William Ripley ‎(Repley)‎ - I25565 - Individual Information - Wisconsin and Illinois Genealogy

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1638 Ship 'Diligent' arrived 8 years after the last ' 'Mayflower' ' voyage, later the ship became a slave ship.

The Diligent began her journey in Brittany in 1731, and Harms follows her along the African coast where her goods were traded for slaves, to Martinique where her captives were sold to work on sugar plantations. Harms brings to life a world in which slavery was a commerce carried out without qualms. He shows the gruesome details of daily life aboard a slave ship, as well as French merchants wrangling with their government for the right to traffic in slaves, African kings waging epic wars for control of European slave trading posts, and representatives of European governments negotiating the complicated politics of the Guinea coast to ensure a stead supply of labor for their countries' colonies. The Diligent is filled with rich stories that explain how the slave trade worked on all levels, from geopolitics to the rigging of ship. The Diligent ran aground in 1735 with a cargo of grain, and people soon remarked on the stench of rotting grain it was producing.

In the year 1621, the ship ' 'Mayflower' ' arrived on the New England coast near what is now known as Provincetown, Massachusetts, about 30 miles seaward from Plymouth, on the shores of Cape Cod Bay. On April 26, 1638, the ship ' 'Diligent,' ' of 350 tons burden, set sail from the mouth of the Thames, east of London, England, bound for a new life in a new land. On August 10, 1638, that ship arrived in New England, near Boston. On board was 133 people, most neighbors from Old Hingham in England. They immediately set out for Hingham, about 14 miles southeast of Boston. Among these people were many families whose names would bring many generations to the new land. Some of those now familiar names were, Peck, Gilman, Gates, James, Cushing, Lincoln and of course Ripley. William Ripley had arrived with his wife and four children. The oldest child was Mary at age 22. Next was Phebe, 20 years old. Then came the two boys, John age 17 and Abraham, age 14. From this small family, the greatest number of Ripley's now in this land have descended. As families grew and moved to new homes, eventually the Ripley's and descendants of the ship Mayflower, met and began new families together. Our research has found many of these families but there are still more waiting to be ' 'found.' ' Although very incomplete, the following pages list some of those connections to the Mayflower passengers. Some families have multiple Mayflower ancestor connections
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' ' Between 1620 and 1630 a ' 'Mayflower,' ' or ' 'Mayflowers,' ' crossed the seas three times. One in 1620 carried the Pilgrim Fathers to New Plymouth; one in 1629 carried Higginson's party to Salem; and one in 1630 carried Winthrop's party to Charlestown. It has generally been assumed that these three voyages were made by the same ship; but the strong probability is that the voyages of 1629 and 1630 were not made by the ship that sailed in 1620.' ' According to Bowman the name Mayflower for ships was uncommonly common, with numerous ships of that name trading from numerous ports abroad' '

John Alden and Priscilla Mullins, Passengers On The Mayflower

Josiah Ripley, born abt 1696, son of Josiah Ripley and Joanna Smith, married Mary Burrill, August 17, 1717 in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Marys mother was Mercy Alden, Mercys father was Joseph Alden. Joseph's father was John Alden of the Mayflower, and his wife Priscilla Mullins.

From this marriage, the following are some of the Ripley Mayflower descendants.

Eliphalet Ripley, born April 21, 1720
Lemuel Ripley, born September 6, 1722
Josiah Ripley, born February 6, 1724
Eliphalet Ripley, born July 6, 1727
William Ripley, born November 25, 1729
Mary Ripley, born May 25, 1729
Lydia Ripley, born March 31, 1739

Calvin Ripley, born May 18, 1748, son of Joshua Ripley and Alice Stetson, married Peggy Bradford, December 8, 1774 in Kingston, Massachusetts. Peggy's father was Abner Bradford, Abner's mother was Sarah Bartlett. Sarah's mother was Ruth Paybodie. Ruth's mother was Elizabeth Alden. Elizabeth's father was John Alden of the Mayflower, and his wife Priscilla Mullins.

From this marriage, the following are some of the Ripley Mayflower descendants.
Charles Ripley, born May 14, 1775
Levi Ripley, born May 16, 1777
Lucy Ripley, born July 16, 1779
Luther Ripley, born June 16, 1781
Zenas Ripley, born June 15, 1783
Bradford Ripley, born October 1, 1785
Nancy Ripley, born November 16, 1787
Betsey Ripley, born January 23, 1790
Sally Ripley, born May 15, 1792 Polly Ripley, born April 27, 1794
Sophia Ripley, born February 12, 1797
Calvin Ripley, born November 23, 1800
Peggy Ripley, born November 23, 1800
Hervey Ripley, born September 17, 1802

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Hingman Massachusetts
Hingham's roots go back to the earliest days of European settlement in the new world. The first Europeans arrived in 1633, calling the area Bare Cove. Here they found the Massachusetts Indians, a tribal branch of the Algonquin Nation. Relations between the indigenous people and the settlers were friendly with the Native Americans providing food and teaching the settlers how to grow corn. The first significant European settlement was established in 1635 when the Rev. Peter Hobart arrived with his followers from Hingham, England. In that same year, they renamed the town, Hingham, and it was incorporated as the 12th town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. By 1665, the Massachusetts Indians, weakened by plague and attacks by the Abanaki Tribe, granted the land ' 'from the beginning of the world' ' to the settlers. This deed, bearing the mark of the Sachem Wompatuck, hangs in the Hingham Town Hall today.
In 1681, Hingham's 140 families raised the money to construct the Old Ship Meeting House. Still in active use, it is recognized as the oldest wooden church structure and the oldest church building in continuous use in America. During the American Revolution the population had reached 2000. Approximately 600 men from Hingham served in that war. The period following the war was a tranquil one in which the economy flourished. Fishing, farming, shipping and milling were the primary occupations. In 1784 the Derby School, later Derby Academy, was established as the first co-educational school in the nation. The Academy has moved to new quarters, but the original building now serves as the headquarters of the Hingham Historical Society and is used for meetings and social functions.

The following is a literal copy of the deed of the township of Hingham, given by the Indians in 1665:--
' 'WHEREAS divers Englishmen did formerly come ‎(into the Massachusets now called by the Englishmen New England)‎ to inhabit in the dayes of Chickatabut our father who was the Cheife Sachem of the sayd Massachusets on the Southward side of Charles River, and by the free Consent of our sayd father did set downe upon his land and in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred thirty and four divers Englishmen did set downs and inhabit upon part of the land that was formerly our sayd fathers land, which land the Englishmen call by the name of Hingham, which sayd Englishmen they and their heires and assosiate have ever since had quiet and peaceable possession of their Towneshippe of Hingham by our likeing and Consent which we desire they may still quietly possess and injoy and because ther have not yet bin any legall conveyance in writing passed from us to them conserning their land which may in future time occasion difference between them and us all which to prevent -- Know all men by these presents that we Wompatuck called by the English Josiah now Chiefe Sachem of the Massachusets aforesayed and sone and heire to the aforesayd Chickatabut; and Squmuck all called by the English Daniel sone of the aforesayd Chickatabut and Ahabden -- Indians: for a valuable consideration to us in hand payd by Captaine Joshua Hubberd and Ensigne John Thaxter, of Hingham aforesayd wherewith wee doe acknowledge our selves fully satisfyed contented and payd and thereof and of every part and parcell thereof due exonerate acquitt and discharge the sayd Joshua Hubberd and John Thaxter their heires executors and Administrators and every of them forever by these presents have given granted bargained sold enfoffed and confirmed and by these presents doe give grant bargaine sell Enfeoffe and confirme unto the sayd Joshua Hubberd and John Thaxter on the behalfe and to the use of the inhabitants of the Towne of Hingham aforesayd that is to say all such as are the present owners and proprietors of the present house lotts as they have bin from time to time granted and layd out by the Towne; All That Tract of land which is the Towneshippe of Hingham aforesayd as it is now bounded with the sea northward and with the River called by the Englishmen Weymoth River westward which River flow from the sea; and the line that devide, betwene the sayd Hingham and Weymoth as it is now layd out and marked until it come to the line that devide betwene the colony of the Massachusetts and the colony of New Plimoth and from thence to the midle of accord pond and from the midle of accord pond to bound Brooke to the flowing of the salt water and so along by the same River that devide betwene Scittiate and the said Hingham untill it come to the sea northward; And also threescore acres of salt marsh on the other side of the River that is to say on Scittiate side according as it was agreed upon by the commissioners of the Massachusets colony and the commissioners of Plimoth colony Together with all the Harbours Rivers Creekes Coves Islands fresh water brookes and ponds and all marshes unto the sayd Towneshippe of Hingham belonging or any wayes app'taineing with all and singular thapp'tenences unto the p'misses or any part of them belonging or any wayes app'taineing: And all our right title and interest of and into the sayd p'misses with their app'tenences and every part and p'cell thereof to have and to hold All the aforesayd Tract of land which is the Towneshippe of Hingham aforesayd and is bounded as aforesayd with all the Harbours Rivers Creekes Coves Islands fresh water brookes and ponds and all marshes thereunto belonging with the threescore acres of salt marsh on the other side of the River ‎(viz.)‎ on Scittiate side with all and singular thapp'tenences to the sayd p'misses or any of them belonging unto the sayd Joshua Hubberd and John Thaxter on the behalfe and to the use of the sayd inhabitants who are the present owners and proprietors of the present house lotts in hingham their heires and assignes from the before-named time in the year of our Lord God one thousand six hundred thirty and four for ever And unto the only proper use and behoofe of the ‎(the)‎ sayd Joshua hubberd and John Thaxter and the inhabitants of the Towne of hingham who are the present owners and proprietors of the present house lotts in the Towne of Hingham their heires and assignes for ever. And the said Wompatuck Squmuck and Ahahdan doe hereby covenant promise and grant to and with the sayd Joshua hubberd and John Thaxter on the behalfe of the inhabitants of hingliam as aforesayd that they the sayd Wompatuck Squmuck and Ahahdan -- are the true and proper owners of the sayd bargained p'misses with their app'tenances at the time of the bargaine and sale thereof and that the said bargained p'misses are free and cleare and freely and clearely exonerated acquitted and discharged of and from all and all maner of former bargaines sales guifts grants titles mortgages suits attachments actions Judgements extents executions dowers title of dowers and all other incumberances whatsoever from the begining of the world untill the time of the bargaine and sale thereof and that the sayd Joshua hubberd and John Thaxter with the rest of the sayd inhabitants who are the present owners and proprietors of the present house lotts in hingham they their heires and Assignes the p'misses and every part and parcell thereof shall quietly have hold use occupy possese and injoy without the let suit trouble deniall or molestation of them the sayd Wompatuck : Squmuck and Ahaddun their heires and assignes : and Lastly the sayd Wompatuck: Squmuck and Ahadun for themselves their heires executors administrators and assignes doe hereby covenant promise and grant the p'misses above demised with all the libertys previledges and app'tenences thereto or in any wise belonging or appertaineing unto the sayd Joshua Hubberd John Thaxter and the rest of the sayd inhabitants of Hingham who are the present owners and proprietors of the present house lotts their heires and assignes to warrant acquitt and defend forever against all and all maner of right title and Interrest claime or demand of all and every person or persons whatsoever. And that it shall and may be lawfull to and for the sayd Joshua Hubberd and John Thaxter their heires and assignes to record and enroll or cause to be recorded and enrolled the title and tenour of these p'sents according to the usuall order and maner of recording and enrolling deeds and evedences in such case made and p'vided in witnes whereof we the aforesayd Wompatuck called by the English Josiah sachem: and Squmuck called by the English Daniell and Ahabdun Indians: have heere unto set our hands and seales the fourth day of July in the yeare of our Lord God one thousand six hundred sixty and five and in the seaventeenth yeare of the raigne of our soveraigne Lord Charles the second by the grace of God of Great Brittanie France and Ireland King defender of the faith 1665. - - -Signed sealled and deliveredIn the presence of us:
Jon Noeshteans Indian } the mark Å£ of ‎(L. S.)‎ Wompatuck
the marke of W William } called by the English Josiah chief
Manananianut Indian } sachem.
the mark of 8 Robert } the marke Ù of Squmuck ‎(L. S.)‎
Mamuntahgin Indian } called by the English Daniell
John Hues } sonne of Chickatabut.
Mattias Q Briggs } the marke IIII of Ahahden ‎(L. S.)‎
the marke of Ú Job Judkins }
Josiah Wompatuck Squmuck Ahahden Indians apeared p'sonally the 19th of may 1668 and acknowledged this instrum't of writing to be theyr act and deed freely and voluntary without compulsion, acknowledged before

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William Ripley was christened in Wramplingham, England, July 8, 1588. Since all of William's children of record were born in Wymondham, he must have moved from his birthplace of Wramplingham , England, south to Wymondham, a distance of about 3 miles, before 1616.

In ' 'Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1500's-1800's' ' ' 'William Ripley who with his and four children, came from Hingham, CountyNorwich, England, to Hingham, Mass., in 1638.' '

According to records, William‎(about age 50)‎ arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on August 10, 1 638, with his wife whose name has been lost, 2 daughters and 2 sons, after crossing the Atlantic on the ship ' 'Diligent.' ' William was admitted Freeman, 1642.

About the ship DILIGENT and its passengers.
On the 26th of April, 1638, the ' 'Diligentof Ipswich,' ' England, of 350 tons burden, set sail from the mouth of the Thames, east of London and about 46 miles south of Wramplingham. The Ripley clan came from the Wramplingham/Wymondham area. The ship's master was John Martin. On board the ' 'Diligent' ' were nineteen families and six or eight single persons, totaling 133 people. Twelve of these families, numbering 84 people, werefrom old Hingham, the rest were from the immediate vicinity. They had all embarked for the purpose of joining settling in Hingham, Massachusetts which had been established in the years 1633-1637. The colony then consisted of ten families and five single persons, totalling 49 people, who had once been friends and neighbors in old Hingham.

The party landed in New England at Boston,Massachusetts, on August 10, 1638. They immediately proceeded to their destination, about fourteen miles southeast from Boston to Hingham, MA . Of the passengers on the ' 'Diligent,' ' many of those names like Peck, Gilman, Gates, James, Cushing and Lincoln, were to join the Ripley family tree. From that start,William Ripley' s family began to grow and spread, becoming a part of the new country and joining the bloodlines of many of the ' 'old comers' ', those of the Mayflower passengers, Bradford, Alden, Brewster, Doty, Standish and Warren to name a few.

Written in part by the Rev. N.S. Folsom, D.D. and Brian D. Ripley, William Ripley's first wife's name is unknown. She was still alive on 8/10/1638 and the oldest child, Mary was 22. William married his second wife,Elizabeth Coffin, widow of Thomas Thaxter, on September 20, 1654. When William died July 11, 1656, Elizabeth married John Dwight of Dedham. In his will which is dated June 30, 1656, William mentions only his sons. He was an admitted Freeman, May 18, 1642. His town lot, which he drew in 1638, contained about four acres, and was on the main street, Lower Plain, or Hingham Centre. William made his Will on June 30, 1656 and an inventory of his property was taken on July 20, 1656. William's actual death date was somewhere between these two dates.

Savage says that William came to Hingham in 1638, according to the manuscript of his contemporary Daniel Cushing, with his wife and two sons and two daughters from Hingham, Norfolk Co. , England. He was a freeman on 18 May 1642.

	Events of close relatives
Birth	8 July 1588 Wramplingham, Norfolk, England
Marriage	8 July 1588 Catherine Elizabeth Banks
Marriage	29 September 1654 (Age 66) Elizabeth Coffin
Death	20 July 1656 (Age 68) Hingham, Plymouth, Mass.
Universal Identifier	C4E9C42AA6C6FC47A8D9EBDE76E93D29599F
Last Change	22 March 2006 - 16:16:32