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Secretary of the Commonwealth. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War
of the Revolution, - Vol. I-XVII (17). Boston: Wright and Potter Printing
Co., 1896.
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Tripp, ——.[This name
also appears under the form of Frip, Treep, Trip, Tripe, Trips.]
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Tripp, Abiel, Attleborough.Descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months,
agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely,
Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, 17
yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of
Attleborough; arrived at Springfield July 9, 1780; marched to camp July 11, 1780,
under command of Ensign Bancroft; also, list of men raised for the 6
months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a
return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months
men raised by the town of Attleborough for service in the Continental Army
during 1780; marched July 6, 1780; discharged Jan. 8, 1781; service, 6 mos. 2
days; travel home (200 miles) also allowed.
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Tripp, Abiel.List of men mustered for
Col. Danforth Keyes's regt. subsequent to Sept. 16 [year not given, probably
1777], by James Leonard, Muster Master for Bristol Co.; Capt. Caleb
Richardson's co.; also, Capt. Richardson's co., [p.55] Col. Keyes's
regt.; enlisted Sept. 12, 1777; service to Jan. 1, 1778, 3 mos. 18 days, at
Rhode Island; also, Private, same co. and regt.; pay roll dated Warren,
R. I., Dec. 3, 1777, and sworn to at Headquarters, Providence.
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Tripp, Abiel.Corporal, Capt. Samuel Robinson's co., Col. Isaac
Dean's regt.; marched March 6, 1781; discharged March 14, 1781; service, 9
days, at Rhode Island; 2 days (36 miles) travel allowed from Rhode Island to
Attleborough. Roll endorsed ““for 40 days.””
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Tripp, ““Acus.””Corporal, Capt. Simeon
Fowler's co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (1st) regt. of guards; muster roll dated
Cambridge, May 9, 1778; enlistment, 3 months from April 2, 1778; also,
same co. and regt.; entered service April 4, 1778; service to July 8, 1778, 3
mos. 3 days, at Cambridge; also, Private, Capt. Elijah Smalley's co.,
Maj. Zenas Winslow's regt.; service, 6 days, on an alarm at Bedford and
Falmouth in Sept., 1778; roll sworn to in Barnstable Co. [See Asus Trip.]
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Tripp, Anthony, Dartmouth.Private,
Capt. Manasseh Kempton's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; enlisted July 26,
1777; discharged Aug. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, at Rhode Island,
including travel home; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for
mileage for camp at Rhode Island home to Dartmouth Sept. 1, 1777; mileage for
40 miles allowed said Tripp.
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page 55Tripp, Augustus, Chesterfield.Private,
Capt. Samuel Fairfield's co., Col. Nathan
Sparhawk's regt.; enlisted Sept. 23, 1778; service, 2 mos. 25 days; company
served at Dorchester and was discharged Dec. 12, 1778.
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Tripp, Benjamin, Rehoboth.Descriptive
list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months,
agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely,
Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, 20
yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complexion, light; engaged for town of Rehoboth;
marched to camp July 11, 1780, under command of Capt. George Webb; also,
list of men raised for the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson
as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also,
pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of Rehoboth for service in the
Continental Army during 1780; marched to West Point July 7, 1780; discharged
Jan. 10, 1781; service, 6 mos. 13 days, including 10 days (200 miles) travel
home.
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Tripp, Benjamin.Private, Capt. Stephen
Richardson's co.; service, 25 days; company comprised one-fourth of the militia
of the town of Attleborough, marched to Rhode Island April 21, 1777, to hold
the Lines until men could be raised for that purpose for 2 months, and served
until May 15, 1777; also, same co.; marched Sept. 25, 1777; discharged
Oct. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 6 days; company marched from Attleborough under
command of Col. George Williams on a secret expedition.
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Tripp, Benjamin.Private, Capt. Jacob
Haskins's co., in a regiment commanded by Lieut. Col. Samuel Pierce; entered service May 20,
1779; discharged July 1, 1779; service, 1 mo. 14 days, at Tiverton; regiment
raised to serve at Rhode Island until July 1, 1779.
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Tripp, Daniel, Dartmouth.Private,
Capt. Manasseh Kempton's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; enlisted July 26,
1777; discharged Aug. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, at Rhode Island,
including travel home; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for
mileage from camp at Rhode Island home to Dartmouth Sept. 1, 1777; mileage for
40 miles allowed said Tripp.
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Tripp, David (also given David, Jr.),
Dartmouth.Private, Capt. Manasseh Kempton's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.;
enlisted July 26, 1777; discharged Aug. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, at
Rhode Island, including travel home; [p.56] also, same co. and regt.;
pay abstract for mileage from camp at Rhode Island home to Dartmouth Sept. 1,
1777; mileage for 40 miles allowed said Tripp.
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Tripp, Ephraim, Attleborough.Private,
Capt. Moses Willmarth's (9th) co., Col. John Dagget's (4th Bristol Co.) regt.,
which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 11 days; also,
Capt. Caleb Richardson's co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt.; company return dated
Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Roxbury, Nov.
20, 1775; also, Private, Capt. Stephen Richardson's co.; marched Sept.
25, 1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 6 days; company marched from
Attleborough under command of Col. George Williams on a secret expedition.
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Tripp, Ephraim.Private, Capt. Jabez
Bullock's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; entered service July 27, 1780;
discharged July 31, 1780; service, 5 days, at Tiverton, R. I., on an alarm;
company raised for 6 days service. Roll sworn to at Rehoboth.
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Tripp, Ephraim.Corporal, Capt. Henry
Jenne's co., Col. John Hathaway's (2d Bristol Co.) regt.; entered service Aug.
2, 1780; discharged Aug. 8, 1780; service, 6 days, at Rhode Island on an alarm.
Roll certified at Dartmouth.
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Tripp, Ishmael.Corporal, Capt. Thomas
Crandon's co.; enlisted July 24, 1775; service, 5 mos. 10 days, in defence of
seacoast; also, list of men who marched from Dartmouth to camp under
command of Capt. Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there Feb. 15, 1776.
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Tripp, James, Attleborough (also given
Dighton).Private, Capt. Caleb Richardson's co., Col. Timothy Walker's regt.;
company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated
Camp at Roxbury, Nov. 20, 1775; also, Capt. Stephen Richardson's 4th (2d
Attleborough, also given Attleborough No. 12) co., Col. Daggett's regt.; list
of men who served in the 8 months service at Roxbury in 1775, known as the 1st
campaign; also, Capt. Richardson's (Attleborough No. 12) co.; list of
men who served in the 5 months campaign at Dorchester in 1776, known as the 5th
campaign; also, Capt. Richardson's 4th (2d Attleborough) co., Col.
Daggett's regt.; list of men who served in the 7 months campaign at Nantasket
in 1776, known as the 5th campaign; also, order dated Camp at Hull, June
21, 1776, signed by said Trip and others belonging to Capt. Zebedee Redding's
co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt., for advance pay for 1 month, etc.; also,
Private, Capt. Redding's co., Col. Whitney's regt.; service from Aug. 1, 1776,
to Nov. 1, 1776, 3 mos.; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Nov.,
1776; service, 1.mo.; also, Capt. Stephen Richardson's co.; service, 25
days; company comprised one-fourth of the militia of the town of Attleborough,
marched to Rhode Island April 21, 1777, to hold the Lines until men could be
raised for that purpose for 2 months, and served until May 15, 1777; also,
Private, Colonel's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from June 30, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Lieut.
Hodijah Bayles's co. of grenadiers, Col. Jackson's regt.; pay abstract for
Feb., 1778, dated ““Gulph,”” Pa.; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for
June, 1778, dated Providence; also, Lieut. John Hobby's co., Col.
Jackson's regt.; pay roll for July and Aug., 1778, dated Providence; also,
Lieut. Hobby's co. of grenadiers, Col. Jackson's regt.; pay rolls for Sept. and
Dec., 1778, sworn to at Pawtuxet; also, Lieut. Hobby's co., Col.
Jackson's regt.; pay roll for March, 1779, sworn to in Garrison at Pawtuxet; also,
Colonel's (1st) co. commanded by Capt. Lieut. John Hobby, Col. Jackson's regt.;
muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted June 30, 1777;
enlistment, 3 years; also, 1st co. commanded by Capt. Lieut. Hobby, Col.
Jackson's regt.; company return dated Camp at Providence, July 9, 1779; residence,
Attleborough; engaged June 20, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll
for [p.57] July, 1779, sworn to at Camp Providence; also, Colonel's co.
commanded by Capt. Lieut. Hobby, Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1779;
also, Colonel's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; regimental return made up to
Dec. 31, 1779, dated Camp at Providence; also, descriptive list dated
Hutts, three miles from West Point, Jan. 28, 1781; Capt. Dow's co., 9th Mass.
regt. commanded by Col. Jackson; rank, Private; age, 30 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 9
in.; complexion, light; hair, light; occupation, cordwainer; residence,
Dighton; enlisted Jan. 1, 1780, by Col. Jackson; enlistment, during war.
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Tripp, Jesse.Receipt dated May 14,
1783, signed by said Tripp, for wages for service to May
10, 1783, on board the frigate ““Hague,”” commanded by Capt. John Manley.
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Tripp, Job, Dartmouth.Musician, Capt.
Thomas Crandon's co.; engaged July 24, 1775; service, 5 mos. 10 days, in
defence of seacoast; also, list of men who marched from Dartmouth to
camp under command of Capt. Benjamin Dillingham and arrived there Feb. 15,
1776; also, Drummer, Capt. Amasa Soper's co., Col. Thomas Marshall's
regt.; abstract for advance pay for 1 month, etc., sworn to at Boston, June 19,
1776; also, same co. and regt.; service from Nov. 1, 1776, to Dec. 1,
1776, 1 mo. 3 days, travel (60 miles) included; roll sworn to at Boston; also,
Drummer, Capt. Manasseh Kempton's co., Col. Freeman's regt.; engaged Sept. 27,
1777; discharged Oct. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 4 days, at Rhode Island on a
secret expedition; also, Drummer, Capt. George Claghorn's co., Col.
Abigail (Abiel) Mitchell's regt.; engaged July 31, 1780; discharged Oct. 31,
1780; service, 3 mos. 2 days; regiment raised in Bristol Co. to reinforce
Continental Army for 3 months.
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Tripp, Job.Council warrant dated Oct.
30, 1776, for ££13, drawn in favor of Walter Spooner, Esq., for the use of said
Tripp who had been wounded when on
board said Spooner's vessel when it was taken by a ““Ministerial Cruiser””
while in service for Massachusetts.
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Tripp, John, Dartmouth.Private, Capt.
Manasseh Kempton's co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's regt.; enlisted July 26, 1777;
discharged Aug. 29, 1777; service, 1 mo. 7 days, at Rhode Island, including
travel home; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstract for mileage from
camp at Rhode Island home to Dartmouth Sept. 1, 1777; mileage for 44 miles
allowed said Tripp; also, Capt. Jonathan
Taber's co., Col. John Hathaway's (2d Bristol Co.) regt.; entered service Aug.
3, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 5 days, on an alarm at Rhode Island.
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Tripp, John.1st Lieutenant, Capt.
Thomas Lyon's (15th) co, 2d Bristol Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of
officers chosen in said regiment, as returned by Edward Pope and others, dated
April 5, 1776; ordered in Council April 26, 1776, that said officers be
commissioned; reported commissioned April 26, 1776.
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Tripp, John.Private, Capt. John
Gibbs's co., Col. John Jacobs's regt.; enlisted July 23 (also given July 22),
1780; discharged Oct. 27, 1780; service, 3 mos. 6 days, at Rhode Island;
regiment detached from militia to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months. Roll
certified at Wareham.
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page 57Tripp, John.Private; account rendered
against the United States by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for amounts paid
officers and men of Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt. on account of depreciation of
their wages for the first three years service in the Continental Army from 1777
to 1780. [See John Jupp.]
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Tripp, Jonathan, Chatham.Descriptive
list of men mustered for Continental service subsequent to Sept. 16 [year not given],
by James Leonard, Muster Master for Bristol Co.; Capt. Jonathan Drown's co.,
Col. Lea's (Lee's) regt.; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; engaged for town
of Swanzey; also, Sergeant, Capt. McFarland's corps of invalids;
Continental Army pay accounts for service [p.58] from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 3,
1780; reported deserted Feb. 3, 1780; also, return certified at Camp
near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of officers and men belonging to Col. Lee's,
Col. Henley's, and Col. Jackson's regts., and men belonging to Massachusetts in
Col. Henry Sherburne's regt., who were incorporated into a regiment under the
command of Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April 9, 1779;
Capt. North's co.; rank, Sergeant; residence, Chatham; engaged Sept. 10, 1777;
term, 3 years; reported as having lost his leg in action Aug. 30, 1778,
invalided May 1, 1779.
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Tripp, Joseph.Petition dated Boston,
Jan. 15, 1779, signed by Nathaniel Greene, of Boston, in behalf of himself and
others, asking that said Tripp be
commissioned as commander of the brigantine ““Adventure”” (privateer); ordered
in Council Jan. 15, 1779, that a commission be issued.
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Tripp, Nathaniel.Private, Capt.
Benjamin Hooper's co.; marched Feb. 24, 1776; service to Nov. 24, 1776, 8 mos.
29 days; company reported as mustered by Peter Noyes, Muster Master, at
Falmouth, Cumberland Co., Feb. 29, 1776, and stationed there for defence of
seacoast.
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Tripp, Nathaniel.Corporal, Capt.
Joseph Pride's co., in a detachment of Cumberland Co. militia commanded by
Nathaniel Jordan, Esq.; joined Oct. 1, 1779; discharged Oct. 23, 1779; service
at the Eastward.
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Tripp, Reuben, Rochester.Private,
Capt. Earl Clap's co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's regt.; muster roll dated Aug.
1, 1775; enlisted May 5, 1775; service, 3 mos. 6 days; also, company
return dated Oct. 7, 1775.
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Tripp, Reuben.Receipt dated Rochester,
May 3, 1782, for bounty paid said Tripp by
Enoch Hammond, Chairman of Class No. 2 of the town of Rochester, to serve in
the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
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Tripp, Robert.Private, 1st division,
Capt. Squire Millerd's co., Col. Waterman's regt.; service from Jan. 9, 1777,
to Feb. 3 [8], 1777, 31 days; also, copy of a company receipt, given to
Capt. Millerd, for wages for service from Jan. 9, 1777, to Feb. 8, 1777, dated
Warwick.
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Tripp, Robert.Private, 5th co.;
entries dated Oct. 20 and Dec. 25, 1783, of orders for wages for May-Dec. [year
not given], appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages,
etc.
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Tripp, Samuel, Dartmouth.List of men mustered by Nathaniel Barber, Muster
Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, July 20, 1777; Capt. Langdon's co., Col.
Henry Jackson's regt.; reported received State bounty; also, Private,
Colonel's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service
from June 25, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence, Dartmouth; credited to town of
Dartmouth; also, Lieut. Hodijah Bayles's co. of grenadiers, Col.
Jackson's regt.; pay abstract for Feb., 1778, dated ““Gulph,”” Pa.; also,
Lieut. Bayles's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for June, 1778, dated
Providence; also, Lieut. John Hobby's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay
roll for July and Aug., 1778, dated Providence; also, Lieut. Hobby's co.
of grenadiers, Col. Jackson's regt.; pay rolls for Sept. and Dec., 1778, sworn
to at Pawtuxet; also, Lieut. Hobby's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll
for March, 1779, sworn to in Garrison at Pawtuxet; also, Colonel's (1st)
co. commanded by Capt. Lieut. Hobby, Col. Jackson's regt.; muster roll for
April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted June 25, 1777; enlistment, 3 years;
reported on command at Warwick; also, 1st co. commanded by Capt. Lieut.
John Hobby, Col. Jackson's regt.; company return dated Camp at Providence, July
9, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for July, 1779, sworn to at
Camp Providence; also, Colonel's co. commanded by Capt. Lieut. Hobby,
Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1779; also, Colonel's co., Col.
Jackson's regt.; regimental return made up to Dec. [p.59] 31, 1779, dated Camp
at Providence; also, descriptive list dated Hutts, three miles from West
Point, Jan. 28, 1781; Capt. Dow's co., 9th Mass. regt. commanded by Col.
Jackson; rank, Private; age, 44 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 11 in.; complexion, dark;
hair, dark; occupation, yeoman; residence, Dartmouth; enlisted Jan. 1, 1780, by
Col. Jackson; enlistment, during war.
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Tripp, Stephen, Windham.Private, in a
detachment from Capt. John Wentworth's co.; pay abstract for billeting, sworn
to Aug. 31, 1776, and endorsed ““Company at Dorchester heights;”” also,
Private, Capt. Richard Mayberry's co., Col. Benjamin Tupper's regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 2, 1777, to Feb. 2, 1778;
reported died Feb. 2, 1778; also, same co. and regt.; return dated Jan.
25, 1778; residence, Windham; engaged for town of Windham; mustered by Maj.
Insley, County Muster Master, and by Col. Varrick, Continental Muster Master;
reported sick at Albany.
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Tripp, Thomas.List of men who marched
from Dartmouth to camp under command of Capt. Benjamin Dillingham and arrived
there Feb. 15, 1776.
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Tripp, William.Capt. Job Sumner's co.,
Col. John Greaton's (2d) regt.; return [year not given]; mustered by
Continental Muster Master Varrick; reported as belonging to Rhode Island; also
reported deserted.
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Trips, William.Return of sentences by a general court-martial, Lieut. Col.
Crag, President, appearing in a general order dated Headquarters, Ticonderoga,
Nov. 6, 1776, taken from Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Orderly Book; said Trips, Seaman,
belonging to the fleet, tried on charge of mutiny, found guilty, and sentenced
to receive 78 lashes on the bare back and return to duty.