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John Tripp Jr. (1611 - 1678)

John Tripp Jr.
Born in Horkstow, Lincolnshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1639 (to 28 Oct 1678) in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 67 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Englandmap
Profile last modified | Created 6 Aug 2010
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The Puritan Great Migration.
John Tripp Jr. migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 341)
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Biography

John Tripp lived in Portsmouth for 39 years and was one of the town’s founders. His name occurs in the list of freemen of Portsmouth drawn up in 1655. He was a ship carpenter but like most workmen of his day he probably supported his family primarily as a farmer. John held various offices in the town and was for many years a member of the town council. He was deputy for Portsmouth in the General Court (legislature) thirteen times between 1648 and 1675 and in 1656 he served for Providence. He was chosen assistant in 1670, 1673, 1674 and 1675.[1]

John appears to have owned considerable land. At some time he bought a tract of land in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony from John Alden. On 8 September 1665, he deeded one-fourth of this tract to his son Peleg and on 3 May 1671, one-fourth to his son Joseph.[1]

John Tripp may have been a Quaker:

“In 1675 William Harris wrote a letter to English officials saying "The Governor of Rhode Island, Coddington, their Deputy, Easton, Assistants, Bull, Gould, Clark, Coggeshall, Trip . . . some of them called Quakers, some Called Generalles." Being a Quaker in Rhode Island would not be a surprise, because in 1690 close to half of the population belonged to the Society of Friends.”[2]

Origins

The Relation of John the Founder allowed for the discovery and subsequent publishing of the English ancestry of this Tripp family.[3] In this document, John Tripp himself gives details of his family and immigration to New England. This research corrects and supersedes much incorrect speculation from the past.[4]

Birth

John Tripp, son of John Tripp and Isabel Moses, was baptized 8 September 1611 at Horkstow Parish, Horkstow, Lincolnshire.[3][4] He was the oldest of 12 children of John Tripp and Isabel Moses.[5][6][7]

John Tripp was not born in Northumberland County, England, as many researchers have previously accepted. Nor was he born in Skirback, Lincoln, England.[8]

Emigration

Prior to emigration, John Tripp had a 7-year apprenticeship as ship carpenter in Thoresby, Lincolnshire under John Baats (Bates?). He then (c. 1634) "bound" himself to Frances East for four years at 4 pounds/year. After 1.5 years (c. 1635/6), East sold the contract to Robert Jafra "then living in Boston". The records do not make it clear whether John emigrated at the commencement of the contract with East (c.1634), or at the time his contract was sold to Jafra of Boston (c.1636).[3]

According to records found in the “Tripp House” in Scranton, PA, built in 1778, John Tripp emigrated to New England 10 June 1635 on the ‘’Truelove”. The passenger list does include a “Trippatt, Jo”. However, his age is 17 and John Tripp would have been 23.[9]

John Tripp is believed by some to have emigrated in the same ship as William Hall, or Haule, in 1635. The year agrees with the immigration date of 1635 cited by Dr. Carolyn Syron Valentine in Trip Wills, Deeds and Ways, 1932. Tripp and Hall are both listed in the town records of Portsmouth, and two of William Hall’s children married John Tripp’s children.

Children of John Tripp and Mary Paine

John Tripp married about 1639 Mary Paine, probably in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.[10] She was the daughter of Anthony Paine and Rose Potter. John Tripp and Mary Paine had the following children: [1]

  1. John was born 1640, and died 20 November 1719. He married Susanna Anthony 7 September 1665, daughter of John Anthony and Frances. She died after 1716.
  2. Peleg was born about 1642 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island and died 13 January 1713/14. He married Anne Sisson. She died after 1713.
  3. Joseph was born 1644, and died 27 November 1718 in Dartmouth, MA. He married Mehitable Fish 6 August 1667, daughter of Thomas Fish and Mary Soule. She was born 1650 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and died unknown.
  4. Maryabeth was born 1646, and died after 1716. She married Gershom Wodell, son of Willim Wodell and Mary. He was born 14 July 1642, and died unknown. She married Jonanthan Gatchell 5 March 1682/83. He died unknown.
  5. Elizabeth was born 1648 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1701 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. She married Zuriel Hall, son of William Hall and Mary Thomas. He was born 13 July 1642, and died 5 September 1691 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.
  6. Alice was born 1650, and died unknown. She married William Hall 26 January 1670/71, son of William Hall and Mary Thomas. He was born 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1698.
  7. Isabel Tripp was born 1651, and died before 1716. She married Samson Shearman (Sherman) 4 March 1674/75. He was born 1642, and died 27 June 1718.
  8. Abiel was born 1653, and died 10 September 1684. He married Deliverance Hall 30 January 1678/79, daughter of William Hall and Mary Thomas. She was born 1655 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 1721.
  9. James was born 1656, and died 30 May 1730 in Dartmouth, MA. He married Lydia. She died unknown. He married Mercy Lawton 1 January 1681/82, daughter of George Lawton. She died before 1685. He married Elizabeth Cudworth 12 August 1720. She died after 1729.
  10. Martha was born 1658, and died after 1717. She married Samuel Shearman (Sherman). He was born 1648, and died 9 October 1717.

Note: Sylvanus Tripp of Maine (b abt 1662, and who may also have been of Lincolnshire) was not one of John’s children.

Life in New England

Shortly after arrival in Boston, John’s apprenticeship to Jafra was sold when Jafra and his "sickly" wife departed Boston due to persecution of "some to the offending of others". According to his own testimony, John went to Rhode Island with him and his wife.[3]

John Tripp may have travelled from Boston to Portsmouth, Rhode Island on a boat with William Hall. Of interest is two of William Hall’s children married John Tripp’s children — William Hall [Jr] married Alice Tripp, Deliverance Hall married Abiel Tripp.

Portsmouth Compact

The Portsmouth Compact is a document signed on 7 March 1638 that established the settlement of Portsmouth, now a town in the state of Rhode Island. The Portsmouth Compact not only established the Aquidneck Island town, but also set a precedent. It was the first document to establish political and religious independence from England.

Anne Hutchinson and some of her followers signed the Portsmouth Compact, proclaiming their intention to create a "bodie politick" based on their own principles. Their search for land led them to Roger Williams, who in turn urged them to buy Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett Indians.

On 30 April 1639 John Tripp (spelled Trippe) signed a Compact of Loyalty with twenty-eight others as follows:

"We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of His Majesty King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politic, unto his laws according to matters of justice."
The Compact included the following names:
William Hutchinson Samuell Gorton Samuel Hutchinson John Wickes Richard Maggson Thomas Spiser John Roome (his mark) John Sloffe (his mark) Thomas Beddar (his mark) Erasmus Bullock Sampson Shotten Ralph Earle Robert Potter Nathanyell Potter Wm Heausens George Cleare George Lawton Anthony Payne (his mark) Jobe Haukins Richard Awards John More Nicholas Browne William Richardson John Trippe Thomas Layton Robert Stainton (his mark) John Briggs (his mark) James Davice
Robert Potter, Nathanyell Potter and George Potter were brothers. They had all been previously driven out of Massachusetts with Ann Hutchinson, Samuell Gorton, the Warners and others, banished for challenging the authority of the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

On 1 August 1639, John Tripp was admitted as an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck.

John was granted three acres of land in Portsmouth on 1 March 1643[1] next to Thomas Gorton. He owned land in Portsmouth, Narragansett and Westerly in Rhode Island, and in Dartmouth in Plymouth Colony.[11]

In December 1647, John Tripp signed (with others) the Aquidneck Covenant and the following covenant, a politico-human document that read:

"That we are not wilfully opposite, nor careless and senseless, and thereby means of our own an others ruin and destruction. And especially in testimony of our fidelity and cordial affections unto one another here present, so that there may be a current, peaceable and comfortable proceeding."[12]

John Tripp served as a juror in 1649, 1650 and 1653 and as clerk of weights and measures in 1651. He was Deputy to the Rhode Island Assembly from 1648 to 1672, and was Assistant from 1670 to 1675. He also served as a member of the Portsmouth Town Council for many years.

On 18 March 1650, a receipt signed by John Tripp and Mary Tripp, his wife, expressed full satisfaction for whatsoever legacy was received from Rose Weeden (mother of John's wife Mary), executrix to Anthony Paine, deceased, either by the last will or the first covenant. The receipt was signed by John Tripp and Mary Tripp (by mark), and witnessed by Richard Hart and James Weden.[13]

On 27 April 1651, John Tripp of Portsmouth, with the consent of his wife Mary, sold land in Portsmouth to Mathew Grenell of Portsmouth. The land was 27 acres lying within Portsmouth, bounded eastward partly by land sold William Havens and partly by land of Rose Paine, southward with the highway to the sea, westward with land of Rose Paine and northward with the Mill River. The land was that John Tripp had in part of the legacy given to my wife.[14]

In the same year he made an agreement with Ralph Earle concerning a line fence. This precise paper fills one and one half pages of the records, as printed. It was signed in the presence of four witnesses, one of whom was Benedict Arnold. The meat of it was that each signer should play fair with the other, as to reciprocity on stones and in the work of building the stone fence; a chief object being to "make there said lands several to each of their private uses." John was between two fires, in that Ralph Earl's land joined him on both the north and the south sides. One point of the agreement read thus: "From year to year, so long as those said lots lie open together, Earl's to Tripp's aforenamed, that they will not on either of these said lots damnify each other by Cattell there put by their order." This agreement was considered so important that the heirs of both signers are included in its terms, and a forfeit of twenty pounds sterling is laid on the failure; to be "payed by the Ptie defective, unto the other Ptie engaged therein." Formal seals completed the document, when signed. It was a wise move to block trouble with bounding neighbors.

30 November 1657: John Tripp was granted land on Hog Island for seven years.[15]

1654-1658 Having served his town freely and well whenever needed, John Tripp came to the honor of being chosen Committeeman for the General Court. This was an important term, for this committee was authorised to meet with those of the other towns, "at the day Nuport neighbors shall apoint, with as full power to act as if the town were present." The same "Meeting of the Inhabitants of Portsmouth" that chose John Tripp as representative, voted also, "that Assamequin shall have his coat paid him forthwith for his rent of the meadows on the main land, on the north side of Road Island."

On 6 February 1660, he testified that he was about forty-nine years old and that he had heard his uncle Robert Potter say that he (Potter) had sold a certain house and land to John Anthony.[16]

1661-1664: Serving frequently on the Town Council, John was chosen also in 1661, with five others, to serve as a "Court of Comitioners" at Portsmouth. The following year he was chosen to serve on the next General court of Commissioners to be held at Warwick. The report of the town meeting for February, 1663 notes that four "Comitioners or deputies" were chosen to serve at a General Court to be held at Newport. Of these, was Mr. John Tripp. Another was his brother in law Mr. Lott Stange; who had married Alice Paine, sister to John Tripp's wife Mary. In the meantime, John's family is increasing and maturing.[16]

On 8 September 1665, John Tripp Senior in Portsmouth granted land to his second son Peleg Tripp. The land was a fourth part of a shared lot lying at the place called Acassett within the town of Dartmouth in the jurisdiction of New Plymouth. He provided that if Peleg Tripp was to sell this land it would be sold to himself or his heirs.[17]

In 1666 he served on the Grand Jury and also as rate making. He also continued in the post of Surveyor of Cattle, and was again chosen deputy to the General Assembly. He served on the Town Council seventeen years as deputy to the General Assembly and four years as assistant from Portsmouth.

8 December 1666: Court made good a sale which Mary, wife of John, had bought from Richard Searle twenty-five years previously from then-unmarried Mary, for a pint of wine:

"Whereas, Mary Tripp, wife of John Tripp, Sr., some 25 years ago bought of Richard Searle for a pint of wine 3 acres of land, (located just above the town ferry) the said Richard Searle living then in Portsmouth, she being then unmarried, about which time Searle removed but left no deed to Mary." — ("the sale taking place at the house of William Baulstone, where apparently Mary was a barmaid but at the time of sale no deed was drawn so the Court of Commissioners confirmed the sale on 8 December 1666." ) "John Tripp later ran the ferry to Bristol from this site."[16]

1666 to 1669: deposed R.I. Gen. Assembly.[16]

1667: town chose him to serve (with others) to prevent "the destruction of wood and timber of this township” with Albro, Cooke, Aly, William Hall and Sanford.

In June of 1667, John Tripp was once more chosen as one of the four Portsmouth "deputies for ye next General Court, as deputy."

In 1669, he served again in the General Assembly, held at Newport in May of that year.

From 1670 to 1675 he was assistant to or member of Governor's Council.[16]

On 3 May 1671, he sold his son Joseph 1/2 interest in Plymouth land formerly bought of John Alden.

In 1672 he served in the April and October Assembly and as moderator of the Portsmouth meeting, in which capacity he served through 1675.

Death and Legacy

John Tripp died in 1678[1] at the age of 67, and was buried 28 October 1678 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He may have been buried, without a gravestone, at the Society of Friends (Quaker) cemetery.[18]

The Will of John Tripp is dated 6 December 1677, and proved in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on 28 October 1678, his wife Mary, executrix.[19]

  • To wife Mary all estate, lands, goods and chattels, movable and immovable, during her natural life, "only my old house excepted, or north end of my building which I have given to my son John Tripp formerly."
  • To son John, house and lot, and 10 acres in the Clay Pit field, meadows at Hog Island, all fencing, houses, orchard, &c, "excepting my new house or south end of my building," &c.
  • To son Abiel, south end of building last mentioned with lot adjoining and other land.
  • To son Peleg, L5.
  • To son Joseph, L10.
  • To son James, one-eighth of a share of land at Dartmouth and rights in Narragansett and Westerly.
  • To daughter Martha, L20.
  • To granddaughter Elizabeth Wodell, L10.

On 15 January 1685, Stephen Manchester and his wife Elizabeth gave receipt for L10, legacy from will of John Tripp to his granddaughter Elizabeth Wodell, who Stephen had married; the said John Tripp's widow and executrix Mary, having married second Benjamin Engell; these two last named having delivered the L10, to Peleg Tripp, uncle to Elizabeth, for her use. Receipt was now given for same by Elizabeth, to both her uncle Peleg and Benjamin Engell and Mary.[20][21]

The Relation of John The Founder

The Relation of John The Founder was discovered in the New Bedford library in 1990 by Paul L. Tripp.[3]

“The Relation of John ye said John Tripp concerning the plases of his aboad First I was born in Horstow in Lincolne Sheire 3 miles from Barton Humber and my father name was John Tripp and my mother name was Isabel Moses before she was married my father when she was a maid and they had about 12 children and much kindred we had and when I grew in years I was put an apprentice to a sheipt carpendist carpenter whose name was John Baats of Thorsbe 3 miles of from Alford in Lincoln Shire afore said where I served 7 years and sometime after wrought with him and after that I bound myself to one Frances East for 4 pounds a year for 4 years who sold me after I had served him and his assign for about a year and a half he sold me to Robert Jafra then living in Boston and Boston Church members persecuting some to the offending of others my master came to Rhode Island with the said persecuted people and I with him and his wife being sickly and they could not get their maid to come to Rhode Island with them because Boston members cried out against Rhode Island people whom the said members had expelled from them therefore my master was forced to sell me to Randal Houlding of Portsmouth one Rhode Island and I served a xxxx while and after bought out the rest of time of him and after a while I married a wife whose maiden name was Mary Paine I being about thirty or twenty eight years old or thereabouts and the Lord hath given us Eleven Children of which one is dead the eldest is 29 years old and upward this 17 of Feb 1670 praised be our Rock who hath been help and unto us at all times gives what thou pleases it is mercy from the to receive anything for the Earth and See is all thine and the fullness thereof."

Research Notes

  • Male descendants are eligible to join the Society of Colonial Wars.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record — Vol XXII, 1944 John Tripp, Portsmouth, Rhode Island : citing Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John 0. Austin. See also Bartlett, John R., Rhode Island Colony Records, I, pp. 70, 90. 210, 281, 300, 304, 309, 311, 316, 345, 437, 447, 482, 492, 501, etc. ; II, pp. 22, 150, 200, 236, 241, 302, 306, 329, 333, etc.
  2. Portsmouth Historical Org : John Tripp, 1611 - 1678 A Glimpse into Our Founder’s Life by Janet Tripp Andrews edited by Jan E. Tripp © November, 2016 pg 28 : accessed 5 Apr 2020
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Relation of John The Founder. Discovered in the New Bedford library in 1990 by Paul L. Tripp. See Portsmouth Historical Org : John Tripp, 1611 - 1678 A Glimpse into Our Founder’s Life by Janet Tripp Andrews edited by Jan E. Tripp © November, 2016 pg 37 : accessed 5 Apr 2020
  4. 4.0 4.1 The Genealogist, vol. 10 no 2. (Fall 1989):195-199. Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by Neil D. Thompson.
  5. Charlotte Dolan, “Descendants of John Tripp & Isabel Moyses,” GenForum Post, 22 May 2004, https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/tripp/1781/
  6. Charlou Dolan, “Tripp & Moyses entries in Horkstow Parish Registers,” Tripp-L Rootsweb Listserv, 19 May 2004, https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=&thread=34119727, referencing LDS Film #436,033 item 3: Horkstow Parish Register Transcripts, 1561-1719: John Tripp m. Elizabeth Moyses [Bishop's Transcript has Ezabel Moyses.] 8 Sep 1611 -- John chr., s/o John Tripp
  7. Horkstow Parish Register, FHL# 1450458 and PLT ARCHIVES, VOL 55: "John the sonne of John Trippe bapt Sept 8", the year in the record is "Anno 1611"
  8. Paul L. Tripp, Desc of John the Founder, c.1999) as reported by Charlou Dolan, “John Tripp & Isabel Moyses,” GenForum posting, 10 May 2002; https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/tripp/1475
  9. Pack rat-pro Truelove June 1635, Trippatt, Jo, 17
  10. Neil D. Thompson, "Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island," in ‘’The Genealogist,’’ Volume 10, Number 2 (Fall 1998), Page 195-199.
  11. The Newport Historical Magazine. v.4 1883-1884 Hathitrust.org
  12. Staples, William R. Annals of the Town of Providence, from its first settlement, to the organization of the city government, in June, 1832. Knowles and Vose. Providence. 1843. pp 68-70
  13. Portsmouth (R.I.); Perry, Amos, 1812-1899; Brigham, Clarence Saunders, 1877-1963. The early records of the town of Portsmouth. E.L. Freeman & Sons, state printers. Providence, R.I. 1901. pp 384-5
  14. "Rhode Island Land Evidences, Volume I, 1648-1696, Abstracts," Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company (1970), page 145
  15. Carol Sisson Regehr, “The Sisson Genealogy Site,” http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~dasisson/ citing: At a "Meeting of the Inhabitants of portsm:o [i.e., Portsmouth, Rhode Island] November 30th, 1657" it was ordered that the following ten men should be given planting land on Hog Island (in Mount Hope Bay between Portsmouth and Bristol) for seven years: "Edward Fisher, Richard Sison [sic], John Tripp [Richard and Mary's daughter's father-in-law], John Anthony, Francis Brayton, Thomas Ginings, Ralph Earl junr:, John Archar [sic], Samuell [sic] Wilson, & John Baslie." [13]
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Author?, The Compendium of American Genealogy - Immigrant Ancestors, Location: Publisher (year?), p 887
  17. "Rhode Island Land Evidences, Volume I, 1648-1696, Abstracts," Baltimore, MD:Genealogical Publishing Company (1970), page 19
  18. Paul L. Tripp, Desc of John the Founder, 1999
  19. Charlou Dolan, “John Tripp & Isabel Moyses,” GenForum posting, 10 May 2002; http://genforum.genealogy.com/tripp/messages/1475.html, citing Portsmouth, RI, Land Evidence "2nd Book No. 1," page 160: Will of John Tripp dated 6 December 1677; proved 28 October 1678.
  20. Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Comprising three generations of settlers who came before 1690. Clearfield. Albany, New York. 1887. pg. 208
  21. Portsmouth Vital Records, Book 1, page 4: Benjamin Engell, and Mary Tripp, (widow); m. by John Albro, Asst., April 4, 1682.
  • The Genealogist, vol. 10 no 2. (Fall 1989):195-199. Some Observations on the Ancestry of John Tripp, Emigrant to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by Neil D. Thompson.
  • Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, Santa Clarita, California:Private Printing (1998).
  • Caroline Valentine or Herman William Tripp, ‘’Remembering John Tripp, Gentleman, Pioneer, At Work,’’ Valentine Research Studio, Washington D.C., 1932.
  • Bock: (American Families 2; Newport Historical Magazine 4 [1883]:50-7
  • Arthur D. Dean, ‘’Genealogy of the Tripp Family Descended from Isaac Tripp of Warwick Rhode Island and Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania,’’ Scranton PA (1903)
  • George L. Randall, ‘’Tripp Genealogy: Descendants of James son of John Tripp,’’ New Bedford: publisher? (1924), 5
  • Valentine Research Studio, “Tripp will, Deed, and Ways,” Washington DC (1932)
  • James Savage, "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England," Baltimore, 1977, IV:330-1
  • Beamon Newport County Mar from Probates (Portsmouth Rec., 315-6)
  • Portsmouth Land Evidence 2/1:129
  • Sheldons in America
  • Racine County History of 1892
  • Family bibles of Chrystle SHELDON & Alta (WITZEL) SLOAN and Jennie (WAITE) (SHELDON) WITZEL and the books of Ellen (EWART) WAIT;
  • DAR Magazine V89 1955 pg 1011, query from Mrs. Henry J. Thoesen
  • Margaret Buckridge Bock, "Descendents of John Tripp of Portsmouth, R.I.," in The Geneaologist, Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 1983, p 91
  • William Richard Cutter, Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908)
  • Frederick William Coburn, History of Lowell and Its People, New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1920)
  • Amos Perry, Clarence Saunders Brigham, ‘’The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth,’’ Providence, Rhode Island: E. L. Freeman & Sons (1901)
  • Rhode Island Land Evidences
  • Terry Charles Peet, ‘’A Memoir of the Forebears and Descendants of Charles Harry Peet, Sr. and Josephine Louise Georgia,’’ Gateway Press (2003)
  • John Tripp The Founder
  • TIB Card Salt Lake No. 11993 Book 5B p. 530 Alta Fae Shammo, Oct 1991
  • New Bedford Library : The following section is extracted from research shared by Paul Tripp:
George Randall
George Randall was the most prolific original chronicler of Tripp records in history. In addition to his two published books [Descendants of John, Jr., and Descendants of James, both the sons of John the Founder] his unpublished manuscripts, at New Bedford Library, include:
  • Descendents of Abiel Tripp. 33pp, typescript, indexed.
  • Descendents of Joseph Tripp, 146pp, typescript, indexed.
  • Descendents of Peleg Tripp, 55pp, typescript, unindexed.
  • Descendents of Sylvanus Tripp, 37pp, typescript, unindexed.
  • Ancestors and Kindred of Enoch Bartlett Tripp, 67pp, unindexed.
Bibliography
Other books or manuscripts in the New Bedford Library:
  • Descendents of Sylvanus Tripp, 25pp, ed. by Steven Tripp, 1991, earlier compiled by Benjamin F. Tripp. ii. Genealogical record of Augustus Tripp of Lanesboro, Mass, by George A. Tripp, Chicago, 13pp, 18 Nov 1914.
  • A chapter on "Tripp", about 40pp, from a two volume collection of New Bedford area vital statistics, by Leonard, c.1890.
  • And a book, thick but meaningless, "Tripp-Wilcox and Allied Families", 1943.

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Sara Mosher, NICE job cleaning up this profile. Thank you!

Not sure I agree with abbreviating months. This is an international site and abbreviations may trip up people who are not native English-speaking.

I also think we can remove my 2014 editing notes. We don't need that anymore. I'll do that.

The non-cited bullet points under sources could be reviewed. If they repeat the inline citations, they can be removed. Those that remain should be placed under a "See also:"

posted by Jillaine Smith
Though the Origins section of the biography lists the birth as 1611, the top of the profile lists it as 1609, I looked at his mother's profile. That lists her wedding as in 1609 and John's birth as 1611.
posted by Paul Kinney
Two things: 1) this profile is in need of cleanup. It's unnecessarily long, and not well organized. Would be great if one of the profile managers could take this on. 2) there are too many profile managers. If you're not actively researching or working on this profile consider downgrading your setting on the Privacy tab to Trusted List. You'll still receive notifications of changes in your weekly feed. Thanks.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Tripp-1584 and Tripp-7 appear to represent the same person because: Same person
posted by Joe Cochoit
Tripp-1254 and Tripp-7 appear to represent the same person because: same name and family
posted by Patricia Roche
Tripp-1254 and Tripp-7 are not ready to be merged because: Father's data do not match
posted by Alvin Barnes
Tripp-1254 and Tripp-7 appear to represent the same person because: same profiles on both except one is John Jr and the other is Honorable john
posted by S (Krueger) L
Isabel Moses Tripp is listed as wife AND mother. Duplicates of Abiel, James John and Joseph Tripp. Could someone correct the wife please. I will request the merges of the children. Thak you very much
posted by S (Krueger) L
Tripp-1154 and Tripp-7 appear to represent the same person because: Birthplace and date are similar.
posted by Philip Tripp
John came to America from England in 1630 on a ship called "True Love"
posted by Leon Tripp
Okay, it's still awfully long, but the repetitious bits are out, much summarized, and sources reformatted.
posted by Jillaine Smith