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THE CORPUTECHAN GILCHRISTSJohn Gilchrist was born in 1721, and died in 1790, according to his Kilchenzie Cemetery gravemarker; it also notes that he married Elizabeth Bannatyne -- born 1724 and died Feb. 17, 1789. Also found on the marker is "late of Corputechan" and an indication that the marker was erected by their son, Duncan. In an old lease (tack) found in the Duke of Argyll’s estate records in Inverary comes the following information:
"Duncan and John Gilchrist - Lease of 19 years from 1757 of 2 merklands of Corputechan (Farm) to above presently in Killicraw (Farm) at 15 pounds sterling, 1 boll nulture meal, 2 bolls teind bear and 24 carriages yearly (carriage = 1 cartload of peat, etc.), and 10 shillings sterling for each goat kept."
John and Duncan are believed to be brothers. In 1775, John renewed the lease with John Martin; Duncan was not listed. Thereafter, William Gilchrist is recorded as son.
In yet another old lease from the Duke of Argyll's Estate Records comes the following:
"Lease to Lachlan Gilchrist in 1813 for 19 years. Lachlan Gilchrist, eldest son and heir of William Gilchrist, deceased, gets North Corputechan at 42 pounds sterling annually and 1 boll teind bear (barley)."
A. William Gilchrist - Farmer; born in 1758; died about 1813. He was the farmer of Corputechan Farm in the Parish of Killeen and Kilchenzie, apparently following his father, John. On Aug. 28, 1784, he married Mary Milloy.
1. John Gilchrist - born Apr. 30, 1785; known to have died young (from: Killeen and Kilchenzie Old Parish Records)
2. Elizabeth Gilchrist - born Oct. 27, 1786
3. Lachlain (also: Lachlan) Gilchrist - born Sept. 9, 1788. He acquired North Corputechan Farm in 1813, apparently following his father's death. On June 20, 1816 he married Christian Munro, By the 1851 census, he had left the farm and was living on Dalaruan Street in Campbeltown, and was working as a carter.
a. Archibald Gilchrist - christened June 9, 1816; died may 1874. He married Christina McCallum, born 1816; died Dec. 1870.
(1) Neil Gilchrist - born Nov. 5, 1844
(2) William Gilchrist - born July 11, 1849; died July 30, 1894 in Glasgow.
(3) Lachlan Gilchrist - born Mar. 23, 1852; died April 1880. He was a laborer and married Jessie Brand, June 1875, a domestic servant.
(4) Barbara Gilchrist - born Mar. 23, 1852 --- an apparent twin to Lachlan. She married John McDougall on Aug. 13, 1875.
(a) William McDougall - born 1879; died Aug. 30, 1892.
(b) Three children that died in infancy
b. Mary Gilchrist - christened July 29, 1818
c. John Gilchrist - born Aug. 11, 1820
d. William Gilchrist - born Aug. 4, 1822
e. Anne Gilchrist born Sept. 18, 1824
f. James Gilchrist born Feb. 4, 1827
g. Donald Gilchrist - born April 6, 1829, he married Agnes McLachlan on Dec. 16, 1856, at which time he was a farm servant at Achaleck Farm. She was born in 1836 and died in 1921, and was the daughter of Lachlan and Elizabeth McMillan McLachlan of Craigs Farm where he was a farm servant. From 1862, Donald held the lease to Dalrioch Farm, Campbeltown Parish. In 1872 the entire family migrated toTuscola county, Michigan (Watertown Township).
(1) Christian Gilchrist - born Dec. 7, 1857; apparently died young.
(2) Elizabeth Gilchrist - born Dec. 26, 1860; died May 3, 1942. She married Fayette Pomeroy Thompson on Oct. 4, 1876. They lived and farmed in Grant Township, Huron County, Michigan (near Cass City) where they reared twelve children. In 1908 the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada. (Riverhurst)
(3) Lachlan Gilchrist - born Dec. 6, 1862 at Dalrioch Farm; died 1933. He married Anna Elizabeth Lintz - born 1875; died 1929. They raised five sons on their farm on Castle Road, near Fostoria, Michigan.
(4) Christina Gilchrist - born Nov. 26, 1864 at Dalrioch Farm.
(5) Mary Gilchrist born Feb. 15, 1866 at Dalrioch Farm.
(6) Agnes Gilchrist born July 28, 1869 at Belloch Farm, also in Canpbeltown Parish
(7) John Gilchrist - born Dec. 25, 1871 at Clochkeil Farm, also in Campbeltown Parish. At age twenty, be left the family in Michigan and moved to North Carolina. Here he married and reared a family of five boys and five girls. His last residence was Paw Creek, North Carolina.
(8) Catharine Gilchrist - born 1873 in Michigan.
h. Peter Gilchrist - born May 10, 1832; married Mary Henderson Jan. 17, 1854. He was a drainer in Campbeltown. She was daughter of Duncan Henderson, a mason.
(1) Duncan Gilchrist - born Nov. 28, 1854
(2) Lauchlan Gilchrist born May 21, 1856
(3) Christy Gilchrist born Feb. 1, 1860
(4) Mary Gilchrist - born Nov. 10, 1861
(5) Agnes Gilchrist - born Jan. 18, 1865
(6) Neil Gilchrist - born Apr. 18, 1868
(7) Peter Gilchrist - born Nov. 5, 1870
i. Lauchlan Gilchrist - born June 13, 1834; died Jan. 14, 1906. He arrived in America about 1852 as a stowaway aboard a pirate ship. With his first wife, Harriet, he settled in Oberlin, Ohio. In 1863 he moved to Tuscola County, Michigan where Harriet died Nov. 7, 1866. He then married Catherine Johnson (born in 1849). He had six children --- three by each wife. He provided 300 dollars to his older brother, Donald, to aid in his immigration to America in 1872.
j. Duncan Gilchrist - born Feb. 16, 1838; married Isabella McArther. He was a laborer in Campbeltown. She was a daughter of Malcolm Mc-Arther, a farm servant.
(1) Christina Gilchrist - born Oct. 9, 1868
(2) Malcolm Gilchrist - born Sept. 17, 1870
(3) William Gilchrist - born Sept. 17, 1870
(4) Donald Gilchrist - born Aug. 11, 1872
k. Malcolm Gilchrist - born 1843
4. Donald Gilchrist - born Aug. 31, 1790. There is a distinct possibility that he married Isabella (Bell) Watson, Dec. 6, 1825 in Campbeltown Parish. It is known that this was an early fishing family.
5. Archibald Gilchrist - born Nov. 6, 1794, may have been the one who married Rachel McKendrick and began the "Fishing Gilchrists" family line.
6. Mary Gilchrist - baptized Jan. 7, 1797
B. Catherine Gilchrist - born 1761; married Archibald Smith, born 1762. He farmed Corputechan along with William and Duncan Gilchrist, his brothers-in-law.
1. John Smith - born 1785. He became farmer at Bellochantuy in Killeen Parish. He died Jan. 22, 1862 at 77 years of age. He married Agnes Andrew, born 1792; died Mar. 18, 1872
a. Donald Smith - born 1816; died July 26, 1872. He married Margaret Gilchrist, born Feb. 21, 1830; died July 31, 1904. She was the daughter of John Gilchrist, farmer in Balevain Farm, Killean Parish, and his wife Peggy McBride Gilchrist. He was a grocer in Bellochantuy. They were married at Balevain, June 17, 1855, where they came to live.
(1) Margaret Jane Smith - born 1866, died May 11, 1927 in Bellochantuy.
(2) Daniel Smith - born 1872; died Oct. 26, 1958 at Ardalunin in Campbeltown Parish. He married Agnes Smith, born 1870; died Jan.3, 1967.
b. Archibald Smith - born 1822; died May 10, 1872.
2 . Donald Smith - born ? 9, 1787 at Corputechan Farm
3. Archibald Smith - baptized Nov. 17, 1789 at Corputechan Farm
4. Elizabeth (Betty) Smith - born 1800 according to Kilcalmonel gravestone; born 1791 according to 1792 census by Duke of Argyll. She married John McDonald, a fisherman.
C. Duncan Gilchrist - born in 1764. There is little doubt that it is his name inscribed on his parents' Kilchenzie Cemetery gravemarker. As of 1792 when the Duke of Argyll made his estate census, Duncan was not married. It is most probable that he later did marry, raising the possibility that he may be the Duncan listed as being father of: Hugh (b. Apr. 6, 1800), John (b. Apr. 12, 1803), Elizabeth (b. Dec. 7, 1805), Barbara (b. Dec. 21, 1806), Christy (b. Feb. 9, 1809). These children were all born in Kilcalmonel Parish, giving indication that Duncan may have moved north. The wife and mother has not been determined.
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