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Andrew Gillaspie (1796 - 1856)

Andrew Gillaspie
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 30 Aug 1821 in Wayne, Indiana, USAmap
Husband of — married 1 Sep 1845 in Schuyler County, Missouri, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 60 in Monroe, Iowa, USAmap
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Biography

Andrew was born on 12 Feb 1796, in Tennessee or Ohio. [1] [2] [3]

He first married on 30 Aug 1821 in Wayne, Indiana to Minerva=Manerva NICHOLS [1] [4] [5]> b=01 Dec 1804 VT & they had a daughter Sara Francis Gillaspie.

His second marriage was on 01 Sep 1845 in MO,Schuyler-Co to Mary "Polly" Ann McINTIRE [5] b=12 Feb 1830 IN.

Surname

Andrew GILLASPIE [1] [2]
Andrew GILLISPIE [3]

Residence

1820 Delaware, Indiana, USA.
1830 Madison, Indiana, USA.
1850 Dec 02 District#13, Monroe, Iowa, USA. [2]

He passed away on 19 Feb 1856 in Monroe County, Iowa.

Notes

Birth place: Unknown - Possible Tennessee or Ohio. (Ohio was formed in 1803).

Research Notes

Recorded in several spellings, this interesting surname, is of pre 10th century Gaelic-Scottish origin. It derives from Mac giolla Easpuig, meaning 'The son of the bishop's servant. Widely recorded in Scotland, the origination is from the Roman Latin word 'eposcopus' meaning bishop or leader, although why this should be, since no other Gaelic name has any sort of similar origin, remains a mystery. In Ireland the surname is chiefly recorded in County Down, Ulster. These Gillespies who came from Scotland, were erenaghs or hereditary landlords, who managed the local church lands. In Scotland Ewan Gillaspeck witnessed a charter by Alwin, earl of Levenax, in circa 1199, whilst Guileaspos Cambell, who in 1360 invaded the county of Northumberland in England, is the forerunner of the later Gillespies of that county. They have the more unusual spelling of Gillhespy. Sir Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766-1814), born in County Down, had an adventurous and distinguished career as a soldier in India, where he was killed in action. A coat of arms granted to the Scottish clan has the blazon of a silver shield, charged with a chevron wavy between three red heraldic roses. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Teag Mac Giolla Epscoip, who was chief of Aeilabhra, in the barony of Iveagh, County Down. This was dated 1175, in the "Medieval Irish Records", during the reign of Rory O'Conor, known as "The High King of Ireland", 1166-1175. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. [6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Family group sheet source#2260.002 for Andrew GILLASPIE as parent b=1804 m=1821 IN.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 1850/12/02 USA Census#7 of District#13, Monroe County, Iowa nara#M432_187 p324B repository=ancestry.com b=abt.1796 TN.
  3. 3.0 3.1 1860 USA Census of Patoka, Gibson Co, Indiana nara#M653 p1011 image#501 for Andrew GILLISPIE & available online at ancestry.com.
  4. Indiana Marriage Collection 1800-1941 compiled by Jordan DODD & Liahona Research & indexed by Works Progress Administration in 1938-1940 & available on ancestry.com citing Andrew Gillaspie b=1796 TN m=30 Aug 1821 IN,Wayne-Co to Manerva Nichols.
  5. 5.0 5.1 U.S. & International Marriage Records 1560-1900 by Yates Publishing repository=ancestry.com citing source#2260.002 Family group sheet as parent b=1796 TN.
  6. More historical surname research at http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gillespie#ixzz2odhIgmZL
  • U.S. General Land Office Records 1796-1907 Bureau of Land Management & available on ancestry.com.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214372930/andrew-gillaspie: accessed 03 March 2023), memorial page for Andrew Gillaspie (12 Feb 1796–19 Feb 1856), Find a Grave Memorial ID 214372930, citing Eslinger Cemetery, Albia, Monroe County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by Alberta Knotts (contributor 47361965).
  • Ancestry Family Tree

Acknowledgments

* WikiTree profile Gillaspie-135 was created through the import of Generations of Abbe_Abbey 2013-07-28.ged by Darrell Abbey on 28 Jul 2013 and by Dennis Gillaspie on 05 Feb 2014.





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Parents were removed as the proof has not been provided per requests over the years.
posted by Robin Lee
Gillaspie-143 and Gillaspie-135 appear to represent the same person because: clear duplicate with exact same birth & death dates
posted by G (Redmond) R
Gillaspie-143 and Gillaspie-135 are not ready to be merged because: It has been proven through DNA testing that Sarah Nutter was not Andrew's mother, nor is there any documented proof that Andrew was born in Tennessee. When these items are removed, then I could rethink merging them.
posted by Dennis Gillaspie
Gillaspie-143 and Gillaspie-135 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates
I am a descendant of Andrew Gillaspie. A cousin of mine tracked down descendants of Richard Gillaspie and paid for their DNA testing. It did not match ours at all. Richard is definitely not the father of Andrew Gillaspie.

Dennis Gillaspie 07/25/2014

posted by Dennis Gillaspie

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