William Ripley (bef. 1588 - 1656)

Born before 14 Jul 1588 in Wramplingham, Norfolk, England

Husband of Unknown (Unknown) Ripley — married about 1615 in Norfolk, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Dwight — married 29 Sep 1654 (to 11 Jul 1656) in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1656 after age 67 in Hingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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William Ripley migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 284) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth

William Rippley, the son of William Rippley and Sicely (Row/Reve) Rippley, was baptized at Wramplingham, Norfolk, England on July 14, 1588.^[1][2]

Move from Wramplingham to Wymondom

William's father, and no doubt his wife and younger children, including William, moved from Wramplingham to Wymondham, about 4 miles south, sometime between 1597 and 1615.^[3]

First Marriage and Children

The name of William's first wife is unknown^[4][5] and their date and place of marriage are uncertain. Her name does not appear on the Wymondham, England baptismal records of her children, and no record from Hingham, Massachusetts has been found that provides her name.^[5] Based on the date of baptism of their first known child (September 1616), they were probably married about 1615. Since William's family was living in Wymondham at the time and his children were baptized there, they were probably married in or near Wymondham. The inability to find a record of their marriage may be due to the fact that there are no Wymondham parish marriage records prior to 1616,^[6] probably due to the Great Wymondham Fire of 1615.^[7]

William and his first wife had the following children, all of whom were baptized in Wymondham:

1. Mary, bpt. September 6, 1616,^[8] no further record
2. daughter, bpt. February 7, 1618/9.^[9] Probably Phebe Ripley, per the discussion in her profile.
3. John, bpt. January 1, 1621/22,^[10] m. about 1654 Elizabeth Hobart,^[4][5][11] d. February 3, 1683/4^[5]
4. Abraham, bpt. May 9, 1624,^[12] m. by, say, 1659 Mary Farnsworth,^[13][5][11] d. October 11, 1683^[5]
5. Sarah, bpt. October 28, 1627,^[14] m. November 18, 1652 Jeremiah Beal at Boston, Massachusetts^[15][5][11]
6. Rebecka, bpt. June 24, 1630,^[16] probably the "childe of William Ripley" bur. September 29, 1635 at Wymondham^[17]

There is no reasonable basis for believing that Elizabeth (Ripley) Golding or Richard Ripley, both supposedly born in Lincolnshire and emigrated to Virginia, were William's children.

Move from Wymondham to Hingham, Norfolk?

Daniel Cushing's record (discussed below) states that William was living in "Old Hingham" before emigrating to New England. It is possible that William and his family moved from Wymondham to Hingham, Norfolk sometime between 1630 (when his last child was baptized in Wymondham) and 1638 (when he emigrated). No record has been found that establishes that William made such a move, but it should be noted that there is evidence that his brother-in-law John Beal did move from Wymondham to Hingham sometime in 1631 to 1636,^[18] so it is entirely plausible that William and his family did as well.

Implausible Theory of Yorkshire/Lincolnshire Origins

There is a website that claims that William was born in Ripon, Yorkshire and was not from Norfolk, but instead lived in Moulton, Lincolnshire and had children there before emigrating to New England in 1640. These claims, however, are inconsistent with the record of William's baptism in Wramplingham, the baptismal records of his children in Wymondham, Daniel Cushing's record of his emigration to New England in 1638, and common sense.

Immigration to New England

Daniel Cushing, resident and town clerk of Hingham, Massachusetts, made a record of the dates of immigration, names, and places of origin of all persons who came from Norfolk, England and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts in 1633-1639. Cushing created the record about forty years after the settlers immigrated. The list is generally in chronological order by date of immigration. After the end of a list entries of persons who immigrated in 1638, he wrote that all of the persons above who came over in 1638 came in the ship Diligent of Ipswich, John Martin, master. Following that entry are the entries for 6 families who immigrated at various dates from 1635-1639, which probably represent additional people that Cushing remembered after creating his original list. This latter list of 6 persons includes the following entry for William and his family:

1638. William Riply and his wife and 2 sons and two daughters came from Old Hingham, and settled in New Hingham.^[19][20]

Cushing apparently realized that placement of the entry for William's family suggested that his family did not immigrate aboard the Diligent and therefore also inserted the following interlineation between the entry for Bozone Allen's family and Mathew Hawk's family so it would be clear that William's family were among those who came on the Diligent:

Also William Riply and wife and 4 children.^[19][20]

Charles Banks in Planters of the Commonwealth presents a list of passengers on the Diligent of Ipswich, which includes the following entry for William's family:

William Ripley of Wymondham, Norfolk

Mrs. ....Ripley

Mary Ripley

John Ripley

Abraham Ripley

Sarah Ripley^[21]

The only source cited by Banks for his list is Cushing's record. However, Banks clearly supplemented Cushing's record with information from the Wymondham parish registers and Hingham, Massachusetts records to change their place of origin (perhaps incorrectly) from Old Hingham to Wymondham and to add the names of William's children. There is no original passenger list that contains that information. Banks' assertion that daughter Mary was among the children who accompanied William aboard the Diligent appears to have been just an assumption, based her being the only daughter besides Sarah whose name he found in the Wymondham baptismal records. As discussed in the profile for Phebe Ripley, however, the evidence suggests that the other daughter besides Sarah who immigrated with William aboard the Diligent was probably Phebe, not Mary.

According to Savage, the Diligent left Gravesend on April 26, 1638 and arrived at Boston on August 10, 1638,^[22] while according to Banks, the Diligent left Ipswich in June 1638 (perhaps after coming up from Gravesend?) and arrived at Boston on August 10, 1638.^[23]

Public Life in Hingham

William became a Freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony on May 18, 1642.^[24][11] William was a weaver.^[5] He resided on Main Street by the "training field" in Hingham Centre.^[5]

Death of First Wife; Second Marriage

The date of death of William's first wife is unknown.^[5] She died sometime between 1638 (when she immigrated with him to New England) and September 1654 (when he married his second wife).

William married, second, "the widow Thaxter" on September 29, 1654 in Hingham, Massachusetts.^[25][26] According to Savage, she was Elizabeth Thaxter, the widow of Thomas Thaxter.^[11] According to both Savage^[11] and History of Hingham,^[5] she survived William and married John Dwight of Dedham on January 20, 1657/8, although curiously she is not mentioned in William's will.

Will; Death; Estate

William made his will on June 30, 1656. In his will, he made bequests to "my eldest sonne Jno Repley" and "my sonn Abraham Riplye". The will does not mention any wife, daughters, grandchildren or other relatives besides sons John and Abraham. The will makes reference to land William purchased of many people, as well as land situated adjacent to various people, including: (land bought of:) Jno. ffoulsham, Thomas Thackster, Stephen Payne, Jno Prince, Jonas Austen, Thomas Underwood; (land adjacent to:) Jno Tucker, north; Jeremy Beales eastword; Thomas Lincorne, west; Nathaniel Beales east; Samuell Ward, eastward; Jno Lasell east; Jno Otis, west; ffrancis James, south; Robert Joanes, north; Cornelius Cantleburry, north west; Mathew Cushen, north; Jno Beales, south; Michaell Pearse, east. Sons John and Abraham were named executors. The will was witnessed Mathew Cushin and John Thaxter.^[27][28]

William died and was buried at Hingham, Massachusetts on July 11, 1656.^[29] The compilation of "Boston Records" published in the NEHGR in 1859 states that William Reply died in Hingham on July 20, 1656 (the record states the date as 20 : 5 : 56). However, that appears to be incorrect; that date was instead the date the inventory of his estate was taken.^[30]

The inventory of the houses, lands, good and chattels of William Riplye of Hingham was taken on July 20, 1656 by Joshua Hubberd and Mathew Hawke and totalled £332.^[31][28]

William's will was proved on January 24, 1656/7,^[27][28] and the inventory of his estate was sworn to by his son Jno Repley on January 29, 1656/7.^[31][28]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J92W-WG8 : 12 February 2018, Willm Rippley, ); citing item 42 p 8, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,471,296.
2. ↑ William son of William Rippley baptized 14 July 1588. St Peter and St Paul Church. Wramplingham, Norfolk England. https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5a8c54fbf493fd020b777677/william-rippley-baptism-norfolk-wramplingham-1588-07-14?locale=en
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} See the profile for his father, William Rippley.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages to 1700. Volume 2. 2015. p 1279. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
5. ↑ ^{5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11} History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893) Vol III, pp.131-132. Link to pages at hathitrust.org.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-69Z7-J8Y?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-XXT%3A30451101%2C29373001%2C30752901 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Marriages > 1615-1713 > image 1 of 58; Record Office, Norwich.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} "Wymondham," wikipedia.org
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69H8-HV?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 4 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69H6-JJ?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 11 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69HD-K1?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 19 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6} Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. In Four Volumes. Vol. III. 1861. p 543. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69HX-JD?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 24 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages to 1700. Volume 2. 2015. p 1278. Link to page at americanancestors.org.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69H8-6R?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 30 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "The Hobart Journal." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 121 (1967). p 25. Link to page at americanancestors.org ($).
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-69HK-R7?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-X44%3A30451101%2C29359202%2C30513401 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms > 1615-1685 > image 37 of 112; Record Office, Norwich.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D499-STZ?cc=1416598&wc=4JJX-XDT%3A30451101%2C29358102%2C30663701 : 25 June 2014), Wymondham > Baptisms, Marriages, Burials > 1615-1706 > image 31 of 88; Record Office, Norwich.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} See the profile for John Beal.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2} Lincoln, Solomon. An Address Delivered Before the Citizens of the Town of Hingham on the Twenty-Eighth of September, 1836, Being the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town. Jedidiah Farmer, Hingham, 1835. p 45. Link to page at archive.org.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1 20.2} "Daniel Cushing's Record." New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 15 (1861. p 27. Link to page at americanancestors.org ($).
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1} Banks, Charles Edward. Planters of the Commonwealth. 1930. p 194.Link to page at ancestry.com ($).
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. In Four Volumes. Vol. I. 1861. p. 490. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1} Banks, Charles Edward. The Planters of the Commonwealth. 1930. p 191. Link to page at ancestry.com ($).
24. ↑ ^{24.0 24.1} Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England. Vol. II. 1649-1649. 1853. p. 291. Link to page at hathitrust.org.
25. ↑ ^{25.0 25.1} "The Hobart Journal." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 121 (1967). p 104. Link to page at americanancestors.org ($).
26. ↑ ^{26.0 26.1} Ward, Andrew H. "First Settlers of Hingham". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 2 (1848). p. 252. ("William Ripley and Wid. Thaxter Sept 1654"). Link to page at archive.org.
27. ↑ ^{27.0 27.1 27.2} Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol 1, pp 285-287 (pp 297-300 in transcribed volume). Link to full text of will at familysearch.org
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4} Buckmaster, Thomas. "Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on Record in the County of Suffolk." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Volume VI. pp 354-355. Link to pages at archive.org.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1} "The Hobart Journal." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol 121 (1967). p 106. Link to page at americanancestors.org ($).
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1} "Boston Records". The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Vol. 13 (1859). p. 215. Link to page at americanancestors.org ($).
31. ↑ ^{31.0 31.1 31.2} Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol 3, p 64 (pp 101-102 in transcribed volume). Link to full text of inventory at familysearch.org

See also:

• Chase, Barbara Stone. Stone-Gregg genealogy : the ancestors and descendants of Galen Luther Stone and his wife Carrie Morton Gregg. Baltimore : Gateway Press, 1987. pp 65, 67. Link to page at archive.org
• Jacobus, Donald Lines The Granberry Family and Allied Families (Hartford 1945), pp 304-5 Link to pages at hathitrust.org
• Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1640, A Concise Compendium. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. p. 284, entry for Ripley, William.
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Vol. 2, Page 612
• Ripley, H. W. Genealogy of a part of the Ripley Family (Ripley, Newark, N.J., 1867) Page 5