Kilgour, James (b. ABT 1635, d. ?)

Note: (from rootsweb.com) He was the ruling elder in the Presbyterian church of Donaghadee, County Down, Ireland in 1707. Amcestor of Kilgour Parish, Fifeshire, Scotland.

ORIGIN OF THE NAME KILGORE / KILGO

KILGO was originally KILGORE and that was originally spelled KILGOUR. The name seems to be Gaelic in origin, probably from the ancient name of a Parish in Fife Shire Scotland. Kilgour means "wooded hill". From the Celtic word for "hill" we get "kill" and from the Gaelic prefix "kil", which often denoted a church, we get the idea that "kil" could mean a church hill. Another explanation is a hill of the goats, "kil" meaning "hill" and "gour" meaning "goat".

The name Kilgour is found all over Fife and Aberdeen Scotland. The oldest Kilgour on record seems to be Sir Thomas Kilgour, who was chaplin of St. Thomas Church in Falkland Palace of Fife Scotland. This place was a favorite hang-out of Scottish royalty.

According to the information contributed by Barbara Conway in "The Kilgore Family Tree" one of the first to bear the name Kilgour and to propagate the line was a foundling that was left on the steps of the St. Thomas Church in Falkland Palace. The child was raised by the Kirk of the church and assumed the name. The child was left just after a great battle in which the clan Douglas had almost been wiped out. Legend has it that the child was a Douglas and was left at the church to save its life as the Douglas clan had fallen out of standing with the current King and was outlawed by the crown.

*from "Kilgo Cousins and Kin"

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JACK, JAMES. Newton. 7 November 1776. B. 242-243.
Wills: Abstracts 1750-1776: Will Books A-B: Cumberland Co, PA

Note: They were early settlers in the Conococheague Valley.

BIOGRAPHY: Lived first in Scotland but then moved to Ireland to escape religious persecution. On leaving Scotland he sold his property for a few pounds to an Irish servant by the name of Patrick O'Riley, with the understanding that when the persecustions of the Protestants should cease, the property should be returned. The persecutions having ended, the Jacks returned to Scotland and asked the servant under what conditions he would return the property. His reply was, "if you ever have a son his name must be Patrick Jack."

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Census: Date: 1850
Place: Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Royalton, Windsor, Vt

Note: 1860: Living with Daughter-in-law Caroline Burgess

1850: Census, Chelsea, Orange, Vermont

Note: Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,Volume 3, page 338, "Abstracts of Wills of Westmoreland County," WillBook I, page 46: John JACK, Yeoman, Huntington Twp., dated 2August 1806, proved 23 APRIL 1808 - Wife Elinor; Children -Patrick, Anna ROBERTSON, Elizabeth MACKLIN (MARKLE) and Rebecca JACK. Grandsons John CLARK, Andrew THOMSON and John FINLEY; Sons-in-law - Andrew FINLEY, John ROBINSON, and John MACKLIN. Son Thomas S. JACK and other children not named; Andrew FINLEY and John ROBERTSON Executors, Witness, John CARNAHAN and CharlesHUNTER.

John Jack was given credit for writing the major part of the Hannastown Declaration of Independence while his brother authored the Mechlenburg Decalaration from North Carolina

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Note: Lived first in Scotland but then moved to Ireland to escape religious persecution. On leaving Scotland he sold his property for a few pounds to an Irish servant by the name of Patrick O'Riley, with the understanding that when the persecustions of the Protestants should cease, the property should be returned.The persecutions having ended, the Jacks returned to Scotland and asked the servant under what conditions he would return the property. His reply was, "if you ever have a son his name must be Patrick Jack."

Egles' Notes and Queries- Fourth Series- Volume 1- Page118 under Cumberland Valley Worthies is the following; Capt.Patrick Jack, son of James and Jean Jack was born in north of Ireland in 1730 coming to America with his parents at the age of eight years. Active participant in the French and Indian war-commissioned a lieutenant July 21, 1763; with Bouguet on his celebrated campaign against the Ohio Indians. Tales about him called "wild hunter' and "half Indian" were pure fiction; Captain in the Revolution in 1776 and 1777; Member of the Falling Spring Church and buried there; died Jan. 25, 1821-91years old.


6th Company. 4th Battalion, Cumberland Co., PA 24 Oct 1782 Lt.Col. Samuel Culbertson. The Provincial Congress commissioned him a Colonel at the Battle of Brandywine in 1777.

He served with several regiments and was the man who was later referred to as the "Wild Hunter" or "Juniata Jack the Indian Killer." He was from Hamilton Township and is said by George Croghan in 1755 to have been head of a company of hunter rangers, expert in Indian warfare, and clad, like their leader, in Indian attire. George Croghan was an Britsish Indian Agent who advised the British Army of Indian developments. General Jeffrey Amherst did not listen to him, however, or heed his advise to avert the Indian War with Chief Pontiac. George Groghan also invested in land for settlement near the now town of West Newton, Pennsylvania. 84 He was accused of encouraging the Indians, but in reality he was financially handicapped for settlers would not venture west to his area due to the Indian unrest. The Quakers in Philadelphia who had political control of Pennsylvania were preaching non-violence and would not support an army to protect the Scots-Irish people on the frontier.

These frontiers men were proposed to General Braddock as proper persons to act as scouts, provided they were allowed to dress, march and fight as they pleased. "They were well armed and are equally regardless of heat and cold," said Croghan. He further stated that they required no shelter for the night and asked for no pay. It was said that Patrick Jack became a bitter enemy ofthe Indians by finding his cabin one evening, on his return from hunting, "a heap of smoldering ruins, and the blackened corpses of his murdered family scattered around." From that time he became a rancorous Indian hater and slayer. With the Revolution war begining he was one of the first to enlist serving several times on short terms in various companies. He was described as of large size and stature, dark almost as an Indian, and stern and relentless to his foes. John Armstrong in his account of the Kittanning expedition called him 'half Indian," He has amonument at Chambersberg, Pennsylvania, with the inscription: "Colonel Patrick Jack, an officer of the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars-died January 25, 1821, aged ninety-one years."

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Religion: Place: Member Of Falling Spring Church

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Census: Date: 1850
Place: Grafton, Windham, Vermont