Brief Life History of Joshua
When Joshua Gilpin was born on 8 November 1765, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Thomas Gilpin, was 38 and his mother, Lydia Fisher, was 29. He married Mary Dilworth on 5 August 1800, in Yealand Redmayne, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 22 August 1841, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Joshua Gilpin, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Joshua Gilpin, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- Joshua Gilpin, "New Jersey, Deaths, 1670-1988"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English: unexplained. This surname is found mainly in Devon and Yorkshire.
Irish (Connacht): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fionn ‘son of the fair-haired lad’. In Ulster, the name may be of northern English origin (see 1 above).
History: A family of this name (see 1 above) is recorded in the 13th century in south Westmorland; it apparently gave its name to the River Gilpin there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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