Individual Detail

Subject         Peter Gilstrap, Sr.

Father            Thomas Gelstrope (b. circa 1670,          )[1]

Mother           Hannah Haseling (b. circa 1673,          )[2]

Birth              circa __ ___ 1705   England; guess - to make him 21 when signing indenture papers.

Emigration             10 Oct 1726   London, England; Peter Gelstrap bound himself to John Taylor, emigration agent for Maryland, Virginia, etc., to serve in Jamaica. This book notes that each slip wasn't always labeled correctly, and that some people noted as bound to Jamaica went to Maryland and vice versa.[3],[4]

Marriage        circa __ ___ 1731   Rachel Aydelott (b. circa 1710,          ); Somerset County, Maryland; Peter Gilstrap would have served out his four year indenture by 1731. If he went to Jamaica, it seems unlikely that he could have finished up service, bought passage to America, AND been married in one year.[5]

Son:              circa __ ___ 1731   William Gilstrap

Tax Record            __ ___ 1731   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland; Peter Gilstrap listed as a taxable in Benjamin Idlot's household.[6]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1733   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.[7]

Tax Record              01 Jul 1733   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland; 200 acres.[8]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1734   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.[9]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1735   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.[10]

Son:            before __ ___ 1736   Peter Gilstrap Jr., (RevWar); Somerset County, Maryland.[11],[12]

Son:            before __ ___ 1736   John Gilstrap (RevWar); Somerset County, Maryland.[13]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1736   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland; Peter Gilstrap's household also had William Goodrick.[14]

Son:               after __ ___ 1736   Idolet Gilstrap (RevWar); Somerset County, Maryland.[15]

CourtRecd              __ ___ 1737   Somerset County, Maryland; Benjamin Aydelotte willed 200 acres of land to his daughter Rachel Gilshop.[16]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1737   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.[17]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1738   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland; Petter Gillstrap's neighbor was Richard Goodrick.[18]

CourtRecd              04 Jun 1739   Somerset County, Maryland; The settlement of Benjamin Aydelott's estate paid in equal payments to John Mumford, Elizabeth Beasey, Peter Gilstrap, William Solomon, James Davison.[19]

Tax Record:           __ ___ 1740   Baltimore Hundred, Somerset County, Maryland.[20]

CourtRecd:             19 Jun 1740   Somerset County, Maryland; Richard Simpson estate: Sureties; George Howard and Peter Gilstrap (valued as £24.13.0.[21]

Land Record           16 Oct 1742   Worcester County, Maryland; Peter Gilshop with wife Rachel, daughter of Benjamin Aydelotte, sold 200 acres of land "Ignorance" to Paul Waples.[22]

Land Record           06 Apr 1749   Newbern District, Craven County, North Carolina; Petitions for Warrants for Land: Peter Gilshap 350 acres.[23]

Land Record:          07 Apr 1749   Newbern District, Craven County, North Carolina; Petitions for Warrants for Land: Peter Gillstrap 350 acres.[24]

Tax Record:            18 Jun 1751   Craven County, North Carolina; Walter Jones, constable, issued a warrant against ... Peter Gilstrap for concealing his taxables for 1750. Defendants fined 20/ Nisa Causa and summoned to next court.[25]

CourtRecd              13 Nov 1753   Craven County, North Carolina; Peter Gilstrap fined £7.10 proclamation money (1750 taxables concealment).[26]

Son:            before __ ___ 1755   David Gilstrap

Land Record:         10 Mar 1758   Johnston County, North Carolina; Simon Griffin patented 100 acres in Johnston County on the South side of Great Contentney creek; joining Peter Gillstrap, the Great Meadow, and a Branch.[27]

Land Record:          04 Jun 1761   Craven County, North Carolina; Samuel Lambreth sold land to John ?Lambreth?, 400 a. FO by patent to Peter Gilstrap.[28]

Tax Record:           03 Oct 1765   Craven County, North Carolina; Read the petition of Peter Gillstrap praying to be excused from publick taxes on account of his poorly infirmity and old age. The same was granted and ordered that the 9sic0 certify the same to the Assembly.[29]

Death          __ Oct 1767-28 Apr 1768   Craven County, North Carolina; Dates of the deeds of Peter Sr.'s son Peter Jr. during which time he lost his 'Jr.' designation.[30],[31]

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Printed on: 23 Mar 2004                 

 

Endnotes

 

 


[1] Speculative link: Old family stories say that a Thomas and  Hannah were parents of Peter Gilstrap. Thos Thomas and Hannah from England are currently the best guess for parents. This link needs a lot more research.

[2] Speculative link: Old family stories say that a Thomas and  Hannah were parents of Peter Gilstrap. Thos Thomas and Hannah from England are currently the best guess for parents. This link needs a lot more research.

[3]Peter Coldham Wilson, The Complete Book of Emigrants, 1700 - 1750 (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1990-1993), p. 363. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Book of Emigrants.

[4]John Wareing, Emigrants to America. Indentured Servants Recruited in London 1718 - 1733 (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1985), p 57: Peter Gelstrap. Hereinafter cited as Emigrants to America.

[5]George C. Aydelott, The History of Aydelott Family in the United States of America (n.p.: self-published, 1959). Hereinafter cited as The History of the Aydelott Family.

[6]Wilmer O. Lankford, 1733 Tax List, Somerset County, Maryland (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.). Hereinafter cited as 1733 Somerset Co., MD Tax List.

[7]Ibid.

[8]Ibid.

[9]Ibid.

[10]Ibid.

[11]Hoyte Sessions Gilstrap, "Research: Hoyte Sessions Gilstrap" (Odessa TX). Shared results of Hoyte Gilstrap's years of research.. Hereinafter cited as "Research of Hoyte S. Gilstrap".

[12]Murtie June Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732 - 1774 (Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983), To be age 18 by 1754. Hereinafter cited as Colonial Soldiers of the South.

[13]Ibid.

[14]Lankford, 1733 Somerset Co., MD Tax List.

[15]Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South, To not be age 18 by 1754.

[16]Ruth T. Dryden, compiler, Land Records of Worcester County, Maryland 1666-1810 (n.p.: Self-published). Hereinafter cited as Worcester Co., MD Deeds.

[17]Lankford, 1733 Somerset Co., MD Tax List.

[18]Ibid.

[19]Probate Records, Family Tree Maker's Family Archives. Genealogical Records: Maryland Probate Records, 1674 - 1774. CD #206, CD-ROM (Navato CA: Brøderbund Software Inc., 1998), Prerogative Ct Minutes 1737-1744 Pg 64. Hereinafter cited as Maryland Probate Records, CD #206.

[20]Lankford, 1733 Somerset Co., MD Tax List.

[21]Probate Records, Maryland Probate Records, CD #206, Prerogative Ct Minutes 1737-1744 Pg 65.

[22]Ruth T. Dryden, Worcester Co., MD Deeds.

[23]State Assembly, compiler, North Carolina Colonial Records (n.p.: n.pub.), Pg 947. Hereinafter cited as NC Colonial Records.

[24]Ibid., Pg 948.

[25]Hann, Craven County, North Carolina Court Minutes 1742-1748, 1749-1756, 1757-1763, 1764-1771, 1767-1778 (n.p.: n.pub., n.d.), Book IV, 1749-1756. Hereinafter cited as Craven Co., NC Court Minutes 1742-1778.

[26]Ibid.

[27]Margaret M. Hofmann, Colony of North Carolina 1735-1775 Land Patents, Volumes 1 & 2 (Weldon NC: The Roanoke News Company, 1984). Hereinafter cited as NC Colonial Land Patents.

[28]Craven County, North Carolina Register of Deeds 1740-1868: Deed Book 2. Hereinafter cited as Craven Co., NC Deed Register.

[29]Hann, Craven Co., NC Court Minutes 1742-1778, Book Vi, 1764-1771.

[30]Ibid., Book VII, 1767-1778.

[31]Hofmann, NC Colonial Land Patents.