Joseph Rippey1

M, ( - February 1774)

Charts Pedigree for Vivienne Dorene Richards
Relationship 9th great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney.
Last Edited 14 May 2005
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Note* Have copy of will. He owned slaves and left to Ellen two--Tom and Hannah.
No death record before 1852 in Berkley Co., VA now WV.1 
Birth* 1 
Note* Well documented origins of Orr Family in Web Page
Web Page Link: Look for McElhaney, Orr, Rippey, & Baker
"Joseph1 Rippey (Rippy) was born about 1710. Joseph died Feb 1774 in Berkeley Co., WV, at age 63.
Joseph may have come from Lancaster Co., PA, as there are Rippeys there very early. It is thought they were Ulster Scots because they were Presbyterian; had they been Irish, their religious faith probably would have been Catholic. Joseph's son, Mathew was one of the first Elders in the Cool Springs Presbyterian Church in 1764.(1770) Joseph Rippey made his will on 2 Nov 1771 in Frederick Co., VA, which became Berkeley Co., WV in 1772. It was proved 15 Mar 1774, executors being Samuel Parkes and John Snodgrass, Joseph's sons-in-law. In the will, he left 1/2 the land to his son, Mathew, and the other half to his wife Ellen for her lifetime; after which it was to go to Mathew. Joseph left all his moveables and debts to be equally divided between his wife and all his sons-in-law. His son-in-law, Samuel Parkes was to have (at the price of seventy pounds to be taken out of his legacy) first refusal of the slave, Tom, who Joseph didn't want to go to a stranger. If Samuel refused the offer, second choice was to go to John Snodgrass. At the time he made his will, Joseph was of the parish of Norbourn. (1771) One of the Rippy cabins still stood and was photographed by another descendant, Onda Booker of Indiana, in the summer of 1993.
Joseph Rippey(Rippy) and Ellen (mnu) Rippey had the following children:
2 i. Mathew2 Rippey.
3 ii. Ellen Rippey was born about 1736.
Sources:
1770. Chaffin, Wm. L, Robt. Chaffin Family, Pg 69; Letter from Mrs. Herbert C. Bleil to Jeanne E. Bleil
Skinner on 12 April, 1964.; and Marie Williams, Personal Research, Mrs. William is a direct descendent of
Joseph Rippey and as been active, with many main source documents, in the family research for many years.
1771. Mary Diadamia & John William Harper, Harper Guardian Bond; Stella Bleil Howery, Memoirs; and
Joseph Rippy, Will.", Principal=Ellen (?), Witness=Elen Rippey2 
Marriage* Principal=Ellen (?)1 
Death*February 1774 1 

Family

Ellen (?)
Marriage* Principal=Ellen (?)1 
Children

Citations

  1. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; Accessed http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gravatt&id=I1793 by Jim McKinney on May 1, 2005. Posted by Cynthia Louise Gravatt (e-mail address 6826, Hosler Road, Leo, IN 46765) on March 7, 2004., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
  2. [S82] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Web Page"; Accessed http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~marymary/ by Jim McKinney on 5/14/2005, Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.