William GILLIS^{[1, 2]}

1765 - 1766  (1 years)

• Name	William GILLIS  [3, 4]
  Born	1765	Tullaree, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, N. Ireland   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1765  [4]
  Alt. Birth	1766  [4]
  	Tullaree, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, N. Ireland
  Died	1766  [4]
  Alt. Birth	1770  [4]
  	Glaslough, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
  _UID	AD2FA505F757439E8C72B0F2E5A0C7751624
  Person ID	I66	tag1
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2019

  
  

  Mother	Olive Rebecca McNAB,   b. 1749, Glaslough, Monaghan, Ulster, Ireland ,   d. Ireland
  Family ID	F16	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William, the son of  Robertus Oliver Gillis  and  Olive Rebecca McNab (1-3)b Gillis , became a wealthy man by the linen trade. He raised a mill on the Collen River, Armagh, and made a great fortune. He retired and went by the name of McCumb but to this day*, that mill, though four times the size, is known and goes by the name of "Gillis Spinning Mills". At his death, the bulk of William's large mill went to the McMasters, McKens, and McCrumbs, people overloaded with wealth*. Family lore held that William never married. We now know that that is not true and that William had several children. * These statements were related by Mr. Fred McKen (a grandson of William's brother  Robert ) when he was 84 years old, as told to Robert Gillis of Tandragee, Ireland, who gave it to Ben Gillis, his cousin who visited him in 1910. Also, SEE notes under John William Gillis for more Benjamin Cole Gilli s notes from Robert Gillis about William. [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] . [S92] . [S2] . [S228] (Reliability: 0). Record for Olive Rebecca McNabb