Person:Matthew Gillespie (2)

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Matthew Gillespie, Jr.
b.Abt 1726 Pennsylvania
d.1793 Abbeville District, South Carolina
Parents and Siblings
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m. 2 Sep 1722
  1. James Gillespie1724 - 1793
  2. Matthew Gillespie, Jr.Abt 1726 - 1793
  3. Margaret GillespieEst 1728 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Matthew Gillespie, Jr.Abt 1726 - 1793
  • W.  Ann PickensAbt 1726 - 1775
m. Abt 1748
  1. James Gillespie1749 - Abt 1795
  2. Andrew Gillespie1752 -
  3. Matthew Pickens Gillespie1754 -
  4. William GillespieAbt 1759 - 1844
  5. Margaret Gillespie1763 -
  6. Ann GillespieAbt 1765 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Matthew Gillespie, Jr.Abt 1726 - 1793
  • W.  Frances (add)
m. Aft 1775
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Facts and Events
Name Matthew Gillespie, Jr.
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1726 Pennsylvania
Marriage Abt 1748 Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Augusta County, Virginia to Ann Pickens
Marriage Aft 1775 prob. South Carolinato Frances (add)
Death? 1793 Abbeville District, South Carolina

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Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

  • "...John CARR, Lucy, his wife, Margaret GILASPY and Mathew GILASPY, his wife's children, and William, Barbara, Lucy and Martha CARR, his children; 27 Mar 1740 O. Bk II, 138." [Source: "The Tinkling Spring, Headwater of Freedom", by H.M. Wilson].
  • Vol. 1 - SINGLE PAPER. - Affidavit to account by Mathew Gellesapey, in Granville (Greenville) County, South Carolina, 1767, before John Pickens. (Note: this appears to be the only record of Matthew Gilespie, Jr. in Augusta County records. Based upon the lack of records, Matthew appears to have migrated with the Pickens family to South Carolina by abt. 1752.
  • Vol. 1 - MAY, 1768 (A). - Mathew Glaspy vs. Robert Raburn.--Mathew is from Granville County, South Carolina. Account and affidavit.
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Records in South Carolina

  • Matthew GILLESPIE, citizen, was granted 51 acres below the ancient boundary line on Middleton's Creek, a branch of Great Rocky Creek, bounded on the north by lands of Matthew GILLESPIE, on the east by Andrew PICKENS. Surveyed July 20, 1785.
  • Andrew PICKENS - citizen, granted 227 acres in Abbeville Dist. on Great Rocky Creek bounded on northwest by Matthew GILLESPIE, on the southeast by Andrew PICKENS and part on William PICKENS and Fleming BATES. Surveyed May 4, 1785.
  • Matthew GILLESPIE died in Abbeville District in 1793. His estate was administered March 25, 1793 by Frances GILLESPIE, widow, James GILLESPIE, William MCCLESKY, Sr., who made bond. Citation was made at Rocky River Church. Inventory made May 1, 1793 by John PATTERSON, Aaron STEELE, and John CALDWELL."
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Notes

Matthew Gillespie (called Jr. for clarity) b. 1726 in Pennsylvania and d. 1793 in Abbeville Dist., S.C. According to records of the Kerr Family Assn. of America (Eugene E. Trimble), Matthew Gillespie jr. had two marriages, (1) Anna _________, and (2) Frances "Fanny" Pickens. Matthew Jr. is the son of Matthew Gillespie Sr. and Lucy Pickens. After the death of his father, Matthew Sr., in 1728, his mother, Lucy Pickens Gillespie, remarried John Kerr in 1730. In 1740, John Kerr proved importation of Lucy, and her two children, Matthew and Margaret Gillespie and four Kerr children from Ireland via PA to Augusta Co., VA.
[Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GILLESPIE/2001-01/0978470924].


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Advisory

Note: some sources claim that this Matthew Gillespie married 2nd, Frances Patterson in 1775, Elbert County, Georgia (not possible - disproved). Others claim Matthew may have had a prior marriage to Anna Frances Lowry in 1745, Augusta County, Virginia (again this needs sources to substantiate).
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