Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Tripp was born about 1745, in New York, United States, her father, Nathaniel Tripp, was 35 and her mother, Alice Mott, was 33. She died after 1814.
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English trip(pe) (n) ‘(to) dance; stumble’ (Old French tripe(r)), either an occupational name for a dancer, or a nickname for someone who had difficulty walking.
English: metonymic occupational name from Middle English trip(e) ‘tripe’ (Old French tripe).
German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of wooden pattens (trippe), a type of raised sole that could be strapped to normal footwear for walking in unpaved muddy streets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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