Rebecca
Rose
Gillespie
formerly Carruthers aka Harvey
Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Henry Harvey Sr
— married
1755 [location unknown]
Wife of
Simon Gillespie
— married
1771 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Carruthers Harvey, John Gillespie, William Gillespie, Matthew Wallace Harvey, Jane (Harvey) Gillispy, Rebecca (Gillispie) Wilson, Simon Gillespie Sr. and Nancy Gillespy
Died
at age 60
in Botetourt, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2019
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Biography
Rebecca Rose Carruthers was born in 1737. She passed away in 1797.
Rebecca Carruthers was born on 10 March 1737 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
She married twice:
- William Harvey Sr (abt.1727-1767), m. 1755
- Simon Gillespie (1744-1823), m. 1770 or 1771
William and Rebecca lived in Maryland. He was temperate and industrious and an elder in the Seceder Church. His wife, Rebecca, was a woman of great energy and enterprise.
Fincastle Presbyterian Church Founded 1753
William and Rebeccca had 6 children:
- Sarah Harvey
- Robert, b. Oct 1756
- William Harvey, b. Dec 1758
- Matthew, b. Mar 1761
- Jane, b. Apr 1762
- James Harvey, b. 1765
Simon and Rebecca had 4 children:
She died on 7 May 1797 in Botetourt County, Virginia. She was laid to rest in Fincastle Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Fincastle, Virginia.[1]
Research Notes
Vital Statistics
Many of her vital statistics (e.g. date of birth, place of birth, date of death, place of death, marriages and dates of marriages) are unsourced.
Marriages
Rebecca marriages are inferred from the 1779 marriage of Jane Harvey to John Gillespie. On 5 August 1779, Simon and Rebecca Gillaspie gave their consent for Jane Harvey to marry Simon's brother John.[2] This consent suggests Simon and Rebecca were Jane's mother and step-father.
- Need more exact citation to the marriage of John Gillespie and Jane Harvey.
John Gililspy & Jane Harvey Marriage
The "Marriages" research note above does not match the marriage register record[3] as to the details of the marrage record. The record (image available in the citation) lists:
- Date of Bond: 13 August 1779
- Husband: John Gillispy
- Wife: Jane Harvey
- Parents or Guardian of Husband: Simon and Rebeccah Gillespy - consent of
- Parents of Guardian of Wife: [none listed]
- Security and Witnesses: Michael Wooley
The record says John is the son of Simon and Rebeccah. It does not say Jane is the step-daughter of Simon and the daughter of Rebeccah. That they gave their consent implies John was less than 21 years of age at the time.
[need to find the contemporaneous marriage record as the register may have been compiled at a later date]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #161709013 for Rebecca Rose Carruthers Gillespie.
- ↑ Botetourt Marriages.
- ↑ Virginia State Library (Richmond, Virginia), Register of marriages, Botetourt County, Virginia, 1770-1853, Register of marriages 1770-1853; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89XF-7HRK?i=13), image 14.
See also:
- Personal Communication, Tom Gillespie to Justin Howery (1999).
- Personal Communication, Nancy (Gillespie) Walchi to Justin Howery (1999).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 Rebecca:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rebecca 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 Rebecca:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Justin (Howery) Durand 
:
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~0.78%
Ed Lebeau :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A644116 [compare], Ancestry member EDLEBEAU90
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~0.78%
Mark Armstrong :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A222365 [compare], Ancestry member mva2763
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The register appears to be an accurate transcription of these two documents, and appears to confirm John Gillespy is not the son of William Gillespie and Mary Glendinning as currently (27 May 2022) shown.
The research note regarding Simon and Rebecah could perhaps be modified, as the consent does not speak to their relationship to Jane Harvey. Is there a marriage record for Simon and Rebecah?