bstewart,
I just spent an hour looking through everything I could online and found an entry on an obscure site by TIM GILL - he stated that JAMES GILL may have fled the law in DORSET arriving with possibly a couple of brothers to newfoundland.
According to TIM GILL - JAMES GILL is listed on PEYTONS 1836 CENSUS as married with a daughter and son under the age of 14 and living in EXPLOITS BURNT ISLAND.
there is an archavist that I hire in st johns, nfld to look up info for me. Her name is jill marshall and her email is
njillmarshall@aim.comShe has an hourly rate but knows most all the families from anywhere in nfld. I have hired her and worked with her for my own stuff at the archives and she is fabulous!
If MARY BEATON was from EXPLOITS BURNT ISLANDS then it would be acceptable to believe that she was MI'KMAQ - LET US ALL KNOW IF THERE IS ANYTHING NEW FOR HER!
I am sure that JACOB GILL was married 3 times and had children by TRIXIE? Are you from that marriage? MICMAK1