Matilda GATES

Matilda married David GILLESPIE in 1840. David (son of David GILLESPIE and Hannah STUCKEY) was born on 10 Dec 1807 in Near Captina Creek, York Township, Ohio; died in 1886; was buried in Captina Church of Christ Cemetery Beallsville, Monroe County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nancy L. GILLESPIE was born on 16 Dec 1854 in Belmont Co., Ohio; died on 23 Jan 1955.
2. Philena GILLESPIE was born about 1843 in Ohio.
3. Samuel GILLESPIE was born in Jul 1842 in York Township, Belmont County, Ohio; died in Feb 1929; was buried on 06 Feb 1929 in Powhatan Point, Belmont County, Ohio.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Abt 1787, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Notes:

Birth date is unconfirmed.

Daniel married Nancy NOFFSINGER on 04 Oct 1808 in Belmont County, Ohio. Nancy was born on 20 Mar 1792; died on 23 Nov 1878 in Belmont Co., Ohio; was buried in Captina Church of Christ, Beallsville, Belmont County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Mathias Noffsinger and Nancy Ann Brill
• Birth: Abt 1791, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Catharine Foreaker Fedorchak, Family research in Monroe County from the Spirit of Democracy, Woodsfield, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1973 Page 87.
"In the Name of God, Amen, I Matthias Nofsinger, being weak in body but of sound mind and memory, blessed be almighty God for the same, do make and publish this my last will & testament in manner and form following (that is to say) First I give and bequeath to my eldest son John Nofsinger the plantation or farm that we now possess with all my personal estate, goods and chattels of what kind or nature soever. I give and bequeath the same to my said beloved wife Anne Nofsinger during her life time and at her death to be divided equally among my children now alive or with this exception that if my said wife Anne Nofsinger should marry that then a division of the property should take place in the like manner as it would at her death. Lastly I do also give and bequeath to my youngest son James Nofsinger when he arrives at the age of twenty-one a horse worth forty dollars, but if not worth that sum, that it might be made up in other property to that amount. I do hereby ordain and appoint George Goets and David ruble as sole executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day of march in the year of our Lord 1808, witnessed by Mitchel Atkinson and Daniel Goets."