John Matthew Gillespie (1698 - 1728)

Born 6 Jun 1698 in Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Pickens) Kerr — married 2 Sep 1722 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

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Biography

Matthew Gillespie migrated from Ireland to American Colonies.

Bio Note: Information from Don Scarbrought's notes on the Pickens family.

Matthew Gillespie was born about 1695-1700 in County Limerick, Ireland. His father was William Gillespie. He married Lucy (Pickens) Kerr (1702-1785). He died in 1728 in Abington, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]}

Mathew Gillespie traveled from Ireland to Pennsylvania with the Pickens family. Lucy Pickens married Mathew Gillespie in 1722 at the Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania. After Mathew died, Lucy married John Carr (Kerr).^{[citation needed]}

Records of Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church (Beverly Manor), Virginia show importation in 1740 in Orange county of John Carr, his wife Lucy, his wife's children Mathew & Margaret Gillespie, and four Carr children.^[1]

On 27 March 1740 in Orange County Court, Virginia, "John Carr made oath that he imported himself, Lucy his wife, Margaret Gilasby, Matthew Glasby, his wife's children, Jane, Wm:, Barbara, Lucy & Martha Carr, his children, at his own Charge from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony and that this is the first time of his proving his & their rights in order to obtain Land" in Virginia. The oath was ordered to be certified.^[2]

Birth

Between 1695 AND 1700^[3] Profile indicates birth in Ireland, not Pennsylvania

Children

Matthew and Lucy had the following children:

1. Jacob Gillespie (1723-?) born in Pennsylvania
2. James Gillespie (1724-?) born in Pennsylvania
3. William Gillespie Jr. (1724-1793) born in Pennsylvania
4. Thomas Gillespie (1725-before 1790) born in Pennsylvania
5. Matthew Gillespie Jr. (1725-1793) born in Pennsylvania
6. Margaret Gillespie (1728-?) born in Pennsylvania

Research Notes

Disputed Children

Note the biography says they were in Philadelphia by 1722, and his list of children includes Thomas b. 1725 in Philadelphia, but the attached profile is a Thomas b. 1720 in Ireland.

Record ID Number

ID: 3D5F4FF9-4B01-4B86-9FEC-F47180A471D5

ID Number: MH:IF2565

ID: 60B4199E-C861-47C5-AFB2-5A3AD57E6EC1

ID Number: MH:IF5225

ID Number: MH:I2540

ID: 497C1755-1752-4F63-9466-B25309896673

ID: 62D99112-8730-4004-B0F1-D69466C98287

ID Number: MH:IF5226, Reference Number 1296

User ID: DEAAD891-0F9B-481C-A11F-B56B6A465516

ID Number: MH:I1238

ID: BF30326C-6DBB-4892-9569-D34E02677A0C

ID: 5BB7A171-03A1-4136-B0E9-5D06E2D785C2

ID Number: MH:IF2566, Reference Number 1296

DNA Information

The owners of DNA KITs B1516, 67616,122884,151049, 161303, and 162612 are descendants of this family line and a member of these DNA projects. See Gillespie Surname DNA Project and FTDNA Gillespie yDNA Test Results for details.

Sources

1. ↑ Adams, Fowler, Roulston, Twilla 2011-03-09.ged, #Marriage
2. ↑ County Court, Orange County, Virginia, County Court general index to orders and minutes; order and minute books, 1734-1867, Orders, v. 1-2, 1734-1741.; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-NSQ2-2?cat=402491), image 368.
3. ↑ Presb. Church Records, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, Imported only 1695 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

• Source: "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WF-RN6C : accessed 4 August 2017), Matthew Gillespy and Lucy Pickin, 02 Sep 1722; citing Abington, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States, various churches and archives, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 823,996.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of Kara_s.ged on 22 September 2010.
• This person was created on 10 March 2011 through the import of Adams,Fowler,Roulston,Twilla_2011-03-09.ged.
• Thank you to Cathy Ritter for creating WikiTree profile Gillespie-767 through the import of McKinney Family Tree - 2012-04-24 13-50-07.ged on Feb 27, 2013.
• Thank you to Kelly Sinclair for creating Gillespie-1372 on 17 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Kelly and others.