Naomi (Thompson) Gillespie (abt. 1727 - 1796)

Born about 1727 in Craven, North Carolina [uncertain]

Wife of Thomas Gillespie Sr. — married 1 Jan 1745 in Augusta County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1796 at about age 69 in Cleveland, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

This person is an ancestor of President James Knox Polk^[1]

There is little doubt that Naomi's maiden name was Thompson. Her son John Gillespie named one of his daughters Naomi Thompson Gillespie and her grandson Thomas L. Gillespie, son of George Gillespie, named one of his daughters Naomi Thompson Gillespie. It is doubtful they would have done this had it not been her name. Nothing has been learned as to the identity of her parents.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
2. ↑ #FG, #Probate, #Probate2, #Probate3, #Boyd, #Cradle, #Thyatira, #Journal

• Source: Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
• Source: Find a Grave for Naomi Thompson Gillespie, Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan County, North Carolina, accessed Jan 29, 2017
• Source: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-195-375032-1-42?cc=1867501 : 21 May 2014), Rowan > Wills, 1797-1819, Vol. G > image 5 of 570; county courthouses, North Carolina.
• Source: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-194-393847-1-25?cc=1867501 : 21 May 2014), Rowan > Wills, 1797-1819, Vol. G > image 6 of 570; county courthouses, North Carolina.
• Source: "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-195-374807-1-39?cc=1867501 : 21 May 2014), Rowan > Wills, 1797-1819, Vol. G > image 7 of 570; county courthouses, North Carolina.
• Source: North Carolina Journal, Halifax, North Carolina, 9 Jan 1797, per notes on Find a Grave.
• Source: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Booklet, Dec 1796, "Died at 2:00 P.M. on Tuesday the 15th of December, 1796, Mrs. Naomi Gillespie, aged 69; at 10 O'clock the same evening, Thomas Gillespie aged 76. Their six sons carried them to the grave and buried them in the same casket. Son of Robert Gillespie.", per notes on Find a Grave, accessed Jan 23, 2017.
• Source: The "Carolina Cradle" by Robert W. Ramsay, page 41, footnote 107

Sources without Original Sourcing

The following sources show additional information but do not give original sourcing or contain other errors:

• Source: Gillespie Family Genealogy Notes, http://www.dotwebb.com/aegenealogy/GillespieFamily.html, attached on 18 August 2015 by Kristina Jeanne Portwood, Data on parents came from the records of George Peery Thompson. Located in the Thompson Family Temple Record. The ancestors following this William Thompson may be subject to question, and are included in the following information for family only. Others would think we were missing a few marbles. You may wish to erase this or not include this part on William if sending a GEDCOM to someone else.