Robert Gillchrist

1659 - Bef 1733  (< 74 years)

• Name	Robert Gillchrist
  Birth	1659	Scotland   [1]
  	(age based on MI)
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	Bef 1694	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  Role	1694	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Later free emigrant
  Legal	10 Dec 1694	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Made up inventory for the estate of John Bingley of Middlesex County
  Name	Robert Gilchrist  [3]
  Property	9 Sep 1701	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  	Purchased south half of 100 acre lot at Langstaffs Farm and 10 acres of Raitan meadows from Thomas Moore and his wife
  Religion	1733	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  	Presbyterian
  	Left legacies to Meeting Houses in Perth Amboy and Woodbridge nand to Revs. John Pierson and Gilbert Tennent
  Burial	1733	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Death	Bef 25 Jan 1732/33	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Probate	25 Jan 1732/33	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Will	9 Nov 1733	Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Executrix: wife Marion, assisted by Robert Hude, John Mootrie and Jawmes Brown
  Person ID	I46465	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family	Marion (Gillchrist)   d. Bef 17 Jul 1745, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. James Gillchrist,   b. 20 Dec 1704, Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1733 (Age < 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31759	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1659 - Scotland Role - Later free emigrant - 1694 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Legal - Made up inventory for the estate of John Bingley of Middlesex County - 10 Dec 1694 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Purchased south half of 100 acre lot at Langstaffs Farm and 10 acres of Raitan meadows from Thomas Moore and his wife - 9 Sep 1701 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Religion - Presbyterian - 1733 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Burial - 1733 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 25 Jan 1732/33 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 25 Jan 1732/33 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executrix: wife Marion, assisted by Robert Hude, John Mootrie and Jawmes Brown - 9 Nov 1733 - Woodbridge, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p374. [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p38. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, C(EJ): Folio 164 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p143. [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p199.