Gilpin
One-Name Study

Topics

• About the Gilpin One-Name Study
• Variants
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Distribution of the name
• Data
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Gilpin One-Name Study

What is a one surname study? It is a project researching all occurrences of a particular surname, (all spellings) It is not a particular ancestry. It is not restricted geographically to any particular area in the world. It looks for the occurrence of the surname world-wide.

The Gilpin One-Name study started back in 1998 and developed into a project with two branches, Genealogy and Y-DNA. Like other one-name studies, it developed from attempts to locate information on a brick wall. Mine was John G. Gilpin born 1828 in Ohio, USA. I was gathering so much data and I hate to waste anything, so I started my Gilpin websites. The name was registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies in 2009.

Variants

all spellings to include: Galpin, Gilpine Galpen, Galpine, Gylpyn, deGilpin, McGilpin, MacGilpin, Gill, MacGillifin, Gilfin, Gilfan, Gilpen, Calpin, Calpine, Culpen, MacAlpin, Galpan, Gilpin and many others.

Origin of the surname

Different Origins of the Gilpin surnames

1. Irish - MacGillifin Anglicized to Gilfin, Gilpin, Gill

2. Norman (?) - deGylpyn includes Gilpin, Gilpinge, Gilpen

3. Norman (?) - Galpin

4. Scottish (?) - MacAlpine - Anglicized to Gilpin

Normally a surname as unusual as Gilpin would originate from one source but not with the Gilpin surname, as has been proven by 'OUR' Y-DNA project. We are looking at the different origins it may have come from. Gathering of family legends. Trying to prove or to disprove these legends. Gathering of Gilpin information / documents to make research easier. To display different lineages so others may connect their information to them.

Historical occurrences

The history of the Gilpin surname is as different as it origins and varients.

1. Irish - MacGillifin Anglicized to Gilfin, Gilpin, Gill:

There isn’t much found on the internet to explain the history of this Celtic surname.

But a good read on Ireland can be found here.

http://www.infernaldreams.com/names/Europe/United_Kingdom/Ireland.htm

2. Norman (?) - deGylpyn includes Gilpin, Gilpinge, Gilpen:

It is thought that the deGylpyn (Gilpin) surname arrived in England in 1066 with the Norman conquest. A poem is referred to as the source of this information, although the validity of the poem is in question. See genealogy website for the poem.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

3. Norman (?) - Galpin There is a book called the Galpin family of Staffordshire and Dorset, that many Galpin researchers have read.

Susposedly with William I's wife was a Johannes de Galpenberg, who worked in her household. Galpenberg was also a village, a commune of Belgium in the Province of East Flanders, a department of Ophasselt. There is also a river and a village of Gulpen in the Duchy of Limbourg. The name Galpin is now more common in France than in England.. Apparently, so it is said, all Galpins in England are descended from Johannes.

4. Scottish (?) - MacAlpine - Anglicized to Gilpin: In this history the Gilpin surname is a variant of McAlpine. Which means son of Alpine. Alpin was the first king of Scotland.

Clan MacAlpine website:

http://www.macalpineclan.com/sys-tmpl/door/

Link to information on King Kenneth MacAlpin:

http://members.aol.com/skyelander/alpin.html

Distribution of the name

Using what resources I could find on the internet, here is a listing of how the Gilpin surname occurs around the world, as listed on Familysearch.com’s IGI.

Africa - 6

Asia - 3

British Isles - well over 1,000

Caribbean Islands - 1

Continental Europe - 4

North America - Well over 3,000

Southwest Pacific - over 23

World Misc. - over 12

Data

Genealogy at:

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

DNA project

Gilpin DNA Project

Accepts all spellings to include: Galpin, Gilpine Galpen, Galpine, Gylpyn, deGilpin, McGilpin, MacGilpin, Gill, MacGillifin, Gilfin, Gilfan, Gilpen, Calpin, Calpine, Culpen, MacAlpin, Galpan, and many others.

Family researchers have been gathering information and compiling their genealogies diligently for years. You may be among the few who are able to trace your earliest ancestor back to England, or Ireland, or Scotland and or France. Or, like most, you may be searching to find that illusive, missing link to the past.

As a Family researcher you have probably reached a point where you cannot identify any earlier ancestors. You may have documented multiple generations, but, at some point the leads dwindle and the trail grows cold. You have reached the preverbal 'brick wall.' We know that more documentary evidence remains to be discovered however traditional genealogical research will most likely never find all the connections between the various Family groups or different spellings. Until recently there was little hope of extending a cold chart, however, genealogical DNA testing may provide the answers you are seeking.

So, whether you have a complete family history leading back to a Family in England, Ireland, or where ever, or you are just starting to chart your ancestors, we hope you will consider joining us.

This program is not to prove all spellings are / were one family, but to help prove what families do genetically connect to each other.

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bonsteinandgilpin/

Links

FamilyTreeDNA:

http://www.familytreedna.com/surname-search-results.aspx?sType=eq&Searchname2=Gilpin

The Gilpin mailing list at rootsweb.com:

http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/g/gilpin.html#GILPIN

The Galpin mailing list at rootsweb.com:

http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/surname/g/galpin.html#GALPIN

The Gilpin forum:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/gilpin/

The gencircles Gilpin file:

http://www.gencircles.com/users/nelda/24

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Ms Nelda L Percival
644 Warbonnett Rd,
Roach,
Missouri
65787
USA
E-mail:
Telephone: 573-347 9962

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Profiles of other one-name studies registered with the Guild may be found here.