Eliza (Ripley) Tracy (1792 - 1856)

Ancestors

Died 2 Nov 1856 at age 64 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

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Biography

Eliza Ripley, the daughter of John Ripley and Susannah Greenleaf, was born March 17, 1792.^[1][2][3]

She was a descendant of the Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham, Massachusetts, through his daughter Elizabeth, born in England, who married John Ripley, the first, of Hingham, son of William Ripley of Hingham, who came from England in June, 1635.^[1][2]

She married businessman Frederick Augustus Tracy on March 31, 1813. They settled in New York City.^[1][2][3]

Frederick died in New York City on January 14, 1843.^[1][2]

Eliza Tracy died in New York City on November 2, 1856.^[1][2] According to her Find A Grave: Memorial #58268788, she is buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York, but it appears that there may be no gravestone extant.

Children

Children of Frederick and Eliza (Ripley) Tracy, born in New York:^[1][2]

1. Frederick Tracy, born October 21, 1814; married, March 30, 1837, Maria Frances Wilson.^[2]
2. Susan Ripley Tracy, born September 23, 1816; married William S. Wilson of New York.^[2]
3. Sophia Dennie Tracy, born November 16, 1818; died March 5, 1830.^[2]
4. John Ripley Tracy, born August 17, 1820; married Charlotte Gray.^[2]
5. Eliza Ripley Tracy, born September 25, 1822; married Francis Brown of New York.^[2]
6. Anne Hinckley Tracy, born September 21, 1824; died unmarried, August 25, 1850, at Norwich, Connecticut.^[2]
7. Charles Augustus Tracy, born May 15, 1826.^[2]
8. Mary Greenleafe Tracy, born March 14, 1829; was living at New York in 1857, unmarried.^[2]
9. Margaret Sophia Tracy, born March 2, 1831; was living at New York in 1857, unmarried.^[2]
10. Edward Franklin Tracy, born March 31, 1833; merchant living in New York in 1857, unmarried.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Tracy, Evert Evertsen. Tracy Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Lieutenant Thomas Tracy of Norwich, Conn., 1660 (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, 1898). Pages 106-107. Citing: "443. Frederick Augustus [Tracy]."
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15} Walworth, Reuben Hyde. Hyde Genealogy, or The descendants, in the Female as well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde, of Norwich (J. Munsell, Albany, 1864) Vol. 1, Page 475. Citing: "VI. Frederick Augustus Tracy (1266)."
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} White, Erskine Norman. Norman White - His Ancestors And His Descendants (New York, 1905). Page 117.

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58268788/eliza-tracy: accessed 22 November 2022), memorial page for Eliza Ripley Tracy (17 Mar 1792–2 Nov 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #58268788, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, USA; Maintained by Searching Days Gone By † ღ©1990-2022 (contributor 47144938). Note: No Gravestone Photo.