The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-04-27
.ST92Y0F cIA?|M MANOR.


A53la o. a4 Ancient Family. .as ~.
t2rasuog Building ID Which lay.
Lived i0r Generations .h@ -.aa.a-
dauts 81 an English Co.oaet
On t4obanh aftba B.. Els ur,,o. uorth OF
Elklou, in a part % The original crack vi
Belleconuen, AMI almost hidden in q park of
trees. is .hu historic old homestead. "Gtipi4
Manor" where for generations have lived
the defendants of samuel Giipir, founder OF
tine Cecil branch OF ono u! the oldest and
most aristocratic families in America, whose
long line Of distinguished ancestors dates
back to the year 200.
The mansion house is Of stone, large aud
spacious. The archcd doorway of the main
entrance fashioned after Kentmere hall, one
OF the ancestral homes Of the Gilpins in Eng
land, is an attractive feature. Built in 17l0
and remodelled in later years, it stands today
a fair and finely preserved type of the
architecture of the Colonial period. Stands
also as a reminder of the good old days Of
"open house. when the latch string hung
outside, The grounds surrounding the house
carefully laid out many years ago, retain
much OF their former beauty The trees and
shrubbery bear evidence Of great age.
Crossin, the threshold it is easy to fancy
visions OF fair women and noble men-silver
snuff boxes, powdered wigs and all Room
after room, veritabe labyrinth. Even the
kitchen "bcfo do wah.' with its huge fire
place, where many Il "ghost was seen. &c
Leading down from it is the staircase, IN
doubtediy cou"eaine "myst"rious panels, >
to the cellar. which ii one had but the
couIF Q to penetrate further, would disclose
tJ i1hAI underground passage ways.
~ whole, "Gilpu Manor is most
"a lue, most romantic, overlooking. as
on the other side tho Big Ell. stream,
Mc. the "Iast resting place" Of de-
~ ancestors, for Gilpin Manor too has
'e lily burytns GROUND guarded 1y solid
rec walls, its mounds marled n.y. .un-
: fAdl gruvo.toncs boating odd Inscriptions,
of which came from England.
rs. the year 1875 Joseph Cl'rin with his
80, Hannah Glover. aut lUo-aail children,
igra.od to America rpn England, aul
(. tattled j. /, mfagbam, Chester county, Ia.
n Joseph was Quaker, and t.n persecution OF
=, the Fri.-d- ia England lnd Lin 81 seek
Ianotncr country Ni-a ais 1mig, hc landed
q at New aa-u, and SIT out aloot through la.
q Aioresg. -rtn.,r new aomo-thoa q wilder
4 ness With" -ome distance from Ii DARKNESS
4 came On @ud gueg Wa,. compelled 90 r"m"n
q oyer night a an Indian wiewam.
q Eeav-iLr tbeir ,rae. o. land one .iJoa"PG's
first considerations "a~ t. proFII'tn.pgi ny
s shelter for his family. 20 accomplish hts
& he constructed o. cave by tho side Of o rock,
3 In it they continued T. live for O. considerable
time. The first house he built was banned. IN
y 1870 he built another, "Eoulmere' which is
still standing. 1t was at this same farm
5Shouse General Howe made his headquarters
efter tho battle OF Braudywinc.
Z Joseph Gilpin IVA. ole agent and Friend
in settling all Of one township in Chester
\ county to wit: New Garden, and part ci
Kennel and Marlborough, for which he had
4 only the reward Of "weil done good and
\ faithful servant He was lincaIly descended
! from Richard de Guy.ryu, Of England, q
man eminent in his time. both in I, civil and
nrrailitary capacity To this Richard the Baror
+ Kendall granted the Manor of kentmcfn il
( TestmorcIand county. 10Y lis achievement.
Staying Il wild boar which infested th'
tests Of WastmoreIand and Cumberland
y .ereupon he took Tor bis arms: "ln field
p nglier or BoGr, Sta&uJ sable, larguid an,
5 h ked guIes' his pe-terity have ever sine,
borne the same.
Joseph's oldest son, Samuel, born in Eng
4 land, June 7, 169& emigrateG from B!rmin@
4 ham to Concord and subsequently. in 1888
y removed to Cecil county, Nd. and settled q
e Gilpin's Fall, in the Great Northeast, on
z tract of 700 acres, previously purchased. II
n married Jane, daughter Of John Parker, o
n philadelphia, Pa. Their son, Thomas,
Il Quaker, declined to do military service dur
ing the Revolutionary War, was, with twent.
X others likewise situated, eXiIed from Phila
y delnhio September II, 1777. and taken f
Iu,l.t,a' -. ,ha.o ia liza ,ror,r q
Il "!ncnes'oi' '"'' "n'i' no 0i'" MAJ" :
IT'S. His brother, George, was ut the sam