Descendants of William [Gilstrap] Gelsthorpe

Created by Ron Gilstrap

Generation No. 1


1. William [Gilstrap]1 Gelsthorpe was born Abt. 1740 in Unknown, and died April 09, 1791 in Newark, Nottingham, England. He married Elizabeth Stevens January 24, 1774 in Newark, Nottingham, England. She was born 1738 in Nottingham County, England, and died September 11, 1820 in Newark, Nottingham, England.

Notes for William [Gilstrap] Gelsthorpe:
The name Gilstrap is of English origin and was spelled various ways from the 1500's to present day. Some of the spellings were Gillstrap, Gelstrep, Gelstrop, Gelsthrop, Gelstrope, Gelsthrope, Gilsthrop, and Gilstrup. In England all these spellings mean Gilstrap. The earliest marriage records of the name, I could find, was February 17, 1595, the marriage of Robert Gelsthorpe to Dorothy Brighter in Nottinghamshire County and January 3, 1593, the marriage of William Gelsthorpe to Elizabeth Leeke in Southwell, England.

William Gelsthorpe [Gilstrap], Newark, Nottinghamshire County, England had four children, two son's and two daughter's. One of his daughters last name was entered as Gelstrop. G. Hemmingway, in 1982, wrote an article titled, The Gilstrap's of Newark. He stated, "In the latter part of the 18th century the family name appears in several spellings in the Newark Parish Church Register, sometimes with more than one in entries relating to the same individual."

An example is Joseph Gelsthorpe, youngest son of William Gelsthorpe and Elizabeth Stevens. His birth record, August 14, 1785, is entered as Gelsthorpe; marriage record, July 30, 1811, is entered as Gilstrap; In 1818 when he bought a hotel it was named Hotel Gilstrap, death record, March 15, 1869, entered as Joseph Gilstrap. Another example is the marriage record of William Gelsthorpe and Elizabeth Stevens. Marriage record shows William Gilstrap.

There are also records in England of a Gilstrap steel mill and of a Sir John Gilstrap who had charge of the castle where the British monarchs spend their summers until his death in 1971. This information comes from Gertrude Cogbill and T. W. Gilstrap who visited England. The MacRae-Eileen Donan Castle has been mentioned in several writings. Isabella Mary Gilstrap, daughter of Joseph Gilstrap and Jane Catherine Fothergill, married John MacRae on March 4, 1889 in London England. John MacRae, on the death of his uncle, by marriage, Sir William Gilstrap, took the additional name of Gilstrap. This allowed him to become the head of the firm Gilstrap and Earp; the malting business of Sir William Gilstrap. John MacRae-Gilstrap was connected to the Eileen Donan Castle as he and Farquhar MacRae rebuilt the castle between 1912 and 1932. This is the only Gilstrap connection to Eileen Donan Castle.

This information is included to show the Gilstrap connection to England, however no direct connection to the American Gilstrap's has been made.

















Marriage Notes for William Gelsthorpe and Elizabeth Stevens:
On 24-1-1774, William Gilstrap married Elizabeth Stevens at that church, where the family are entered. William would seem to have come to Newark from elsewhere, and nothing is known of his activities in the town. He was buried at the Parish Church on 4-9-1791, and his widow Elizabeth was aged 88 when she died on 9-11-1820.

All information on William Gilstrap [Gelsthorpe], and his descendants came from an article written by G. Hemingway in 1982 titled, The Gilstraps Of Newark. Also from a newspaper article titled, Newark: Aspects Of The Past, in 1994. Information received from Tim Warner, Newark Public Library.

     
Children of William Gelsthorpe and Elizabeth Stevens are:
  i.   WILLIAM [GILSTRAP]2 GELSTHORPE, b. February 28, 1775, Newark, Nottingham, England; d. Unknown.
2. ii.   JOHN [GILSTRAP] GELSTHORPE, b. February 01, 1777, Newark, Nottingham, England; d. Unknown.
  iii.   ANN [GILSTRAP] [GELSTROP] GELSTHORPE, b. February 10, 1779, Newark, Nottingham, England; d. Unknown.
  iv.   MARY "ELIZABETH" [GILSTRAP] GELSTHORPE, b. September 22, 1782, Newark, Nottingham, England; d. Unknown.
3. v.   JOSEPH [GILSTRAP] GELSTHORPE, b. August 14, 1785, Newark, Nottingham, England; d. March 15, 1869, Northgate, England.

The information on these pages has been reproduced from Ron Gilstrap's
Gilstrap Genealogy Home Page,
October 20th, 1999 with permission.
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