BIOGRAPHY: Nancy (Ann) Campbell, 1730 - 1800; Argyle, Washington co., NY
surname: Campbell

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Author: Ken Smith

BIOGRAPHY OF NANCY (ANN) CAMPBELL

Nancy arrived in New York, from Scotland, in 1740, listed on the manifest 
as a single woman. She probably settled with relatives in the Kakiate 
Patent area, in Orange County, New York. There she met and married James
Gillis, who had come to New England in 1738 with his family. In 1764, James
was granted lot 108 in the Argyle Patent in Charlotte County. Nancy was
granted lot 55. James decided that they didn't need two lots, so he sold lot
55 and they settled on lot 108 in 1765. It has been claimed that Nancy was so
angry about this sale that she refused to sign the deed. James and Nancy had
eight children, four boys and four girls. James died before 1800. Nancy's
gravestone in the Scotch Cemetery in Argyle reads "NANCY Wife of James A. 
Gillis  died May 24th (last line unreadable)"

(I have a photograph of the gravestone)

Information from  the book, "The Argyle Patent and It's Early Settlers" by 
James McNaughton Jr.