1. Robert Gilchrist, b. about 1788, son of John and Jean Gilchrist, married Martha McGibboney,* dau of Patrick, as his first wife. She d. before 1817 in Guilford Co. They had two children, John and Margaret. Margaret married 17 Oct 1829 John B. Stafford and they had 7 children: Robert, James, John, Sarah, Moses, David and Nancy, all Stafford. Robert married 2nd. 16 Oct. 1817 Polly Stafford, probably sister of John B. Stafford. (don't know that for sure) Robert died 8 Feb 1848 in Guilford Co. Question: What happened to Robert's son John by his first marriage to Martha McGibboney? 2. Samuel Gilchrist, son of John and Jean, brother of Robert, died 6 Mar 1816 in Guilford Co., NC. He married Isobel McGibboney*, daughter of Patrick, sister of Martha and they had 3 children. (I believe) a. John M. Gilchrist, who married Ann Eliza Ryan, 27 Dec 1826; b. Euphrasia Gilchrist, who married Pleasant McAdoo 10 Dec 1842 and had 6 chiildren: Ella Dora, John L., Granville, Albert, Adolphus and Brantley P., all McAdoo. c. Patrick Davidson Gilchrist. P. Davidson moved to Davidson county and may be buried there. The 1840 census index names both Patrick Davidson Gilchrist and a David McGibboney in Davidson County, NC. *A lawsuit in 1813 was brought by the heirs of Patrick McGibboney against Patrick Gillespie and son Daniel, (the latter son of Margaret McGibboney Gillespie, deceased.) The Plaintiffs were named as follows:David McGibboney; Isobel Gilchrist, wife of Samuel; Martha Gilchrist, wife of Robert and Jean Weatherly, wife of Isiah. In Patrick McGibboney's will he named his children: Margaret Gillespie, Martha, Isobel, David and Jean. He names a guardian for Jean but David, who was an "infant" of 14 had a court appointed guardian, William Armfield. As Patrick mentioned no wife we might assume that she predeceased him. Question: Any heirs of any of the above reading this. Would you answer? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Perhaps I gave too much information, but as we have been working on this line for years with few answers, I wanted to get it all out there. My thanks go to Marcia Gilchrist Walters, who gave me much on the Gilchrist family some years ago. Thanks, Carol