Captain William McGilvery

William McGilvery was the son of Robert McGilvery & Elizabeth Chase McGilvery. He was born February 6, 1814, and died March 9, 1876. He was the brother of Freeman McGilvery. He commanded the Bark E. Churchill, 1844-46; the Bark Henrietta, 1847; the Schooner Geneva, 1848; the Brig Sarah, 1849; the Bark J. B. Johnson, 1850; and the Brig Harriett H. McGilvery, 1851.