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Descendants of THOMAS GILLESPIE I
1.THOMAS1 GILLESPIEI was born 1720, and died 1789 in TAZEWELL CTY, VIRGINIA.He married ELEANOR ______.
Notes for THOMAS GILLESPIEI:
THE NAME "GILLESPIE" DERIVED FROM THE GALIC "GILLESPUIG";ITHAS BEEN SPELLED
GILLESPUG, GILLESPIG, GLASPY, GILLESPY, AND ETC.IN HIGHLAND SCOTS IT MEANS "ATTENDANT OF THE BISHOP",BUT THE GILLESPIES WERE EARLY PRESBYTERIANS.A GILLE4SPIE WAS A WELL KNOWN PRESBYTERIAN PREACHER IN ULSTER IN 1752.
THOMAS GILLESPIE OF SCOTCH-IRISH DECENT--MIGRATED FROM IRELAND BEFORE 1740 WITH HIS BROTHERS: JAMES AND WILLIAM LANDING IN PHILADELPHIA - GOING WEST TO LANCASHIRE COUNTY-THEN SOUTH INTO VIRGINIA SETTLING ON STUART'S CREEK OF THE COWPASTURE RIVER, A BRANCH OF THE JAMES RIVER.
HIS WILL IN AUGUSTA COUNTY, JUNE 15, 1790 LISTS HIS WIFE, ELEANOR, SONS: JOHN, THOMAS II, JACOB, SAMUEL, JAMES, AND WILLIAM;DAUGHTERS: MARY DONALY, HANNAH JONES, JEAN, ELEANOR II, AND ANN.
Children of THOMAS GILLESPIE and ELEANOR are:
| 2. | i. | THOMAS2 GILLESPIEII, b. 1760; d. 1842. |
| ii. | JOHN GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| iii. | JACOB GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| iv. | SAMUEL GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| v. | JAMES GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| vi. | WILLIAM GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| vii. | MARY GILLESPIEII, b. Unknown. |
| viii. | HANNAH GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| ix. | JEAN GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| x. | ELEANOR GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |
| xi. | ANN GILLESPIE, b. Unknown. |