Born in Rockingham, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jacob Gillispie
and Rebecca Nancy (Berry) Gillespie
Sister of
Jacob Gillespie, Alexander Gillespie, John Gillespie, James W Gillespie, Jemima (Gillespie) Tallman, Mary Jane (Gillespie) Burner, Margaret (Gillespie) Burner, Thomas Gillespie, Elizabeth (Gillespie) Stuart, Samuel Gillespie, Sarah (Gillespie) Sammons, Rebecca (Gillespie) Beal and Nancy (Gillespie) Kerr
Wife of
John Sutton
— married
1795 in Bath, Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Jacob Gillispie Sutton, William W Sutton, Samuel Gillispie Sutton, Margaret Jane (Sutton) Moore, John G Sutton and Rachel Tallman (Sutton) Cooper
Died about
at about age 102
in Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Feb 2012
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Biography
Rachel was born in 1774. She passed away about 1876 She is the daughter of Jacob Gillespie and Rebecca Berry.
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Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-9WD : 12 April 2016), Rachel Sutton in household of Jno G Sutton, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 307, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Marie Mills, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.
Note
There appears to be a discrepancy with the DOB of Rachel and the DOB of her spouse - Marriage Record indicates a DOB for Rachel of 1774, the 1850 Census indicates 1779
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rachel by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rachel:
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~0.78%
Jo Craddock
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A457760 [compare], yourDNAportal JOWdcb7d70f
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A457760 [compare], yourDNAportal JOWdcb7d70f, Ancestry member Jo_Craddock
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Will X :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A123515 [compare], Ancestry member Goodrumwill6
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Liane Smith
Gillespie-5461 and Gillespie-517 appear to represent the same person because: I believe same person despite dob being different. Same spouse and same children.
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by Liane Smith
Rejected matches › Rachel (Unknown) Galusha (abt.1785-1855)
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