Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: James GILLESPIE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1719 in Antrim, Ireland b
  • Death: Abt 1780 d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. James William GILLESPIE Birth: 1749 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland Death: 16 Jul 1824 in Sugar Creek Twp, Greene Co, Ohio
  2. Mary Elizabeth GILLESPIE Birth: Abt 1756 in Co Tyrone, Ireland Death: Abt 1851

Bibliography
  1. Pollack, Betty Gillespie, Gillespie family. Private email 9/7/2009. Author address: bgpollack at sbcglobal dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009].
  2. Shields, Jesse W and Grace Dague, Ancestors and Descendantsof James Alexander Sawhill. Grosse Pointe, MI: authors, 1958. LDS Film#0875362#7. Available at https://archive.org/details/ancestorsdescend00shie_0. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Shields SAWHILL p[0-9]*].
  3. Long, Tom, James William Gillespie, private email, 12/26/2002. Author address: rtlong100 at hotmail dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Tom Long 12/26/2002].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1719 [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
place:
[Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
Sources for death Information
date:
perhaps early 1780s [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth RIDDLE
names:
possible James GILLESPIE & Elizabeth RIDDLE [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009],
child:
[Ref: Shields SAWHILL p12, Tom Long 12/26/2002]
Research Notes:
1773: Virginia land grant in southwestern PA to James Gillespie [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1774: Virginia land grant in southwestern PA to James Gillespie [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

several references to James Jr and James Sr in revolutionary war military service records [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

2 Jan 1776: Pennsylvania land purchase deed; he sold some or all of that land on 10 Dec 1782. No wife islisted on these two deeds, and James Jr wife Esther is listed on almost all of his deeds [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]

1777: signed loyalty oaths to Virginia [Ref: Betty Pollack 9/7/2009]



Pedigree of James GILLESPIE
James GILLESPIE



Descendants of James GILLESPIE
1. James GILLESPIE m. Elizabeth RIDDLE
m. Elizabeth RIDDLE

2nd generation

2. James William GILLESPIE m. Esther Hadassa TAYLOR
m. Esther Hadassa TAYLOR father: Matthew TAYLOR mother: Mary BEYERINGTON
3. Mary Elizabeth GILLESPIE m. John TODD
m. John TODD father: John TODD

3rd generation

5. Thomas GILLESPIE m. Polly MITCHELL
m. Polly MITCHELL father: Jessie MITCHELL
7. John GILLESPIE m. Mary MOORE
m. Mary MOORE father: Robert MOORE
9. Joseph GILLESPIE m. Jean McBURNEY
m. Jean McBURNEY
10. William A GILLESPIE m. Anna Maria SMITH
m. Anna Maria SMITH
16. William TODD m. Elizabeth NEELY
m. Elizabeth NEELY father: John NEELY mother: Elizabeth WIGTON
18. John TODD m. Margaret (TODD)
m. Margaret (TODD)
19. Jane TODD m. Robert CAVENDER
m. Robert CAVENDER
20. Mary TODD m. Robert PROSSER
m. Robert PROSSER

4th generation

23. Thomas GILLESPIE m1. Maria HAHN m2. Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE
m. Maria HAHN
m. Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE father: William A GILLESPIE mother: Anna Maria SMITH
28. Nancy GILLESPIE m. Olly A TAYLOR
m. Olly A TAYLOR
34. Juliann Tuttle GILLESPIE m1. Alfred LINDSLEY m2. Thomas GILLESPIE
m. Alfred LINDSLEY
m. Thomas GILLESPIE father: Thomas GILLESPIE mother: Polly MITCHELL
42. William Tuttle GILLESPIE m. Sarah RICE
m. Sarah RICE father: Isaac RICE mother: Annie SIMMONS
44. John TODD m1. Mary CUNNINGHAM m2. Jane BRICE
m. Mary CUNNINGHAM
m. Jane BRICE
46. Mary TODD m. James SAWHILL
m. James SAWHILL father: Alexander SAWHILL mother: Mary NEELY
47. James Sawhill TODD m. Mary BYERS
m. Mary BYERS father: Thomas BYERS mother: Margaret HAMILTON
48. Jane TODD m. Hugh BROWN
m. Hugh BROWN
52. Martha TODD m. John CUNNINGHAM
m. John CUNNINGHAM
53. Joseph TODD m. Mary (TODD)
m. Mary (TODD)
61. James PROSSER m. Sarah EVANS
m. Sarah EVANS

5th generation

65. Franklin Pierce GILLESPIE m1. Mary Ellen RICKNER m2. Candace WARTENBE
m. Mary Ellen RICKNER
m. Candace WARTENBE
69. Elizabeth LINDSLEY m. Jacob CONKLE
m. Jacob CONKLE
72. Perry Rice GILLESPIE m. Olive Augusta TAYLOR
m. Olive Augusta TAYLOR father: Jackson TAYLOR mother: Lovina WADE
73. James Herbert GILLESPIE m1. Emma BROWN m2. Louisa M (GILLESPIE)
m. Emma BROWN
m. Louisa M (GILLESPIE)
78. Ralph Smith GILLESPIE m1. Viola POTTER m2. Kora Eleanor SMITH
m. Viola POTTER
m. Kora Eleanor SMITH father: Arthur E SMITH mother: Caroline Melissa BROWN
85. James Alexander SAWHILL m. Margaret Virginia BRUNNER
m. Margaret Virginia BRUNNER father: John BRUNER mother: Mary McQUAID
87. John McCurdy SAWHILL m1. Sarah Marie McKNIGHT m2. Mary Janette SYMON
m. Sarah Marie McKNIGHT
m. Mary Janette SYMON
90. Susan Valissa SAWHILL m. John Andrew MAGEE
m. John Andrew MAGEE
91. Joseph Todd SAWHILL m. Alice Ann McCARTHY
m. Alice Ann McCARTHY
92. William Neely TODD m. Charlotte LAWSON
m. Charlotte LAWSON
95. John Smith TODD m. Maria Elizabeth LAUGHLIN
m. Maria Elizabeth LAUGHLIN father: John LAUGHLIN mother: Edna C GILLETT
96. Mary Caroline TODD m. Henry Giles Rev BLAYNEY
m. Henry Giles Rev BLAYNEY father: Charles BLAYNEY mother: Nancy FARIS
97. James Hamilton TODD m. Maud HOWARD
m. Maud HOWARD father: Benjamin F HOWARD
99. Margaret Byers TODD m. John C Rev SCOTT
m. John C Rev SCOTT
100. Alexander Ranois TODD m. Stella TRIMBLEY
m. Stella TRIMBLEY
104. Emma Belle TODD m. Elijah Thomas MOORE
m. Elijah Thomas MOORE father: William MOORE mother: Margaret Elizabeth REED
117. Mary PROSSER m. William M TAYLOR
m. William M TAYLOR
118. Lilly Ann PROSSER m. James PEDDICORD
m. James PEDDICORD