James McGill (b.1717)

James McGill II, Burgess of Glasgow; Deacon of the Hammerman's Guild

Father
James McGill (b.c.1690)
Mother
Janet Craig (b.c.1690)
Spouse
Margaret Gibson (b.c.1720)
Children
James McGill (1744-1813)
Janet (McGill) Allan (b.1743)
John McGill (1746-1797)
Robert McGill (b.1748)
Margaret McGill (1749-1809)
Rabina McGill (b.1752)
Isabel (McGill) Russell (b.1752)
Andrew McGill (1754-1805)
Robert McGill (b.1757)
He lived at 27 Stockwell Street, Glasgow, where today there is a plaque to the memory of his son, James, who made a fortune in the fur trade at Montreal and left a bequest the would establish McGill University in Montreal. 
Contributed by Mark Meredith on 11/02/2019 and last updated on 12/02/2019.
James McGill of Montreal (1995) by Stanley Brice Frost