John
Gillespie
Born in Louisa County, Virginia
Son of Alexander Gillaspy
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary Molly (Pasley) Gillespie
— married
about 1773 in Albemarle County, Virginia [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Archelaus Gillespie, William H Gillespie, John Gillespie Jr, Martin L (Gillaspy) Gillespie, Nelson Gillespie and David Lewis Gillespie
Died
at age 65
in Fluvanna County, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2012
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Biography
Private John Gillespie served with 9th Virginia Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
John Gillespie is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A044827.
GILLESPIE, JOHN Ancestor #: A044827 Member #: 842074
Associated Ancestor (Revolutionary) Record GILLESPIE, JOHN Ancestor #:A044827 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PRIVATE Birth: 1755 LOUISA CO VIRGINIA Death: 10- -1811 FLUVANNA CO VIRGINIA Service Source: NARA, M881, COMP MIL SERV RECS, ROLL #1057 Service Description: 1) CAPTS WALKER, HENDERSON 2) COLS FLEMING, MATTHEWS
John was born in 1745. He is the son of Alexander Gillespie. He passed away in 1811. [1] John was born in 1745. John Gillespie ... He passed away in 1811. [2]
Birth: Dec. 10, 1745, USA Death: May 28, 1801 Troy Fluvanna County Virginia, USA
Spouse: Mary Molly Pasley Gillespie (1748 - 1805)
Children: John Gillespie (1779 - 1837) Martin L. Gillespie (1781 - 1852) David Lewis Gillespie (1783 - 1856)
Inscription: Died May 28, ____. Aged 56 yrs, 5 months, 18 days
Note: The year of birth could not be read and the year of death could not be read. The years entered are from family records on ancestry.com.
Burial: Hasher Farm Cemetery Troy Fluvanna County Virginia, USA
Sources
- ↑ Entered by Marie Mills, Mar 5, 2012
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Chris Jackson, Tuesday, June 3, 2014.
- Marie Mills, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112928370
- 6th great grandfather
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Tom Gillespie
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-BY16670, FTDNA kit #153510
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~0.39%
Mike Arledge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A537003 [compare], Ancestry member peddingzoo
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additional source: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112928370
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