| 1816-08-10 | b. St Andrews, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; TNA: HO 107; Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1829/1830 | at Lawrence Street school, York | OYSA (1971) |
| 1839 | of Newcastle; a subscriber to Benjamin Hanbury's Historical Memorials Relating to the Independents or Congregationalists | Hanbury |
| 1841 | chemist, of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, two servants, a chemist apprentice, and one other | TNA: HO 107/845/6 p23 |
| of Newcastle; a subscriber to James Silk Buckingham's America, Historical—Statistic—and Descriptive | Buckingham: America | |
| by 1843-01-07 | had subscribed 10s. to the General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Journal, 1843-01-07 |
| by 1843-12-23 | had subscribed 10s. to the General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Journal, 1843-12-23 |
| by 1847-01-30 | had subscribed £1 1s. for the destitution in Scotland and Ireland | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1847-01-30 |
| 1847/1849 | of Pilgrim-street, Newcastle; qualified to vote from his house and shop there | electoral registers |
| 1849 | of Newcastle; a subscriber to James Silk Buckingham's Evils and Remedies of the Present System of Popular Elections | Buckingham: Evils |
| by 1850-08-10 | had subscribed 5s. to the Bible Society | Gateshead Observer, 1850-08-10 |
| 1851 | chemist, of 52 Pilgrim Street, All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, an apprentice, and two general servants | HO 107/2407 f552 p10 |
| a subscriber to John Collingwood Bruce's The Roman Wall | Bruce | |
| 1852 | of Pilgrim street, Newcastle; qualified to vote from his house and shop there | electoral register |
| by 1853-01-01 | one of numerous signatories to a letter to the Mayor calling for a public meeting to consider the state of juvenile crime in the district | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1853-01-01 |
| by 1853-02-26 | had become an annual subscriber of 10s. 6d. to the Newcastle, Northumberland, and Durham Society for the Repression of Juvenile Crime, and the Reformation of Youthful Delinquents | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1853-02-26 |
| 1854-11-25 | a member of the committee to arrange the purchase of a memorial to Charles John Gibb, who had retired as house surgeon to the Newcastle Infirmary; had subscribed £1 1s. for the purpose | Newcastle Journal, 1854-12-02 |
| by 1855-02-10 | had subscribed £1 1s. to the Newcastle General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1855-02-10 |
| 1855-04-12 | inherited from his father all his drugs, shop fixtures, furniture, and stock in trade as a chemist, druggist, and soda water manufacturer; also, jointly with his brother James, all their father's business and stock in trade as a porter merchant and cork manufacturer in the firm of Gilpin and Company | father's will, TNA: PROB 11/2212/187 |
| by 1855-06-09 | had become an annual subscriber of £1 1s. to the Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind | Newcastle Journal, 1855-06-09 |
| 1855/1857 | of Pilgrim street; qualified to vote from his house and shop at 99 & 101 Pilgrim street | electoral register |
| 1856-01-05 | of 99 Pilgrim Street; Dr De Jongh's Light-Brown cod liver oil may be bought there | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1856-01-05 |
| by 1856-01-12 | had subscribed £10 for the Lit. & Phil., towards paying off its debt to Robert Stephenson, MP | Newcastle Journal, 1856-01-12 |
| 1856-06-19 | subscribed £2 2s. for the relief of the sufferers from the recent inundations in France | Newcastle Journal, 1856-06-21 |
| 1856-07-04 | chemist, of 99 Pilgrim Street | Newcastle Courant, 1856-07-04 |
| by 1857-10-03 | had subscribed 10s. to the new juvenile shoe-black movement | Newcastle Journal, 1857-10-03 |
| beer bottle and ærated water manufacturer, and chemist, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne | OYSA (1971) | |
| 1858-02-27 | a member of the Grand Jury at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Spring Assizes | Newcastle Journal, 1858-03-06 |
| 1858-10-16 | on the committee of the Newcastle Shoeblack Brigade | Newcastle Journal, 1858-10-16 |
| 1858-12-22 | chemist and druggist, member of the Society of Friends, of Newcastle-on-Tyne; d. in Pilgrim Street; "much respected" | Annual Monitor; Newcastle Journal, 1858-12-25; National Probate Calendar |
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Yesterday forenoon, about twenty minutes to ten o'clock, Mr Benjamin Gilpin, for many years a chemist in Pilgrim Street, Newcastle, died somewhat suddenly at his residence. The deceased was a middle-aged man, unmarried, a member of the Society of Friends, and very greatly respected. |
North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1858-12-23 | |
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Mr. Benjamin Gilpin, of Pilgrim-street, Newcastle, chemist, who, though in delicate health, was in his shop on Monday, died in the forenoon of Tuesday. He was a man of active benevolence, and one of the warmest friends of the Shoeblack Brigade. |
Gateshead Observer, 1858-12-24 | |
| a quiet retiring man with few friends; hobby—with his brother Robert, he bred Skye terriers | Edgar B. Collinson, ed. (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edn | |
| [from the report of the Newcastle Shoe-Black
Brigade:] Death has removed from his place in the committee a worthy and upright man, of a kindly heart and generous nature. The chair of Mr. Benjamin Gilpin is vacant at our little board, and we have lost the benefit of his business knowledge, sound judgment, and active benevolence. |
Newcastle Journal, 1860-02-25 | |
| 1858-12-24 | bur. Jesmond Old Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Find a Grave |
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FUNERAL OF MR. BENJAMIN GILPIN.—The funeral of Mr. Benjamin Gilpin, whose sudden death we recorded two or three days ago, took place on Friday. During the forenoon, the shops at the lower end of Pilgrim Street were partially closed as a mark of respect to the departed; but the regard for his memory is universal. The funeral cortege consisted of three mourning coaches, a hearse, and about half a dozen private carriages belonging to members of the Society of Friends. The Shoeblack Brigade, accompanied by their superintendent, followed the procession as a last tribute of their gratitude to one of their kind benefactors; and one who endeavoured his best for their good. Mr. Gilpin's active benevolence is well known; and one of the last charitable acts of his useful life—the interest which he manifested in the reclamation of the street Arabs—is not the least of the many which cling to his memory. The deceased was interred at Jesmond Cemetery. |
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1858-12-27 | |
| 1859-06-22 | administration granted at Newcastle to his mother Sarah Gilpin; effects under £7000 | National Probate Calendar |
| 1818-01-04 | b. All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; Philip Spence (1939) Robert and Mary Spence of North Shields. Privately printed |
| 1820-02-17 | of Newcastle upon Tyne; d. Newcastle-upon-Tyne MM | RG 6/228, /778 |
| 1820-02-20 | bur. Newcastle |
| 1820-05-15 | b. All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1833/1835 | at Lawrence Street school, York | OYSA (1971) |
| 1840 | qualified to vote from his house in Pilgrim-street, Newcastle | electoral register |
| 1841 | engineer ap., of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, two servants, a chemist apprentice, and one other | TNA: HO 107/845/6 p23 |
| 1844/1845 | of Pilgrim-street; qualified to vote from his house there | electoral registers |
| by 1847-01-29 | had subscribed £1 1s. for the destitution in Scotland and Ireland | Newcastle Courant, 1847-01-29 |
| 1847/1849 | of Pilgrim-street; qualified to vote from his house there | electoral registers |
| 1851 | clerk, of 52 Pilgrim Street, All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, an apprentice, and two general servants | HO 107/2407 f552 p10 |
| 1852 | of Pilgrim-street; qualified to vote from his house there | electoral register |
| 1853-07-29 | bapt. Newcastle upon Tyne | British Vital Records Index, 2nd edn |
| 1854-07-15 | a churchwarden at All Saints, Newcastle; gave evidence in the case of some individuals accused of stealing lead from coffins | Newcastle Courant, 1854-07-14 |
| 1854-07-27 | of 52 Pilgrim Street; one of four churchwardens of All Saints, inviting claims against themselves | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1854-07-29 |
| 1854-08-10 | the four churchwardens make a public appeal for financial support for remedying disrepair at All Saints | Newcastle Courant, 1854-08-11 |
| 1855-01-02 | treasurer of the masonic Lodge de Loraine, No. 1793 | Newcastle Courant, 1855-01-05 |
| 1855-04-12 | inherited from his father, jointly with his brother Benjamin, all their father's business and stock in trade as a porter merchant and cork manufacturer in the firm of Gilpin and Company | father's will, TNA: PROB 11/2212/187 |
| by 1855-06-09 | had become an annual subscriber of £1 1s. to the Royal Victoria Asylum for the Blind | Newcastle Journal, 1855-06-09 |
| 1855/1856 | of Pilgrim street; qualified to vote from his office and cellars at 99 & 101 Pilgrim street | electoral register |
| by 1856-04-12 | elected a Guardian of the Poor, from All Saints parish | Newcastle Journal, 1856-04-12 |
| 1856-12-04 | on the committee of the General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Journal, 1856-12-06 |
| by 1857-10-03 | had subscribed 10s. to the new juvenile shoe-black movement | Newcastle Journal, 1857-10-03 |
| by 1858-01-29 | had subscribed £1 1s. to the General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Courant, 1858-01-29 |
| by 1858-04-16 | porter merchant; elected a Guardian for the ensuing year, with 440 votes, the highest vote in All Saints parish | Newcastle Courant, 1858-04-16 |
| 1858-10-16 | on the committee of the Newcastle Shoeblack Brigade | Newcastle Journal, 1858-10-16 |
| 1859-04-28 | m. Jane Cay Bell (1838–1912, d. of J.T.W. Bell, Esq., CE), at St Andrew's Church, Newcastle | TNA: RG 9/3883 f67 p14; GRO index; Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1859-04-30 |
| 1859 | of Oxford street; qualified to vote from his office and cellars at 99 & 101 Pilgrim street | electoral register |
| by 1859-11-19 | had become a £1 1s. subscribing member of the Newcastle Volunteer Rifle Corps | Newcastle Journal, 1859-11-19 |
| by 1859-12-23 | had subscribed £1 1s. to the General Soup Kitchen | Newcastle Courant, 1859-12-23 |
| by 1860-02-04 | had contributed £10 to the Shieldfield Church Endowment Fund | Newcastle Journal, 1860-02-04 |
| 1860-07-04 | on the grand jury for the Newcastle Sessions, at the Guildhall | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1860-07-07 |
| 1861-02-02 | Stephen Charles Dinning charged with obtaining, by false pretences, on the 15th of November last, three barrels of ale and one of porter, the property of James Gilpin, with intent to defraud him of the same. Sentenced to 9 months' hard labour | Newcastle Courant, 1861-01-04 |
| by 1861-02-15 | had treated the boys of the Shoeblack Brigade to a trip to Warkworth | Newcastle Journal, 1861-02-15 |
| 1861 | porter merchant employing 30 men, lodger at Lord Crewe's Arms, Bamburgh, Northumberland | RG 9/3883 f67 p14 |
| by 1861-04-13 | merchant, of Pilgrim Street; re-elected as Guardian | Newcastle Journal, 1861-04-13 |
| 1862-01-30 | on the General Committee of the Hartley Relief Fund | Newcastle Journal, 1862-01-31 |
| by 1862-03-01 | had subscribed £2 2s. towards defraying the expenses of clearing the shaft at New Hartley Colliery | Newcastle Journal, 1862-03-01 |
| 1862-07 | one of two honorary secretaries of the Botanical and Horticultural Society of Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Newcastle Courant, 1862-07-25 |
| by 1862-10-25 | had donated a number of picture and print so the Newcastle workhouse | Newcastle Journal, 1862-10-25 |
| 1863-05-04 | of Pilgrim Street; secretary and treasurer to the committee raising funds for a testimonial to George Grey, assistant overseer of the parish of All Saints | Newcastle Journal, 1863-05-07 |
| 1863 | of Oxford street; qualified to vote from his house at 10 Oxford street | electoral register |
| by 1863-10-16 | had been solicited to contest the municipal elections, but declined | Newcastle Journal, 1863-10-16 |
| 1863-10-22 | porter merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; co-executor of mother's will | National Probate Calendar |
| by 1864-02-07 | is a Newcastle town councillor | Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1864-02-27 |
| 1865-04-11 | porter merchant, of Bulman Village; had been a member of the old Board of Guardians, from All Saints ward, but was not re-elected | Newcastle Journal, 1865-04-12 |
| 1865-06-28 | of Newcastle; attended the summer show of the Newcastle Botanical and Horticultural Society | Newcastle Journal, 1865-06-29 |
| 1866-05-21 | appointed to the committee for the relief of sufferers by the late colliery accidents | Newcastle Courier, 1866-12-28 |
| by 1867-01-18 | subscribed £1 1s. for the testimonial to Mr Gilchrist, the parochial surgeon | Newcastle Courant, 1867-01-18 |
| of Catterick, Yorkshire | OYSA (1971) | |
| 1868-05-22 | formerly of Newcastle-upon-Tyne porter merchant but late of Scorton near Richmond, Yorkshire, gentleman; d. at Bolton Hall, near Catterick, suddenly, of apoplexy | National Probate Calendar; OYSA (1971); GRO index; Newcastle Courant, Durham Chronicle, and Durham County Advertiser, 1868-05-29 |
| 1868-09-09 | will proved at York by Robert Spence Watson, sole executor; effects under £3000 | National Probate Calendar |
| 1870-05 | will resworn at the Stamp Office, under £1500 |
| 1821-12-18 | b. All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; TNA: HO 107 |
| 1837-08/1838-06 | of Newcastle; at Mount School, York | The Mount School, York. List of Teachers and Scholars 1784–1816, 1831–1906. York: Sessions |
| 1841 | of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with her family, two servants, a chemist apprentice, and one other | TNA: HO 107/845/6 p23 |
| 1849-06-05 | m. Henry Silvester (1810–1874, b. Birmingham, s. of Homer and Elizabeth Silvester; clerk, later button maker), Newcastle T. RD | GRO index; National Probate Calendar; "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975," database, FamilySearch: 11 February 2018, Henry Silvester, 24 Sep 1810, citing index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, FHL microfilm 919,767 |
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In this town, at All Saints' Church, on the 5th instant, Mr. Henry Silvester, of Edgbaston, to Ann, daughter of Mr. James Gilpin, Pilgrim Street. |
Newcastle Journal and Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, 1849-06-09; Aris's Birmingham Gazette, 1849-06-11 | |
| 1851 | of 5 Francis Street, Edgbaston, Warwickshire, living with her husband and a house servant | HO 107/2049 f329 p13 |
| 1861 | living with her husband and two servants at 7 Plough & Harrow Rd, Edgbaston, Warwickshire | RG 9/2124 f67 p31 |
| 1871 | living with her husband and one servant at 18 Francis Rd, Edgbaston | RG 10/3082 f98 p39 |
| 1874-01-22 | of Edgbaston; sole executrix of husband's will | National Probate Calendar |
| 1881 | not found in census | |
| 1891 | of Longreach House, Keynsham, Somerset, living with her nephew's family and three servants | TNA: RG 12/1945 f39 p16 |
| 1893-12-22 | of Longreach House, Keynsham; d. Keynsham RD | National Probate Calendar; GRO index |
| 1894-02-08 | will proved at London by Leonard Spensley Houseman; effects £1009 15s. 1d. | National Probate Calendar |
| 1823-10-06 | b. All Saints, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; censuses; Old York Scholars' Association (1971) Bootham School Register. London: Oyez Press |
| 1837/1839 | attended Lawrence Street school | Edgar B. Collinson, ed. (1935) Bootham School Register, 2nd edn |
| 1841 | chemist, of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, two servants, a chemist apprentice, and one other | TNA: HO 107/845/6 p23 |
| 1851 | journey man druggist, of 52 Pilgrim Street, All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne, living with his family, an apprentice, and two general servants | HO 107/2407 f552 p10 |
| ærated water, wine and spirit merchant | OYSA (1971) | |
| hobby—with his brother Benjamin, he bred Skye terriers | Collinson, ed. (1935) | |
| 1853-10-19 | of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. in Pilgrim-street, of inflammation of the brain, "deservedly respected and lamented by all who knew him" | Annual Monitor; GRO index; Newcastle Courant, 1853-10-21; Newcastle Journal, 1853-10-22; Durham Chronicle, 1853-10-28 |
| bur. Jesmond Old Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | Find a Grave |
| 1823-10-06 | b. All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; censuses; St Andrews Cemetery |
| 1841 | of Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with her family, two servants, a chemist apprentice, and one other | TNA: HO 107/845/6 p23 |
| 1851 | of 52 Pilgrim Street, All Saints Newcastle upon Tyne, living with her family, an apprentice, and two general servants | HO 107/2407 f552 p10 |
| 1853-07-29 | bapt. Newcastle upon Tyne | British Vital Records Index, 2nd edition |
| 1853-09-22 | m. John Houseman, MD, MRCS, LRCS, (1811–1883, s. of Richard Glinton and Elizabeth Houseman) at Newcastle upon Tyne | parent's will; GRO index; St Andrew's Cemetery; British Vital Records Index, 2nd edition; "England Marriages, 1538–1973," database, FamilySearch: 10 February 2018, John Hauseman and Sarah Maria Gilpin, 22 Sep 1853, citing All Saints, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, reference index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,068,970; "England Births and Christenings, 1538–1975," database, FamilySearch: 11 February 2018, John Houseman, 04 Nov 1811, citing index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, FHL microfilm 207,559 |
| Children: | Leonard Spensley (1856–1929), Sarah Elizabeth (1858–1949), James Gilpin (1859–1912) | parent's will; censuses; National Probate Calendar; GRO index |
| 1861 | of 147 Percy Street, St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with her family, mother-in-law, cook, housemaid, and nurse | RG 9/3820 f12 p17 |
| 1871 | of 147 Percy Street, St Andrew, Newcastle upon Tyne, living with her family and two servants | RG 10/5087 f51 p21 |
| 1881 | of 68 Jesmond Rd, Jesmond, Northumberland, living with her family and two servants | RG 11/5069 f120 p10 |
| 1883-12-20 | husband of 68 Jesmond-road at the date of his death there | National Probate Calendar |
| 1884-02-13 | of 68 Jesmond-road; co-executor of her husband's will, with Robert Spence Watson | |
| 1885-08-15 | d. Newcastle RD | St Andrew's Cemetery; GRO index |
| bur. St Andrew's Cemetery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | St Andrew's Cemetery |
| 1827-10-17 | b. All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404, /775; Philip Spence (1939) Robert and Mary Spence of North Shields. Privately printed |
| 1829-02-18 | of Newcastle; d. Newcastle MM | RG 6/228, /778; Spence (1939) |
| 1829-02-20 | bur. Pilgrim St Friends' burying-ground, Newcastle upon-Tyne | RG 6/228, /778 |
| 1830-07-14 | b. All Saints, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland | TNA: RG 6/404; Philip Spence (1939) Robert and Mary Spence of North Shields. Privately printed |
| 1831-05-22 | of Newcastle; d. aged 10 months, Newcastle MM | RG 6/228; Spence (1939) |
| 1831-05-23 | bur. Pilgrim St Friends' burying-ground, Newcastle upon-Tyne | RG 6/228 |
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