Susannah (Greenleaf) Ripley (1772 - 1812)

Born 22 Dec 1772 in Lancaster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Died 5 Nov 1812 at age 39 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

Susannah Greenleaf, the daughter of David Greenleaf and Mary Johnson, was born on December 22, 1772. There is record of baptism for her from Lancaster, Massachusetts, so she may have been born there. However, that record is dated January 5, 1772, which was before she was reportedly born.^[1][2][3]

She married Maj. John Ripley, of New York.^[1][2][4] Children:

1. John Ripley, born about 1792; married Diana Westfall; died January 22, 1860.^[5]
2. Eliza Ripley, born March 17, 1792; married, March 31, 1813, Frederick Augustus Tracy; died November 2, 1856.^[4][6]
3. Eunice Ripley, born 1810; married, May 14, 1834, John Gill Nelson; died September 27, 1882.^[4][7]
4. ...and probably others born earlier?

Maj. John Ripley died in New York City on October 8, 1812, aged "47 yrs."^[8]

Susannah (Greenleaf) Ripley died at John Street in Manhattan, New York, on November 5, 1812, at the age of 39.^[1][2][9] She was buried at Saint Paul's Chapel and Churchyard in New York City.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Greenleaf, James Edward. Genealogy of the Greenleaf Family (F. Wood, Boston, 1896 Ed.). Pages 288-289. Citing: "Children of David Greenleaf and Mary Johnson: VI. Susannah, b. Dec. 22, 1772, baptized in Lancaster, Mass., Jan. 5, 1772 (?), m. Maj. John Ripley of New York, and d. Nov. 5, 1812, in New York."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Boardman, William Francis. The Ancestry of Jane Maria Greenleaf (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Conn., 1906). Pages 50-51. Citing: "Children of David and Mary Greenleaf: VI. Susannah, b. Dec. 22, 1772, in Lancaster, Mass., m. Maj. John Ripley of New York, and d. Nov. 5, 1812."
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZK5-J8L : 10 February 2018), Susanna Greenleaf, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} White, Erskine Norman. Norman White - His Ancestors And His Descendants (New York, 1905). Page 117. Citing: "...Eunice Ripley, a daughter of John Ripley and Susanna Greenleaf..."
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 08 June 2020), memorial page for John Ripley (1792–22 Jan 1860), Find A Grave: Memorial #112390775, citing Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Paul R (contributor 47317162).
6. ↑ Tracy, Evert Evertsen. Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn., 1660 (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1898). Pages 106-107. Citing: "443. Frederick Augustus [Tracy]."
7. ↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7G5-JX2 : 31 March 2016), John G. Nelson and Eunice Ripley, 1834.
8. ↑ New York Evening Post: Death Notices, 1801–1890. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org($), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015), (Unpublished typescript transcriptions of original notices by Gertrude A. Barber, R. Stanton Avery Collection, NEHGS, Boston, MA. "Death Notices copied from the New York Evening Post, vols. 1-54," 1933–1947). Vol. 2, Page 45. Citing: "Death, John, Major RIPLEY, 47 yrs., This morning, 10/8/1812, 13 John St., New York, New York, New York, United States."
9. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F69N-5T1 : 2 June 2020), Susanna Ripley, 5 Nov 1812; citing Death, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 447,544.

See also:

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 9 October 2019), memorial page for Susanna Greenleaf Ripley (22 Dec 1772–5 Nov 1812), Find A Grave: Memorial #12626979, citing Saint Paul's Chapel and Churchyard, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA ; Maintained by Dan Silva (contributor 46781334). Note: No Gravestone Photo.