Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Ruth GILPIN
According the Rudolf Herr Wissler's typescript THE GILPIN FAMILY, that family can be traced to one Richard de Gylpin who killed a dangerous boar and was rewarded with an estate by the Baron of Kendal in AD 1206. Sixteen generations later Thomas Gilpin, born 1622, was the first of this family to become convinced to the Society of Friends. He was a Quaker minister and was severely persecuted for his beliefs and actions. He married Joan Bartholomew prior to 1651. Their son Joseph, the immigrant ancestor, married Hannah Glover 23 Dec 1691, and they removed to Concord Meeting in 1695. Ruth and fourteen siblings were raised in the 2-story house Joseph and Joan built. It was just sixteen feet by eighteen feet. The house is preserved in good condition on the Brandywine National Battlefield Park grounds because it was used by Washington as his headquarters during the battle.
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