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- [S670] Our kindred. The McFarlan and Stern families, of Chester County, Pa. , and New Castle County, Del, pg. 126-131.
15. Thomas Gilpin, of Warborough, in Oxfordshire, the youngest son o f Thomas Gilpin, of
Mill Hill, was born in 1622, and died 12th mo. (then Feb.) 3d, 1682. H e married about 1645, Joan Bartholomew, and had three sons, Joseph, Is aac and Thomas.
He was a colonel in the English army on the Republican side, and at th e battle of Worcester, September 3, 1651, where the royal army of Char les First was overthrown
by Cromwell, called by the latter his crowning mercy. Thomas West,* wh o had married his sister, Ann Gilpin, acted as major. Soon after, bot h of them became convinced of the truth of the principles of the Socie ty of Friends and united with them.
Thomas Gilpin was a preacher in that Society for forty years. In 166 1 he was detained seven weeks in the Marshal's custody at Oxford, fo r refusing to take the oath of alle-
giance. May 29th, 1670, a meeting was held at his house for which th e justice fined him £20, and on the 26th of June, of the same year, an other meeting was held at his house, for which offence the officers we re authorized to break into it, which they did, breaking open locks an d bolts, and took away his goods, so that he was left without cookin g utensils, bed or food. Soon after, his corn from three acres of lan d and two pigs were taken.
In 1672, by the king's letters patent many persons were discharged fro m prison, some of whom had been confined a long time. From Oxford jai l fifteen were set free, among
them being Thomas Gilpin.
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