George
Clinton
Ripley
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Ripley
and Betsey (Adams) Ripley
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Hannah Bass Penniman
— married
24 Nov 1841 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
George Hurlbut Ripley
Died
at age 83
in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
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Biography
George Clinton Ripley, son of Thomas and Betsey, was born in Oakham 17 April 1812. Thomas’ father, Jepthah and his second wife, Mary/Marcy, also had a son George Leonard Ripley born a few weeks later in Oakham 1 June 1812. This is noted because the births of two men named George Ripley in Oakham in 1812 has caused some confusion and errors on the part of genealogical researchers. However, facts show that George L. Ripley, son of Jephthah and Mary/Marcy, lived many years in Oakham at the same time that George C. Ripley lived in New York. Also, George L. Ripley died in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts 18 March 1897.
George Clinton Ripley as a young man worked in the dry goods business. Around, 1860, he joined the Home Life Insurance and worked his way up to become the president of the company. In 1890, at 78, he resigned from this position. George C. Ripley died at his home at 164 Hicks Street in Brooklyn, New York on October 24, 1895.
-source: Obituary of George Clinton Ripley, "New York Times," October 25, 1895
Massachusetts Vital Records for birth of George C Ripley
- Adin Ballou, History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, p. 959.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 May 2020), memorial page for George Clinton Ripley (17 Apr 1812–24 Oct 1895), Find a Grave Memorial no. 58231547, citing Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA ; Maintained by Athanatos (contributor 46907585) .
- Marriage of Hannah Bass Penniman and George Clinton Ripley:
Marriage ID: 2220304212 On microfilm at Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly), 1932, selected extracts Publisher: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
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George Clinton Ripley’s Probate Record names his wife, Hannah B. Ripley; his daughter, Sarah L. (Ripley) Clapp; and his son, George H. Ripley of Burlingame, San Mateo, California. These dependents were listed consistently in the United States and New York Census enumerations of Brooklyn, New York for the household of George Clinton Ripley. In addition, a witness to the will of George Clinton Ripley was his probable maternal relative, Joseph P. Holbrook. His lineage, as well as George Clinton Ripley’s employment at Holbrook & Nelson of New York, founded by his distant relative, Lowell Holbrook, bolsters the evidence of George Clinton Ripley’s maternal line.