Joseph Gilpin and Hannah Glover
Husband Joseph Gilpin 1 2 3
Born: 8 Jun 1663 - Warborough, Oxfordshire, England 2 Christened: Died: 9 Nov 1739 - Birmingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 4 Buried:
Father: Thomas Gilpin (1622-1702) 3 5 6 Mother: Joan Bartholomew (1625-1701) 7
Marriage: 23 Feb 1691 - Baghurst, Hampshire, England 3 5 6
Wife Hannah Glover 2 3 5
Born: Christened: Died: 12 Jan 1757 4 Buried:
Father: George Glover ( - ) 2 Mother: Alice Lamboll ( - ) 2
Children
1 F Hannah Gilpin 3 5 8
Born: 15 Feb 1692 - England 5 8 Christened: Died: Sep 1746 8 Buried:Spouse: William Seal ( - ) 3 5 8 Marr: 31 Oct 1718 8
2 M Samuel Gilpin 3 4 5
Born: 7 Jun 1694 - Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England 3 4 5 Christened: Died: 7 Feb 1767 or 7 Dec 1767 - Cecil Co, MD 4 Buried: - Cecil Co, MDSpouse: Jane Parker (1702-1775) 3 4 5 Marr: 25 Jan 1723 9
3 F Rachel Gilpin 1 3 8
Born: 12 Feb 1696 - Birmingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 5 8 Christened: Died: 20 May 1776 8 Buried:Spouse: Joshua Peirce (1684-1752) 8 10 Marr: 15 Nov 1722 8 11
4 F Ruth Gilpin 3 8 12
Born: 28 Aug 1697 5 8 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joseph Mendenhall (1692- ) 8 13 Marr: 30 Oct 1718 8
5 F Lydia Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 11 Sep 1699 5 14 Christened: Died: 2 Dec 1750 14 Buried:Spouse: William Dean ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 15 Nov 1722 14
6 M Thomas Gilpin 3 12 14
Born: 23 Jul 1700 5 14 Christened: Died: 25 Dec 1766 14 Buried:Spouse: Rebecca Mendenhall (1699-Bef 1728) 3 12 14 Marr: 21 Apr 1726 13Spouse: Hannah Knowles ( - ) 3 14 Marr: 26 Sep 1728 14Spouse: Ann Caldwell ( - ) 3 14 Marr: 19 Jul 1757 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 14
7 F Ann Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 11 Jul 1702 5 14 Christened: Died: 15 Nov 1759 14 Buried:Spouse: Joseph Miller ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 31 Dec 1724 14Spouse: Richard Hallett ( - ) 3 14 Marr: 10 May 1739 14
8 M Joseph Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 21 Mar 1704 - Birmingham Twp, Chester Co, PA 14 Christened: Died: 31 Dec 1792 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 15 Buried: - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DESpouse: Mary Caldwell ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 17 Dec 1729 14
9 F Sarah Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 2 Jun 1706 5 14 Christened: Died: 7 Aug 1783 - Warrington Twp, York Co, PA 14 Buried: - Quaker Cemetery, Warrington Twp, York Co, PASpouse: Peter Cooke (1700-1779) 3 Marr: 28 Nov 1730 14
10 M George Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 16 Apr 1708 5 14 Christened: Died: 15 Dec 1773 14 Buried:Spouse: Ruth Caldwell ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 7 Apr 1737 14Spouse: Sarah Sharpless (1710- ) 14 16 Marr: 9 Jun 1760 14
11 M Isaac Gilpin 3 14 17
Born: 23 Mar 1710 5 14 Christened: Died: 1745 14 Buried:Spouse: Mary Painter ( - ) 3 14 17 Marr: 21 Oct 1736 14
12 M Moses Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 8 Mar 1712 5 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ann Buffington ( - ) 3 5 Marr: 10 Nov 1742
13 F Alice Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 7 Dec 1714 5 14 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Richard Eavenson ( - ) 5 14 Marr: 11 Apr 1739 14
14 F Mary Gilpin 3 5 14
Born: 16 Jan 1717 14 Christened: Died: 17 Jun 1806 14 Buried:Spouse: Philip Taylor ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 27 Oct 1736 14Spouse: George Strode ( - ) 3 14 Marr: Abt 1768
15 F Esther Gilpin 3 14 17
Born: 9 Mar 1719 5 14 Christened: Died: 10 Mar 1795 14 Buried:Spouse: Samuel Painter ( - ) 3 5 14 Marr: 5 Aug 1741 14 18
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Gilpin
He was the third son and sixth child of his father.
He was a weaver at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England, as shown by the certificate of his marriage to Hannah Glover, "of Ichingwell in ye parish of Kingsclerc, and County of Southton, spinster, daughter of George Glover of the same place, deceased, and Alice his wife, him surviving," at "an Assembly of the People of God called Quakers, in their publick meeting place at Baghurst, County of Southton, aforesaid." Which certificate is entered on the records of Concord Friends Meeting, Delaware county, Pennsylvania.
By deed, dated December 9, 1704, he [John Brunsden or William Lamboll?] conveyed 75 acres to Joseph Gilpin, and by another deed, dated May 18, 1716, 250 acres of the 625 acre purchase, making their holdings on the Brandywine, 425 acres. This tract was nearly a century later the scene of the historic battle of Brandywine. Joseph Gilpin, his wife Hannah and their two eldest children arrived at New Castle in the autumn of 1695, and from thence made their way on foot to their new home in the primitive wilderness, still inhabited by the Indians, with whom he and his family remained on intimate terms for many years. Their first residence was in a cave on the bank of the Brandywine, where their first American born child was born. Joseph Gilpin was the patriarch of the early English settlement of that section and for many years acted as the agent of later settlers in securing homes for them in the wilderness. He died on his Birmingham plantation, and his widow and the mother of his fifteen children survived. [CRFP, 605]
In 1695-96, he and his wife, with their two children, and Joseph's relatives, John West and his family, followed William Penn the Quaker to the Colonies. They emigrated because of the persecution to which they were subjected on account of being Friends. His wife's uncle gave her 100 acres of land, and Joseph Gilpin bought 425 acres more for 40 pounds, and they settled in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania, walking to their new home from Newcastle, where they landed. Darkness coming on before they reached their destination, they passed the night in an Indian wigwam, and the friendliness between themselves and the aborigines then established continued ever after. Joseph Gilpin immediately busied himself with the preparations of a home, necessarily primitive-nothing, in fact, but a cave he constructed by the side of a rock-and there he and his family lived for a considerable time, until he had made some progress clearing the land. In 1730 he built another "Kentmere," a large brick dwelling which was still standing early in the twentieth century, and it was at this farmhouse that General Howe made his headquarters after the battle of Brandywine. It was also occupied by General LaFayette, who revisited it in 1824.
With the energy of his race, and ably assisted by his wife, who was a most hospitable and thrifty housewife, Joseph Gilpin soon became a man of prominence and prosperity in the neighborhood. Many Indian wigwams were on his farm, and his family of fifteen children grew up in entire harmony with their aboriginal playmates. There was plenty and to spare, and the home soon became an objective point for all immigrants arriving in that section of the country, who were cordially entertained and assisted in getting their lands properly located and planned. Friend Gilpin was sole agent in the settling of all of one township-New Garden-in Chester County, as well as part of Kennett and Marlboro, and had his reward in the gratitude of those whom he aided-but nothing material for his labors.
In 1695 Joseph Gilpin with his wife and two children crossed the sea to join their relatives and to take possession of the land given to them by Hannah's uncle, Mr. Lamboll. Their certificate of removal, certifying to their membership with Friends in England, was presented to Concord Meeting, 12mo. 10, 1695. They landed at New Castle, according to the written account of Isaac Glover Gilpin, grandson, and set out on foot through the wilderness for their Birmingham plantation, eighteen miles to the northward on the frontier of settlement. At about ten or twelve miles distant from New Castle night overtook them. In this situation they applied at the habitation of an earlier settler for shelter, which was refused them * * * fortunately some of the natives lived near, into whose wigwams they were received, and treated kindly; and they lodged there for the first night on shore, in America. * * * Next morning being refreshed they went on and arrived in Birmingham township, Chester county, where Joseph Gilpin had previously a large tract of land to the west of Brunsden's land.
They had at first to dig a cave in the earth and went into it, in which they lived four or five years and where two children were born. * * * After Joseph Gilpin had resided in the cave for four or five years, he built a frame house and barn near the Cave, but this was burnt, and then he built a frame house a few hundred yards to the westward (about 1720), sixteen feet by eighteen feet, two stories high, where he resided the remainder of his life. It is now [1911] in good preservation and comfortable, and forms part of the present house. A brick addition, made in 1754, was occupied by Gen. Howe as his headquarters after the battle of Brandywine in 1777. A large barn was also built and covered with weather-boards. This building is still standing in 1909.
Joseph Gilpin became popular among the emigrants, who were frequently Friends, and he was so well known there that great numbers of families on coming over came to his house, where they were kindly received and entertained. Hannah Gilpin was the best of housewives, superior to most in intellect and friendly conduct.
In 1740 Thomas Chalkley (1675-1741), eminent travelling Quaker Preacher, notes the following in his Journal, while on a visit to Concord: "The night before this meeting I lodged at the widow Gilpin's, whose husband, Joseph Gilpin, was lately deceased; there was true Christian love and friendship between us for above fifty years. When first I saw Joseph in Pennsylvania, he lived in a cave in the earth, where we enjoyed each other's company in the love and fear of God. This Friend had fifteen children, whom he lived to see brought up to the states of men and women, all but two married well, and to his mind." (Moses and Esther, two of the younger children, were married after the date of the entry in the Journal).
But one of the fifteen children of Joseph and Hannah Gilpin died under the age of sixty years, and at his death, November 9, 1739, he had forty-five living grandchildren. At the death of Hannah, January 12, 1757, all fifteen of her children had married, twelve of them were living, and there were sixty-two grandchildren and nearly as many great-grandchildren, one hundred and thirty-three living descendants in all. [CRFP, 425]
General Notes: Wife - Hannah Glover
from Ichingswell, Parish of Kingsclerc, Hampshire, England
When she died all of her fifteen of her children were married, and she had sixty-two grand-children, and several great grand-children.
1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 678.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 424, 606.
3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 338.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 426, 607.
5 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570.
6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 606.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 423, 606.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 426.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 428, 607.
10 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 655, 678.
11 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 678.
12 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 655.
13 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 655.
14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 427.
15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 431.
16 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 722.
17 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 671.
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J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 671.
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