Notes on the probable origin of the name Gemmill or Gemmell

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(3) Sarah Gemmill, born at Raithmuir, baptized 9th
December, 1794, married Allan Macdonald,
and whose only child, Mary Macdonald, is the
wife of Mr. Alexander Muir, of Dean Villa,
Pollokshields, Glasgow, a well known and
much respected Builder in Glasgow.
(4) Alexander Gemmill, born at Raithmuir, baptized
6th August, 1797, got the farm of Muirside at
his father's death, but died of fever, unmarried,
on 1 2th March, 1834. He is said to have been
a very promising youth, of good height, ruddy
complexion, with auburn hair.
(5) Mary Gemmill, born at Ruschaw, baptized at
Fenwick, 23rd February, 1800, died on 6th
April, 181 1, aged 13.
Alexander Gemmill died 23rd May, 1832, and is buried
at Fenwick in the old burying ground of the Gemmills.
His eldest son,
XIII. — Thomas Gemmill, my grandfather, married
Janet Nairn, of Blockhillhead, Stewarton, and, about the
year 1817, took the farm of Hillhousehill, three miles
distant, and lying midway between Muirside and Fenwick.
It is a good sized farm, and belonged to a Captain White,
who lived in Edinburgh. He and my grandfather, Thomas
Gemmill, were very friendly. After the death of his father
and his younger brother, Alexander, Thomas Gemmill gave
up the farm of Hillhousehill, and went back to the old