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Anna Frances (Shannon) Gillespie (1725 - aft. 1793)

Anna Frances Gillespie formerly Shannon
Born in Augusta County, Colony of Virginiamap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married after 1775 in Province of South Carolinamap
[children unknown]
Died after after age 68 in Surry County, Province of North Carolinamap
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Biography

Frances Shannon[1] married Matthew Gillespie before 12 March 1792.[2]

Frances, widow, served as Administratrix of her husband's estate. The means he presumably died without a Will.[2]

She passed away after 1 May 1793.[2]

Research Notes

Vital Statistics

Name
An unsourced first name of Anna and middle name of Frances was previously listed. Middle names were rare prior to the American Revolution. She is named Frances in her husband's Probate.

An unsourced LNAB of Shannon was previously listed.

Death
1747 removed as death date.

Marriage
is there a reliable source for their marriage date?

Sources

  1. ↑ See Name.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 County Court, Abbeville County, South Carolina, Miscellaneous estate papers (Abbeville County, South Carolina), 1782-1958, Probate records, Boxes 40-41, packages 868-934; database with images, FamilySearch (image 65).




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Ken Spratlin
She is named "Frances" in her husband's Probate. Is there a reliable source that "Anna" is her first name, and "Frances" is a middle name.

Middle Names Were Rare Prior to the American Revolution.

posted by Ken Spratlin
Margaret Cole
I truly do not know. Vincent Piazza created this profile in 2013, and I adopted it last year. In looking at various family trees, I have seen Matthew's wife listed variously as Francis Ann Pickens, Ann Pickens, Ann Lowry (?) and Anna Frances Shannon. I have looked through some sites for both Anna Frances Shannon and just Frances Shannon and have had no luck finding her. According to what Vincent put in, she was born in Augusta, Virginia Colony. I didn't find a record of a Shannon family there in that time. I could also have missed it. I have no idea where Vincent found this information. I honestly don't know what to tell you.
posted by Margaret Cole
M Smith
last wife has also appeared as Frances Patterson. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/169226039?p=51711034&returnLabel=Matthew%20Gillespie%20Jr%20(L8MB-C8Y)&returnUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.familysearch.org%2Ftree%2Fperson%2Fmemories%2FL8MB-C8Y
posted by M Smith
Margaret Cole
I know the link leads to a page from the book "Pickens Families of the South", but that particular information regarding Frances is factually incorrect. Frances Patterson (1779-1853), daughter of John Patterson and Margaret Baskin, married Lowry Gillespie (1771-1851), son of James Gillespie and Elizabeth Stuart Baskin, in 1796 in South Carolina, at age 17. In fact, she was age 13 when Matthew Jr. died in 1792. Lowry Gillespie is the grandson of Matthew Gillespie Jr. and Ann Pickens. I know this because I am descended from Lowry and Frances' son, Pickens Hargrove Gillespie.
posted by Margaret Cole
[Living Bowling]
Gillespie-3128 and Shannon-755 are not ready to be merged because: no dates, locations, no family eg parents, siblings, spouse or children on one profile. Therefore unable to ascertain if they represent the same person.
posted by [Living Bowling]

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