Jacob Lippincott (1660 - 1690)

Born 11 May 1660 in Stonehouse, Devon, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Woolley) Woodnut — married 1680 (to 6 Dec 1689) in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

Died 16 Feb 1690 at age 29 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey

Biography

Jacob was a Friend (Quaker)

Religion: Society of Friends (Quaker)

May 11, 1660 -- Jacob Lippincott ^[1] was born at ^[1] Stonehouse, Devonshire, England.

Jacob Lippincott could not have been born at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of New Jersey since his family was in England in 1660 & did not re-emigrate until 1665.

Jacob Lippincott's father was Richard Lippincott who was born on July 15, 1613 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England, and died on November 25, 1683 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey). Richard Lippincott is the progenitor of all those claiming Lippincott ancestry in the United States. Circa 1639/1640 Richard Lippincott emigrated from Devonshire, England to ?? ^[1]

Jacob Lippincott's mother was Abigail Goody Lippincott was born in 1621 at Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England, died on June 2, 1697 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey). On May 10, 1640 Richard Lippincott and Abigail Goody married at ?? ^[1]

Since there was no Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey in 1640, they could not have married there As claimed by ^[1]

In England Richard Lippincott followed the Society of Friends and was jailed for religious dissent. It was about this time that Jacob was born.

1665 -- Richard Lippincott and family emigrated from Plymouth, Devonshire, England to Rhode Island.

Richard Lippincott and family joined other English colonists in New Jersey. Jacob's family resided on Passequeneiqua Creek, a branch of the South Shrewsbury River, about a mile and a half from the town of Shrewsbury, in what was to become Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey).

Richard and Abigail Goody Lippincott had eight children: one daughter (Abigail) and seven sons (Remembrance, John, Restore, Freedom, Increase, Jacob, and Preserved). ^[1]

1. REMEMBRANCE2 LIPPINCOTT, born on September 19, 1641 at Dorchester Massachusetts Bay Colony. Died on April 11, 1722 at Shrewsbury, Momouth County, New Jersey. Married MARGARET BARBER, 1670.
2. JOHN LIPPINCOTT, b. November 6, 1644, Boston, Massachusetts; d. April 16, 1720, Shrewsbury, Momouth co, N.J.; m. (1) JENNETT (MILL) AUSTIN; m. (2) ANN BARBER, 1670.
3. Abigail LIppincott. born on January 17, 1645/46; died on March 9, 1646/47.
4. RESTORE LIPPINCOTT, b. July 03, 1653, Plymouth, England; d. July 20, 1741, Near Mount Holly Burlington Co N.J..
5. FREEDOM LIPPINCOTT, b. September 01, 1655, Plymouth, England; d. 1697, Burlington county New Jersey.
6. INCREASE LIPPINCOTT, b. December 5, 1657, Stonehouse, England; d. November 29, 1695, Christ Churchyard, Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
7. JACOB LIPPINCOTT, b. May 11, 1660; d. December 6, 1689.
8. Preserved Lippincott, born on February 25, 1662/1663 (1663).

^[1]

Since Grace Woolley was born in 1666 it is not possible that she married Lippincott Circa 1660 as claimed by ^[1].

Circa 1680 -- Jacob Lippincott and Grace Woolley married at probably Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, Province of East Jersey (now New Jersey).

Jacob and Grace Woolley Lippincott had three children

1. Jacob Lippincott – b. July 18,1686 - d. june 9, 1687 (Infant)
2. Ruth Lippincott – b. Sept. 27, 1688 d. Dec. 21, 1689 in Shrews
3. Job Lippincott – b. unknown - d. July 7, 1687 in Shrews - spouse: Hannah Jenkins.

^[2]

16 February 1690 -- Jacob Lippincott died at age 29. ^[1] This date is by the modern Gregorian Calendar. The Shrewsbury MM records indicate he died on 6th day of the 12th month 1689. The 12th month under the Julian Calendar is February. Add 10 days that makes his date of death as 16 Feb. By the Gregorian Calendar the year begins on Jan 1. By the Julian Calendar the year begins on March 25. Hence he died in 1690 by the Gregorian Calendar.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Judith M. Olsen. Lippincott Generations of the Descendants of Richard & Abigail Lippincott. Gloucester County Historical Society: Woodbury, New Jersey. 1982. Repository R1. Available at homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ahopkins/lippincott/english.htm
2. ↑ Historical & Genealogical Miscellany. Volume 1. Page ??
3. ↑ Shrewsbury, NJ MM Records of Marriages, 1674-1853, Births 1641-1869 Deaths 1666-1876, p. 152, Image 78.
4. ↑ The Julian Calendar.

• John Edwin Stillwell. Historical & Genealogical Miscellany, Data Relating to the Settlement & Settlers of New York & New Jersey. 1914. Volume 1. Page 53 (BRI HIS 010). New York, New York: 1903. Available for download from http://www.archive.org. and at books.google.com

• Grace Woolley Lippincott [1666 - ??]. Find A Grave. Accessed on March 9, 2017 at 3:00 AM. Available at Find A Grave: Memorial #101843312

Acknowledgments

Thank you to William Graham for creating WikiTree profile Lippincott-190 through the import of WLGraham.ged on May 24, 2013.

WikiTree profile Lippincott-40 created through the import of Cogan Moore Stiles Wiley_2011-07-09.ged on July 9, 2011 by Eileen Cogan.