Daily Republican., 1883-03-17
TWO OLD HOUSES.
..,.rrNl'ES or THE EARLY
sfTILENENT OF w'L"iS"'
TON.

srTILEMENTOF wILnIN@'
o,. ,,thprs, where are they? and
on, n wrr. where" They havepassed
S",I mI "Their works do follow
The march Of empire and pro-
p of thc age takes hold OF the
n,rks " hcws down the noun
l''" dis M the vales,-nothing too
d. IN, ~ Iuo,hiug 10" memorable,all must
"" '.,y 10 the superior taste and en-
W. w." Yonnc America" These re-
arise from a whisper we hear OF
nr,.prcrivr demolition Of two Of
rmo, m, ancient yet substantial brick
";,T. '''" in Wilmington. We refer to
William Shipley hip-roofed house
r'r,,L and Sllipiey streets, built in
anL nthe Thomas West house at
a. and West streets, built in 1913.
n" IL ~. tLrsr men were Englishmeh
members Of Friends meeting in
,",jyr land. William Shiplcy
,n,~I and settled in l725 in Chester,
M,Iwarr Connty, Pa, where he
oi,pL until hi. removal TO this place
YAK win his renowned helpIneet
',Ith whrnr they lived and pros
v' aird in l7,7 and she In l7T.
,J.y street Wa. named in his honor,
H., ujuurrr aud founder OF our city,
"". West street named after his CO.
,ror Tbo,na. NrsI, III" first 10 build
..iJrrrc ON Quaker Hill. The
mp. y,ar the tl'uds hulit their first
~f,., house Il Delaware, "A feet
,,,' and wheel yet forms u part Of
.,r 8, huo huiIdlnr on the East side Of
~, meet, between fourth and Fifth,
,hi,h the printers make Ben. Ferris
y nrvmi. Third and Fourth).
6or,, West was an uncle TO Benja-
West tIn great painter and was
.rrr.u in Lnioh, in iioa, 10 Mary
al He rn,rH'rG in lil2, and re-
ed .n ton,o.I. now IN Delaware
|oau,S, Unt' b coming to Whining
\ min ,.5f, and n' duuht their mortali-
| .nml~r~ at Fourth and West streets.
He Va, aSou ot Thomas West and
lmttIpln, OF Long 'randen, in the
|mmyh Buck England. Ann, his
il. va, amt !, ,'uN"ph Gilpin, the EN-
| rant of l,vi, hu was ancestor of all
ii pm, Of tuD,tr, County, Philadel-
| IA and Delaware Many descendants
Win Nr,tfAu,y wing and depart
arr. scattered ever h" United States.
|ao oI their grand daughters alone
mp q in ppstrrity nearly 5000 Mrs.
Elizabeth ~rap". the widow of the
III Wilson n-d their brother James
johnson ar, great grandchildren.
ir SNilhin tLmiI"r and his brother
ar' great, tlrat,g great grand
lidrrn, and t.,a'Irs Wesley Weldin's
Liirr ART gr'a,. great, great, great,
.nM srlM.tl drn. Here are six gen
fatlou, all IN thr lii" time Of this old
.tDl~aI Fifth ,ld West Streets. 1t is
h1W.r 10 grasl 'hu ~, oi these houses.
Oly think, George Washington was
4 D''r 'oddI,r Of four years of age
ahn william Shlpley built, and
rtmr house Was built within the
.m, oi either itorou.h or City of Will
-mg'on, not IL the State Of Delaware,
mn within the jurisdiction of the Uni
Id States IN thrl, nclc Sam was not
Irl bort William Shiplcy and Thomas
West were energetic Qnakers. They
Non found thai Willingtown was too
arrow in lis streets and wanting IN its
jIagr capari'y,so soin l7"6th petition
i tora borough charter, but for some
.0N il was not granted until Sovcm-
ID, nth, l13H. s" both their houses
'rr" built and occupied in The little
'p"rrntiouS Village oi Willingtown
not more rhau 70 to fifty hruses) in
"N 'a,tI" County. on Delaware and
'"uNcrof r"usy wanna, under the
.gu ct Gro,.H the Second by the
@vr Ut God. ,t Great Britain, France
Id Ireland, tug Defender Of the
'irh,mr
In he Jr't,r' lu"ur Of the Borough
l"r'"r. l'", tuN'ihor G,urg" Thomas
5'', AlpI We tu now create and ap-
.M, NIdlau ShIpiry and Thomas
"" 'o Il" the pc-'nt Burg"ss"s, and
m', ! S'l"h,iu, Joseph fIrNr>, Jos.
'',J'>ma Way, Grorg" Howell and
aWd Ferris \ ,sl.ldut, Enurh Lewis
h"liI@h '"lnjaI" !, and the urmor
'r@nr Of Goldsmith Edward Fol
' IT, b" town 't"rk II is not known
a any huus, ever built in our city
''o' imported hritk. William Ship
v ''h"inoranda oi prices Of that day
.h''To>unp. II say;
lrrrh-, tie run Of the Kiln per
lOw... ........ $2l6
lie-l rrda, shingles pcr 1890. 800
hI'"l sand Iri huSlI"l 80. Ol1a
Lam" per lushCl.... :. lII,
Wheat i"ur tmiddlinps) per
IL hs ... ~
Mlltlon per h :. -. ..... T..',
me utIurtpr 1t k,nl IA