Tripp Families of North America
John Trippe
1698 - 1766 (68 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. John Trippe was born in 1698 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA (son of John Henry Trippe); died on 30 Jan 1766 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- John Trippe was born in 1730 in Beaufort County, North Carolina; died in Dec 1794 in Hancock County, Georgia, USA.
2. John Henry Trippe was born in 1680 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA (son of Henry Trippe and Elizabeth Emerson); died in 1753 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: John Trippe
Notes:
John Trippe moved to Bath County, North Carolina. Changed his name to Tripp, then back to Trippe when the Robert Tripp family from Rhode Island moved ito the same area of Beaufort County, North Carolina. Evidently his family wanted to keep the distinction of different Tripps.
Children:
- 1. John Trippe was born in 1698 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA; died on 30 Jan 1766 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA.
Generation: 3
4. Henry Trippe was born in 1632 in Canterbury, Kent, England (son of Thomas Trippe and Henrietta Measam); died on 21 Mar 1698 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Probate: Maryland, USA
- Military Service: Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
- Residence: 1678, Dorchester County, Maryland, USA
Notes:
Henry Trippe was a Captain in the Dorchester County Militia. From "The Colonial Families of the United States: The Trippes lived in Kent County England, as far back as the Norman Conquest. The name is found in the Dooms Day Book in the title of lands. A.D. 1234, Nicholas Tryppe gave Lamplands, County Kent, to Elham Church. The first record we have of the family in maryland is in 1663, when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Trippe ( b. Canterbury, England, 1633; d. in Dorchester County, Maryland March 1698; who had fought in Flanders under the Prince of Orange, afterwards William III. of England), brought with him to the Province three of his troopers and took up land in Dorchester County; Representative in Maryland Assembly, 1671-7575, 1681-82, 1692-93- one of the Committee of Twenty for regulating affairs in Maryland, 1690; Justice and County Commissioner, 1669-81, 1685-94- Captain of Foot, 1676; Major of Horse, 1689; his brother, Thomas Trippe, is mentioned by James, Duke of York, afterwards James II., in his autobiography (Nairn papers) as aiding him to escape from St. James Palace after the beheading of Charles I. Henry Trippe m. (firstly) in 1665 Frances Brooke, widow of Michael Brooke of St. Leonard's Creek, Calvert County, Maryland; m. (secondly) Elizabeth, who survived him, and by whom had the following descendants.
Military Service:
Captain - Henry Trippe was a Captain in the Dorchester County Militia.Henry married Elizabeth Emerson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Emerson Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1760, Dorchester, Maryland
Children:
- Captain Henry Trippe, Jr. was born in 1666 in Dorchester, Maryland, USA; died in 1744 in Maryland, USA.
- 2. John Henry Trippe was born in 1680 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA; died in 1753 in Beaufort County, North Carolina, USA.
- Henrietta Trippe was born in Abt. 1684.
- William Trippe was born in 1690 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA; died on 24 Apr 1770 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA.
- Edward Trippe
Generation: 4
8. Thomas Trippe was born in 1584 in Canterbury, Kent, England (son of Francis Edward Trippe and Marion Shorte Walker); died on 14 Jun 1680 in Canterbury, Kent, England. Notes:
Also Known As:
Rev Thomas TrippeThomas married Henrietta Measam. Henrietta was born in 1585 in Surrey, Surrey, England; died in 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Henrietta Measam was born in 1585 in Surrey, Surrey, England; died in 1685. Children:
- 4. Henry Trippe was born in 1632 in Canterbury, Kent, England; died on 21 Mar 1698 in Dorchester County, Maryland, USA.