Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameBarnabas GILROY
Birth17608372
Birthabt 1765, Enniskillen, Ireland7325, p 2
Death18438372 Age: 83
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
FatherEdward GILROY (1735-)
MotherSarah FLEMING (1740-)
Individual Notes
• from Inniskillen, Ireland1091, p 2,1816, p 9

• Granted 500 acres in 1798 at River Maccan; service 54th Regiment.789, p 39

• Barnabus Gilroy was also called Barney Gilroy. He “enlisted on a ship. It is said that the sailors died of scurvy with the exception of three Irishmen; these landed in Halifax, Nova Scotia.7325, p 2
Census Data
• 1794 Census: District of Rivers Macan, Nappan and Hebert, Nova Scotia.1545
Spouses
Birthabt 1769, Bedford, Westchester, New York1830, p 7; place only,7325, p 2; date only
FatherDavid MILLS (~1730-~1829)
MotherRebecca HOLMES (~1739-1809)
Individual Notes
• aka Dorothy.6258, p 2
Marriage7 Dec 1790, Barronsfield, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada99, p 2,6257, p 8; date only,7616, p 2,8372
Family Notes
• They had 7 daughters, 8 sons.1816, p 9

• Dorcas and Barnabas had twelve children, four or five went to Ontario.1097, p 8
ChildrenSarah (Died as Child) (1791-1792)
 Rebecca (1793-)
 Edward (1794-)
 David (1796-)
 James (1798-)
 Nathan (1799-)
 Catherine (1802-1842)
 Jane (Died as Child) (1804-1806)
 John (1806-)
 Charlotte (1808-)
 Barnabas (1810-1887)
 George (1812-1874)
 Aaron (1815-1861)
 Susannah (1819-1897)
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