Samuel Gilpin and Jane Parker

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Husband Samuel Gilpin ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 7 Jun 1694 - Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England 1 2 3
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           Died: 7 Feb 1767 or 7 Dec 1767 - Cecil Co, MD 2
         Buried:  - Cecil Co, MD

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         Father: Joseph Gilpin (1663-1739) 3 4 5
         Mother: Hannah Glover (      -1757) 1 3 5

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       Marriage: 25 Jan 1723 6

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Wife Jane Parker ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1702 7
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           Died: 8 Aug 1775 8
         Buried:  - Cecil Co, MD

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         Father: John Parker (      -      ) 6 9
         Mother: Mary Doe (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Gilpin ⁸

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2 M Joseph Gilpin ^{8 9}

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           Born: 1 Aug 1725 - Concord Twp, Chester Co, PA 10
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           Died: 30 Mar 1790 9
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Read (1742-1802) 9 10
           Marr: 8 Nov 1764 9 10

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3 M Samuel Gilpin ⁸

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           Born: 1734 11
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           Died: 1799 - Nottingham Twp, Cecil Co, MD 11
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4 M Thomas Gilpin ^{1 3 8}

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           Born: 18 Mar 1728 - Concord Twp, Chester Co, PA 8
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           Died: 2 Mar 1778 - Winchester, Frederick Co, VA 3 8
         Buried:  - Winchester, Frederick Co, VA

         Spouse: Lydia Fisher (1736-1807) 12
           Marr: 1764 12

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5 M George Gilpin ⁸

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           Born: 4 Mar 1740 - Nottingham Twp, Cecil Co, MD 11
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           Died: 24 Dec 1813 11
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         Spouse: Catharine Peters (      -      ) 11

         Spouse: Jane Peters (      -      ) 11

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6 F Hannah Gilpin ⁸

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7 F Rachel Gilpin ⁸

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Gilpin

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He passed his early life at Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Thence he removed to Concord, Pennsylvania, and subsequently, in 1733, to Cecil County, Maryland, in which state most of his posterity thereafter resided. He settled at what became known as Gilpin's Falls, Elkton, in the Great Northeast, on a tract of seven hundred acres previously purchased.

He was born in England, and accompanied his parents to the wilderness of southern Pennsylvania when a year old. He married and settled on a farm in Concord township, Chester County; the old home, in Birmingham, which became the headquarters of General Howe during the battle of Brandywine, in 1777, passing to his younger brothers and their descendants. In 1733, Samuel Gilpin and his family removed to Nottingham township, Cecil County, Maryland, settling a tract of 700 acres, previously purchased on the great northeast arm of Chesapeake bay, which was long known as Gilpin's Falls, or Gilpin's Rocks, later the site of the town of North East. A natural water power there was converted into a great hydro-electric plant, owned by the "Gilpin's Falls Electric Company," which supplied Elkton and the neighboring places with light and power. Here Samuel Gilpin lived until his death. He was interred in a family burying ground, at "Gilpin Manor" the estate of his son Joseph. He served as a member of the provincial Assembly from Chester county, Pennsylvania for the term of 1729-30. [CRFP i, 607]

He and his wife had a family of seven children; many of their descendants resided at Elkton and in that vicinity, and there stood the old Gilpin Manor House, the historic old homestead built by Joseph Gilpin (eldest son of Samuel), in 1760, and remodeled in later years-the abode of the Gilpin family from the time of its erection into the twentieth century. This interesting old mansion was described in the "Story of Gilpin Manor." It stood on the banks of the Big Elk, about one mile north-east of the town of Elkton, in a part of the original tract of Belleconnell, and almost hidden in a park of trees. The mansion house was of stone, large and spacious, the arched door-way of the main entrance fashioned after Kentmere Hall, one of the ancestral homes of the Gilpins in England; but the design was typically colonial. The grounds, carefully laid out many years ago, long retained much of their original beauty. The trees and shrubbery bore evidence of great age. Within the house, one could easily conjure up visions of the attractive social life and delightful entertainment the place afforded. Even the kitchen, with its huge fireplace, recalled its part in the profusion which was the rule in such households. On the whole, it was a picturesque, romantic old habitation. On the side back from the river was the old family burying ground, the last resting place of many departed ancestors of the Gilpins. It was surrounded by solid granite walls, and the mounds were marked by substantial grave-stones bearing odd inscriptions, many of which came from England. Gilpin Manor was eventually owned by Oliver W. Gilpin, of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, who inherited it from his grand-father, Dr. John Gilpin.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 426, 607.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 338.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 570, 678.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 424, 606.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 428, 607.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 607.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 428, 608.

9 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 339.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 609.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 608.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 428.