Gillespie Surname DNA Project

Group Administrator: Connie McKenzie - Email: lairdkinna@yahoo.com
- Email: DrGillespie@TxChiropractor.net, cdmo29@yahoo.com

Project Background

GENERAL FUND HAS $174.30. Recent donations from Duane Gillespie for $100 and Charles Moore for $10 have yet to be posted by FTDNA, but do register in the fund account on the administrator page.


NEWS update April 20, 2009.
RESULTS updated on Feb.3, 2008.
Y RESULTS updated on April 2, 2009.

The Gillespie DNA Project is open to any male who was born with the surname GILLESPIE.


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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GillespieDNAProject_discussion/

The link above will take you to a discussion group for the Gillespie DNA Project. Use this forum to discuss your DNA matches, ask questions or to recruit participants to DNA test for your Gillespie line.

http://www.familytreedna.com/faq.html
This link will take you to the Family Tree DNA "FAQ" page.


The Gillespie DNA Surname Project began in November 2004. The first DNA test kit was received by FTDNA in December 2004.

Documented descendants of these Gillespie families are needed for testing:


* Gillespies who lived in Lancaster Co. PA and Prince Edward Co. VA and married into the Ewing family.

* Joseph Gillespie of Coddle Creek Church

* Col. Daniel Gillespie of VA

* Thomas Gillespie and wife Eleanor of VA

* Rev. George Gillespie lines of Scotland with proven lineage


Re: Thomas and Eleanor: According to Lyman Chalkely, in his Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Va., Vol 3. p 188, Thomas Gillespie's will dated June 1 1785, Proved June 15, 1790, he names the following:

Wife Eleanor, eldest son, John; sons Thomas, Jacob, Samuel, dtr, Mary Donally, dtr. Hannah Jones dtr, Jene ___; youngest dtrs, Eleanor and Ann, youngest sons, James and William the tract on Stuarts's Creek, of the Cowpasture River.

Executors: sons James and William and wife Eleanor. Witnesses: William Connell, Zachariah Beall, Leavin Nealls, Andrew McCasling.

A codicil was added in November 1786: $15 [pounds sterling] to be taken from Eleanor [his dtr?] and given to her son Thomas, a boy 3-4years old for his schooling. And if James shall die without issue, then his part of land to go to William.

When it was proved in 1790, William [his son] and Eleanor [his widow] were "the surviving executors." [meaning probably that James had died?]
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The GILLESPIE SURNAME DNA PROJECT is especially interested in finding documented male Gillespie descendants from the following line:

Rev. GEORGE GILLESPIE, b. 1683 in Scotland and d. 01-02-1760 in Newark, New Castle Co. Delaware.

Rev. GEORGE GILLESPIE, b. 1683 was a Presbyterian minister at White Clay Creek and Head of Christiana Church. His wife was REBECCA ALLISON. The parents of Rev. GEORGE b. 1683 were Rev. GEORGE GILLESPIE b. 1644 in Scotland and wife ANN GARNER. His grandparents were Rev. GEORGE GILLESPIE b. Jan. 21, 1612/13 in Scotland, http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/gillespie_george.htm and wife MARGARET MURRAY.

DNA LINKS AND BOOKS:

http://www.isogg.org/
International Society of Genetic Genealogy

http://www.isogg.org/ggfaq.htm
Genetic Genealogy Questions and Answers for Beginners from the International Society of Genetic Genealogy

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DNA-NEWBIE/
This is a discussion group for DNA NEWBIES at Yahoo sponsored by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy

http://www.kerchner.com/dna-info.htm
Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Info and Resources Page

http://www.genetealogy.com/index.html
This site - Genetealogy.com...Genealogy and Genetics was created by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, one of the co-authors of "Trace Your Roots with DNA."

Genealogy-DNA-L@rootsweb.com
This email list is specifically for exchange of information and ideas connected to the use of DNA testing for genealogy.

http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGY-DNA This is the link to the archives for Genealogy-DNA if you don't want to subscribe to the email list


"Trace Your Roots with DNA" by Megan Smolenyak and Ann Turner.

"The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Bryan Sykes.



GILLESPIE FAMILY HISTORY:

http://www.geocities.com/gillespien2/index.html
This is a great website created by Norma Gillespie of Canada. She has collected Gillespie records and links to the work of Gillespie family researchers throughout the world! Take a look!

http://www.smokymountainsphotogallery.com/abph.html
This site has some terrific photography as well as written histories and links about some GILLESPIES and related families.

http://home.att.net/~t.glazener/wsb/html/view.cgi-home.html-.html
This is a link to the Gillespie Rifle Works run by a descendant of the famous Gillespie rifle makers.

http://mapage.noos.fr/rgillespi1/index.html
This site gives some history on the origins of the name GILLESPIE, and the existence of Clan Gillespie.


CLAN MACPHERSON ASSOCIATION:
GILLESPIE is a sept of CLAN MACPHERSON. Information about the history of the GILLESPIE name and CLAN MACPHERSON can be found on these websites: http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macpher.html


http://www.clan-macpherson.org


CLAN CHATTAN:
GILLESPIE's are part of Clan Chattan through their association with Clan Macpherson.
http://www.clanchattan.org.uk/

http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/chattan2.html


SCOTTISH, IRISH AND NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY AND SOCIETIES: These sites are not affiliated with the Gillespie Surname DNA Project, however, Gillespie researchers may find information at these sites helpful.


http://www.electricscotland.com

http://www.ulsterscotssociety.com/about_ulster-scots.html,