The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-12-12
JOilnStOn'S History
Of Cecil County,
CHAPTER XVIII CONTINUED.
THE GILPIN FAMILY.

IT.. Gilpin family of Cecil County are
the ~esccndants, in about the twentieth
st.gp.etion, of Richard de Guylpin, of
E.sr!,.n!. to whom the baron of Kendall
CIV the Manor of KCntmcrc, in "onsid-
ssrxsi.m of his haNring slain wild boar
Has infested the forests of NrStmorc-
hs y! and Cumberland, in l206.
l.>.rph GilWu. the founder of the Gill
ftn family in the United States, WIS
Stx.ster, and setti4-d in Birmingham, Del
BwNrr County, Pennsylvania. in lG'I.
Tar country was eGt that time wllotr-
Ersea. and he constructed Il cave by the
rt,2e e Il large rock, iii which he resided
I@e NIauy years, eqpd in which thirteen of
he r4mily of fifteen children were" born.
.tIEr Cecil branch of the Gilpin family
a. TIC descendants of Samuel Giipln,
at. ,.ili.st son OF Joseph, who rytt!ed in
a!--iiugham. He was born in England,
IL 1871, ;umd cmigratcd from BiIm!ng-
IN 70 Concord, al.t subsequently, III
ltS2 removed to Cecil County, sml set
a. 1t Gilpin5 Rocks, ON tie Great
ka-al River. on Ct tract of seven hundred
III nss. that he and Edward Taylor bought
q, i Scph Carter for 1850. This land
H. enormously e!Eatcd a> being III Net
Gagr!a,u, but the records of this county
ss>,ay. thnt it had been patented to Joseph
ta1t,r. under the rlm,. of kinG>br, by
loo Baltimore, i'll lT26. 1t vas south
o. Nottingham, sInd no douti, GIlpln
pgs -ased it on account of its proximity
Ia chat township and hoped t,&t utl.
Ess!, y the then disputed boundary WouId
a. busted so fiS to leave il under the
iU.-,tictiNn Of Penn
tI3J, Gilldn ;nd Taylor conveyed Il
css">5sicrabe T@If OF their property III
G,:stI'S Falls to John tCl"In. The con
mr c;tion mentioned in the decd Is only
60, though they had. in the meantime,
bu.it E, saw-mill on tn, property. On the
Esi4n day that the kgforr-mmCd deed
H">. executed. GDpson conveyed three
hur'.tcd and SiXty-nle acres, called
Co. Park, vitu"toi in the forks of
N.-th East Greek, ~ Gilpin. From
ih.s.. facts it seems, plain that Gilpn and
Ee.~.sn exchanged lands. The >lnnc year
El,iu purchased of Edward RumScy,
ih,r,. hundred and fifty acres. adjoining
Ok Park, ir TIRE forks of North East.
r., tract was part of Stony Chase, now
AZ Ste possession of the Met ullough Iron
CaHrmy, and part Of RumSry'S Ramblc,
WHICH had been taken up AMI patented
Sr William RumSry. At this time New
<s,.!Istught Manner WAS in the possession
e. .hc lord proprietary, and GiIin had
~ svrHll part of i'll, containing ninc acres,
ediciEing his other hand nj the forks of
dr. North East, patented 10 him. Samuel
E,Y%u married Jane Parker. Of lhladcl-
StA.. They wer. the parents Of seven
S8.ilGrrn as follows Mary, Joseph,
IT., mas, Hannah, Samuel, Rachel and
G~t-ge. Their son Thomas. Il Quaker
rgsdlDaI in PHILADELPHIA, and declining to
d. luilitary service during tire Rcvolu-
ID ~ War, WAS with about twenty
n -, similarly circum>tancrd, cXilcd
in. The city, in l77I77, AND taken to Win
Ss.vrar, Virginia, where. he died in ITS.
air,. brother George was at the same
ffN-. Colonel Of tlr Fairfax militia. and
et#'ayored to effect his liberation.
e. e was nm intimate tlicnd Of Gen
ei. Washington, and is said II have
Ht.i rnc of his q@lI-bIarrS. This in
Sir. ..rv WIS ewing To tive fact that the
VI .;ngtonS and Gilpins had ntcrmar-
ne 10 England.
! oh, the eldest son. removed from
e.. ems Falls previous to 1I6l and SGT
a.: ~ what Isl row Known u> the "Gil-
" ZONE Farm un the Big Elk, north
~ t'hton. He erected the mill which
FAR. ,y stood q short distance south of
iar. welding HOUSE, the land for the use
ut .--i.ich h" CAUSED to hr condemned for
q Hurpo'>c, according TO thr custom of
&c Zines. He also huiN the Old man
MT iousr whicn l., HOW standing. His
EE..'r having disposed of his hands on
N"Ch Ea>t Crcr!l 20 his s1NS, Joseph
CT. Samuel, resided with the latter lrr-
We 10 1867. in which year he died,
Ks: - ycntyf0ur years. He waS buried
NJ = family buYing ground on the bank
a. a Big EN-. n short distance above
IL h.idgc across that stream, where his