The Original Record - Search results

Gillespy Surname Ancestry Results

Our indexes 1000-1999 include entries for the spelling 'gillespy'. In the period you have requested, we have the following 48 records (displaying 11 to 20):

Single Surname Subscription	£100
Buying all 48 results of this search individually would cost £238.00. But you can have free access to all 48 records for a year, to view, to save and print, for £100. Save £138.00. More...

These sample scans are from the original record. You will get scans of the full pages or articles where the surname you searched for has been found.

Your web browser may prevent the sample windows from opening; in this case please change your browser settings to allow pop-up windows from this site.

Traders and Merchants in London (1791) The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. Some are marked 'F. M.', meaning Freeholder of Middlesex. GILLESPY. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Inhabitants of Morpeth in Northumberland (1790-1797) The provincial sections of the Universal British Directory include lists of gentry and traders from each town and the surrounding countryside, with names of local surgeons, lawyers, postmasters, carriers, &c. (the sample scan here is from the section for Hull). The directory started publication in 1791, but was not completed for some years, and the provincial lists, sent in by local agents, can date back as early as 1790 and as late as 1797. GILLESPY. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Members of London livery companies (1791-1797) One of the most useful sections of the Universal British Directory, nominally produced in 1791 but including later material, is a List of the Livery of London, giving the names and addresses of members of the London livery companies, together with their professions. As a glance at the sample will show, the companies and the professions only sometimes match, so this is an invaluable key as a first step in tracing the relevant company records for a London trader of this period GILLESPY. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
London merchants and traders (1797) The Universal British Directory of 1791 was published in five volumes, over several years, the latest material being from about 1797. In consequence this list was added, of Merchants, Traders, &c. whose firms are altered, or names omitted, in the London directory. GILLESPY. Cost: £6.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Masters of apprentices registered in Scotland (1799) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/69 GILLESPY. Cost: £8.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Masters of apprentices registered in Scotland (1800) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. There are central registers for collections of the stamp duty in London, as well as returns from collectors in the provinces. These collectors generally received duty just from their own county, but sometimes from further afield. The indentures themselves can date from a year or two earlier than this return. (The sample entry shown on this scan is taken from a Bristol return. Each entry has two scans, the other being the facing page with the details of the indenture, length of service, and payment of duty.) IR 1/69 GILLESPY. Cost: £8.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Traders and professionals in London (1805) Holden's Triennial Directory for 1805 to 1807 includes this 'London Alphabet of Businesses, Professions, &c.': coverage is good; about 30,000 individuals are recorded. GILLESPY. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Inhabitants of Stichill in Roxburghshire and Berwickshire (1655-1807) The minute book of the baron court of the parish of Stichill (Stitchill or Stichell) was transcribed by the Reverend George Gunn, rector of Stitchill and Hume, edited by Clement B. Gunn and printed by the Scottish Record Society in 1905. The court had jurisdiction throughout the baron over most matters of civil and criminal law, and the minutes of the court deal with personal disputes and the administration of the barony. GILLESPY. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
Bankrupts (1808-1810) William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcies for England and Wales from 1 January 1808 to 1 August 1810. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation. GILLESPY. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge
London Traders (1814) The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address. GILLESPY. Cost: £4.00.	Sample scan, click to enlarge

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Research your ancestry, family history, genealogy and one-name study by direct access to original records and archives indexed by surname.