BIOGRAPHY: Eleanor (Gilchrist) Gillis; Argyle, Washington co., NY
surname: Gilchrist

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Author: Ken Smith

BIOGRAPHY OF ELEANOR GILCHRIST
1764 - February 7, 1829

Eleanor Gilchrist, also known as Florey, was born in 1764 near Goshen, 
Orange County, New York. She was the daughter of Alexander Gilchrist 
and Catherine McNeil. Soon after Eleanor was born, her family moved to 
Argyle in Washington County where Alexander recieved a grant of land in 
the Argyle Patent. Eleanor married  James Gillis about 1786 in Argyle, 
probably at the Presbeterian Church, to which they both belonged. 
Eleanor & James had eight children. Eleanor died on February 7, 1829 in 
Argyle, and she is buried in the Scotch Cemetery there. Her gravestone 
reads “In memory of Eleanor wife of James Gillis who died Feb. 7 1829 in 
the 65th year of her age”  (I have a photograph of the gravestone)

Information for this biography from  records of the Scotch Cemetery in 
Argyle, Washington County, New York; the will of James Gillis.