JOHNSON and SCHAUFELBERGER GENEALOGY
LIPPINCOTT Narrative
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RICHARD LIPPINCOTT
Richard Lippincott emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1639 and initially settled in Dorchester, becoming a Freeman on May 13, 1640 and marrying his wife one week later. Richard and Abigail, with their eldest son, subsequently moved to Boston about 1644 and the next two children were baptised at the First Church of Boston. Richard's religious views were at variance with the Puritan community and he was excommunicated from the Church on July 6, 1651. The following year, he returned with his family to England where he became associated with George Fox and the Society of Friends. As a result, he was arrested in Plymouth in February 1655 and imprisoned at the jail near Exeter for asserting that “Christ was the Word of God and the scriptures a declaration of the mind of God.” He was released in May of that year and the family moved into a home at Stonehouse, near Plymouth.
Again in 1660, however, Richard was taken from a Meeting of Friends and imprisoned at the High Gaol of Exon. Once released, he and Abigail determined to try the New World again. The Lippincotts sailed in 1661 or 1662 and settled in Providence, Rhode Island where Roger Williams and his followers had established a community that tolerated religious differences.
In 1665, the Dutch Colony of New Netherland--having become an English possession--formed an association with Newport, Rhode Island to purchase land at Nevesink in what became Monmouth, New Jersey, the patent being signed on April 8th. Richard Lippincott made the largest subscription of £16 10s. The Lippincotts removed to Shrewsbury, Monmouth NJ, building a homestead on Passequeneiqua Creek and Richard joined with other Friends to found the Shrewsbury Meeting.
About 1675, Richard Lippincott made another voyage to England and purchased one thousand acres in John Fenwick's colony in West Jersey. The family did not live on this land, but it was divided on May 21, 1679 into five equal shares that were given to his sons: Remembrance, John, Restore, Freedom and Jacob. Restore and Freedom ultimately relocated to Burlington County and Jacob to Gloucester County.
Richard made his will two days before his death and it was acknowledged by Joseph Parker, justice of the peace but no executor was named. The inventory was made by Eliakim Wardell, William Shattock (Restore Lippincott's father-in-law), Francis Borden and Joseph Parker and totaled £428 2s, including negro slaves valued at £60. He bequeathed land to his son Jacob and the remainder to his wife with the new homestead and farm to Freedom (and his grandson Richard upon Freedom's decease) upon the death of both himself and his wife. Remembrance, John, Restore and Increase received 5 shillings each--which suggests that Richard believed that Jacob and Freedom in some way deserved more of his estate than his other children.
Abigail Lippincott's will, dated June 28, 1697 and proved August 7, 1697 makes specific bequests to her grandchildren (by Freedom and Increase) and divides the remainder of the estate among her three living sons--Remembrance, John and Restore. She was predeceased by her sons Freedom, Jacob, Preserved and unknown, and by both of her daughters, Abigail and Increase.
JOHN LIPPINCOTT
John Lippincott was an elder in the Shrewsbury Meeting and he remained in Monmouth County until his death. From his father he inherited 5 shillings. On the death of his mother in 1697 he inherited "that parcell of meadow which I bought of my sone Restore, Lying on ye South side of Shrewsberry River" and "my young Negro boy called Oliver", in addition to sharing the remainder of the estate with his brothers.
PRESERVED LIPPINCOTT
unknown LIPPINCOTT
It is interesting that a lineage that contains so much information should exclude the name of one of its daughters, especially since it is normally the maiden name that is lost (relying on the husband's will as the source for the wife's name).
The narrative is developed from the digest of a manuscript by C. Tharp documented at Viola Longerbone Ancestry and from the wills of Richard and Abigail Lippincott transcribed at Ancestors of Bill and Kathy Awbrey - pafn22 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File.