- a. Henry B. Gilkeson, Romney, W. Va.
- b. Edward Gilkeson, Parkersburg, W. Va. Mar. a dau. of the late Rev. G. W. Finley, D. D. Dau. Margaret.
IV. Samuel, Revolution soldier; qualified Captain Aug. 4, 1779. Hugh Gilkeson, 1797, wrote from Frankfort, Ky., to his wife Elizabeth that he had been unable to find any trace of his brother Samuel.
V. David, a Revolutionary soldier, died in prison.
VI. Isaac, m. a Shanklin. Son John lived in Greenbrier County.
VII. Ebenezer, m. a Shanklin. Dau. Margaret. Lived Greenbrier County.
VIII. Susan, m. John Armour.
IX. Martha, m. Alexander Galt, of Pennsylvania. Two sons, John; and William, who had two sons, W. R. Gait, and A. W. Gait, of Pequea, Pa.
X. Nancy, m. William Vance.
XI. Janetta, m. Thomas Marshall, of Virginia. Son, William, who m. his first cousin, Margaret Gilkeson, of Greenbrier.
FAMILY OF ROBERT GILKESON.
Robert Gilkeson came to Augusta a generation ahead of the Bethel family. The two families are not known to be related. There is a tradition that they met for the first time on the boat en voyage to America. His deed for 400 acres of land on a branch of Middle river, near North Mountain, is dated Jan. 22, 1747.
He is mentioned in the records of Aug. 20, 1746; constable, 1756. He d. 1775. His will is recorded Staunton, Va. Chalkley III, p. 141. "Well stricken in years." Wife, Rebecca. Three children, viz:
I. Archibald, wife Sarah, from the Calfpasture. His will was proven 1782. Was private in Captain Patrick Martin's militia 1756. Surveyor of highways 1767. Five children, viz:
