David Ribble (bef. 1804 - aft. 1840)

Born before 1804 in Knowlton, Sussex, New Jersey, USA

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Died after 1840 after age 36 in Canada

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Biography

David came to Canada with his parents before the War of 1812. On an 1824 land petition he reported that he was "a native of the United States from whence he removed with his parents into the Township of Trafalgar about thirteen years ago."^[1] The fact that he was petitioning for land in 1824 suggests that he was twenty-one years old by that time, but probably not much older or he could have applied for land with his brothers Anthony and John in 1819. His petition was approved^[2] and the 1828 Trafalgar Assessment lists David with a wife and one daughter under sixteen, living on Lot 18, Concession 2 SDS.^[3] There is no certain record of his daughter's name, but the Charlotte Ribble who marries Joseph Burrows in 1840^[4] was born in 1824 and does not seem to fit in the family of any other Trafalgar Ribble sibling.

Sources

1. ↑ Library and Archives Canada, Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865), Mikan Number: 205131, Microform: c-2744, pp. 813-815.
2. ↑ Upper Canada Land Books : C-104, pg. 101.
3. ↑ 1828 Trafalgar Tax Assessment, retrieved by Michelle Knoll, January 16, 2017.
4. ↑ Ontario Marriage Notices, 1830-1856, Thomas B. Wilson, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ (1982).

• Cited as father of David L Ribble in The Library of Michigan; Michigan Death Records Project; Rolls: 1-302; Archive Barcode/Item Number: 30000008530937; Roll Number: 65; Certificate Number: 4377.