Sarah (Larrabee) Tripp (1767 - 1825)

Born 1767 in Wells, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin Tripp — married after 14 Sep 1793 in Wells, York, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

Died 27 Jun 1825 at about age 58 in Prospect, Maine

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Biography

1768 _ Jany 18 Baptized Jeremiah, child of Samuel Emmons. " " Joseph, " [child of] Jereh & Joanna Burk. " " Sarah, " [child of] Jesse Larrabee . .... The Maine Genealogist May 2020 Volume 42, Number 2

Intentions of Marriage: 1793 Sept 14 Benjamin Tripe of Waterborough and Sarah Larrabee of Wells Vital Records of Wells Maine page 113 by Piction Press.

Noted: Benjamin Tripp and wife Sarah lived on Lot No. 11, next to her first cousin, Stephen Larrabee, at Prospect later Searsport. The Tripp Family Bible was passed onto the Stephen Larrabee Family.

Larrabee......Children of Jesse and Lydia:

1. Sarah, b. in 1767 . ... Saco Valley Families...

Note : "Sarah [Larrabee-Tripp] wife of Benj Tripp; died 27 June 1825 Aged 57" ... Tripp Family Bible; Family Record; Deaths

Tripp Family Lot; Swanville, Maine. [Cemetery Record: Approximate date of birth 1768]

Benjamin Tripp's, Prospect Lot adjoined that of wife's [Sarah Larrabee-765] first cousin's, [Stephen Larrabee-752] home lot at Mount Ephraim, Prospect, Maine. 1850 Bufford Map of Searsport. Image 1

Noted: See 14 Sept 1793, Marriage Int. Benjamin Tripe [Tripp] of Waterborough and Sarah Larrabee of Wells [VR Wells, page 133, Piction Press]

Cousin Bait : I am almost certain this is the correct attachment, but documentation is lacking. Anyone have the date of marriage, date of birth, or other information?

Sarah's mother is a Wakefield, Benjamin's mother is a Wakefield [sister to Sarah's mother.

Sarah's brother, Jesse Jr. married a Mrs. Elizabeth Wakefield.

Benjamin Tripp [and wife Sarah Larrabee] removed to Prospect, Maine about 1803.

Sarah's first cousin, Stephen Larrabee [son of Joel Larrabee]

In 1804, Stephen Larrabee [Jr.], of Wells, bought land at Goose Pond Plantation [Swanville] from Ichabod and Dorite? Spencer. Stephen Larrabee resided in Prospect at the Prospect/Swanville town line.

Sources

Saco Valley settlements and families : historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary by Ridlon, G. T. (Gideon Tibbetts), 1841- Published 1895 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028809619

"Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9FQ-39J1-S?cc=2242151&wc=3ZQB-YWL%3A1581450401 : 16 April 2015), > image 3014 of 3258; Maine State Library, Augusta.

http://www.searsport.maine.gov/index.asp?SEC=D2B29C2E-52A2-4EAB-9C59-4A9FA533C8D8&DE=EB8D10BD-1C63-48EB-9363-6F9B2425F912&Type=B_BASIC