Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784
with additional notes by Kate Maynard

February 8, 1759
William Gilliland* and Elizabeth Phagen
Marriage Book II, page 185
*This William Gilliland was the noted pioneer of the Champlain Valley. His wife, Elizabeth Pahgen was the daughter of Gilliland's former business partner in New York City. Dave Glenn has made major contributions to the Gilliland Trails library regarding William and his family, including brother James.

September 24, 1761
James Gilliland* and Susanah Brasier*
Marriage Book V, page 96
* Listed in some records as "James Gillihen"
*I am keen to know more about Susanah's pedigree for a number of reasons. Not only were the Brasier/Brasher families prominent in New York during the time of the Revolution, but the Gillilands have very strong ties to Brashear/Brasier/etc families in the colonial South.

July 9, 1762
James Gilliland* and Judith Rose*
Marriage Book VI, page 232
James was the brother of William Gilliland and served as an officer in the Revolutionary War. Judith's name has also been recorded as Roose. See notes below for the family Bible records.

December 30, 1769
John Gilliland and Catherine Zeegaart*
Marriage Book XV, page 135
*I'm curious to know more about this couple and whether her family name was actually "Zeevaart".

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Additional notes:
Genealogical Records; Manuscript Entries of Births, Deaths and Marriages Taken from Family Bibles 1581-1917.
 By Jeannie Floyd Jones Robison, Henrietta C. Bartlett

 James Gilliland
 (Married 1762)
 Holy Bible in Dutch; Dordrecht, Jacob en Hendrick Keur, 1741
 Contains the records of James Gilliland and Judith Roose, his wife. It is now the property of the American Bible Society and is deposited for safe keeping in the New York Public Library.
   Entry:
   New York, 7th July, being a very thundery evening was married or bound in matrimony James Gilliland and Judith Roose by Rothenbuler who was a minister in this citty at that time Anno Dommini 1762.

 James Gilliland aged 21 years, the woman was aged 14 years.
 1772 August the 22 was born our 5th daughter Judith
 1774 August 8 was born our 4th son Nicholas

-- contributed by Kate Maynard, 2009.