Ruth Gilpin^[1]

1697 - 1760  (63 years)

• Name	Ruth Gilpin
  Birth	28 Jun 1697	Brandywine Manor, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	30 Aug 1760	Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Old Kennett Friends Cemetery, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I22293	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gilpin, Sr,   b. 8 Jan 1663, Warborough, South Oxfordshire District, Oxfordshire, England d. 9 Nov 1739, Chadds Ford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Hannah Glover,   b. 1665, Hampshire, England d. 12 Jan 1757, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F7373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Mendenhall,   b. 17 May 1692, Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 13 May 1748, Pennsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	30 Oct 1718	Friends Meeting House-Concord, Concordville, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Isaac Mendenhall,   b. 3 Aug 1719   d. 18 Aug 1803 (Age 84 years)   2. Hannah Mendenhall,   b. 24 Nov 1721   3. Joseph Mendenhall,   b. 16 Mar 1724   d. 1749 (Age 24 years)   4. Benjamin Mendenhall,   b. 8 Feb 1728   d. 17 Feb 1797 (Age 69 years)   5. Ann Mendenhall,   b. 14 Mar 1732   d. 21 Oct 1769 (Age 37 years)   6. Stephen Mendenhall,   b. 17 Nov 1733   7. Jesse Mendenhall,   b. 12 Dec 1735
  Family ID	F7372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2023

  
  

• Notes

  She and her other siblings were born in a cave that was in the side of a hill in Chester county, Penn. They were known as Groundhogs which is related in the book "Smith's History, of Delaware County".

  
  

• Sources

  [S286] Henry Hart Beeson, Book: Mendenhall a Genealogy, 4, 7. [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66361527/ruth-mendenhall.