Alexander
Gillespie
Born in Augusta County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Jacob Gillispie
and Rebecca Nancy (Berry) Gillespie
Brother of
Jacob Gillespie, Rachel (Gillespie) Sutton, 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
Husband of
Jennie (Blake) Gillespie
— married
1807 in Bath, Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
Andrew Gillespie, Jane W Gillespie, Jacob W Gillespie, John Alexander Gillespie, Elizabeth (Gillespie) Wooters, Beverly P Gillespie and Margaret S Gillespie
Died
at age 81
in Pocahontas County, (West) Virginia
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Biography
Alexander was born in 1777. He is the son of Jacob Gillespie and Rebecca Berry. He passed away in 1858.
Research Notes
DNA Information
The owner of KIT 67616, 122884, 151049, 161303, and 162612 are descendants of this family line and a member of these DNA projects:
Sources
See also:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DK-WJD : 12 April 2016), Alexander Gillaspie, Pocahontas county, part of, Pocahontas, Virginia, United States; citing family 428, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR4Z-GB4 : 11 February 2018), Alaxander Gillaspie, 19 Apr 1858; citing Near Deer Creek, Pocahontas, Virginia, reference 1858 p1 Line 30; FHL microfilm 34,490.
- Rootsweb.com, B.6.b. Alexander Gillsepie.
Acknowledgements
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alexander by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alexander:
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~0.78%
Jo Craddock
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23andMe, GEDmatch A457760 [compare], yourDNAportal JOWdcb7d70f
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A457760 [compare], yourDNAportal JOWdcb7d70f, Ancestry member Jo_Craddock
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William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
Gillespie-4439 and Gillespie-509 do not represent the same person because: My error
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by William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt
Rejected matches › Thomas Gillespie (abt.1789-aft.1834)
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