philadelphia by the name of
DEPONSAW, who drew up a statement of the case and got it before
Congress, which then sat in that city. At the time, the American public
felt much friendship for the French, as they had contributed material
aid to effect our independence. Congress took up this matter and made a
grant of 24,000 acres, amounting to 217 acres to each head of family
that remained, and 4,000 acres to JARAVIS. This grant was made
conditional that the grantee should settle on it by a given time and
remain on it five years, in order to make good his title. This
condition was afterward removed and each grantee was secured by U. S.
patent.
Matthew BARTLET drew lot No. 1 and wishing to return to
France, came up to Bellville, Wood County, VA and offered it for sale
at $2 per acre. Thomas GILRUTH, one of the original settlers of
Bellville, who had settled there in 1775, two years before there was a
white man settled in the State of Ohio, and maintained their station
through the Indian War, which was closed after Anthony WAYNE'S decisive
battle at Preskul on the right bank of the Maumee, opposite the Maumee
Rapids, but now had lost their land by an older claim, accepted
BARTLET'S offer, and in connection with a widow of the name of
HEMPSTEAD, bought the lot, and immediately set about making his
preparations to move. Putting his family, stock, and other things on
board of a couple of flatboats and a barge periogue, set sail down the
Ohio; and on the 8th day of April, 1797, arrived at his lot. The river
being near full bank, he drew his boats into a cove, made a bank slide
in ages back. This made a safe and convenient haven. He lived in his
boats until the water left them. He then knocked the boats to pieces
and of the boards made a camp, in which the family lived a year, or
until there were men enough within twenty miles to raise a stout log
cabin. His wife's maiden name was Marion INGLES. They were both
immigrants from Scotland, but married in the United States. Their
children's names were James, John, Jannet, Mary and William. James
married Hannah KOUNTZ; SHE DYING, HE MARRIED Mary WESTLAKE; John died
of croup, and Jannet of whooping cough, in their infancy at Bellville.
Mary married William G. THOMAS; he dying she married John FASSER. He
dying, she sold out and moved to Massac County, Illinois, where she
still lives. William married Rebecca AUSTIN. He ultimately became sole
owner of the old homestead farm. Thomas GILRUTH was bred a linen
weaver, and erected the first loom on either side of the river, between
Big Sandy and Little Scioto. This loom was made by Peter FORT, of black
walnut timber, and manufactured in workmanlike manner, for which
GILRUTH paid him $13 in specie. He however turned his whole attention
to clearing and cultivating his land. He often boasted that he never
bought but one peck of corn, and that was for seed. He exceedingly
enjoyed, as pastime, fishing and hunting. He was raised in the Kirk of
Scotland and remained in that faith until he met with Fletcher''
Checks, the reading of which upset his Calvinism. In the fall of 1812,
he invited Marcus LINSEY, an itinerant Methodist preacher who was then
forming Little Sandy circuit, in Kentucky, to make his house a
preaching place. Lindsey accepted the invitation, and formed a little
society, consisting of Thomas GILRUTH, Marion GILRUTH, Rachel HAILEY,
Rebecca POWER, and Joel CHURCH, who have all long since died in the
faith. This was the first Methodist society from little Scioto up, and
embracing all Lawrence County. During Thomas GILRUTH'S lifetime, his
house was a regular preaching place, and after his death it was
continued so by his widow until a house was prepared for it opposite
Greenupsburg.
Emigration - - Emigrated shortly after the Revolutionary War.
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Sources |
- [S1042] History of Lower Scioto Valley, Ohio. (a biographical sketch from); Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1884.
- [S1043] Nelson W. Evans, A. M., A History of Scioto County, Ohio,Together With a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio, (Portsmouth, Ohio. Published by Nelson W. Evans, 1903), 717 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1046] Death Records of Scioto County, Ohio 1803-1860.
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