Isabella Gillespy

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Isabella Gillespy (Houston)

Also Known As: "Gillespie", "Henderson"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Death: October 19, 1781 (58-59)
Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Houston and Margaret Mary Houston
Wife of Capt. John Henderson and William Gillespy
Mother of Susannah McCulloch; Jane Russell; William Henderson and Thomas Gillespie
Sister of Lieutenant Reverend Samuel Houston; Janet Clendenin; Margaret J Mayes; Dr. William Houston; Christopher Houston and 11 others

Managed by: Flemming Allan Funch
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About Isabella Gillespy

Isabella Houston was born in Ireland about 1722, the second child of John Houston (c1690-1754). She first married a George (or John) Henderson, by whom she had three children. After he died she married William Gillespy by whom she had seven children. After her death William remarried to Ann Finley.

Capt. John Henderson (1720 - 1769) married Isabella Houston. She married 2nd to William Gillespie.

Children

  1. Capt. William Henderson 1763 - 1841. Married Susannah Gillespie
  2. Jane 'Jennie' Henderson Abt 1765 married Matthew Russell

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Isabella Gillespy's Timeline

1722
1722
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
1751
1751
Albemarle County, Virginia, United States
1762
1762
Province of Virginia
1768
March 22, 1768
Rockbridge, Virginia, USA
1781
October 19, 1781
Age 59
Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States
1785
July 28, 1785
Tennessee, United States