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Jacob Gillespie 1740–1829 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA

Death Date: February 1829

Death Location: Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA

Father: Thomas Sr

Mother: Naomi Thompson

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Jacob Gillespie was born in 1740 in Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA, the child of Thomas Gillespie Sr And Naomi Thompson. Jacob Gillespie passed away in 1829 in Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Jacob Gillespie was born in 1740 in Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA, the child of Thomas Gillespie Sr And Naomi Thompson.
  • Jacob Gillespie passed away in 1829 in Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA.

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Jacob Gillespie's Ancestors

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Jacob Gillespie
1740–1829
Birth Place: Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Parents
Thomas Gillespie Sr
1719–1796
Cecil, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
Naomi Thompson
1728–1796
Bladen, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Robert Gillespie
1686–1779
Ann (Nice) Garner
1695–1724
William Thompson
1689–1753
Henrico, Virginia, USA
Sarah (Allison) Evans
1698–1750
Down, County Down, Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
john Garner
1672–1702
Mary Welch
1677–1729
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Welch
1628–1681
Elizabeth Upham
1632–1705

Jacob Gillespie's Timeline

2 Records

1740
1740
Birth of Jacob Gillespie in Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
1829
February 1829
Age 89
Death of Jacob Gillespie in Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA
Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Augusta, British Colonial America, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: February 1829
    Event Place: Green Bank, Pocahontas, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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