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Matthew Gillespie 1726–1793 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1726

Birth Location: Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1793

Death Location: Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Father: Matthew Gillespie

Mother: Lucy Pickens

Spouse(s): Anna Pickens, Frances Patterson

Children(s): Elijah Gillespie

Matthew Gillespie was born in 1726 in Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Matthew Gillespie And Lucy Pickens. Matthew Gillespie married Anna Frances Pickens, Frances Patterson, and had children including Elijah Gillespie. Matthew Gillespie passed away in 1793 in Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Matthew Gillespie was born in 1726 in Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Matthew Gillespie And Lucy Pickens.
  • Matthew Gillespie married Anna Frances Pickens, Frances Patterson, and had children including Elijah Gillespie.
  • Matthew Gillespie passed away in 1793 in Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Matthew Gillespie
1700–1728
Birth Location: Limerick, Ireland
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Lucy Pickens
1702–1762
Birth Location: Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Anna Pickens
1726–1775
Birth Location: Augusta, Virginia, United States
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Frances Patterson
1755–
Birth Location: Elbert County, Georgia, USA
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Children(s)

Elijah Gillespie
1747–1820
Birth Location: Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, United States of America
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Matthew Gillespie's Ancestors

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Matthew Gillespie
1726–1793
Birth Place: Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Matthew Gillespie
1700–1728
Limerick, Ireland
Lucy Pickens
1702–1762
Ireland
Grandparents
William Gillespie
1662–
St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Elspeth Jeffrey
1663–1702
Ulster, Donegal, Ireland
William (Henry) Pickens
1669–1735
La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Margaret Pike
1672–1740
Limerick, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Gillespie
1626–1676
Janet Galloway
1630–1676
Robert PICKENS
1644–1700
Ester Bonneau
1644–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Rev. II
1580–1627

Matthew Gillespie's Descendants

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Matthew Gillespie (1726–1793) m. Anna (Frances) Pickens (1726–1775) m. Frances Patterson (1755–)
  1. 1. Elijah Gillespie 1747–1820 m. Mary Rayburn 1757–1833
    1. 1. Martha (Dorothy "Patsy") Gillespie 1782–1863 m. Archibald Tucker 1769–1814
      1. 1. Abijah Tucker 1806–1865 m. Nancy Hundley 1808–1860
        1. 1. Lucinda Tucker 1842–1914 m. Thomas Crawford 1834–1885 m. Nelson Crawford 1837–1880

Matthew Gillespie's Timeline

2 Records

1726
1726
Birth of Matthew Gillespie in Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
1793
1793
Age 67
Death of Matthew Gillespie in Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1726
    Event Place: Abingdon, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1793
    Event Place: Great Rocky Creek, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States
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