IN T RO D U C T IO N

TH E facts which constitute the body of this w ork and give it value

were collected by the late James S . Lippincott, during a period of over x n 1 40 8 1 8 8 3 . forty years, e tendi g from to t Mr . Lippincot was earnestly engaged in this Genealogical work wi 1 7 up to thin a short time of his death ( March , and he had always hoped to publish the results of his investigations in a volume at once worthy of his own labors and the varied record of the Lippincott

Family . The fact that this desire has at last been in some measure realized

is largely due to the generous appreciation of Mr . James J . Goodwin,

- — Y in i . of New ork, son law of the late J . B . Lippincott, of Ph ladelphia A s a 1 849 r e rly as the year , the late James S . Lippincott, in a lette

sent hither and thither in search of genealogical information, said, Having for several years been interested in the collect ion of facts

respecting the Lippincott Family, I have been encouraged to seek fur n ther information relative to the origi and history of its early members, and it is with the hope that such may be elicited that I have addressed

. e thee Though much has already b en collected, all that has come to n fin my k owledge is con ed to one branch, and the history of others , ”

m n rt wn . comprising much the ost umerous po ion, remains unkno ea In this same letter Mr . Lippincott stated very cl rly the object of own his search as it had then defined itself in his mind, as follows If a proper interest should be manifested by the ready assistance n i afforded the undertaking, a con ected account of the Fam ly since of i the arrival its progenitor in th s country will be prepared, i n and h prefaced by the nformation already obtai ed, t at may be hereafter procured respecting those of the name resident in Great Britain, the

r i ns &c . i Histo y of the Name, its origin, adopt on, variatio , , w th proofs ” of th e same from judicial and other records .

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ow n as H careful Mr . Lippi cott w in all his researches, and how will ing to correct his own previous information or opinions based thereon, m ay be gathered from the fact that in the short sketch of the Lippin ’ ’ cott s prepared by him for Mr . John Clement s Book of Sketches of i w The F rst Emigrant Settlers in Newton To nship, Old Gloucester ” un New fi ve w n Co ty, West Jersey, and in the years intervening bet ee

i his . the t me of its publication and death , Mr Lippincott had made no less than twelve changes and corrections in th e nine pages of his ow r 5 6 Int roduct ion.

copy of that work . It was not that the work had not been carefully i n e r done to beg n with, but that fresh i v stigation b ought new facts which he desired to have embodied in the rec ord . In the same line and spirit it is worth While to quote in this per r manent statement a letter wr itten by Mr . James S . Lippincott, Janua y Lovecott 9 1 8 78 Mr . th, , to Alfred Earle, then resident of , in Devonshire, e England : My dear Sir, I often find especial pleasure in r calling the 1 8 76 incidents attending our call at Lovecott in the Summer of , when on a pilgrimage to the homes of my English Ancestors . Nothing suc ceeds l r r ike success, and I was g eatly g atified to find that I had at last discovered the rock from whence my name, if not myself, had been hewn . The confirmation added by Mr . Powell was of a character that to a l ought s tisfy, since his authority is unimpeachable, but I wou d like to have further confirmation in the form of a description of the estate of Lovecott for compar ison with the details of the D omesday Book such as the number of acres of meadow and number of acres comprised r ink in the enti e estate . I th you remarked that Upper and Lower Lovecot t er n had been applied to the estate, but p haps I am confou ding L ’ it with ovecott near Alverdiscott . I remember you spoke of James

Lovecott as a name applied to part of the tract . If you would not deem it irksome I would like to have from your hand all the information n Lovecot t i you can collect respecti g , whether legendary, h storical or statistical . I have hitherto believed that the Parish of Lufiincot t on the Tamer r Lovecot t has n was the cradle of our race, and now that you been show to be the veritable spot, my calculations and my notes must be revised and adapted to the new departure . I have records of sundry Lippin t now Luffincot t Lu h enc ott cot s, as spelled, who held , anciently g and D e 1 1 9 5 e t o r ov cote, from , to recent dat s , but they all seem efer to Luffi n o t c Lovecote Lufiin ott c t on the Tamer . Sin e both and c are in the Hundred of Black Torrington I cannot distinguish them in the ” records I have examined .

1 8 8 r. 7 M . After , James S Lippincott made such alteration in his s n n note as seemed to him dema ded by his latest i formation, and in the own following pages , which appear very much in his words, he evidently v r ha ing practically completed this pa t of the work for publication, m r atters refe red to in this letter are treated with fuller detail . h ’ Touching the desirability of aving Mr . James S . Lippincott s genealogical investigations published in the form of a book , Mr . Samuel

. wr t o . R Lippincott, of Richmond, Indiana, in a letter itten Mr James t 1 3th 18 8 0 s S . Lippinco t, August , , probably expre sed the general senti now w ment of the idely scattered members of the family when he said, “ ” “ t h en w l speaking of the Lippincott Tree about ready, I ou d have much preferred it in the shape of a handsome volume ( so much more r th e r r easily prese ved ) , with photog aphs of as many leading membe s, ”

u . p ast and present, as co ld be obtained T H E L I PPI N C O T T S

E NG LA ND A ND A M ERIC A .

CHA PTER I .

TH E LIPPI NC OTTS IN ENGLA ND .

Outline S ch emeof D escent of Me Repr esenfal ives of 1126 Lippincott

in in U . a S RNAMES, says Dr Thomas Fuller, were fixed f milies ” m Engl and at or about the time of the Conquest . For erly though men urn o w had s ames, yet their s ns did not, as I may say, follo suit ” with their father ; the name descended not hereditarily on the family . “ ’ o r C-onfessor s 1042 It began somewhat so ne , in the time [ l r fetched out of France, but not universally sett ed till some hund ed ” and fifty years after . r w m a n All that came ove ith the Conqueror, says the sa e qu i t n n m i or w ot n . author, ere Ge tleme until they ca e over w th the Conquer n or r bl oud For instantly upo their vict y, thei flesh was refined, clarified , ” o th e spirits elevated t an higher purity and perfection . Many of Norman soul diery suddenly starting up honourable from mean orig

inal s.

’ “ ’ n ul a and I F ler s List of B ttle Roll, extracted from Fox s list

d t o Louot ot . a apted the spelling of the time, is the name of I . de ” - s But as the Battle Abbey Roll, or list of the name of the soldiers ” “ ul of the Conqueror, hath, says F ler , been practiced upon with all th e o a h r si r oe e s &c . : figures of Dicti n, p othesis, p , some names therein b m t d n n r t eing aug ented, subtrac e , exte ded, co t acted, leng hened, cur ” “ t ai o led, and D omsday Book will be believed on its Word before ” “ ” te it s t a no we m s . Louot ot b Bat l Roll on oa h, y pas I de y as of m r i n and e i po tance in th s connectio , turn to the Dom sday Book as of n o th ere1n u doubted auth rity, and find the original of the name of

L m our a o . ippincott and estee ancestors of S xon, not of N rman blood While the merits or demerits of our ancestry shoul d entail no blame l or praise upon their descendants, an influence physical and moral wil h 8 T e Lippincot t s in Engl and and Am erica .

n w he received and handed dow , and generation after generation ill o partake of the character of their sires . It theref re becomes a question e and of much int rest to their sons now on the stage of being, the desire

rn r . a laudable one, to lea what manner of men their fathe s were

He who can look back upon a long line of ancestors, known in their d a am i r ns y as useful citizens of fair fame ong men, v rtuous Ch istia , ’ and in times of persecution enduring t rials for righteousness sake with

i rm r e an the unflinch ng fi ness of ma tyrs, boasts a lineag prouder th that from feudal lord or the blood - stained soldiers of the Norman robber .

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Lovecot t n The Family of Lippincott derived its name from , betwee

a . Hatherleigh and Holsworthy, in the west of Devonshire, Engl nd This manor was the property and residence of the eldest branches of

th e . 1 2 43 family from the time of King Henry III , , until the second 1 n r 414 . year of Ki g Hen y V . m ns Wibber Al The a ion and estate of y, in the parish of verdiscott s t ( Alscot) , about seven mile from Barns aple, Devon, came into the p ossession of the Lippincotts of Lippincott on the marriage of John t t and n Lippinco of Lippincott with Joan , daughter coheir of Joh

& Wibber . r y, in the fourteenth century It continued in thei possession n Es th e and was their place of abode u til Henry Lippincott, q , last of

A t h e Es . the name at lverdiscott, sold estate to Charles Cutcliffe, q Es 1 779 Henry Lippincott, q , died in .

‘ ‘ Early in th e sixteenth century a branch of the family resident at

r r of Alverdiscott emoved to the eastern pa t Devonshire, and we thence r m n o r fo ward find any of the ame resident near Sidbury, Honit n Exete , and Plymouth , Devon . The earliest notice of Lovecot e is to be found in the Domesday

1 08 6 Louecot a Book of William the Conqueror, , where it is termed and

- Lovecot e. r The following fac simile of the ent y on page 1 1 5 of vol . i . of the print ed Copy of this first census of England will exhibit the ex tent and quality of the manor at this early day : [Insert Saxon ] ual o e e Translated : R d himself held L v cot . Lofe held it in th e time

w f o of Ed ard the Con essor, paying geld or tax, on a half virgate f land ;

- - il now returned as t wo ox gangs or plow lands . There remain two v

ni . la or serfs, four acres of meadow land and twelve acres of pasturage w as now t It formerly [time of Edward] valued at thirty, but at fif y denarii . A more full description of Lovecot e may be found in the Exton a [Exeter] Domesday, which is believed to cont in an exact transcript of ’ the original rolls or returns made by the C onqueror s Commissioners t h e at the time of the general survey, from which Great Domesday itself w as compiled . n n n n A m 9 Th e Lippincott s i E gl a d a d erica .

On page 3 8 5 of the government reprint of this work we find the ” Rual di A d obat i D evenesara following entry under Terra in , or lands held by Rual dus A d obat us in Devonshire [Insert Saxon ] As the intent of the above is almost identical with that of th e entry r before transc ibed from the Great Domesday Book, it need not be rehearsed . The ancient and authentic record of Domesday Book has been universall v th e esteemed foundation of English property, the origin m fro whence antiquarians have commenced their enquiries, and beyond i ” which t is almost useless for them to search . The next notice of the name appears in the Rolls of the Curiae ’ n Regis, or King s Court, held before his Justices during the reig of “ o King Richard I . and King John, the earliest c nsecutive judicial ” records now existing, says their editor, Sir Francis Palgrave . ”

7 vol . o a On page of i of R tuli Curi e Regis, from the sixth year

I . t o of Richard the accession of King John , under the sixth year r ” & 1 19 5 a Luuecot e 6? of Richard, or , appe rs the name of Rog d , Roger Love e de cot . “ o Hun dred orum un m r In the R tuli , or H dred Rolls, ti e of Hen y

I . 1 2 1 6 1 3 07 r o III and Edward , to , p eserved in the Tower of Lond n, 4 i “ ’ Ed w . di 6 . . . I on page , vol , Com Devon . , sub vision Vered em ’ ’ ” Hun dr i t orit on 1 2 74 - m Blak , , the following named me bers of the i r or s fam ly were subpoenaed to act as j u ymen on some imilar duty, all Torit on of resident in the Hundred of Black , in which the parish

Lufiin cott ord anus Lo in et ot Robert us g is situated, viz . , J de g gg de ”

L n s ot . am ve e c 65 v l . y On page of o i . of the records of the s e Hun ” n Luskot e dred appears the name of Johan es de , also of Rum i h ” t ” R c ardus fil ium Lusco e. or , or son of, Thomas de

uo n . I . . 2 9 1 In the Placita de q warra to Ed , II , and on page an Lo appears a summons addressed to Joh nes de vet ot . The date of this entry appears to have been somewhere betw een the years 1 2 74 and

1 3 50 . ” Tax at io i In the Ecclesiastica P . Nicholai, or Register of taxat on

A D 12 8 3 t o . or tithes granted in . , by the Pope Nicholas Edward I th e for six years , towards defraying the expenses of the Expedition for a 1 2 8 8 Holy L nd, and which commenced in , we find the following ” e Ecclia de Loughwyngcot e [taxed] £1 : soz d O. This entry app ars on pages 1 54 and 1 56 of the above named record . Elsewhere the name ” n o appears as Rec . of Leffy gc t e. ’ 3 67 From Sir William Pole s Devon, p . h L w enscot Lutt esw ort . y y in the same manor, St Lawrence 1 43 Fl emygnge held anno 2 7 of King Henry III . ( 2 ) Robert de n L w enscot Lywenscot anno 2 4 of King Ed w . I Joh de y

E . anno 1 9 of King dw III . 10 T h e n t t s in E n a n and m r Lippi co gl d A e ica .

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r Braw orth Worthy in the mano of y, Jordan Russell held anno 2 r 12 43 r Lunenescot 7 of King Hen y III . ( ) Robe t de held the same nn 2 4 w 1 2 9 6 n Lunenesco 19 a o of King Ed . I . ( ) Joh de t anno of i d E w . K ng III . Fr om the Cal endarium inquist ronum [inquisitionum ? ] sive Es

caet ar um Edw . 2 9 0 . . w n r III ., on page , vol ii , appears the follo ing e t y ’ oh es Lo hw n c ot e Lo hw n cot e caruc . e . J de g y g , g y g , una t rr ” Devon . “ A r i i 8 bb via ri nal iu . . 2 9 e t o ul rum O m Edw . By the Rot o g III , p ( 1 32 7 to we fi nd that the above John de Loghwyngcote had in n a 1 00 12 0 re possessio a messu ge, a carucate ( to ac s ) of land and

r an in Lo hincot e his l . eight ac es of woodl d g , as name is a so spelled i Again in the same volume he appears as Johannes de Lygh ncote. “ ” Escaet e r S ecundi or a In the de anno D cimo te tio Ricardi , Esche ts 3 b ’ 1 th r . 1 390 : of the year of Richa d II , , the following appears Jo es ’ fi lius et Lufcot e r hn Heres Willi de , under head of Devonshire ; o Jo , Lufcot e son and heir of William de . ’ ” 1 79 1 n r n By Sir William Pole s Devon, , u de the head of Lippi i cott, we find the follow ng

—Luflencott n l Lu h en o c tt . Lippincott , a cient y spelled g Robt de Lu h encot or Lo h encot n 2 7 n r n g g held it a no He ry III . he g a ted

E w . 12 n 2 4 d . 97 it to his son, youngest, Jorda ; he held it in anno I ( )

hn 8 . . 1 3 15 r 1 9 . . he had issue Jo ; Ed II ( ) he had Thomas, y of Ed III — n a L . he had John, and so conti ued to Nichol s , i nh m th e n S d e a nn 2 r . who gave same to Joh Wise of , a o Hen y V 9 1 and is now ( 1 7 ) in that family of Thomas Wise . ’ ” L n L sons s . . . 3 2 3 uffi cott From y Magna Britannia, vol vi p : or Lufiin cott t g , in the Hundred of Black Torring on and the Deanery of r Holsworthy, lies about seven miles from Holswo thy and eight miles and a half from Launceston . The manor belonged to the ancient Luffincot Family of , since spelled Lippincott, from a very early period n n n Es till the reig of Henry V . whe it was sold to Joh Wise, q , nh of Syde am . It continued in the family of Wise when Sir William l t h e Pol e made h is co lections . At a later period it was in that of h r Es t Morices of Werringt on . Hump ey Morice, q , the last of hat 1 80 5 th e . r family, bequeathed it to late Mr Luther, who, about the yea ,

d . n . sol it to Mr John Ven er and Mr Joseph Spettigue, to whom it still

r . . belongs, with the advowson of the recto y Mr Spettigue resides at ” the Barton near the church . 2 500 850 . r In 1 the Rev Frank Parker was ector, and his library of volumes of ancient editions of the Fathers of the Church forms a collee e tion not perhaps rivalled elsewhere . This gentleman and th daughter

1 8 50 . of Mr . Spettigue were visited in by James S Lippincott, of h n t in En n n m r 1 1 T e Lippi cot s gla d a d A e ica .

Hadd onfi el d . , New Jersey He also perambulated the parish and exam in Luffi n cot t ed the ancient church of g , and enj oyed the hospitality of the genial and pious rector . “ Sir William Pole in his Devon states that John Lippincott ’ i i 141 3 142 2 r W bber in r V . s held y King Hen y t me ( to ) and his hei s,

and . male and female, holdeth the same dwelleth there i 9 . . r . a 7 From the Chance y Records, Temp Eliz , on page , vol ,

. 2 1558 1 603 r B h . ( to ) Robe t Burlton appears as Plaintiff and Richard Li in cot t Laomeon Li in cott pp g , Johan his wife, pp g and Wilmott, his

wife, Defendants . The object of this suit was a claim by purchase of certain shares of the manor of Odam in the parish of Highh ampt on a P l w ort h e of Hath erl e of and of the m nor of e y in the parish y , and messuages in O dam and Mousehole in said parish of Highh ampt on Fel w ort h e Redhil l es Noderd on and of messuages in y , Hayes , , , and

H h rl With bed at e e . y in the parish of y , Devon ” c in 1 558 From the Pro eedings Chancery, Temp . Eliza . ( to

I L . 1. i 1 62 . . 9 L encott n a on page , vol ii , John pp , Plaintiff, Joh Br ye and un George Braye, Defendants , claims as heir a piece of gro d called ’ - l S A scott . . tony Cross in , late the estate of plaintiff s father Devon ’ A Laomedon Lippincott appears in Beth am s Baronetage as son of

ul s o 1 63 0 . Thomas of C m t ck, and might have been born about He is A Leonardum called by Playfair . 1 3 2 . a From the Proceedings in Chancery, Temp Eliz , on page ,

L in l em ancke . . . . 1 : n cott Es F vol iii , L l Joh ypp , q , Plaintiff, Oliver , rr Defendant, claims for performance of ma iage contract the Barton

B oscarne r B od m n and demesne of and other lands in the pa ish of y , agreed to be settled by defendant on his marriage with defendant’ s

d . aughter Cornwall .

Fl ammock Fl amm ank a Thomas or , man of respectable family,

and a lawyer, Michael Joseph, a Smith of Bodmin , and Lord Audley were leaders of a revolt on the occasion of the raising a tax by Henry a he ns VII . to defray the expenses of his war with Scotl nd . T i urgents

4 5 . were defeated on Blackheath and their leaders exe cuted . 1 9 Penny

. . . . 40 . Cyclop , vol viii p ’ Luuecot e o th e Roger de , whose name appears in the R lls of King s

for o r f . Cou t the sixth year Richard I to the accession of King John ,

1 19 5 1 19 9 . under the head of Leicester to , is the first, after I de

Louet ot o of the Battle Abbey Roll of d ubtful authority, whose name

Luflinco Luffin approximates to that of t or gc ot e or Lippincott .

rt L venescot t h e Robe de y resided in Black Torring on , in which t Lovecot e e manor of is situated, as appears by the Hundred Roll s of tim

. I . A D . . 1 2 1 6 13 0 7 of King Henry III and King Edward , or from to

Lu h enc ot Lo h encot L w enscot Lunenesc ot He held g or g or y or , by all m ’ “ which forms of spelling it appears in Sir Willia Pole s Devon, 12 T h e n t t s in E n an an m r Lippi co gl d d A e ica . in r . 2 7th r the time of King Hen y III , year, says the same autho ity, r and g anted it to his youngest son Jordan, who also is named in the

Hundred Rolls of the same reigns .

ord anus Lo in et ot Jordan or J de g gg , as he is termed in the Hundred

. I . Rolls of time of King Henry III and King Edward , held the manor in the 2 4t h y ear of the latter king

th e h Luskot e Lufkote s John , probably Jo n de or , for and f are read th e r and ily confounded in ancient manusc ipt, was son of Jordan, is named in the same Rolls as having been sworn a member of a jury Ch arl era of twelve, before whom it was testified that Symon de y had l s ot e f Lu c Lu cot . ki led Richard, son of Thomas de or e These parties h e i . were all of t Hundred of Black Torr ngton Devon . Lu h n h e cot . rn 8t John de g , says Sir W Pole, was bo in the year of

A D . 1 5 e . 1 3 Edward II , or but as it is probable he do s not intend to

h h e m a h e n fix the date of birth , but of in eritance, y have been t Joh on named the above jury .

Lu h encot - e n and Thomas de g was son of the before nam d Joh , was born in or inherited the manor of Lugh enc ot in the 1 9th year of King l A D . 1 346 a . t Edward III , , says the same excellent authori y, ready quoted .

Lu h encot John de g was probably a son of the above Thomas, but not the John who lost his estates or his life-right therein in the time of —

A . D . 1 3 2 1 3 . . 7 77 King Edward III , , who was son of William His son or grand son Nicholas sold the property in Luffincott in 14 1 5 to John

Sid enh am . Wise, of “ ’ i Wibber V . s John Lipp ncott held y in King Henry time, and his heirs , male and female, holdeth the same and dwelleth there A r ( D . says Sir W . Pole in his Devon . Time of Hen y V A D . 141 3 1 42 2 was to .

There lived thereabouts another John Lippincott, perhaps the h Luscot e Lufcot e above, son and eir of William de or , who may have es e m been the John who lost his tat s , as his name appears a ong the D i th e 1 3th . A . 13 90 . escheats of year of King Richard II , Th s may have been a revisal of the escheats of a former reign . The calendar of post-mortem inquisitions again nam es the manor of Luffyngcot e

in n r I A D . 1 400 1 4 13 the reig of King Hen y . , to , and again in the ’

A D . 142 1 147 1 r . eign of King Henry II , to , which is many years after Lu h encot h Sid enh am it was sold by Nicholas de g to Jo n Wise, of ; but

rm n w it is named as belonging to Thomas C a y o e. John Lippincott who married the heiress of Wibbery is called of Li in cot his h im p g , and son after , many years after John Lippincott v a lost his estates ( 1 3 2 7 to 1 3 57 ) in Lo ecot e or Luffi ncot . The l tter u ko Lufkote appears to have been son and heir of William de L s te or , d m l one u l a . and to have ost but car cate of n , ansion, etc By the Domes T h e n t t s in En an an m 1 Lippi co gl d d A erica . 3

r in Lovecot e h n . day Book survey there were two ca ucates , so t at Joh L Li in cot his he of p g may have held the other, and heirs have sold it to t Sid enham 1415 r Wises of in , and the ecords be proved consistent .

' b Es Wibber Kin enr The a ove John Lippincott, q , who held y in g H y ’

V . s time, was probably son of the John who was son of Thomas, both L h n of wh om u e cot , . ' held g as before stated The said John Lippincott,

Es Wibber r r Wibber q , of y ma ried Jane, daughter and cohei of John y, . Es Wibber om q , of y in Alverdiscott, Devon, near Bideford, by wh he had issue :

Es Wibber JOHN LIPPINCOTT, q , of Lippincott and y, who married Wikes Wikes h a , daughter of , of Devon, and d issue

1 . w WILLIAM, who deceased ithout issue .

2 . ff of in Elizabeth, married William Gi ord, Weare Gifford, Devon .

3 . . Eleanor , married Chipman

4 . Wibber Es w h o e his JOHN of Lippincott and y, q , succ eded and La l ode brother married Jane, daughter of p , of Sid and bury, near Honiton, Devon, had issue hn H l 1 . ar w in e . Ann, married Jo , of Sidmouth, Devon

2 . e Philip, married first, Alice Gough ; s cond, Jane Larder ; third,

Alice Dyrrant .

3 . Thomas .

4 . Lewis .

5 . William .

6 . . John

Es Wibber PHILIP LIPPINCOTT, q , of y, Devon, married first, Alice, r K l kenh am n a and daughter and coheir of Richa d Gough, of y , Cor w ll, had issue

h . 1 5 6 a 1 . 1 2t 7 JOHN, who deceased Nov , , m rried Anne , daughter Elforde Sh e st ow o and heiress of Roger , of p , Devon , ancest r of * am . Sir Willi Elford, Baronet

2 son . . Jane, who married John Butler, and heir of Philip Butler rr Philip Lippincott ma ied his second wife, Jane, daughter a Es in - and of L rder, q , of Pynes, Upton Pyne, Devon, had issue : n r l Roscor ick Rost o ick rn a . 3 . Margaret, married Hugh or , of Co w l

4 . Edmund .

5 . Henry . 6 . Arthur

7 . . Anne , married John Viney w r Philip Lippincott married his third ife, Alice, daughte of

D rrante Ear I1 ? scombe om . y , of [ ] , by wh he had no issue

h L ncot t E s o f Wibber in D ev on is ca ll e t h e eld est son of Jo n ippi , q , y , d ’ 2 0 Philip and gent l eman in t h e Heralds Vi s it at i ons of 1565 and 16 . 14 Th e n tt s in E n n n m r Lippi co gl a d a d A e ica .

Es Wibber i JOHN LIPPINCOTT, q , of y, son of Ph lip and Jane n and r El forde [Alice married A ne, daughter cohei of Roger , of She st ow h ad is u p , and s e

1 . 10 1 555 s 159 7 JOHN, born June , , and decea ed .

2 . r rin Anthony, of Eastwood, Devon, mar ied Catha e

rr . had a daughter, Anne, who ma ied Taylor 3 . Frances, married first, Anthony Berry, of Eastleigh, Devon, and h ad d a son, Ralph . Secon , married Alexander Rolle, of St evenst one Devon, the third son of John Rolle, of , Devon, n n fou der of the house of Rolle, whence proceeded He ry Rolle, Lord Chief Justice of England during the first years of the w h o Commonwealth, Sir John Rolle, was esteemed one of the th e n wealthiest commoners of England, and present Joh Rolle, St evenst one n t Lord Rolle of , whose seat at Bicton, ear Honi on, n it s c a t Devon, is u rivalled in extensive and magnifi ent pl nta ion

of American trees and shrubs .

r rr e rn . Ma garet, ma ied Rob rt He e, of Wales l n n in 5 . r m n Co l arnore Ha i t o Ma y, arried Joh , of West g , Ilfracombe ,

Devon .

LIPPI NOOI' ‘ T E s Wibber JOHN , q , of y, Devon , eldest son of John and nn m a and 1 597 : A e, arried Jo n dying in , left issue

1 . r s 1 59 8 ma s A thur, decea ed , rried first, Mary, daughter of Thoma r n Leigh, of No thampton, Devon ; seco d, Sibil, daughter of

al in 1595 t o . Richard H se, , and deceased wi h ut issue

. r s 62 3 ar H i 2 7th . 1 Geo ge, decea ed Dec , , married Naz ia u she, d or Hewish e Kilkenh am aughter of William Huishe , r ctor of , w Corn all . m 3 . rri o Honor, ma ed first , Copplestone ; sec nd, Hu phrey

Bront z Cha ford . , of y , Devon

4 . i r w . Barbara, married Chr stopher Cock, of Camelford, Co n all

5 . r rr Fl amanch . Ma y, ma ied Nicholas , and had issue

A RTH UR LI PPI Noor' r' Es Wibber n , q , of y, Devon, son of Joh and a rr r r Jo n, ma ied first, Ma y, daughter of Thomas Leigh, of No tham,

. rr r l oth 1 594 Devon She was inte ed at No tham January, , leaving no

. m r s issue A onument to her memory exists in No tham church, ays ” his 3 66 r . r r m Lysons in Devon, page , Pa t II A thu arried his second wi r a n in fe, Sybil , daughter of Richa d H lse, of Ke edou , Sherford, Devon,

1 595 . 159 8 wi i . w r in Arthur died in , thout ssue His wido mar ied R r r B att er n r 1 650 . obe t Save y, of y, Devo , and su vived until

L Es Wibber son and GEORGE IPPINCOTT, q , of y, of John Joan,

marri d 1 62 0 . e , in May, , Nazaria, or Hazar Huishe ( daughter of Rev Hew ish l ec William Huishe or , of Kilkhampton, Cornwa l , who d eased about and had issue a son : 1 Th e Lippincot t s in E ngl and and Am erica . 5

6 r rn 1 2 1 5th 1 655 . m WILLIAM, bo in , and was living June, He ar ied n Fit z ames Lew son o i a sister of Sir Joh j , of , D rset, kn ght, and had issue '

Es c THOMAS LIPPINCOTT q , se ond son of John Lippincott and Jane La l ode : p , married and had issue

E rr 8th 1 563 G ORGE LIPPINCOTT, who ma ied, May, , Mary h ad issue .

2 7 h t 1 566 . 1 . t Christian, baptized, Sep , 5 9 h . 6 2 6t 1 . 2 . s Thoma , Feb ,

1 st . 1 572 . 3 . Thomas, Feb ,

Es P nehill THOMAS LIPPINCOTT, q , of y in Sidbury, Devon , son of r r 1 6th ul 1 605 Geo ge and Ma y, married, J y, , Elizabeth, relict of Thomas L w 1 62 0 fi ve ippincott, by hom, dying in , he left issue, sons and four

d a h viz . : ug ters,

m r 610 m o r 1 66 1 . b 1 7 . Tho as, o n , arried D rothy Bake , deceased r rn 61 1 m 2 . 1 e Geo ge, bo , arried first, Dorothy s cond, Ellen

rt and no . Ba lett, left male issue 6 3 1 6 3 3 . 1 1 t . . 7 1 s . 7 1 698 Henry, born , bap Jan , , decea ed Jan , ; Uffcul m ms o married Rebecca Mills, of , in Cul t ck, Devon, about

1 670 .

l 1 64 r 4 . 161 5 r 2 1 st 7 . John, born , mar ied, Apri , , Mary Ba tlett 619 1 52 Or 5 . a e rn 1 6 W lt r, bo , buried (

n . 6 . Ja e

7 . Grace .

8 . Mary .

9 . Prudence .

Es Cumst ock m THOMAS LIPPINCOTT, q , of , Devon, son of Tho as and Eli of P nehill n r r zabeth, y , settled in Culmstock, Devo , and ma ied r and 1 667 : Dorothy Bake , deceased in , leaving issue

645 an 1 658 . 1 . born 1 d Thomas, , deceased in

H nr . 2 . e y 3 n n 1647 1 684 ma r and . Joh , bor , died ; r ied Grace Baker, left no

male issue .

4 . 1 650 . George, born m or n rn 1 65 i 5 . Leonardu L 2 d 1 72 4 aomedo , bo ; ed .

6 r . Robe t 16 Th e n tt s in E n an n m r Lippi co gl d a d A e ica .

7 8 9 . . , , Daughters

1 0 . 1 665 1 69 0 r Luke, born , married, , Ma y Farr

1 1 . Cat s ear Thomas, of p , Buckland, Devon .

- UK Es . L E LIPPINCOTT, q , son of Thomas, of Culmstock, and Dorothy 1 690 Baker, married, , Mary Farr, and had issue

1 . Thomas, married Joan Wyne, of Prescott . 2 r e . Hen y di d young .

3 . s k Dorothy, married first, William Prim ; second, Nichola Bic nell,

of Buckland . 4 . l . Joan, married first, Thomas Parsons ; second, Wil iam Downe

C at s ear THOMAS LIPPINCOTT, of p , Buckland, Devon, son of Thomas and Dorothy, married and had issue h 1 . Jo n .

2 . . Dorothy

3 . Es . Agnes , married John Hill, q

4 . w . Thomas, died ithout issue

5 . n . Joh , who died at Frome, without issue m r 1 0 1 i n rri 1 766 6 . a 7 S uel , bo n , liv ng u ma ed in , at Wellington,

Somerset . d a 7 . 1 766 rr an . George, living in ma ied had issue, Eliz beth

8 . r l . Prudence, who married Cadbu y, of Cu mstock, apothecary

W LI PPI Noor r P nehill ALTER , son of Thomas, of y , and Elizabeth , married and had issue

1 . bo 1 651 1 657 . Thomas, rn or

2 . Elizabeth .

or r . 3 . Dorothy Ma y

r THOMAS LIPPINCOTT, son of Walter, ma ried and had issue

H m rr . Thomas, a ied and had a son Joseph

N orn 1 673 n . Joseph, b , died an i fant

n r 6 1 675 . P Abraham, bor Ap il ,

P rn Jan. 2 5 1 676 . Elizabeth , bo ,

‘ 1 760 . P Walter born Dec . died

Q r 6th Feb 168 1 . Richard, bo n , Q Leonard um 19th 168 6 . ‘ , born Sept ,

r 2 2 d 1 68 8 . 8 . n Joh , bo n March ,

2 oth 1 69 1 . 9 . Henry, born May,

nd t i n 6th eu. 1 694 . 1 1 . a 10 and James Doro hy, tw ns, bor J , 2 th 1 69 6 ri 2 9th 1 2 . 9 Charity, born March, , and who mar ed

1 7 18 Es . , Edward Collins, q

18 Th e n n E n m r Lippi cot t s i gl and and A e ica .

. 1 0 1 774 r f t r and ried Feb , , Catha ine Jef eris, only daugh e heiress of f r a n Sir Charles Je fe is (by Cath rine, o ly daughter of William Cann, e the n Baronet, who succ eded to Ca n estates on the death of her brother, wi h e u Sir Robert, the last Baronet) , th whom acq ired the seat and Can s son estates of the family, and by whom he had i sue a

S I R Y s n Blar onet Slt oke HENR CANN LIPPINCOTT, the eco d of r wh o was n 5 1 6 House, in Stoke Bishop, nea Bristol, born Ju e , 7 7 , 13th A u 1 82 9 w n and deceased g , , he the Baronetcy became extinct . b Stoke House, in the parish and manor of Stoke Bishop, was uilt I n 1 669 . t d in is a ha some seat, four miles west of Bristol, on the r rn m r rn no th bank of the Seve , com anding a ve y fine view of the Seve

and Avon and the shipping on these rivers .

B Es Overc ourt i RO ERT CANN LIPPINCOTT, q , of , Gloucestersh re, a L rt Overcourt England, son of Sir Henry C nn ippincott, Ba , of , whose n e 1 83 1 ame he assumed by Royal lic nse in , on succeeding to the prop ert Overc ourt r 18 19 rr 1 840 y of , was bo n ; ma ied first, Margaret h A . w o o gnes, daughter of Mr Sergeant Ludlow, deceased at Harr wgate, n 2 8 1 845 1 8 1 854 Ju e , second marriage, July , , to Julia Sulivan, sec t ond daughter of Sir John Francis Davis, Bar , and r has by the forme , with other issue

B 1 84 1 RO ERT CANN CANN LIPPINCOTT , born , and educated at

Harrow . nn Es Overcourt Robert Ca Lippincott, q , of , was educated at Eton r r and Ch ist Chu ch, Oxford, and is Lord of the manors of Compton e nfi t r Gr e eld, Littleton upon Severn, and Aust, and pa on of two livings,

Overcourt r . , Almondsbu y, Bristol i t a é o Sir John Francis Dav s, Bar , bove named, was attach to L rd ’ i 18 1 6 Amherst s Emb as sy to Ch na in , and Joint Commissioner with ’ in 1 834 and Lord Napier China in , Her Majesty s Minister Plenipo

- n i r 1 844 1848 . r t e t a y and Governor of Hong Kong, to His esidence is

Hollywood House, Henbury, Bristol .

Probable line of descent of Sir Henry Cann Lippincott, of Stoke

House, Bristol , England, etc

1 1 9 5 1 1 9 9 . Luvecot e . 1 . Roger de , Temp ( Richard John) , to

rt Lu h encot L venescot r 1 2 43 . 2 . Robe de g or y ( Hen y

Lo in et ot son r 1 2 95 . 3 . Jordan de g gg , his ( Edwa d

Luskote Lufkot e his son 1315 . 4 . John de or , ( Edward

346 . d uskot e Lufkot e his son . 1 5 . Thomas e L or , ( Edward III ) —1 L hin cot e 1 32 7 37 7 . 6 . John de yg g , his son ( Edward n Li in cot W bber his nr 141 3 7 . Joh de p g y y , son ( He y

142 2 . 19 T h e Lippincot t s in E ngl and and Am erica .

o Li in cot W berr his J hn de p g y y, son,

Li in cott . John pp g of Sidbury, his son

Thomas Lippincott, his son . 63 r 1 5 . George Lippincott, his son, mar ied

m P nehill h is . 1 572 . Tho as Lippincott , of y , son, bapt

A l m sh a ne 1 61 3 . Henry Lippincott, of y , his son, born

u 1 677 . Henry Lippincott, of C lmstock, his son, born

r . 1 7 3 7 . Sir Hen y Lippincott, of Bristol , his son, bapt

Sir Henry Cann Lippincott, of Stoke Bishop, his son, born

Overcourt Gl ouc . son Robert Cann Lippincott, of , , his , born 1 841: Robert Cann Cann Lippincott, his son, born

The children of Robert Cann Lippincott and Margaret Agnes (Lud low) Lippincott 14 1 . o r . R be t Cann Cann Lippincott, born Feb ,

2 . 14 1 842 Margaret Jane Cann Lippincott, born May , .

t . h 9 1 843 r . . 2 3 Cat arine Mary, born June , , mar ied Rev H . Sten

4 . r . 1 1 844 r Hen y Cann Lippincott, born Nov , , and ma ried to

Helen A . Ker Williamson .

MI S CELLANEOUS NO TES

OF TH E IN LIPPINCOTTS ENGLAND .

n t ai Francis Lippi cot , of Exeter, merchant, was B liff of Exeter in 1 648 ff 1 649 m Sheri in . He arried Alice, daughter of who

1 3th A u 1 660 r died g , , was inter ed at Kenn , Devon, and had issue, h il c n . w as B a ifi Francis Lippincott, of Exeter, mer a t He of Exeter

“ 1 650 rri in ma ed Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Evans, mayor of Exe 1 650 wh o 1 l th t 1 652 w as r ter, in , died Sep , , and buried in Exete

Cathedral .

t and Lippincot , of Alverdiscott, married had issue t r n r hi tee sons and daughters, all baptized, ma ried, or left the place 1 779 e r r previous to , exc pt Hen y or Ha ry, who married Amy, daughter

Gl ubb . of , and had issue a daughter only, who died an infant

r r l oth o 1 779 . Hen y or Har y was buried at Alverdiscott Oct ber,

14 1 73 9 . George Lippincott, of Alverdiscott, made his will th March, e n r now or r He mentions ther i his brother Har y Lippincott, lately esid n ing at Barcelo a . 1 683 hi wh o u John Lippincott married, June, , Anne Fairc ld, s rvived him many years . 2 0 T h e n t t s in E n an an m Lippi co gl d d A erica .

n nr . Thomas Lippi cott, Bailiff of Sidmouth in the time of He y VIII , 1 509 1 547 a n to , was probably the Thom s Lippincott, second son of Joh L l Lippincott and Jane ap ode, Luffi n cot t John g appears as Steward, but by alphabetical index of ’ ” Isaa k s Hi t orv f c e s 1 648 . of Exeter, as Baili f of that city in

“ Monast erii s Under head of de Syon in the Valor Eccle iasticus,

. . . 42 7 v i vol i p , Subdivision De on, appears the follow ng entry : ’ ’ ann a i x n i el Feod u t e eu t v d t . 38 s d Lu ncot t e Sidmouthe Thome ppy batt de , xx . “ L l ifen o . 2 3 7 t e c e . . t In the same, vol v p , appears y ” L t elff n y e cott . m o Extracts from Registers of Ply outh, Dev n, made

s . 1 8 50 by Jame S Lippincott,

Weddings

1 632 2 8 . a a . , May Nichol s England to M ry Lippincott * 1 63 6 . 1 . Li in cott . , Nov Bartholomew pp g to Elizabeth Squire 57 1 63 9 an 13 . r . , J Robe t Warren to Joan Lippincott

Baptisms

Li in ot . 1 62 9 . 1 5 . c , Sept Martha, daughter of Thomas pp g 1 63 2 a Li in cot , June James, son of Thom s pp g . l i in 3 L cot . 16 1 5 . 7 . , Nov Agnes, daughter of Bartho omew pp g

Burials

i in 1 63 6 . 1 2 r r L cot . , Oct . Ma tha, daughte of Thomas pp g 1 3 Li in c ott 6 9 . , May Agnes, daughter of Bartholomew pp g Li in t t . 1 639 . 7 . co , Sept James, son of Thomas pp g

Li in co t . 1 645 . 2 4 . t , Apr Thomas pp g

Li in cott 1 689 Li in cott adm . Francis pp g , of Kenne, , and John pp g ,

1 72 0 1 180 1 765 . , are named in Consistory Register, to

1 603 . 545 From Catalogue of State Papers, James I . ( p

t . 10 7 . n : June 1 5 . Tavis ock Earl of Bath to the Cou cil The m t enclosed charges have been proved against Lao edon Lippinco t, whose temper is so turbulent that any punishment he (we ? ) could inflict would only add fuel to his clamor .

r h l mew L nc ot t w as t ax e a t C oc heco now D over New In 1658 , B a t o o ippi d , , “ ee New n an H st or c a and h re and in 1 66 2 at D over eck. S l l Hamps i , , N E g d i i

r G eneal ogi c al Regi st e . h n in En n an m r 2 1 T e Lippi cot t s gl a d d A e ica .

1 ( Incloses) 1 07 . . Statement of violent conduct and threatening u Workl ei h lang age used by Laomedon Lippincott, of g Co . Devon,

’ n th e against the officers of the mi isters . He refuses summons to be

i . 1 0 . one of the trained band, and w ll not pay the martial rate June Li in ot 63 c 1 5 . Philip pp , apprentice,

63 65 v l . 1 8 . . . 4 o , May Time of Charles I p ( h cccxxii) . A petition of the Governor and Society of t e French Mer h of c ants Exeter to the Council, Recites former petition against Richard

Li incot Maine and Francis pp , who used the trades both of merchant a and ret iler, the order of the Council thereon and the subsequent per mission given to Richard Maine to retail commodities not appertaining

to the French trade ( see vol . cccxiv . No with command nevertheless

- r re &c . &c . that both pa ties should attend the Lords for a hearing, , ” n The above name is also spelled Francis Hippi gcot t .

OT S O THE GLI SH LI I OTT D IG R A UG UST 877 . N E N EN PP NC PE EE , , 1

1 . son n The children of Philip , of second Joh , were Margaret,

rt nn . an . Edmund, Henry, A hur, and A e No descend ts are named They lived in the sixteenth cent ury ’

2 . r a James Davidson s pedig ee st tes that William Lippincott, of W berr D onisia ? Fit z am es y y, who married ( y ) sister of Sir John j ,

n Lew son r . K ight of , nea Sherborne, Co Dorset, had issue, John, George,

A r r . thu , and Charles

3 - w as e 1 683 . Perhaps the last named John he who married, in Jun ,

nn r r . A e Fairchild, who su vived him many yea s

4 . Christian . No descendants named . 5 S dbur 1 58 3 . A Thomas Lippincott, of y y, married, , Agnes 2 oth t 1560 e and had issue, Margaret, bapt . Sep , ; also Robert, Alic , and

Lillian . S dbur 6 . Another Thomas Lippincott, of Buckley, married at y y , ha d r 1 7 an. 1 58 6 th J , , to Elizabeth ( Richard and Abigail a g and

son Thomas . )

S dbur : . 7 . Bartholomew Lippincott, of y y, had issue Anthony, bapt 9 h 2 9 h 1 59 5 . t 4th Nov . 1 59 3 . t , ; Thomas, bapt May, ; Dorothy, bapt

1 602 . 7t h . 1 59 7 . 1 59 9 o a . r Oct . , ; Joan, bapt ; J hn, b pt ; Ma y, bapt Dec ,

7th 1 607 . 1604 ; Bartholomew, bapt . April,

- n a 8 . Th e last named Bartholomew, is, I thi k, the s me whose mar his riage I find recorded at Plymouth, Devon, and sister Joan the one

n . r ordered to be transported for attendi g conventicles Ba tholomew, hi above, is, I suppose, the same found at Dover, New Hamps re, New ” th e e r England, later in sevent enth centu y , ’ 9 or x . Perhaps our Richard is son of either Anthony or Thomas hn n l r and Jo , So s of Bartho omew, Senio , brothers of Bartholomew,

n l as . Ju ior, named above 2 2 Th e n t t s in E n n m r Lippi co gl a d and A e ica .

10 . e i La l ode L i The thr e sons of John Lipp ncott and Jane p , ew s, n n L William, and Joh , youngest sons , have no descendants amed . ( ived

in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . ) 1 1 . ri S u re l st . Bartholomew Lippincott mar ed Elizabeth q y Nov ,

63 6 . 1 9 . r n 1 3th . 1 63 Robert Warren mar ied Joan Lippi cott Jan ,

a h 6 6 . 12 t . 1 3 Martha Lippincott, d ughter of Thomas, was buried Oct , o a r i Bar ( J an, bove, was probably daughter of Ba tholomew, Sen or. t h ol omew appears in Parish Rec ords of Plymouth . )

1 2 . as There was a Richard Lippincott in the time of Elizabeth, as i appears by the Chancery Records . Robert Burlton appears plaint ff t i Laomaeon c and against Richard Lippinco t, Johan his w fe, Lippin ott m his es Wil ot, wife, defendants, claiming by purchase certain shar of a Hi hh am ton an Pel w ort h e the manor of Od m in g p , and of the m or of y in in Hath erl e in &c . &c . &c . the Parish of y , and messuages Odam, , , ,

m . . Chancery Records, Te p Elizabeth ’

13 . . o Extracts from St Andrew s , Plym uth Records, England

r Li in cot t . 1 63 2 2 8 . , May Nicholas England married Ma y pp g i in r a h 1 63 6 . 1 . t L cott , Nov Bar holomew pp g mar ied Eliz bet u Sq yre. Li in ott 1 3 . r r c . 1 63 9 . n , Jan Robert Wa re mar ied Joan pp g Baptisms at same : in Li cot . 162 9 . 15 . r a , Sept Ma tha, daughter of Thom s pp g

Li in cot . 1 632 n 2 . , Ju e James, son of Thomas pp g in Li ot . 1 63 7 . 15 . r c , Nov Agnes, daughter of Ba tholomew pp g Burials :

Li in cott . 1 63 6 . 1 2 . r , Oct Ma tha, daughter of Thomas pp g

Li in c ott . 1 63 9 4 . , May Agnes , daughter of Bartholomew pp g i in o L c t t . 1 639 e 7 . e , S pt . Jam s , son of Thomas pp g

Li in cot t . A 2 4 . 1 645 . , p Thomas pp g

N Lu incot t Wibber A l verd iscot n LI PPI GC OTT or pp , of y, in , origi ally n * Luffencot of Luffe c ot . This family had married the heiress of

- i t Es . r c Wibbery and co heiress of Gough and Elford Har y Lipp n o t, q , 1 7 79 the last m ale of the elder branch of the family, died in .

n Li inc ot rt u es i Sir He ry pp , Ba , of Stoke, in Glo c tersh re, is de Li incot s Wibber scended from a younger son of the pp of y, whose P nhill and a t descendants were originally settled at y , in Sidbury, f er

wards for some generations at Culmstock .

Arms : Per fesse count erembattled g and s . Three talbots statant

gardant argent two and one . “ m From Magna Britannia, by Rev . Daniel Lysons and Sa uel 2 2 18 . vol . . . . Lysons, vi p cciv London ,

l l a m o l e b ut a ed ree in t h e ( il l ec t ion of S o it a ppears from S ir Wi i P , p ig

i inco iii t h e ar s S ir I saa c Heard d eri ves t h e na me from a pl ace call ed L pp t p i h

of Sidbury . n n m 3 T h e Lippi cot t s in Engl and a d A erica . 2

F . 2 6 1 802 . i EL ORD of Bickham, Nov , This ancient fam ly is said to have been of Cornish extraction . Robert de Elford was Sheriff of

13 02 . 1400 n Devonshire in Before the year they settled in Longsto e, Sh e st ow 1 748 in the parish of p , where the male branch remained till , n on when it became extinct in the male line . Joh Elford, of Longst e,

1 577 s . in married the heire s of Scudamore John, the fourth in descent frOm as - rr co- Co l estone the l t mentioned John, ma ied a heiress of p , by whom he had four daughters ; two of these married int o the Fortescue

r ol l om family and a thi d married Wo c be. ’ ” i l . L sons s vo v . . . y Magna Britannia, p cxviii

Co l est one COPLE TONE . S Philip p , the head of the family, in the reign of Edward IV . married the heiress of Bonville of Shute, by the

i r heiress of W bbe y . The elder line of Copl est one failed in three or four descents after the last- mentioned marriage ; the co- heiresses marr ied Elford of Shep Th e stow and Bampfylde . elder of these left four daughters co d w mar heiresses, one of whom ied unmarried, and the other three ere

ortescue ried into the F family ; from one of these Hugh, Earl of

ur . Fortescue , is the fo th in descent ’ ”

L son s . . . s a . y Magna Brit nnia , vol vi p clxxv

CH A YFO D n r n R , in the hu dred of Worford and in the deane y of Du s m l n ford, is a s al market town about miles from Moreto Hampstead,

1 8 9 . a f h a ford from Exeter, and from London The m nor o C y

r Ch a ford . belonged in the reign of Hen y III . to Sir Hugh de y Simon i e de W bb ry succeeded the grandson of Sir Hugh . The family of Wib for r i e bery possessed this manor seven generations, afte wh ch it pass d l n b vi Co est o e. y successive female lines to Gorges, Bon lle , and p ’ ”

i . 6 . L sons s r . v . 9 y Magna B ittania, vol p

L r n WOOD AND, in the parish of Little Tor ingto , in the hundred of Shibbear n o th e and dea ery of Torringt n, belonged to family of de

- i W w co and W bber . oodland, hose heiresses brought it to Sellers y The l in Wibber who e became event ually vested y, from whom it passed n through the Bonvill es to C opl est o e. ’ ”

L sons s n r . . . 53 1 . y Mag a B ittania, vol vi p

WI BBERY or Webbery was th e property and residence of a family in Le c ott . of tha t name, whose heiress brought it to pp The Lippincotts possessed and resided at Webbery for many generations . Henry Lip

incot t Es s u c Es p , q , the la t of the family, devised it to Charles C t liffe, q , rw E s s of Weach, grandfather of John Me in Cutcliffe, q , the pre ent pro priet or who has lately rebuilt the mansion on t his estate for his own residence . ’ ” 9 n r . . . . Lyso s s Magna B ittania, vol vi p 2 4 Th e n tt s in E n an an m r Lippi co gl d d A e ica .

th e r In pa ish church of Northam, in the hundred of Shebbear, a mi n m le and a half north of Bideford, is a mo u ent to Mary, wife of rt i A hur Lipp ncott ( daughter of Thomas Leigh ) , 1 594 . ’ “ L sons s . . 3 y Magna Brittania , vol vi p . 66 .

ar . . Sh ort o Extracts from letters of Edw d H H , of Exeter, England,

b . . Es i employed y G D Scull, q , to exam ne the Records of that city for t h e names of Richard and Abigail Lippincott

2 6 1 8 77 . A r Exeter, June , The chives of the Cathedral are in n l ” the annual returns of Baptisms by no mea s regu ar .

a r o th e I h ve gone th ough the wh le of Registers in Exeter, from 1 53 8 b the t u . the year to the eginning of present cen ry The charge, 1 as per Act of Parliament, is to the Incumbent / for the first year and 6d for each subsequent year . 2 6 1 8 7 7 : n Searches, June , Pri cipal Registry . 1 619 of , Lippincott, Thomas, Cornwood, near Ivybridge, Plymouth,

Will .

1 62 8 o a of n , Lippinc tt, Jo n, Bar staple, Will .

r o 1 0 r not ex Totness Archdeacon y, divided int Deacon ies, ind ed, ” : had to read the whole list name not mentioned . Barnstaple 6 i n 1 3 7 . L i co h m z in l a k r t t T o a e . B c bo o , Oct , pp g , , Ad . in ” o . Li t t h z in v co T om a e . N , pp g , , Ad with Will annexed . (Black l l n n r Co um t o . boro, ea p ) l u Li in cott . Pec iar of Custos College of Vicars, Woodbury, pp g

No Christian name . A .

2 9 1 8 77 . . : r r Exeter, June , Dr Sir I am j ust retu ned f om the ur w in Probate Co t, here I have been busily employed searching all the r f find w Wills, some of them ve y di ficult to , hich has caused much delay, and all are in a most deplorable state of decay . i in 1 . L cott The first searched, pp g , Thomas, of Cornwood, Baker L9 1 s 4 r rw total effects, , , . Children were Olive , Shi ell, Rachel Col

1 619 . . lings . Date No Richard 2 Lu in cott L in cott Li in cott — . pp g , Anthony, ypp g , pp g , three ways “ S e —of B d eford in of p lling in the Will, y near Barnstaple, Gent , liv g wm at Eastwood, Katharine, wife, Taylor, Ne an, mentioned no ” Richard . 1 62 8 on Punsford 3 . Li in cott rn s pp g , Joan, of Ba staple, , widow, , l l Lut t ere .

i in tt Th omaz ine . Bl ackboro n hi . 4 . 1 63 7 . L co , Oct , pp g , , Ad , ot ng Li in cot t Th omaz ine t 1 63 7 wh 5 . pp g , , All Hallows, Exe er, , Will

i th e n r . annexed . Noth ng nor does ame of Richa d occur

6 . . Peculiar, nothing

1 7 78 . . , Created Lippincott of Bristol, Baronet Arms described

2 6 T h e n tt s in En n m Lippi co gl a d and A erica .

abuse . With respect to the 40/ received we will say square as to the

Lippincott affair, although I have searched a Bps transcripts for ten

. o ot days I cannot find any transcripts fr m T ness , the Deaconry in

i t You l wh ch Cornwood is situated, of the date at all satisfac ory . wi l b r r s fi please remem e that the pe iod is the mo t dif cult, being the time of

as m 2 nd . the great Rebellion, and the time Pilgri Fathers of Charles u n n had I have worked most nceasi gly, and am certai you could not have b ou the work done y any other save myself for 3 times the amount . Y m r r s will please excuse y ente ing into particula s , as in many case I have used the license admitted to myself without divulging the sources . I i s fu have priv lege which it is neither expedient or faith l to divulge . It so happens that I am employed in a search in certain archives w hich I have given you the advantage of . “ k I thank you for your ind remark, it is not thrown away, and t h e although I ignore for present any remuneration, as far as the e Lippincott is concern d, any opportunity I may have of making mems ,

. n however worthless they may be, shall not be lost sight of I eed not u ter assure you, as I am persuaded that, according to yo r last let , you are sure that I have done the best I can . r in s l I ema your faithfu ly,

EDw . . SH ORTO. . H H

“ 4 1 8 77 . r Exeter, July , I carefully sea ched the Index ( of the r Es P obat e Court) prepared by Stewart Moore, q , and I came upon lry n Lo hin cot s Miss 13 51 . so y g Deeds , but the date beat me He was the Heir of Thomas de

E . . S TO W H OR . D . H H

T NOTES ON LOVECO T.

1 2 9 5 r In the Hundred Roll of the time of Edward I , Devonshi e

- Lovet ot was divided into thirty three hundreds ( including that of ,

- incidental ly named as co extensive with the manor of Fremington) . Fremingt on is now a hundred in th e north of Devonshire and includes r s and r of L 1413 Alverdiscott, the e idence prope ty the ippincotts in , and r earlie , perhaps . A uct ori . Extract from Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp . Henry VIII ” m 18 14 tate Regis Instit ut us repri ted by co mand of George III , , , n

Reformation . the On p age 3 89 of the second volume of the above appears follow ’ ’ ’ ” un e d n. ing, der the h a of Divi Exon Com Devo Th e n tt s in E n an and m 7 Lippi co gl d A erica . 2

Rect oria Loff n o e de y c t .

’ Rector ibm non compuit coram Commissionar istius ’ ’ ’ ’ auh id assign et postea p debit ex aminac oem hitam ’ ’ coram Joh e Exon epo Johe Hull Johe Ford auditor et ’ S ’ Johe S outh cote audit ore commissionar dni Reg pnoiat d ’ t oria dict 11 omi z z rec b corb n . q _ p p am exit suis an is a d ’ t ll ’ ’ Ultr iiij solut inde an archio Totton p p cessional n° ’ a p clar .

e 1 53 5 The dissolution of the Monasteries b gan in , and the above al d v uation preceded that ate by a few years .

The extract from the Great Domesday Book, extended in the law

Latin of the day .

ual d u L v d Ipse R s tenet o ecot e. Lofe teuchat Tempore Regis E imi i et el debat ro d d o vir at ae m . carucatm. wardi, g p g ter Terra est duo

n duo et acraa duod ecim as ast urae. Ibi su t villani quatuor prati, acr p ” i in d i m t r t a uin ua nt a . Oli g denarii , mo o valet q q g denarii o l aw The extract from the Exon Domesday Bo k, extended in the

Latin of the day .

Rual dus mansionem voc at ur Lovecot a habet unam quam , quam Lovvs ua Ed w ard us et mensionem et tenuit ea die q Rex fecit valorem , i i ssun reddidit g l d ut am pro dimid a virgata . Hanc po t arare dua u u carrucat a. Ibi habet R al d s in domino unam ferdin et villani e Rual dus du et unum ferd . t Ibi habet ae villani quatuor agras

et d uodecim ascuae et val uit sol d arii prati agras p , per annum quatuor ” et duae denarii et quoniam recepit vel ebat ur t rigint a denarii . By the Domesday Book Lovecot e was returned as containing t wo u as as car cates of land, that is, two ploughlands, or much two ploughs l n and s cou d cultivate in a year, i cluding meadow pa ture for the teams d and houses for the men . This is efined as two hides of land under

ti n n 2 00 2 40 . cul vatio alo e, or from acres to acres There were then an four acres of meadow and twelve acres of pasture . One hide of l d

equals 1 00 to 12 0 acres . In o Lo h ncot e the time f Edward III . Johannes de g y was outlawed for P nson o e the murder of William y , and his estate, c nsisting of a dw ll - and ing house a carucate of land and eight acres of wood, escheated to

w a t 1 3 2 7 1 3 7 7 . r the crown . This s be ween and This prope ty was

given by the King into the custody of John de Cary . 142 2—1461 Luff n cot e a In , the manor of y g is n med in the Inquisi Ess w at er S noth n V . s e tio s in the reign of Henry , and a sociated with , ,

and Tux hill . ’ Lovecot t Lovecott Higher and Lower , otherwise called James , in

Sh ebbeare Lovecot e the parish of , and determined to be the of the a 1 8 76 4 7 1 d 2 8 s Domesd ay Book, cont ined in , acres roo and perche 2 8 T h e n tt sin En an m Lippi co gl d and A erica .

a Es an of l nd, and was the property of Alfred Earle, q , English gentle in m an man formerly resident Den ark d in Austral ia . Lovecott w as d u 9 1 8 76 visite on A gust , , by James S . and Susan E . Lippincott, who r m were ve y kindly received by the gentle anly proprietor . Rual d A dobat us A d obed e hi or held thirty manors in D vons re, as

per authority of the Domesday Book and Rev . R . Powell, Rector of Fil l e h Lovec ott Sh ebbeare n and Buckland g , near in , an antiquaria , a th e Nor th D evon o rn l J u a . uthor of Marland Papers in , Barnstaple

OF ARMS ENGLISH LIPPINCOTTS .

’ i m B a v z . B eth a s Arms of Lippincott from various authorities, , ” ’ ” ’ ronet a e a r a il g , Burke s Encyclop edia of Herald y, Pl yfair s Fam y ” ’ e hi 1 565 Antiquity, H ralds Visitations of Devons re in and ’ ’ ” Sir William I ole s Devon, etc .

Wibber Wibber o y of y, with which family the Lippinc tts early

intermarried . r : bat ail e count erbat ul e ee r A ms argent a fece sable , betw n th ee f il 8 . cat er o es u . . . 54 g les From Devon of Sir W Pole, p i in o ib r L pp c t of W be y . : r bat ail e u Arms Pa tie per fesse g les and argent, three cats passant

r . . . 49 1 . counte changed Ibid , p

in i b r Lu ot e W b e . c . pp ( y, Co Devon)

: nebul ée . Arms Per fesse gules and sable, three cats passant argent in Lupp cot e.

: P er l es and a a . Arms fesse nebu gules s ble , three c ts passant argent

Crest : On a cross pattée argent four hearts gules .

Lippingcot e (Devonshire) . : m t l Arms Per fesse e bat led gu es and sable, three cats passant a rgent . n Luppi gcot e. : Arms Per fesse embattled gules and sable, three leopards passant a rgent spotted of the second . W berr One of the earliest coats of Lippincott of y y, borne by Philip in '62 0 .

: s n Arms Per fesse embattled gules and sable, three leopards pa sa t

argent . Crest : Out of a mural crown gules fi ve ostrich feathers alternately

argent and azure .

Lu incott Wiberr . Lippincott or pp ( y in Alverdiscott, Devon) Ex

tinct in 1 7 79 . n m s hr Arms : Per fesse cou tere battled gules and able, t ee talbots

statant guardant argent two and one .

Lippincott of Stoke Bishop . m : ur b r Ar s First and fo th, per fesse embattled gules and sa le, th ee 2 9 T h e Lippincott s in England and Am erica .

an d for . mountain cats statant gardant two one argent, Lippincott

and th ird , Second , sable, a cheveron between three mermaids proper mirror, comb, and hair or . Crest : In a mural crown gules a plume of ostrich feathers in one row argent and azure alternately .

: dubiis ue Motto Secundus q rectus .

Luff . n cott e . a e . y g Ar an eagle displayed s . gutt e de sang The last n n’ from Edmu dso s Heraldry .

CHAPTER II .

A ND B RICHARD A IGAIL LIPPINCOTT .

RICHARD LIPPINCOTT, the ancestor of the Lippincott family in an 1 63 9 1 640 America, emigrated from Devonshire, Engl d, about or , w as r nn w a and probably nea ly co ected ith the branch settled ne r Sidbury, h which early ex ibited puritanical proclivities . He associated with the s m early settlers of the colony of Massachusett Bay, and was ad itted a

13th 1 640 . 1 64 1 Freeman by the General Court of Boston, May, In , his Richard and wife, Abigail, resided at Dorchester, near Boston, when ‘ 6th their eldest son, Remembrance, was born, probably in the month,

and 19th 7th 1 641 . baptized on the of month, This name was possibly bestowed in remembrance of the liberty he enj oyed after his arrival in r in the Western world, or g atitude for the remembered mercies that m had attended hi . m Having re oved to Boston, their second son, John, was born there 8th 6th 9th 1 644 t in the month, and baptized on the of month, , hough his parents do not appear to have formed a connection with the church un 2 h l h r of Boston til the 8t of 0t month of that yea . Their daughter r 1 7 1 l th 1 646 but in Abigail was also bo n there th of month, , died

infancy . On the records of the First Church of Boston appears the following e : n r minute Richard Lippi cott, a member of y chu ch of Dorchester, being recommended from thence by letters t o us and fal ling in a with i un wi 8 e 2 7 draw ng from Comm ion th y Church, was admonished y of

2 . mo , In less than three months thereafter the following “ 6 occurs: Richard Lippincott for w ith drawing communion from y e a r so fellowship of y church, and being dem nded a g ound of his walking, m he would give none, but said he wanted a com ission to speak ; where e m upon for not hearing y church in their convincing argu ents, was 8 e e e 6 of 5th . excommunicated from y fellowship of y church of y y mo , e 8 e 1 651 e a i , in y n me of y Lord Jesus and w th y consent of y church, ” being admonished twice before . 3 0 Th e n t t s in E n an an m r Lippi co gl d d A e ica .

The expression He wanted a commission to speak may be under stood to imply either that h e felt no necessity laid upon him to make r any answer in extenuation of his cou se, or that he desired a commis “ r a h n e sion to p e c . The convinci g arguments of y church were not f su ficiently convincing to affect the mind of the conscientious man, e and that which to y church appeared to be and w as by it intended a to be a stigma and a br nd of dishonor, becomes in our esteem a testi a moni l to the steadfastness of his Christian character, and an evidence h is of advancement in Christian truth . Thus our godly ancestor was e ” d a separated from y church, and a blessed y of deliverance it proved

i s to him, since it hastened his return to England, whose tender merc e were less cruel in her treatment of heretics and schismatics than the “ e - r fierce step mother, y church and gove nment of Boston, that had m r fled fro her in order to enj oy those libe ties they denied to others . His mind w as preparing t o accept the Christian views held by the

r advo F iends, though no publication by George Fox or any other early r h a cate of their doct ines d yet been issued . Had h e remained among these Christians who had fled from perse cut ion in their native land that they might worship God as their “ ” conscience dictated, he might have shared in the tender mercies

x to that were e tended the Quakers a few years thereafter . Perhaps h e o would have been found wearing his hair too l ng, when about to visit

the barber, or if he used the words thee and thou to the magistrates ,

e an d would have be n fined for not honoring his father his mother,

though they may have long before deceased, as several were treated for n l aw wa t of a more pertinent against the Quakers . Strange that those wh o had fled from persecution should become the foremost to oppress

those wh o differed from them in religious faith . It has been truly and s tersely said, Laud was ju tified by the men he had wronged . e h r It may be difficult for us, taught by wiser and purer t ac e s, minis

ters of Christ, our Quaker fathers, to comprehend this inconsistency . t n The Puri ans , it must be contended, had no disti ct understanding i of th e true principles of civil and relig ous liberty . The idea of toler wn n ation had never da ed upo their minds , however strenuous their de

fenders may be in holding them up as the pioneers of these principles . “ ” in l It was for religious liberty a pecu iar sense, says Upham, that

n t h ev t they co tended, and were severely fai hful to the cause as they i and d . r t un erstood it The true principles of elig ous liber y, in its full ds and wide comprehension , had never dawned upon their min were ” never maintained by them . Early after his excommunication Richard Lippincott appears to m wi his m have ade arrangements to return to England th little fa ily, i h s eldest son, Remembrance, being about eleven years, the younger

son n n d l a , Joh , about seve , oubt ess grievously dis ppointed in his antici 3 1 Th e Lippincott s in Engl and and Am erica . pations of religious liberty and disgusted with the rul ers of the Puritan

on 3 d His home was now at Plymouth, Dev shire, and here on the 5th 1 653 his son of month, , third , Restore or Restored, as the name

w as . r be early written, was born This peculia name was doubtless stowed in commemoration of his restoration to his native land and to

m o s a the com uni n of more congenial spirits . With those he a soci ted t be perhaps soon after his re urn, but three or four years elapsed fore he appears to have only taken a part in the defence of the ri i Wi F ends or Quakers, which happened on th s se, as may be found more ’ al h ad at large in Sewel s History . Thomas Salthouse and Miles H e having refused to swear or take the oath of abjuration of the Pope, t mi not i an merely hat they ght offend aga nst the comm d of our Saviour, were sent back to prison as such that clandestinely adh ered to the ”

. ri of Pope On their recommitment to p son by the Mayor Plymouth, h s wi in the j ail at Exon Castle ( Exeter) , t e e Friends were charged th di th e d hi being sturbers of peace, and for ivers other gh misdemeanors against a late proclamation prohibiting the disturbing of ministers and o n other Christians in their assemblies, and against an rdina ce of his hn e ins Hig ess the Lord Prot ctor and his Council, lately made aga t duels, n s and challe ge and all provocations thereto, as having refused to give sufficient security for their personal appearance at the next general sessions of the peace, etc . The falsehood of th e above charges will appear from the follow ing r i dr am w ce t ficate, signed by sun y friends of the accused, ong hom the n r S in m nn ame of Richa d Lippincott is found, though pelled a a er we have not elsewhere seen it appear : “ We whose names are hereunto subscribed do testify That the our n s r wit several Particulars in an answer made by Frie d , are t ue, to , did that they not at all disturb the public Peace, nor were they at any but ur other Meeting ( that which was appointed by us) , to dist b any Ministers or other Christians in their assemblies and Meetings : Nor n were they guilty of any challenges, Duels and Provocations thereu to in h w r t e least Measure whilst they ere amongst us . And as for thei r fu r t wo w r r y e sal to give secu ity, of us, hose names are Robe t Ca and r c A thur Cotton, had given Se urity to the Mayor, by entering into Recognisance for their Appearance at the next Sessions the Day before r w - thei sending to Prison, but that the To n clerk made it void the next

i . Day, pretending it could not be accord ng to Law U K RALPH FOGG, THOMAS FA L NER, U NI CH OLA s ARTH R COTTON , COLE, B Y RO ERT CAR , JOHN MARTINDALE, LEPINCOTE RICHARD SMITH, RICHARD , Y S EN ANTHON TODD, JOHN HARRIS, , J ” UN . JOHN HARRIS, 3 2 T h e n t t s in E n n m Lippi co gl a d and A erica .

The trial of Thomas Salthouse and Miles Halh ead was one of th e n r first of its class, and the testimony has been u usually well prese ved and io the depositions taken at unusual length . Those cur us to read the or n testimony taken in this remarkable trial, proceedings which a ’ sw ered in place of a trial may find it in an article published in Fraser s

Ma az ine u 1 8 78 r in g for Aug st, , entitled The T ial of Two Quakers the

o . Time of Oliver Cr mwell ( from original by A . H . A

Hamilton . The narrative of the sufferings of the prisoners was pub C l ish ed under the title of The wounds of an Enemie in the House of ” 1 656 . r t s o a Friend, Du ing hi trial the pris ners were closely ques t ioned t r em as was then the cus om , and after desc ibing their mov ents m r up to their arrival at Ply outh, at the house of A thur Cotton, they “ state that they afterwards that evening went to Stonehouse at the ” was o house of one Lippincott . ( May, This no d ubt the Rich Le incot e wh o r ard p , with Arthur Cotton and othe s Friends, had testified to the falsehood of the charges brought against the prisoners (the difference in the spelling of the name being easily explained by the ignorance or carelessness of the scribe ) . Thomas Salthouse and Miles Halh ead had been committed to prison 1 655 few in May, , and but months elapsed before Richard Lippincott “ ” n e fou d himself in the same jail near the castle of Exon ( Exet r) , a companion of Margaret Kellam and Thomas Hooton . The cause of his imprisonment may be comprehended from the statement respecting ’ Margaret Kellam s offence . In A Short account of the Barbarous sufferings of Margaret Kel ” am . wn . , etc , by the Government of the To of Plymouth, etc , appended to a rare book entitled The West answering to the North in the fierce and Cruel Persecution of the manifestation of the Son of God : Lon f m’ 1 657 o . don, , we find the following exhibit the cause of M Kella s ’ i n : impr sonment, and incidentally that of Richard Lippi cott s

o a t o n r To his h noured Friend Edward Raddon , Secret ry Ge e al D is borrow . , these present

es My service presented to you . Being at Exon S sions I came forth and witnessed against one Margaret Killam what I heard her

. r speak, viz That when in discou se we spake concerning her walking : ru th e according to the light within I said, it is t e, but Scriptures or

t he . the Word of God, is rule for us to walk by She said, Jesus Christ n t he . t . 0 a is Word It is true, but there is a writ en word thou art

' r s . ignorant person and dost not unde stand the Scripture , said she At which word the Judge of th e Sessions demanded of her whether the ? Scriptures were the Word of God, or no She did not confess it, or

3 4 Th e n tt s in E n an and m Lippi co gl d A erica .

s are w l and r The e to i l require you, on sight the eof, to set at lib ert m y Richard Lippincott, Thomas Hooton and Margaret Kella , wife m now o w uffi of John Kella , in y ur Gaol, for hich this shall be your s cient Warrant . Given under my hand and seal this 1 3 day of Feb . 1 655 . JOHN COPPLESTONE . To e THOMAS DIGHT , Keep r of the Gaol ” n near the Castle of Exo .

Margaret Kellam had been sh amefully and cruelly abused by the m Mayor of Ply outh . Having felt concerned to go to his house and tell him she had a Word from the Lord to him ; he bade her come in,

r f r and ru . hea d her, and con essed that what she said, was ve y good t e Nevertheless the Tr uth she uttered so displeased him that he sent h er to n w as ou and t h e e of h er priso where she ab t a week, at interc ssion d e r 4th m Frien s, had some lib rty g anted her . But on the of next onth, abo m n t and a h er ut four in the orning, a Co s able serj eant c me to r and n ew rr chambe , broke open the door, refusi g to sh their wa ant, took ’ i r her away by v olence, tied a rope about her, th ew her on a horse s ’ ac n her n h er r e b k, bou d arms behi d , tied her feet unde the hors s belly , and carried h er in that inhuman manner ten miles ( a monstrous barbarity to a tender woman of good education and considerable for tune) . Then they loosed her cords and told h er they had a warrant t o h er r n r r . car y to Exete Gaol There she lay till the Qua ter Sessio s, when endeavours were used t o get an indictment drawn up against h er ; r si e in w but the Cle k of the Ses ons and others employ d that ork, could

not r o it m n s n ff in r m . ag ee ab ut , her a ife t in ocence ba l g thei atte pt After about two months imprisonment she w as released by order of the ” Sh eriff . During the ensuing fi ve years Richard Lippincott appe ars to have r e ce w e not he w as dis enj oyed a good deg e of pea , since do find that n t urbed in the performance of his religious duties . He conti ued to r at n s of mo eside Sto ehou e, a suburb Ply uth . On the l st 7th n t er w as rn t him of month, a o h son bo un o and n m r m d i his r en r s a ed F eedo , oubtless in commemorat on of ec t elea e m r e i r on l oth 5th 1 657 fro du anc v le ; and the e the of month, , his

r w as rn. son o orn daughte Increase bo His fifth , Jac b, was also b at

on l 1th 3d m 1 660 . Stonehouse of onth, s n n e n and ri n s Per ecutio co tinu d to rage throughout Engla d, F e d m ri m n se ra in were no whit intimidated thereby . The i p son e t of ve l Devonshire and in Cornw all induced many of their brethr en from di m as wi e a ed stant places to visit the , and was usual th som , as they p ss to declare t o the people their own experience of the val ue of true relig i m r es i ns ion. hi rme s e wh o T s ala d the Ju t c s, ade an orde of S s o to In cou e apprehend as vagrants all Quakers travelling Without a pass. s h n in n 5 T e Lippi cot t s E gl and and Am erica . 3

uence r q of this arbitra y order many were imprisoned . Others were fined for absence from public worship ; some were inhumanly whipped or placed in the stocks, and otherwise basely treated . Towards the end of 1 660 a general imprisonm ent began for refusing to take th e oath s of allegiance and supremacy, which nothing prevented the Friends ’ n r l from taki g but thei princip e of obedience to Christ s precept, Swear ” not at all, which they believed expressly prohibited all manner of oaths . For this purpose many were taken from meeting and had the oaths r tendered them by the Mayor and othe Commissioners, and for refusing

. th e 2 0th r 1 1th it were sent to prison On of Janua y ( the month, old a style) , Richard Lippincott and others were t ken from a meeting at m b Ply outh v the Mayor and sent to the High Gaol at Exon ( Exeter) . The prisons of the High Gaol and Bridewell at Exon were now h a t ronged, about seventy persons h ving been committed in about two m n n months , among whom were all the men of Ply outh who were k ow s un i a as Quakers . The women nevertheles , d smayed, const ntly con t i i inned to hold their meet ngs for worship, which hav ng been observed th e w h c by Mayor, he sent for them and asked them y they met ontrary ’ to the King s command . They answered that they did so, not in con m of in s s te pt authority, but di charge of their duty to God, in who e fear they met to wait upon and worship Him in spirit and in truth ; o n h ad and that if in so d i g they broken the law, they were ready to show their submission by patient suffering . The Mayor then proposed ’ m r o w hi t o the to become engaged for one anothe s go d behaviour, to ch h ad ill b r they replied that they not been guilty of ehaviou , as the people n n ul of the town who knew their Co versatio s co d wit ness . Their Chris a an o tian courage and const ncy made such impressi n upon the Mayor,

a m w r th t he dismissed the , threatening, ho eve , that if they were again ’ ff brought beforehim h e would send them to prison . (Besse s Su er 51 . 1 ings of the Quakers, vol . i pp . , in r w as t es Richard Lippincott was again p ison, and his wife doub l s among the women wh o continued t o at tend meetings for worship regard

less of the rigor of the persecuting arm . S ome may incline to censure as st ubborn and self- w illed the conduct of these inflexible adherents Fr i e t o conscientious conviction . It was said of iends in the t m of ” f e George Fox, that they were as stif as tre s, their refusal to pay

r r t o . r tithes, to perform milita y se vice, take oaths, etc , though the su e

uff n i . prospect of s ering lay before them, having give r se to this remark ” one ri in But, says who has w tten much their defence, though not

one i ri whi of them, th s noble practice of bea ng testimony, by ch a few individuals at tempt to stem th e torrent of immorality by opposing the a r vi themselves to stre m, and which may be conside ed as a li ng r r o m l n o ma ty d m, does in a ora poi t of view a great deal of go d to those r n r n who conscientiously adopt it . It teaches them to easo upon p i ciple 3 6 Th e n t t s in E n an a m r Lippi co gl d nd A e ica .

and stim to make their e ates by a moral standard . It is prod uctive

both of patience and of courage . It occas ions them to be kind and a t n m ul t e tive and ercif to those who are persecuted and Oppressed .

t o r a It is a great pi y that, as pr fessing Ch isti ns , we should not more i r i o r i n of us nco porate th s n ble p inciple ndividually into our religio . What an imm ensity of good would be done if cases of persons choosing rather to suffer than to temporize were so num erous as to ” ’ attract the general notice of men & ( Clarkson s Portraiture of ” Quakerism . This remarkable firmness and persistence in Opposition to every m r and ren for of wrong has made the Quakers a power in the ea th, dered them the pioneers of almost every moral and polit ical reform of s the la t two centuries . The Friends have ever been foremost in works h and n r an d w er m as of p ilanthropy Christia p ogress, heth we regard the r e t he o defenders of the rights of conscience and the libe ti s of pe ple, r s i as opposers of slave y, of oaths, of tithe , of the abom nation of war, the r n r s r na th e e c uel treatme t of the abo igine , of c imi ls and insan , or the t o high consideration they have ever awarded woman, we find them r n o r ee eve ywhere in adva ce of their contemp raries . The p inciples of fr dom promulgated during the Revolutionary War in America and embodied in the Constitution of the United St ates are directly traceable to the soun d religious and c ivil views of the early founders of the of s Society of Friends, or to their revival the principle and practices of r and n p imitive Christianity, it can be safely asserted that ma kind is more largely indebted t o Quakerism for it s present social happiness and moral elevation than to any other religious body in existence .

Their firmness has therefore borne most excellent fruit . The colony in Rhode Island in those days offering to Friends t freedom for the exercise of their mode of worship, Richard Lippincot

i New n for . aga n removed to E gland, where he sojourned a time Hav ing been preserved from the w rath of the persecutor and th e perils of sea er r the , he named his next son Pres ved, who was born here on Ch ist a n i i m s 1 663 . r day, The ames of the su v v ng children of Richard and A rm a e on bigail fo the words of a pr yer, which n eded only the additi R o Re o f be m t . s a son , Israel , to have en co ple e Thu , emember J hn,

s rv . T w as tore Freedom, Increase Jacob, and Prese e (Israel ) his doubt s vin a e le s accidental , ha g never been premedit t d by their parents, though a r inclined to ways in f shion among the Pu itans .

r h n . n r A new cha ter avi g been granted by Charles II , i co porating o t o in 1663 and the the Rhode Island and Pr vidence Plan ati ns , New to th e s in 1664 Netherlands having come in posse sion of the English , and a patent granted to a company of Friends from Long Island in 1 665 t he , who first bought lands of the Indian sachems, Richard Lippincott felt drawn to remove with others from Rhode Island and Th e n in E n an an m 3 7 Lippi cot t s gl d d A erica .

become an as sociate patentee with the residents on and near Shrewsbury

. e River, in East Jersey He thus became a memb r of the first English

w ar . colony in New Jersey, in hich he was the largest sh eholder w as f of th e o 1 669 He an active o ficer col ny, and in was deputy e 1 670 e of the Patente s, and an overseer, and again, in , an overse r of

h r ow In r S rewsbu y T n . the latter year the fi st meeting for worship i b r o 1 672 . was established y F ends, which was visited by Ge rge Fox in r Passe uenei ua The esidence of Richard Lippincott was on q q Creek, a n ew - r t bra ch of South Shr sbury River, three qua ters of a mile nor heast th e son- in- ni of house of his law, Samuel Den s, which stood three s n quartes of a mile ea t of the tow of Shrewsbury . n un ri Joh Fenwick being ambitious to fo d a colony in Ame ca, and in r rt need g funds therefor, sold to va ious pa ies while in England

extensive tracts in his projected domain . Richard Lippincott engaged 1 000 c i to locate a res, ly ng on the Cohansey River, in the present county

New . rm h oth e of Salem, Jersey Fenwick confi ed the grant of lands yp cat ed n us 1 67 6 to Lippi cott in England in Aug t, , and conveyed the said 1 000 £2 0 acres for the payment of , consideration money, and two bushels of i n wheat annually, in rent . Th s land was inte ded for Richard Lip ’ incot t s in 1 678 i p five sons, and was surveyed , and div ded among them n B r in the followi g yea r . y ag eement Freedom was permitted to have

t he s . 1 68 3 fir t choice John sold his share to Freedom in , and Freedom

parted with his 2 00 acres in 1 68 6 . vi a Ha ng at length found fixed residence, Richard Lippincott lived an b m r active, useful life, surrounded y a worthy family, and co fo table in the possession of a suffi cient estate and happy in the enj oyment of a religious and political freedom . Here he passed the last eighteen ye rs hi s and 2 5th of 9th n of life , here he died on the mo th ( November,

0 . 1 68 3 .

WILL OF RICHA RD LIPPINCOTT .

r in i The last will of Richard Lippincott of Shrewsbu y, the Prov nce r of East New Jersey, being in his right perfect sense and memo y, dis oseth his viz : oi ve p of outward estate as followeth, I do and bequeath u t o my sone Jacob Lippincott all and singular my pland and meadow,

n o . o m being lyi g and adj ining to a place c m only called long point, to

h r d . him and his eirs, executo s, and a ministrators or assigns forever e sons Freed ome - incott Secondly, I do give and b queath to my Lipp ,

a fter the decease of myself and my wife, all and singular my new dwell t ing, housing, out housing, wi h yards, and my farm, thereunto adjoin d t u a ing, uring his na ral life and no longer ; and after his dece se then rand son him r I give it to my g e Richard Lippincott, to and his hei s or

for m fi ve assigns ever, and Thirdly, I give to y sone, Remembrance

r s . shillings . Fou thly, I give to my sone John five hillings Fifthly, m r 3 8 T h e Lippincot t s in E ngland and A e ica .

i t o m e In I give to my sone Restore five shillings , and I g ve y daught r i i r t w crease five sh llings, and all the rest and rema nde of my ou ard t c t and t esta e I leave to my loving wife, Abigail Lippin o t, af er my s the decea e to be at her disposing, with advice of Friends ; and do m own a l acknowledge this to be y act. I set my h nd and sea s this w - d a n nth t enty third y of the y month, one thousand six hundred eighty three . C S eat RICHARD LIPPIN OTT . ( ) Signed in the presence of H UGH DICKMAN

J UDAH ALLEN .

Richard Lippincott above named did this t wenty third day of the n nth 1 683 l w n ru y month , personal y before me signe this above ritten I st m ent acknowledging this to be his act and deed .

K . JOSEPH PAR ER, Justice of the Peace

3 30 . . o . Book A of Patents; etc , p , in the ffice of Sec of State,

ren . . T ton, N J m wi Richard Lippincott ade a ll but named no executor, making his wife Abigail residuary legatee . a r w 2 d Joseph Parker, John H nce, and Eliakim Wa dell ere, on the r 1 68 3 of Janua y, , appointed to examine and inquire respecting the

t a . esta e of Richard Lippincott, dece sed u Abigail Lippincott became administrator, William Shatt ck and a n Francis Burden giving bond in £300 for her f ithful admi istration .

3 30 . Book A of Patents, p . 2 6th 3d 168 3 A deed of Richard Lippincott, dated of month, , ’ Mom eson s 2 5th conveying land on p Creek, was signed by 1 684 18 th of June, , having been confirmed by Abigail Lippincott of

1 684 . . 61 April Book C , p . 2 5th 168 7 A patent was granted to Abigail Lippincott March , , for n Passe uenei ua a 1 50 acres of a trac t called by the India s q q , ne r Passe

uenei ua . . 1 14 . q q Creek Book B, p

WILL OF A B IGA IL LIPPINCOTT .

e A bi aill Li encot t r o n nm t I , g pp of Sh ewsberry In y C u ty of Mo ou h and Province of East Jersey, In America, Relick of Richard Lippen u cott Deceased , being at this time through mercy of a so nd mind e e and out wardI e and memory , for y better setling Disposing of y Estat which it has pleased God to possess me of, And to prevent All discord ni t o be a that might otherwise ensue, I do ake and declare this my L st

Revo kin vo d m Will and Testament, y g making y All for er Wills and e m this onl v to stand In force According to y true Intent and plaine ean T h e n in E 3 9 Lippi cot t s ngland and Am erica .

e ‘ w t r ing of y express words herein, ithout any forced cons uction or s Interpretation upon them . I do order and Appoint that all my Debt which shall be Legally Due from me at my Deceas e be paid out of my

d o b u Stock as soone as possibly may be done . Item, I give eq eath Li enc ot t inis unto my Grandson John pp to his Heirs, Executors, A dm t rat ors or e Assigns, one hundred Acres of upland meadow, b ing part e s Passe ueno ue A forsaid of y new purcha e called q q , In Shrewsbury , t as which I bough of Francis Jackson his wife, by their Deed to r ? a a e e thei [that ] purpose, be ring d te y sixteenth day of y third month

1 68 7 l a eare . , may more fu ly at large pp Item I give and bequeath e u n o n nto my son Freedom Deceased u to his wife y sum of five p u ds, e hi unto y c ldren of my Aforesaid son Freedom Deceased, Excepting e m h fift ie his Eldest son Sa uel, I do give bequeat y sum of pounds all e n fiftie out current mo ey, the which five pounds is to be paid of y an e s produce of my L d that I have In y new purcha e called Freehold, b tt containing one hundred fifty acres, as y my Pa ent doth fully and n ut appear ; also my Negro Woma called Bess , being p to sale o e e and s ld y overplus thereof is to Return to y Stock . Item, I give and bequeath unto my three grand aught ers Even the offspring of my a r e un A bi al l n d ughte Increase D nnis, to g Dennis I give ten pounds , Grand au ht er Z biah s un and unto my g y Dennis I give five pound , and to randau ht er hi u my G g Rachel Dennis I give five pounds more, w ch s me of money is to be paid out of my goods chattels, and unto my son i In Law Samuel Dennis I give five sh llings, and by this same do freely Requitt forgive all Debts and Dues belonging unto me by book or e otherwise from him : And also after my Decease y Aforesaid Samuell e e Dennis shall have y use and benefit of y aforesaid sume of money ° that I have given un to his three daughters untill they Survive t o y

e ar . age of Eight en ye s, or untill their day of marriage Item, I give e and bequeath unto my sone Restore Lippencot t y Sume o f twenty

w . pounds, hich is to be paid out of my goods and chattels Item, I give and bequeath unto my sone Remembrance Lippencott my Negro Li encot t ilbie . boy G Item, I give and bequeath unto my Sone John pp i that parcell of meadow which I bought of my sone Restore, Ly ng on

e r b m y South side of Shrewsber y River, as y Deed may ore largely appear : Also I give unto him my young Negro boy called Oliver : R Also I do give and forgive unt o all my children (viz . ) e

b Li encott Li encott Li encott such mem rance pp , John pp , Restore pp , all

Debts, Dues Demands, Sume and Sumes of money or other pay that ” shall be Due unto me from any or either of them by b ooke Rec or e e h r sb r sums otherwise ; also I give to y meeting of ffriends In S ew e y y e al l fi tt . y of thirty shillings, for friends to dispose of as they see And not rest and remainder of my Estate , of what kind or nature soever a o nt herein disposed of before, I do order and pp y It shall be Equally 40 T h e n t t s in E n n a m Lippi co gl a d nd A erica .

e d evid ed betw een my three sons and y children of Freedom my dear son rt A o nt deceased pa ed by Lott . Lastly I desire authorize pp y my n hn Sh at t ock beloved frie ds Jo Hance, William Worth William to see thi m e be l r s y Last Will Testam nt to faithfu ly pe formed . Free doms son Samuell was Interlined befor being Excepted' against for some ns his ffath er wi l A nd r Reaso , dying thout a wil , fu ther it is my wil l that my tw o Negros Oliver Cosen his wife Attah have their A n Freedom after my Decease . d if any of my Grandchildren afore mentioned unto w hom I have given Legacies Shoul d dye before they e r c i r a Ret urne . e e ve it, then thei Legacy sh ll to y rest of their relations e In Wit ness hereunto I y above said A bigal l Lippencott have here unto e set t my hand and seale this twenty Eight day of y fourth month one

thousand six hundred ninety seven . A L BI GA LL IPPENC OTT A her mark . ( Seal )

e a e r Curl iss Sh at t ock Signed, Se led In y presence of G o ge , William ,

nn Li encott . A e Lippincott, Margarett pp

I did promise Thomas Hew itt that he should have the Refusal

of my Negro B ess after my Decease .

e r 2 4th 1 69 7 : n ar Pe th Amboy , August y The appe ed before me e Sh att ock e n i William George Curlis, two of y wit esses to y with n a Test ment and having taken their Solemn protestation doeth say, that they did see the within A bigall Lippencot t signe S eal s publish and hin wri l m and declare this wit ting to be her last Wi l and Testa ent, at ‘3 a w as o . y same time, th t she of s und mind and perfect memory A : ND HAMILTON .

To All Christian People to whom these presents shall come or whom these present Letters Test imOniall shall or may concern : Th e Governor e proprietors of y Province of East New Jersey Send Greeting . t e Know yee y y Last Will and Testament of A bigall Lippencot t of e Shrew sbery In y County of Monmouth Province of East New Jer r Li encott a n o sey In Ame ica, Relick of Richard pp Dece sed, hereu t e w as and S Annexed, tendered proved approved before us, And y aid A bigal l Lippencot t having whilst she lived divers goods and chattels e e e di o to be Administered within y said Provinc , And y Right of sp sing e and gr anting y Administration thereof belonging unto us : Now further e a mi know yee that we Have Admitted , And by these pr sents Do d t e the Administration of all and singular y goods chattels credit t s of e d s A bi all Li encot t a n o H y g pp Dece sed , u to J hn ance , William Worth ° Sh at t ock u William , Exec tors in y above Last Will and Testament ° d and therein name , truly faithfully to Administer of y same, And e A full true perfect Inventory apprisement of all singular y

T h e n t t s n E n a m Lippi co i gland nd A erica .

. 1 655 P 14 8 . 1 680 r mo , ) married th of th mo , , Ma y Curtis, of Burling — 1 69 7 n . ton, N . J died , killed by light ing h 6 . o u 5th l 0t Increase, born at St neho se, Plymouth, England, of h . 1 657 m n . 1 680 2 9th 9t mo , arried Samuel Den is Feb , , and died of

. 1 69 5 . mo ,

1 l th 3d . 7 . Jacob r , bo n at Stonehouse, Plymouth, England of mo ,

th 11th 1 2 th . 1 689 . 1 660 married Grace and died 6 of or mo ,

r r b d 2 5th 1 2 th 8 . ese v d P e , orn at Rhode Islan , New England, of 1 666 . 1 663 l st . mo , , and deceased of mo ,