HUGH GILLESPIE b. 1776, d. 1846 Highland Co. OH
Please contact Gillespie DNA Project Administrator Connie McKenzie directly at [email protected] for information about the Gillespie DNA Project.We have tested two descendants of HUGH GILLESPIE and placed him in our GROUP 2 along with the Gillespie Rifle Maker family.
GROUP #2 -- 17 DNA KITS -- Common ancestor not yet established, but will most likely be found in Ulster or Scotland.
All kits in this group belong to Haplogroup I1a which indicates an ancient ancestor in Northwestern Europe and common with Viking populations.
DNA TEST KIT #64276 This is a 37 marker DNA kit.
Generations:
#1 THOMAS GILLESPIE b. abt 1754, d. 1816 Clinton Co. OH - Probable 1st gen. - research in progress
#2 HUGH GILLESPIE b. 1776, d. 1846 Highland Co. OH, mar. 1. BETSY EGNEW, 1798 Harrison Co. KY, mar. 2. CHARLOTTE KING ATRIM, 1809 Highland Co. OH
#3 THOMAS GILLESPIE b. 1799 KY, d. 1854 Allen Co. OH, mar. MILDRED GUTHRIE, 1818 Highland Co. OH
#4 REV. JOHN E. GILLESPIE b. 1823 OH, d. 1884 Paulding Co. OH, mar. SUSANNAH HEFNER, 1845 Allen Co. OH. ICHABOD GILLESPIE, Kit #65045 is his younger brother.
#5 JOHN GILLESPIE b. 1861 Defiance Co. OH, d. 1921 Paulding Co. OH, mar. SARAH CATHERINE MERICLE, 1879 OH
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DNA TEST KIT #65045 This is a 37 marker DNA kit.
Generations:
#1 THOMAS GILLESPIE b. abt 1754, d. 1816 Clinton Co. OH - Probable 1st gen. - research in progress
#2 HUGH GILLESPIE b. 1776, d. 1846 Highland Co. OH, mar. BETSY EGNEW,1798 Harrison Co. KY
#3 THOMAS GILLESPIE b. 1799 KY, d. 1854 Allen Co. OH, mar. MILDRED GUTHRIE, 1818 Highland Co. OH
#4 ICHABOD GILLESPIE m. SARAH HEFNER May 25, 1855 (younger sister of SUSANNAH HEFNER, wife of Ichabod's older brother, REV. JOHN GILLESPIE from DNA Kit #64276)
#5 JOSEPH GILLESPIE b. 1858 Putnam Co. OH, m. MARY JANE BLANCHARD b. 1862, Seneca Co. NY
#6 DAVID NELSON GILLESPIE b. 1880, m. CORA MAE DALTON in Rice, OH