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Gill Family Name

Last updated Dec-2008
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • English [Day]
  • New England origins
  • found only as a family name

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • Guil
  • Guille

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak
  • Durham

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • 1697 Samuel Gill is adopted at Odanak.

Notes

The Gill family originates with Samuel Gill who was taken captive at the age of 9 from Salisbury MA in 1697. He married Rosalie James, according to tradition, another captive. Some of their children m. into French families and some into Abenaki families. One son, Joseph-Louis Gill, became a chief at Odanak and was known by the Abenaki name "Magwáwidõbait". The family remained prominent at Odanak and a great deal of material on the family has been collected.

Biographies, Photos, Artifacts, Genealogies, etc.

  • unknown or not yet researched
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