Jabez Gillespie (1798 - abt. 1830)

Born 20 Nov 1798 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died about 1830 at about age 31 in Presumed drowned at sea

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Biography

According to Alta Eliza Wilmot:

Jabez is presumed to have died at sea sometime between Dec 26, 1829 and May 31, 1830. He had made at least one trip to the Orient by October 1821. Loomis, Sheldon, and Bennet apparently owed him money. In April 1827, he wrote from Boston, "I have my vessel ready to go to sea, and am only waiting for a few goods from New York. I shall sail -- first to Brazil, then to the Phillipines, then to the west coast of America." His last letter was dated Dec 26, 1829 from the ship Golconda, at sea.

Jabez appears on a crew list of the Macedonian in 1820, having boarded from Payta, Peru on Dec 9.^[1]

In a report on his proceedings on the coast of Chile and Peru, Captain John Downes wrote, "While at Payta I released from Prison Jabez Gillespie an American who was mate of the Whale Ship Golconda of New Bedford, but had left her at Tumbez and had been in confinement at Piura about 7 leagues from Payta."^[2]

On 16 Apr 1822 Jabez Gillespie arrived in Philadelphia aboard the ship Rebecca Sims bound from Liverpool, England. Manifest declares "Jabez Gillespie two friends & bedding" (Microfilm Roll Number: M425_32).

The following from a ship passenger list. Jabez is known to have travelled to Manilla during this period; this may be a record of his return to port of New York.

Name: Jabez Gilispie Arrival Date: Nov 30, 1826 Age: 28 Gender: M Port of Arrival: New York Port of Departure: Manilla Place of Origin: United States of America Occupation: Ship Master Destination: United States of America Ship: Ship Potosi Microfilm Serial Number: M237 Microfilm Roll Number: 9 List Number: 693

Sources

1. ↑ Muster and Pay Rolls, Macedonian. From Miscellaneous Records of the United States Navy, 1789-1925. Publication T829, Roll 0056. Record Group 45; Database and images. Fold3.com. https://www.fold3.com/image/616703069: 2017.
2. ↑ Downes, John, Capt. Narrative of a Cruise Made by the United States Frigate Macedonian, John Downes, Esq. Commander. From Letters Received from Captains, compiled 1805 – 1885, NARA Microfilm M125, Roll 0072, “Captains’ Letters.” Record Group 260; database and images, Fold3.com. http://www.fold3.com: 2017.

• Family Bible Record of William Gillespie and Mary Holcombe, 1752-1802. From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files. Database and images. Fold3.com. http://www.fold3.com : n.d. Citing NARA microfilm publication M804. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Roll 1073, pension application for Mary Ellsworth, w16249.
• Wilmot, Alta E. So That’s Why: Ancestors and Descendants of Avon Stacy Hall and Carrie Isa Wilmot. N.p., 1960.