Vincent Gilpin and Abigail Woodward

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Husband Vincent Gilpin ¹

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           Born: 8 Dec 1732 - East Marlborough Twp, Chester Co, PA 1
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           Died: 5 Aug 1810 - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 1
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         Father: Joseph Gilpin (1704-1792) 2 3 4
         Mother: Mary Caldwell (      -      ) 2 3 4

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       Marriage: 6 Dec 1758 1

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Wife Abigail Woodward ¹

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           Born: 20 Aug 1738 1
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           Died: 10 Nov 1815 5
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         Father: Edward Woodward, Jr. (1707-1746) 3 6
         Mother: Sarah Sharpless (1710-      ) 3 6

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Children

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1 M Edward Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 27 Apr 1760 - near Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE 5
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           Died: 15 Apr 1844 - Philadelphia, PA 5
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         Spouse: Lydia Grubb (1766-1831) 5
           Marr: 22 Nov 1788 7

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2 F Ann Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 13 Aug 1762 5
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           Died: 18 Jun 1822 5
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         Spouse: John Ferris (      -      ) 5

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3 F Hannah Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 27 Dec 1764 5
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4 M William Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 3 Apr 1767 5
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           Died: 23 Aug 1773 5
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5 M James Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 11 Jan 1769 5
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           Died: 1 Oct 1798 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Littler (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 26 Apr 1792 5

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6 M Aratus Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 29 Feb 1772 5
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           Died: 25 Sep 1773 5
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M William Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 18 Aug 1775 5
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           Died: 2 Dec 1843 - Byberry, Philadelphia Co, PA 5
         Buried:  - Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE

         Spouse: Ann Dunwoody (      -1840) 5

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8 F Gertrude Gilpin ⁵

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           Born: 13 Aug 1778 5
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         Spouse: John Smith (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 23 Oct 1799 5

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General Notes: Husband - Vincent Gilpin

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He settled on the Brandywine, above Wilmington, Delaware, on land later a part of the Dupont estate, where he built a large flour mill, and operated it for many years, shipping large quantities of flour to the West Indies. He was at different times part owner of several vessels plying between the Delaware ports and the West Indies, one of them the brig "Nancy," named for his daughter Ann, is said to have been the first vessel to hoist the American flag in the West Indies. She was eventually chased ashore by British cruisers and blown up. Vincent Gilpin was in the habit of exchanging a portion of his flour in the West Indies for products of those islands, which he disposed of in America. When the British forces were on their march from the Chesapeake to Philadelphia, 1778, he had a large amount of molasses and rum stored at Wilmington, and fearing it would be seized or destroyed by the British, he sent it up to the old Gilpin homestead in Birmingham, then occupied by his brother Israel, and thereby, to use the old and homely phrase, transferred it "from the frying pan into the fire," as the old homestead became the headquarters of Gen. Howe, after the battle of Brandywine.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 431.

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

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 427.

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

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 432.

6 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 722.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 433.