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Three-hundred or more Guepin, Guespin names of France or Guepin family who fled from Dieppe, Normandy, France to Zeeland and Amsterdam, Holland, and others fleeing to London, England, being naturalized there in 1687, attending the French Huguenot Church in London, England. Gapin and Gapen names of London, England and Dorchester, Dorset, England and surrounding areas in England. The record of Bernard Capen b. 1562 in Dorchester, Dorset, England and his descendants in America, being originally identified as Bernard Gapin in early New England records; William Gapin born 1604 and son Thomas of Surry Co., Virginia, tobacco planter of early Tidewater Plantations by the James river. Stephen Gapin or Gapen Family of Philadelphia, Pa., residing there circa 1743-1748 who attended Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pa., and Holy Trinity (Old Swedes Church) of Newcastle, now Wilmington, Delaware. Includes other relatives (Pierson, Marchand-Mershon, Everett) near Trenton and Princeton, N.J. Benjamin Titus born 1759 of Hopewell, N.J., and his Revolutionary War story; Stephen Minor family of Cranbury, N.J., Col. John Minor of Washington and Greene Counties, Pa., and other possible relatives in Orange Co., N.C., and Charleston, S.C.; current name Gapin or Gappin, probably descended from John Gapin b. February 3, 1745 in Philadelphia, Pa., John Gapin being in Orange Co., N.C., in 1773. A History of Zachariah Gapen born August 10, 1733 and Ruth Tindall born September 8, 1740 of Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania and his descendants which include over 2100 relatives to the present.
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