Joseph Gilpin and Elizabeth Read

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Husband Joseph Gilpin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1 Aug 1725 - Concord Twp, Chester Co, PA 3
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           Died: 30 Mar 1790 2
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         Father: Samuel Gilpin (1694-1767/1767) 4 5 6
         Mother: Jane Parker (1702-1775) 4 5 6

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       Marriage: 8 Nov 1764 2 3

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Wife Elizabeth Read ^{2 3}

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           Born: 1742 3
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           Died: 1802 3
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Children

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1 M John Gilpin ^{2 3}

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           Born: 17 Sep 1765 3
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           Died: 19 Apr 1808 3
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         Spouse: Mary Husbands Hollingsworth (1772-1850) 2 3

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Gilpin

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He was born in Concord township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents to Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland, at the age of eight years. On arriving at manhood's years he acquired the tract of land long known as "Gilpin Manor," and in 1760 erected thereon on the bank of the Big Elk, about one mile north of Elkton, the county seat of Cecil County, a fine old colonial mansion, still standing over one hundred and fifty years later, one of the picturesque and historic colonial houses of the Atlantic coast. Joseph Gilpin was one of the prominent patriots of Maryland and was from the first an ardent supporter of the cause of independence. He was representative in the Provincial convention held at Annapolis, December 7, 1775, and later a member of the convention held August 14, 1776, to frame a constitution for the state of Delaware. He was also a member of the Maryland convention called for the ratification of the United States constitution, in 1787; was a delegate to the Provincial convention of 1777, a member of the Maryland Assembly, 1777, and presiding justice of the first court of Cecil county under the new government. In 1780 he was appointed one of the commissioners from Maryland to the conference at Philadelphia held to consider measures to restore the public credit; was again commissioned presiding justice of the courts of Cecil county, in 1784, and held that office until his death. He was one of the largest contributors to the fund for erecting a court house in 1783 and one of the commissioners in charge of its erection. [CRFP i, 609]

He and his wife had nine children.

When he died, he left, besides his large landed estate in Cecil County, Maryland, property in western Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

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

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

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

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

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