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David RIPLEY, Patriot: Notes: from ' 'New York In The Revolution as Colony and State' '... The Line--Artillery Regiments...under LIEUT. COL. EBENEZER STEVENS ... David Ripley David Ripley is found on a 1779 tax list for Albany County, New York Dec. 27, 1779 Tax List for King's District Albany Co., New York David Ripley --- 17.0.0 17.0.0 3.8.0 Val Real Est. Val Pers Est. Tax Sum Total (Amounts expressed in English Pounds) IF this is the same David, it shows that he had not set down firm roots in NY by 1779. David left Massachusetts after 1765 and is found in New York before 1768; there his military service starting before ('colony') 1776 is recorded. Appearing in the 1830 census, for the town of Spafford, New York, are the following... Ripley, James Ripley, John L. Ripley, Jonathan It is to be assumed that these three are closely related to David. Having a bearing on movements of the Ripleys and others were the events of the Revolutionary War... ' 'In the spring of 1777 a large party of Indians, under Brant, having come down from Canada without committing any depredations, appeared at Unadilla on the Susquehanna. Having required the people of that settlement to furnish his warriors abundantly with provisions, Brant told the Rev. Mr. Johnstone and the militia officers of the place that he had entered the British service, and would not allow any of the Mohawks to be seized and confined to their castles, as he understood had been done. The savage horde remained at Unadilla two days and when they left, drove off some cattle and sheep. This visitation so alarmed the people of the settlement that they abandoned it, most of them returning to Cherry Valley, whence they had emigrated to the Susquehanna, and some repairing to the German Flats and the Hudson river settlements.' '
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30 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
