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Where did the English Ripley family come from? What is the English Ripley family crest and coat of arms? When did the Ripley family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Ripley family history?
Of all the Anglo-Saxon names to come from Britain, Ripley is one of the most ancient. The name is a result of the original family having lived in the village of Ripley found in various locations in England including Yorkshire. The surname was originally derived from the Old English words ripel meaning strip of land and leah meaning wood. Thus the original bearers of the surname lived in the area that was defined by a strip of land by the forest.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Ripley has been spelled many different ways, including Ripley, Rippley, Rippley, Rippleigh, Ripleigh, Riplea and many more.First found in Yorkshire where they held a family seat from early times and their first records appeared on the census rolls taken by the ancient Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Ripley. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Ripleys to arrive in North America:
Ripley Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- William Ripley settled in Hingham Massachusetts in 1630
- William, Mary, Sarah and John Ripley who settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1638
- William Ripley, who landed in Hingham, Mass in 1638
- Abraham Ripley, who arrived in Hingham, Mass in 1655
Ripley Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Professor Ripley was one of the founders and a prominent member of the Dartmouth College of New England in the 1770's
- William Ripley settled in Carolina in 1774
Ripley Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Thomas B Ripley, aged 22, landed in Virginia in 1813
- James W Ripley, aged 30, arrived in America in 1822
- John Ripley, who arrived in Tippecanoe County, Ind in 1843
- James and William Ripley arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1860
- Sylvester Ripley, aged 42, arrived in San Francisco, Cal in 1868
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- General Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (1782-1839), graduate of Dartmouth College, distinguished Brigadier General in the War of 1812, and a U. S. Representative from Louisiana from 1835 until 1839
- General James Wolfe Ripley (1794-1870), American soldier, serving as a brigadier general in the Union Army during the Civil War
- Robert LeRoy Ripley (1890-1949), American cartoonist, entrepreneur and amateur anthropologist, who created the world famous "Ripley's Believe It or Not!"
- Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913-2001), noted American ornithologist and leader in wildlife conservation. He served as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1964 to 1984
- George Ripley (1802-1880), American social reformer, Unitarian, and Transcendentalist
- Colonel John Walter Ripley (1939-2008), American Marine awarded the Navy Cross and Silver Star for his combat actions during the Vietnam War. He earned the "Quad Body" distinction for making it through four of the toughest military training programs in the world: the Army Rangers, Marine reconnaissance, Army Airborne and Britain's Royal Marines
- Major Sir Hugh Ripley (1916-2003), Director of the John Walker & Sons, Scotch whisky distillers
- Francis Ripley, Clergyman
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- With Pen of Sword: Lives and Times of the Remarkable Rutland Ripleys by Robert G. Steele.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Thirsk, Joan. The Agrarian History of England and Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 7 Volumes. Print.
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
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