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Gavin Witherspoon

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ireland
Death: 1773 (60-61)
Williamsburg, South Carolina
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev. John Witherspoon and Janet Witherspoon
Husband of Jean Witherspoon and Janet Witherspoon
Father of John Witherspoon; Robert Witherspoon; Jane Ervin; Elizabeth Ervin and Capt. Gavin Witherspoon
Brother of Janet ‘Jennet’ Fleming; David Witherspoon; Elizabeth James; Capt. James Witherspoon; Robert Witherspoon and 1 other
Half brother of Elizabeth Fleming Kirkland

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About Gavin Witherspoon

Gavin Witherspoon came to South Carolina with the first contingent of relatives and friends in 1732. He first married Janet Wilson, his first cousin. She died without issue. He the married Jean, a daughter of John James, of Ox Swamp, a brother of William James (1701-1750) who married his sister, Elizabeth Witherspoon.

--Witherspoon, Joseph B. The History and Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family (1400-1987). Fort Worth, Tex: Miran Publishers, 1988. Print. pp. 54-55. K7

Gavin WITHERSPOON

1712 - 1773

ID Number: I49172

   * RESIDENCE: County Down, Ireland and 1732 Williamsburg Dist. Craven Co. SC

* BIRTH: 1712, Knockbracken, Down, Ireland
* DEATH: 1773, Kingstree, Williamsburg Dist. SC
* RESOURCES: See: [S620] [S2028] [S2093] [S2094] [S2259]
Father: John WITHERSPOON "the Immigrant"

Mother: Janet WITHERSPOON

Family 1 : Janet WILSON

   * MARRIAGE: South Carolina 

Family 2 : Jane JAMES

   * MARRIAGE: ABT 1739, SC 

1. +John WITHERSPOON
Notes

Children:

1. Mary Witherspoon b: 1740 d: 1750

2. Gavin Witherspoon b: 1742/1748 d: 1833

3. John Witherspoon b: 1742 d: 1802 + Mary Conn b: 1746

4. Robert Witherspoon b: 1745 d: 1787

5. Jane Witherspoon b: 23 JAN 1753 d: 1788

6. William Witherspoon b: 1754 d: 1755

7. Elizabeth Witherspoon b: 1759

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Gavin Witherspoon's Timeline

1712
1712
Ireland
1742
1742
Williamsburg County, South Carolina, USA
1745
1745
1748
1748
Williamsburg, South Carolina
1753
January 23, 1753
1759
1759
1773
1773
Age 61
Williamsburg, South Carolina