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Matthew Gillespie 1775–1857 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1775

Birth Location: Orange County, New York

Death Date: January 1857

Death Location: Simpson County, Kentucky

Father: Mathew Gillespie

Mother: Jane Neely\Neily

Spouse(s): Mary BORTHICK

Children(s): Mary Gillespie

In 1775, Matthew Gillespie entered the world in Orange County, New York, born to Mathew Gillespie And Jane Neely Neily. Matthew Gillespie married Mary Borthick, and had children including Mary Elizabeth Gillespie. Matthew Gillespie passed away in 1857 in Simpson County, Kentucky.

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Biography

  • In 1775, Matthew Gillespie entered the world in Orange County, New York, born to Mathew Gillespie And Jane Neely Neily.
  • Matthew Gillespie married Mary Borthick, and had children including Mary Elizabeth Gillespie.
  • Matthew Gillespie passed away in 1857 in Simpson County, Kentucky.

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Matthew Gillespie's Ancestors

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Matthew Gillespie
1775–1857
Birth Place: Orange County, New York
Parents
Mathew Gillespie
1742–1797
, , , Ireland
Jane Neely\Neily
1742–1778
New York
Grandparents
Samuel (Gillespie) Sr.*
1720–1748
Armagh, Armagh, , Ireland
Elizabeth Anderson
1715–1764
New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Matthew Gillespie's Descendants

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Matthew Gillespie (1775–January 1857) m. Mary BORTHICK (1794–1863)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Gillespie 1830–1900 m. Greenberry Deatherage 1829–1905
    1. 1. Virgil (Ewing) Deatherage 1857–1924 m. Matilda (Evans *) Calbert 1867–1951
      1. 1. Isabelle Deatherage 1897–1980 m. BENJAMIN WEST 1886–1969
        1. 1. CORDELIA WEST 1927–1998 m. Robert (Franklin (Bob)) Courtney 1924–1971

Matthew Gillespie's Timeline

2 Records

1775
1775
Birth of Matthew Gillespie in Orange County, New York
Orange County, New York
1857
January 1857
Age 82
Death of Matthew Gillespie in Simpson County, Kentucky
Simpson County, Kentucky

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1775
    Event Place: Orange County, New York

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1857
    Event Place: Simpson County, Kentucky

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