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Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace 1753–1828 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 AUG 1753

Birth Location: Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB

Death Date: 18 FEB 1828

Death Location: Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA

Father: William Gillespie

Mother: Naomi Thompson

Spouse(s): James Cpt, Ezekiel Wallace

Children(s): Jannette Knox, Robert Knox, Thomas Knox, James Knox, Jane Knox, Naomi Peters

Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace was born in 1753 in Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB, the child of William Thomas Gillespie And Naomi Lynn Thompson. Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace married Ezekiel Wallace, James Henry Knox Cpt, and had children including James Knox, Jane Janet Knox, Jannette Jane Gracey Knox, Naomi Knox Leetch Peters, Robert Knox, Thomas Knox. Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace passed away in 1828 in Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA.

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Biography

  • Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace was born in 1753 in Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB, the child of William Thomas Gillespie And Naomi Lynn Thompson.
  • Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace married Ezekiel Wallace, James Henry Knox Cpt, and had children including James Knox, Jane Janet Knox, Jannette Jane Gracey Knox, Naomi Knox Leetch Peters, Robert Knox, Thomas Knox.
  • Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace passed away in 1828 in Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lydia Wallace's Ancestors

Self
Lydia Wallace
1753–1828
Birth Place: Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB
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
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lydia Wallace's Descendants

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Lydia (Naomi Gillespie - Knox -) Wallace (02 AUG 1753–18 FEB 1828) m. James (Henry Knox,) Cpt (6 May 1752–10 OCT 1794) m. Ezekiel Wallace (1735–24 JAN 1813)
  1. 1. Jannette ("Jane" Gracey) Knox 1776–1852 m. Major (Samuel Wilson) Polk 1772–1827
    1. 1. President (James Knox) Polk 1795–1849 m. Sarah (Childress) Polk 1803–1891 m. Effie McClelland 1832–1912
      1. 1. Charles (Taylor) Polk 1818–
      2. 2. Lovena (Elizabeth) Polk 1833–1910
      3. 3. Mary (Adelaid) Polk 1818–1863
      4. 4. Sallie Polk 1843–1924
      5. 5. Leah (Jane) Brown 1847–1926
    2. 2. Franklin (Ezekiel) Polk 1802–1831
    3. 3. John (Lee) Polk 1807–1831
    4. 4. Lydia (Elizabeth) Polk 1800–1864
    5. 5. Nancy (Ann) Polk 1807–1884
    6. 6. Joseph (Lee) Polk 1788–1868 m. Isabelle Smith 1795– m. Nancy (Ann "Hannah") Lemaster 1795–1853
      1. 1. Joseph (Lemaster " Joe ") Polk 1819–1881
      2. 2. Richard (P) Polk 1812–1870
      3. 3. John (Alexander) Polk 1822–1887
      4. 4. Gideon (B.) Polk 1816–1890
      5. 5. William Polk 1814–1891
      6. 6. Nancy (E) Polk 1825–1897
      7. 7. Thomas (Madden) Polk 1829–1914
      8. 8. Elizabeth (Jane "Betty" Polk \) Jordan 1834–1914
      9. 9. Mary (W) Polk 1828–1897
    7. 7. Franklin (Armstead) Polk 1803–1887
    8. 8. Naomi (Tate) Polk 1809–1836
    9. 9. Ophelia (Clarissa) Polk 1812–1852
    10. 10. Marshall (Tate) Polk 1805–1831
    11. 11. William (Hawkins) Polk 1815–1862
    12. 12. Samuel (Wilson) Polk 1817–1839
    13. 13. Jane (Maria) Polk 1798–1876
    14. 14. Samuel (Wilson) Polk 1803–1839
    15. 15. Naomi Polk 1806–1836
    16. 16. David (Peale) POLK 1796–1835
    17. 17. John (S) POLK 1805–1831
  2. 2. Robert Knox 1774–1869
  3. 3. Thomas Knox 1783–1852
  4. 4. James Knox 1775–1804
  5. 5. Jane (Janet) Knox 1765–1847
  6. 6. Naomi (Knox - Leetch -) Peters 1778–1854

Lydia Wallace's Timeline

4 Records

1753
2 August, 1753
Birth of Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
1753
02 AUG 1753
Birth of Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace in Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB
Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB
1828
18 February, 1828
Age 75
Death of Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace in Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
1828
18 FEB 1828
Age 75
Death of Lydia Naomi Gillespie - Knox - Wallace in Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA
Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 August, 1753
    Event Place: Rowan County, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 AUG 1753
    Event Place: Salisbury, Rowan Co, Province of North Carolina, England, GB
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 February, 1828
    Event Place: Maury County, Tennessee, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 FEB 1828
    Event Place: Maury City, Crockett Co, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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