Re: Christian Gillespie born 1803 in Pa.
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Christian Gillespie born 1803 in Pa.
Karen Bickel 3/26/01
I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN BORN IN 1803, AND THIS MAY NOT HELP SINCE THE DATES ARE SO FAR BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.MY FAMILY LINE CAME FROM SCOTLAND (FIRST TO MD), THEN TO PA, (CHESTER CO. AND NEW LONDON TOWNSHIP).IT IS BELIEVED THAT GEORGE GILLESPIE CAME TO THE STATES WITH A COLONY OF SCOTS ABOUT 1700 (AND MAY HAVE LIVED IN PA HIMSELF, I KNOW HIS SON JOHN DID).GEORGE'S FATHER WAS REV. GEORGE GILLESPIE AND HE HAD A BROTHER NAMED CHRISTIAN.THEIR FATHERS NAME WAS ALSO JOHN.I KNOW THESE ARE NOT THE ONES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, THE SON JOHN FROM PA WAS BORN ABT. 1675, GEORGE WHO FIRST CAME HERE WAS BORN IN 1643, AND THE REV. GEORGE, WHOSE BROTHER WAS CHRISTIAN WAS BORN ABT. 1612.
IN MY FAMILY LINE CERTAIN NAMES ARE REPEATED IN EVERY GENERATION, (MY LINE; 13 GENERATIONS, AND ONLY 3 DIFFERENT NAMES WITH ONE EXCEPTION).MY POINT IS THAT YOU MAY BE A DESCENDANT OF THIS CHRISTIAN, BORN IN THE EARLY 1600'S.I FIRST FOUND ALL THIS INFO ON ANCESTORY.COM (IF THIS IS YOUR FAMILY, THE PEDIGREE GOES BACK TO ABOUT 1500).I DIDN'T CHECK ANY OF THE CHILDRENS NAMES TO SEE IF THERE WAS INFO ON THEM ALSO YET, BUT YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A TRY.AT LEAST PART OF YOUR ANCESTORY MAY ALREADY BE THERE.I ALSO FOUND THE INFO ON THE MORMON WEBSITE, (FAMILY SEARCH I THINK), AND GENEALOGY.COM.
GOOD LUCK!
TAMMY