BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



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Gilpin became possessed of a plentiful 

 estate. He was a useful man in his 

 neij^litiorhood, and lived to see all his 

 children frrown up to be men and 

 women, and all but two married, and 

 married to his mind. He died in 1740 

 at an advanced age The remote an- 

 cestry of the Gilpin family is given in 

 tiie " Lii'e.t of eminent I'hiladelpliians,'' 

 p. 389. 



Gi.EAVE, George, was an early settler 

 in Springtield. He was in member- 

 ship with Friends, and in 1G87 tnarried 

 Esther Powell, also a member. He 

 died before 1(590, leaving but one child, 

 a son, named John, who as early as 

 1707 intermarried with Elizabeth Mil- 

 ler, a circumstance that renders it pro- 

 bable that he was the son of a former 

 wife. John's children were George, 

 Esther, Rachel, Isaac and John. Es- 

 tlier, the widow of George, was married 

 to Joseph Ware in 1G91. The ford on 

 Crum Ureek, at Lewis' mills, for nearly 

 a century was known as Gleave's Ford. 

 This ford was on the "great road from 

 Marlborough to Philadelphia," and as 

 early as 1754 a bridge was erected over 

 the creek at that point by private con- 

 tributions, the subscription paper for 

 which is still preserved. 



GooDsoNN, JoHV, " Chirurgeon to the 

 Society of Free Traders," came from 

 London, and arrived at Upland a short 

 time before the first visit of the Pro- 

 prietary. He was a Friend, and brought 

 a certificate from the monthly meeting 

 at the Peel in London. He resided for 

 a time at r[)land, and subsequently re- 

 moved to Philadelphia, where he con- 

 tinued to reside. In 1694 he and 

 Samuel Carpenter were commissioned 

 by the Proprietary assistants to Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor Markham. He was a 

 man of ability, and was probably the 

 first practising physician in Peunsyl- 



Graham, Henry Hai.e, emigrated 

 from England and settled in Chester 

 some time prior to the year 17.">5. 

 From this date through a long course 

 of years his name and his chirography, 

 which is very peculiar, constantly ap- 

 pear in the Countj- records. For very 

 tuany years he held the offices of Regis- 

 ter, Recorder, Pothonotary, and also 

 Clerk of the serveral Courts for the 



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large County of Chester; and what is 

 remarkable, he executed nearly all the 

 writing with his own hand, a fact that 

 shows his great industry. In the act 

 that established the County of Dela- 

 ware, passed in 1789, he was named 

 as one of the Justices of its Courts, 

 but it was decided that tlie appoint- 

 ment of justices by the Legislature was 

 void. He died the same year. 



Greoohy, William, settled early in 

 Edgmont township, and in 1685 mar- 

 ried Rebecca, the daughter of John 

 Houlston, who resided in the neighbor- 

 hood. He lived in full membership 

 with the Society of Friends till his 

 death, which occurred about the year 

 1704. His children were John, Will- 

 iam, Elizabeth, Mary, Simon, Sarah 

 and Edmund. 



Grist, John, had settled on the Del- 

 aware prior to the first visit of the 

 Proprietary. He was a Friend, and his 

 marriage with Ann Butt in 1682 is one 

 of the earliest marriages noticed in the 

 Records of Chester Monthly Meeting. 

 His residence, by the running of the 

 circular line, was included in New- 

 castle County. 



Grubb, John, with his wife Frances, 

 was a resident of Upland as early as 

 1679, but does not appear to have been 

 settled there as early as 1677. In 

 1679, jointly with Richard Buffington, 

 he purchased three hundred acres of 

 land on the southwest side of Chester 

 Creek above Chester, and may have 

 resided there some time. His occupa- 

 tion was that of a tanner. His chil- 

 dren were Emanuel, John, Joseph, 

 Henry, Samuel, Nathaniel, Peter, Cha- 

 rity and Phebe, all of whom were 

 living at the time of his death in 1708. 

 His daughter Charity was married to 

 Richard Beeson prior to his death. He 

 does not appear to have been a Quaker, 

 and probably was an Episcopalian. 

 His age was about sixty years. 



Grcbb, Emanuel, eldest son of the 

 above John Grubb, was born near Up- 

 land in 1681. Much notoriety has 

 been attached to his name, by the cu- 

 rious in such matters, as the first born 

 child of English parents in Pennsyl- 

 vania. He is not. however, entitled to 

 this distinctiuu. for the regular register 



