Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Ripley was born on 25 January 1667, in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Abraham Ripley Sr., was 11664 and his mother, Mary Farnsworth, was 29. He married Sarah Jenkins in 1700, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 3 July 1737, in Edgartown, Dukes, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 70.
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- Joseph Ripley, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
- Joseph Ripley, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ripley (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire). The Hampshire and Surrey placenames derive from Old English ripel, rippel ‘strip of land’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English ripel, rippel or the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah.
History: William Ripley (died 1656) came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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