Joshua Gilpin and Mary Dilworth

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Husband Joshua Gilpin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1765 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 22 Aug 1841 2
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         Father: Thomas Gilpin (1728-1778) 1 3 4
         Mother: Lydia Fisher (1736-1807) 5

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       Marriage: 5 Aug 1800 6

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Wife Mary Dilworth ²

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           Born: 22 Apr 1777 - Lancashire, England 6
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           Died: 21 Apr 1864 6
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         Father: John Dilworth (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 M Henry Dilworth Gilpin ^{1 6}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1801 6
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           Died: 29 Jan 1860 6
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         Spouse: Eliza Sibley (      -      ) 6

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2 F Sarah Lydia Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 21 Aug 1802 6
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3 F Elizabeth Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 27 Mar 1804 6
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           Died: 13 Jan 1892 6
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         Spouse: Mathew Maury (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 7 Jun 1841 6

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4 F Jane Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 2 Jan 1806 6
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           Died: 18 Feb 1806 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Thomas William Gilpin ^{1 6}

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           Born: 30 Dec 1806 6
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           Died: 18 Feb 1848 6
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6 F Mary Sophia Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 23 Aug 1810 6
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           Died: 20 May 1889 6
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Richard Arthington Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 21 Nov 1812 6
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           Died: 15 May 1887 6
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         Spouse: Mary C. Watmough (      -      ) 6

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8 M William Gilpin ⁶

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           Born: 4 Oct 1814 6
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           Died: Jan 1893 - Colorado 6
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         Spouse: Julia Pratt (      -      ) 7
           Marr: 1876 7

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General Notes: Husband - Joshua Gilpin

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He received the best education the city of Philadelphia could afford. He was particularly fond of Latin classics, and wrote a number of poems and essays before the age of eighteen years. The death of his father placed the care of his mother and infant brother, together with the administration of a large estate, upon his shoulders at an early age. From 1784 to 1795 he was busily engaged in the care of the commercial business establishment in Philadelphia created by his father and the Brandywine mills, a very valuable property. He associated his younger brother with him at a very early age, and leaving the large business interests in his charge in 1795, made an extended trip to Europe, travelling extensively in England, Scotland and Ireland, and spending one year on the Continent. He examined the manufacture, trade and industries of Europe, and collected a valuable cabinet of specimens of mineralogy. Much of his time was, however, spent in the society of his relatives, and friends of congenial tastes, Benjamin West, Rev. William Gilpin, Bishop Wilberforce, Lord Stanhope, and many others of high social and literary standing. He married and returned with his wife to Philadelphia, early in 1801.
He took an active part in all the more important scientific, literary and social institutions of Philadelphia. Almost immediately after his return from Europe, he took up the canal scheme originated by his father, for connecting the Delaware and Chesapeake bays, but the commercial interests of Philadelphia being somewhat depressed for a number of years, its construction was delayed; renewing the agitation in 1817, after many delays, the canal was finally opened, mainly through his exertions and influence. [CRFP, 429]

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 429.

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

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 428.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 430.

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