SOURCES: 1. Family Records
He married Mary Calhoun . Mary Calhoun was born at of Abbeville, South Carolina Abt 1768 daughter of Patrick Calhoun and Sarah McKinley .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Hamilton Gillespie
born Abt 1788.
James Gillespie
born Abt 1790.
David Wardlaw Gillespie
born Abt 1792.
Margarite Gillespie
born Abt 1794.
Sarah Gillespie
born Abt 1796.
Esther Gillespie
born Abt 1798.