Elijah GILLESPIE

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Elijah GILLESPIE

Elijah was born in 1790 in Rockbridge, VA. Elijah's father was James GILLESPIE and his mother was Isabella Gillespie. His paternal grandparents were William GILLESPIE and Mary Clendenin; his maternal grandparents were Robert Gillespie and Agnes Russell. He had five brothers and four sisters, named William, Robert, Matthew, Thomas Russell, James S, Jane, Mary, Sarah and Isabella. He is the fifth oldest of the ten children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- James GILLESPIE
  - b.~  1702 in Ulster, Northern Ireland d.1769 in Augusta, VA
  
  William GILLESPIE
  - b.~  1720 in Northern Ireland d.1800 in Pendleton District, Anderson, SC
  
  James GILLESPIE
  - b.~  1751 in Augusta (now Alleghany), VA d.18 Aug 1834
  
  William Glendining
  
  William Glendining
  - b.16 May 1680 in Stapleton Parish,nr Langholm, Dimfries, Scotland d.16 Nov 1764 in Quarterland, Killinchy, Count Down, Ireland
  
  Martha UNKNOWN
  
  ARCHIBALD CLENDENIN
  - b.~  1720 in , Dumfries, Scotland d.1749 in , Augusta, VA
  
  Roseanne Kirkpatrick
  - b.1692 in Garrell, Kirkmichael, Dumfries, Scotland d.1762 in Quarlerland, Killiinvky, Down, Ireland
  
  Mary Clendenin
  - b.~  1725 in VA d.~  1797 in SC
  
  Joseph Mayes
  - b.~  1650 in of,, Ireland
  
  James Mayes
  - b.~  1675 in Donegal, Ulster, Ireland d.11 Sep 1756 in Ft. Dinwiddie, Augusta, VA
  
  Esther Ann Mayes
  - b.1711 in , , , Ireland d.21 Aug 1756 in Augusta, VA
  
  Rachel UNKNOWN
  - b.~  1680 in of, Donegal, Ireland
  
  Elijah GILLESPIE
  - b.1790 in Rockbridge, VA
  
  Robert Gillespie
  - b.~  1725 in Scotland d.23 May 1797 in Botetourt County, VA
  
  Isabella Gillespie
  - b.~  1757 d.19 Sep 1833
  
  Agnes Russell
  - b.~  1734 d.>  1797 in Botetourt County, VA

Elijah's family with Mary Nancy HEWETT

‌Elijah and Mary Nancy were married in a religious ceremony about 1817 in VA. They had eight sons and three daughters, and also a child of unknown gender, named Lee, John Poplar, Calvin S., Harvey T, William Henry, Henry M, Thomas B, Rufus, Isabella, Emmazetta, Rebecca and UNKNOWN.

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