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John Tripp, The Founder: The 17th Century American Legend
Who was the English Quaker who presented himself in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1638? And how did his life and those of his community impact American history?
English Gentleman John Tripp Settles in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
One of about twelve children of John Tripp and Isabel Moses, John Tripp was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1610. He immigrated to America in 1635. He first settled in Boston where he was employed as an indentured ship carpenter. Shortly thereafter he moved to Providence, Rhode Island (then Aquidneck) after his servitude contract was sold to Randall Holding of Portsmouth.
On April 30, 1638, he signed an oath in Portsmouth which read as follows: "We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of His Majesty King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politic, unto his laws according to matters of justice." Earlier that year he declined to sign the Portsmouth Compact, which broke political and religious ties with Mother England. Apparently, John remained a steadfast Royalist.
In 1641 he purchased his indenture contract. The Portsmouth Registry of Freemen lists that him that year as John Tripp, Gentleman. John soon became an active member of his community and held at least a dozen important public offices, including Commissioner of the Colony. In December 1647, as a member of the General Assembly in Providence, he signed the wonderful Aquidneck Covenant that called for human love and liberty.
The Founder Starts a Lineage of Over 50,000 Descendants
He fathered eleven children with Mary Paine (1615, England – 1687, Portsmouth, R.I.). It’s estimated that John Tripp started a North American lineage of over 50,000 descendants — thus, the reason he’s simply referred to as The Founder. His notable descendants include U.S. President William Harding and Sir Winston Churchill. Juan Terry Trippe, who founded Pan American Airways, was a descendant of Col. Henry Trippe (1632, Suffolk Co., England – 1698, Dorchester Co., Maryland) who emigrated to America in 1664. His descendant, U.S. Navy Lt. John Trippe (1785 – 1810) was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor during the Battle of Tripoli of 1804.
Other famous descendants and relatives of John Tripp include: President George Washington, President William Howard Taft, Presidents Roosevelt, President Nixon, President Carter, Presidents Bush, President Barack Obama and Marilyn Monroe. He is also related to Prince Charles of Wales and the late Princess Diana Spencer. He is related to Anne Hutchinson, his illustrious Colonial contemporary, through the Spencer lineage, as well. The Dutch Tripp baronetcy traces it's roots directly to the ancient Howard/Tripp/Owen lineage extant prior to the Norman conquest of England and Wales during the latter part of the 11th century AD.
At his death in 1678 his five sons inherited vast amounts of farmland he managed to acquire in Rhode Island, especially in Dartmouth and Hogg Island. His daughters married into over 100 of the first Rhode Island families.
King Henry V Renames Battlefield Hero Howard to Tripp
The advent of the Tripp surname name in England is traced to Henry V’s renaming Lord Howard's youngest son in 1415. The following inscription underneath the Tripp coat of arms emblazoned on an ancient escutcheon in the possession of Reverend Charles Tripp , D.D., around 1850:
This achievement was given unto my Lord Howard’s fifth son at the siege of Bullague; King Harry the Fifth being there asked how they took the town and castle? Howard answered, “I tripped up the walls.” Saith His Majesty, “Tripp shall by thy name and no longer Howard,” and honored him with the scaling ladder for his Band, or adornment.
He was the root ancestor for the Tripp lineage of North America which began as a result of the blithe bravery demonstrated when he “danced” up a ladder to surmount a Burgundy castle wall. One can only imagine the outright pride and elation Henry V sensed for the young nobleman.
John Tripp, A Descendant of the House of Howard
There’s no question that John Tripp hailed from the Tripps of the House of Howard lineage. It’s also certain there was an ancient Tripp-Howard familial bond, especially considering James II (1633 - 1701) stated in his autobiography that “Mr. Tripp and Mr. Howard” aided his escape to France after the beheading of Charles I in 1649. Moreover, by all accounts, John Tripp always conducted himself as an English Gentleman from the moment he set foot on American soil until his death.
Images
The Tripp/Howard coat of arms depicted at the bottom of a stained-glass adornment installed in a New Zealand Anglican Church in 1899 as a memorial to Charles George Tripp. He was the maternal grandson of Sir William Owen (d. 1851), 8th Baronet Owen of Pembrokeshire and the brother of Reverend Henry Tripp (1816 - 1897).
The House of Howard Crest contains the Howard Augmentation, the modified Royal coat of arms of Scotland with an arrow piercing through the lion's mouth. The augmentation was awarded by Henry VIII to the the 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard, for his victory against the invading Scots at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Duke of Norfolk Coat of Arms featuring the quartering of the Howard crest with the crests of Thomas of Brotherton, Warenne and Fitzalan. The two batons set behind represent the Duke's office as Earl Marshall and Hereditary Marshall of England. The Latin motto reads, "Virtue alone is unconquered."
Sources
Quaker Ancestor Roster
John Tripp of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
The Portsmouth Compact
Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford): Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches, Vol. 2, George H. Tripp, p. 12
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, John Burke Esq., 1852, pp. 1433-1434
Author's Notes
My great-great-grandmother, Sarah Tripp (1851 - 1920), was a direct descendant of John Tripp, The Founder. Her grandson and my grandfather, Lowell Outwater Collins (1900 - 1981), named the mutual fund company, Founders Mutual Depositor Corporation, he founded in the late 1930s in memory of him. The corporation is owned by Dreyfus Corporation, a subsidiary of Bank of New York.
English Gentleman John Tripp Settles in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
One of about twelve children of John Tripp and Isabel Moses, John Tripp was born in Lincolnshire, England in 1610. He immigrated to America in 1635. He first settled in Boston where he was employed as an indentured ship carpenter. Shortly thereafter he moved to Providence, Rhode Island (then Aquidneck) after his servitude contract was sold to Randall Holding of Portsmouth.
On April 30, 1638, he signed an oath in Portsmouth which read as follows: "We whose names are underwritten do acknowledge ourselves the legal subjects of His Majesty King Charles, and in his name do hereby bind ourselves into a civil body politic, unto his laws according to matters of justice." Earlier that year he declined to sign the Portsmouth Compact, which broke political and religious ties with Mother England. Apparently, John remained a steadfast Royalist.
In 1641 he purchased his indenture contract. The Portsmouth Registry of Freemen lists that him that year as John Tripp, Gentleman. John soon became an active member of his community and held at least a dozen important public offices, including Commissioner of the Colony. In December 1647, as a member of the General Assembly in Providence, he signed the wonderful Aquidneck Covenant that called for human love and liberty.
The Founder Starts a Lineage of Over 50,000 Descendants
He fathered eleven children with Mary Paine (1615, England – 1687, Portsmouth, R.I.). It’s estimated that John Tripp started a North American lineage of over 50,000 descendants — thus, the reason he’s simply referred to as The Founder. His notable descendants include U.S. President William Harding and Sir Winston Churchill. Juan Terry Trippe, who founded Pan American Airways, was a descendant of Col. Henry Trippe (1632, Suffolk Co., England – 1698, Dorchester Co., Maryland) who emigrated to America in 1664. His descendant, U.S. Navy Lt. John Trippe (1785 – 1810) was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor during the Battle of Tripoli of 1804.
Other famous descendants and relatives of John Tripp include: President George Washington, President William Howard Taft, Presidents Roosevelt, President Nixon, President Carter, Presidents Bush, President Barack Obama and Marilyn Monroe. He is also related to Prince Charles of Wales and the late Princess Diana Spencer. He is related to Anne Hutchinson, his illustrious Colonial contemporary, through the Spencer lineage, as well. The Dutch Tripp baronetcy traces it's roots directly to the ancient Howard/Tripp/Owen lineage extant prior to the Norman conquest of England and Wales during the latter part of the 11th century AD.
At his death in 1678 his five sons inherited vast amounts of farmland he managed to acquire in Rhode Island, especially in Dartmouth and Hogg Island. His daughters married into over 100 of the first Rhode Island families.
King Henry V Renames Battlefield Hero Howard to Tripp
The advent of the Tripp surname name in England is traced to Henry V’s renaming Lord Howard's youngest son in 1415. The following inscription underneath the Tripp coat of arms emblazoned on an ancient escutcheon in the possession of Reverend Charles Tripp , D.D., around 1850:
This achievement was given unto my Lord Howard’s fifth son at the siege of Bullague; King Harry the Fifth being there asked how they took the town and castle? Howard answered, “I tripped up the walls.” Saith His Majesty, “Tripp shall by thy name and no longer Howard,” and honored him with the scaling ladder for his Band, or adornment.
He was the root ancestor for the Tripp lineage of North America which began as a result of the blithe bravery demonstrated when he “danced” up a ladder to surmount a Burgundy castle wall. One can only imagine the outright pride and elation Henry V sensed for the young nobleman.
John Tripp, A Descendant of the House of Howard
There’s no question that John Tripp hailed from the Tripps of the House of Howard lineage. It’s also certain there was an ancient Tripp-Howard familial bond, especially considering James II (1633 - 1701) stated in his autobiography that “Mr. Tripp and Mr. Howard” aided his escape to France after the beheading of Charles I in 1649. Moreover, by all accounts, John Tripp always conducted himself as an English Gentleman from the moment he set foot on American soil until his death.
Images
The Tripp/Howard coat of arms depicted at the bottom of a stained-glass adornment installed in a New Zealand Anglican Church in 1899 as a memorial to Charles George Tripp. He was the maternal grandson of Sir William Owen (d. 1851), 8th Baronet Owen of Pembrokeshire and the brother of Reverend Henry Tripp (1816 - 1897).
The House of Howard Crest contains the Howard Augmentation, the modified Royal coat of arms of Scotland with an arrow piercing through the lion's mouth. The augmentation was awarded by Henry VIII to the the 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Howard, for his victory against the invading Scots at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.
Duke of Norfolk Coat of Arms featuring the quartering of the Howard crest with the crests of Thomas of Brotherton, Warenne and Fitzalan. The two batons set behind represent the Duke's office as Earl Marshall and Hereditary Marshall of England. The Latin motto reads, "Virtue alone is unconquered."
Sources
Quaker Ancestor Roster
John Tripp of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
The Portsmouth Compact
Old Dartmouth Historical Society (New Bedford): Old Dartmouth Historical Sketches, Vol. 2, George H. Tripp, p. 12
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, John Burke Esq., 1852, pp. 1433-1434
Author's Notes
My great-great-grandmother, Sarah Tripp (1851 - 1920), was a direct descendant of John Tripp, The Founder. Her grandson and my grandfather, Lowell Outwater Collins (1900 - 1981), named the mutual fund company, Founders Mutual Depositor Corporation, he founded in the late 1930s in memory of him. The corporation is owned by Dreyfus Corporation, a subsidiary of Bank of New York.
John Tripp, The Founder: The 17th Century American Legend Stephen Wood Collins
My great-great-grandmother, Sarah Tripp (1851 - 1920), was a direct descendant of John Tripp,
GEN13: STEVEN WOOD COLLINS [13], Roger Collins12, Lowell Collins11, Neona Ooutwater10, Sarah Tripp9, Richard8, Anthony7, Elihu6, Anthony5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, John2, John1)
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