The Gilpin Family Crest

This well-known Pennsylvania family traces back its heraldic origin to the year 1206, under the reign of King John, when its common ancestor, Richard de Gilpyn of Kentmere, county Westmoreland, having slain a wild boar, which was doing great mischief in that neighborhood, adopted for his arms the devices we give. The eldest branch of the family continued to reside at ""Kentmere"" until the civil wars of Charles First's time, when the owner of the estate, having served ardently the Royalist cause, had to flee before the Cromwellian Wrath. He died in exile, and without issue. The castle still exists as a picturesque ruin, and the legend of the wild boar is still told to visitors. Joseph Gilpin, the colonist, was the descendant in the sixteenth generation from the abovementioned Richard de Gylpin. His father, Thomas, first a Colonel in the Parliamentary Army, joined, later, the Society of Friends, amongst whom he was, for forty-nene years, a preacher of renown. His son, Joseph, was attrac

Family

Gilpin

Motto

Dictis factisque simplex.Sincere in word and deed.

Blazon

A Dexter Hand, Embowed In Armour, Holding In The Hand, Proper, A Laurel [Anciently A Pine] Branch, Vert.

Source

America Hereldica