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James A. Gillespie 1745 – 1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1745

Birth Location: Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: Feb 1787

Death Location: , Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Father: William Gillespie

Mother: Naomi Thompson

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James A. Gillespie was born in 1745 in Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Thomas Gillespie and Naomi Lynn Thompson. James A. Gillespie passed away in 1787 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • James A. Gillespie was born in 1745 in Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, the child of William Thomas Gillespie and Naomi Lynn Thompson.
  • James A. Gillespie passed away in 1787 in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA.

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James Gillespie's Ancestors

Self
James Gillespie
1745 – 1787
Birth Place: Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Parents
William Thomas Gillespie
1719 – 1796
New London, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Naomi (Lynn) Thompson
1728 – 1796
Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
William Thompson
1689 – 1753
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Sarah Evans
1698 – 1730
Down, Down, Ireland
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

James Gillespie's Timeline

2 Records

1745
1745
Birth of James A. Gillespie in Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
1787
Feb 1787
Age 42
Death of James A. Gillespie in , Rowan, North Carolina, USA
, Rowan, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1745
    Event Place: Valley Virginia, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1787
    Event Place: , Rowan, North Carolina, USA

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