I have been contacted by an individual who is willing to split the costs of a DNA test kit with a confirmed Gillespie male descendant of this Gillespie line. Please contact me directly if you are from this line and are interested in sharing the cost and results of the DNA test. Connie McKenzie Gillespie DNA Project Administrator. GillespieDNAProject@cox.net cypress50@cox.net http://www.familytreedna.com/public/GillespieDNAProject/ Here is the genealogy of the line needing a DNA donor. 1. JOHN GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1773-Isle of Mull,Scotland;d.17 Apr 1841-Great Bend,Susquehanna County,Pennsylvania) sp: Janette HUME (surname not proven) (d.24 Apr 1844-Great Bend,Susquehanna County,Pennsylvania) 2. JAMES GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1795-Scotland) 2. Jane GILLESPIE (b.Feb 1799-Scotland;d.16 May 1886-Pennsylvania) sp: Robert BELL (b.Abt 1794-Scotland;d.Bef 1880-Pennsylvania) 2. Janet\Jeanette GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1800-Scotland) sp: George LOCKE 2. JOHN GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1803-Scotland;d.1876-Great Bend,Susquehanna County,Pennsylvania) sp: Jane C. MCMICHAEL (surname not proven) (b.Abt 1803-Scotland;d.16 Nov 1854-Pennsylvania) 3. JAMES GILLESPIE (b.19 Jun 1827-Scotland;d.30 Jan 1901) sp: UNKNOWN 3. WILLIAM THOMPSON GILLESPIE (b.11 Jul 1829-Great Bend,Susquehanna County,Pennsylvania;d.7 Dec 1900) sp: Mary Ann LESLIE (b.15 Feb 1837-Harford Township,Pennsylvania;m.9 Apr 1860;d.6 Dec 1921-PB,BC,New York) 3. THOMAS L. GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1833-Pennsylvania;d.26 Nov 1912-Belvidere,New Jersey) sp: Ann Elizabeth TERBOSS (b.Abt 1834/1836-New York) 3. JOSEPH GILLESPIE (b.Sep 1837-Pennsylvania) sp: Mary Frances STILES (b.Oct 1840-New York) 3. RICHARD T. GILLESPIE (b.Jun 1838-Pennsylvania;d.27 May 1907) sp: Flora A. JOHNSON (b.Apr 1848-Pennsylvania) sp: E. Vencey SIMONS (d.12 Oct 1868) 3. JOHN B. GILLESPIE (b.1 Aug 1840-Pennsylvania;d.6 Jun 1909-Neligh,Antelope County,Nebraska) sp: Lestella\Estella TERBOSS (b.14 Mar 1847-New York;d.24 Oct 1907-Neligh,Antelope County,Nebraska) 2. THOMAS GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1805-Scotland;d.Oct or Nov 1867) 2. WILLIAM GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1810-Scotland;d.Between 1842 & 1850-Pennsylvania) sp: Elizabeth COWAN (surname not proven) (b.Abt 1811-Scotland;m.probably about 1832) 3. Jeanette GILLESPIE (b.Sep 1833-Dumfriesshire,Scotland;d.5 Apr 1920-Bartlett,Iowa) sp: David AITKEN (b.20 Dec 1823-Glasgow,Scotland;m.10 May 1849;d.25 Apr 1909-Bartlett,Iowa) 3. WELLWOOD GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1835-Pennsylvania) sp: Emma A. (b.Abt 1839-Pennsylvania) 3. Margaret GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1837-Pennsylvania) 3. Isabella Paterson GILLESPIE (b.Jan 1839-Pennsylvania) sp: Edward Fletcher SIMONS (b.Feb 1838-Pennsylvania;d.Bef 1920-Probably Luzerne County,Pennsylvania) 3. JOHN M. GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1840-Pennsylvania) sp: Jennie E. (b.Abt 1843-New York) 3. Mary Jane GILLESPIE (b.Apr 1842-Pennsylvania) sp: Wallace William WATT (b.Abt 1840-Pennsylvania;m.1863) 2. Margaret GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1812-Scotland;d.in Childhood) 2. JOSEPH GILLESPIE (b.1814-Scotland;d.5 May 1873) sp: Margaret JOHNSTONE (b.1 Sep 1822-Virginia;d.23 Nov 1902) 3. JOHN B. GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1844-Pennsylvania) sp: UNKNOWN sp: Marion P. (b.Oct 1854-Pennsylvania;m.Abt 1895;d.Before 1920 Census) 3. JAMES W. GILLESPIE (b.Jul 1846-Pennsylvania) sp: Helen CHITTENDEN (b.Abt 1848-Pennsylvania) sp: Frances M. (b.Jun 1874-Pennsylvania;m.Abt 1897) 3. Janet Paisley GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1849-Pennsylvania;d.17 Mar 1924-Pennsylvania) sp: Milo J. OSTERHOUT (b.Abt 1841-Pennsylvania;d.7 May 1890-Pennsylvania) 3. THOMAS GILLESPIE (b.Jan 1851-Pennsylvania;d.Aug 1900-Lackawanna County,Pennsylvania) sp: Flora LEACH (b.Jan 1854-Pennsylvania) 3. Margaret GILLESPIE (b.Abt 1861-Pennsylvania) 3. JOSEPH C. GILLESPIE (b.Jul 1864-Pennsylvania) sp: Margaret (m.Abt 1893)