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Gavin Witherspoon¹

HAIRSTON.org ID#7812, b. 1747, d. 18 May 1818

Father*

James WITHERSPOON¹ b. 1700, d. 28 Nov 1768

Mother*

Elizabeth McQuoid¹ b. 1705, d. 23 Jan 1777

Birth*

Gavin Witherspoon was born in 1747.¹

He was the son of James WITHERSPOON and Elizabeth McQuoid.¹

Marriage*

Gavin Witherspoon married Esther Jane Witherspoon about 1772.¹

Marriage*

Gavin Witherspoon married Ann Witherspoon about 1787.¹

Will*

Gavin Witherspoon left a will on 13 January 1816 in Williamsburg District, South Carolina.²

Death*

He died on 18 May 1818 in Williamsburg, South Carolina.¹

Family 1

Esther Jane Witherspoon b. 1751, d. 1786

Children

Elizabeth Witherspoon¹ b. 1774, d. 1775
Janet Witherspoon¹ b. 1776, d. 1815
James Witherspoon¹ b. 1777, d. 1779
Robert Pinckney Witherspoon¹ b. 1779, d. 1818
John Witherspoon¹ b. 1782, d. 1790
Samuel Witherspoon+¹ b. 13 Oct 1783, d. 26 May 1854
Ester Jane Witherspoon¹ b. 1786, d. 1787

Family 2

Ann Witherspoon

Children

Elizabeth Witherspoon¹ b. a 1788, d. a 1859
James Hervey Witherspoon¹ b. a 1790, d. a 1790
Thomas Reese Witherspoon+¹ b. a 1792, d. 1837
Elias McQuoid Witherspoon¹ b. a 1794, d. a 1794
John Milton Witherspoon¹ b. a 1797, d. a 1817
Thermutus Witherspoon¹ b. a 1799, d. a 1806
Amelia Ann Witherspoon¹ b. a 1801, d. a 1804
Mary Witherspoon¹ b. a 1806

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S3468] Wardlaw, Joseph G., Genealogy of the Witherspoon Family: with some account of other familes with which it is connected, Yorkville, SC, 1910. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89064419161, unknown repository.
[S3725] Warren, Mary Bondurant - South Carolina Wills 1670-1853 or later - 1981, Heritage Papers, Danielsville, GA, Daytona Beach Library, City Island.

Last Edited

27 Oct 2025