Gemmill, Hugh, 1766-1822

Captain Hugh Gemmill was born Christmas Day, December 25, 1766, in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland to Zecharias Gemmill and Janet McBryde. He married his first wife, Anne Handy, on April 22, 1795 and together they had five children. After Anne’s death in December of 1802, he married his second wife, Jane Wilson, on March 29, 1803 and together they had seven children. Capt. Gemmill was the captain of the ship “McGillvray.” In his later years, he served on the Board of Trustees for the Newark Seminary for Young Ladies “under the superintendency of Mrs. Cloud.” He was also a Commissioner for the Stanton and Newark Turnpike Road and a member of the American Farmer’s Society. He died November 29, 1822, at the age of 55 and is buried at the Christiana Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Christiana, New Castle County, Delaware.