William RIPLEY b. Abt 1590 , , , England d. Bef 20 Jul 1656 Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts,: Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree

Abt 1590 - Bef 1656 (~ 66 years)

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Name	William RIPLEY [1]
Birth	Abt 1590	, , , England
Gender	Male
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Immigration	10 Aug 1638	Boston, , Massachusetts, [2]
from Ipswich, England aboard the Diligent
Abstract of Passenger List of the Diligent 1638 from Planters of the Commonweath by Charles Edward Banks: 1638 Governor Winthrop had ceased to record the separate arrivals of passenger ships and lumped them all together. About September 1 he made the forllowing record: 'There came over this summer twenty ships, and at least three thousand persons, so as they were forced to look out new plantations. ... DILIGENT, of Ipswich, John Martin, Master. She sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, in June and arrived August 10 at Boston, with about one hundred passengers, principally from Hingham, Norfolk, destined for Hingham, Massachusetts (other sources have that the Diligent sailed from Gravesend on 26 Apr 1638). ... WILLIAM RIPLEY of Wymondham, Norfolk Mrs. ...... Ripley Mary Ripley John Ripley Abraham Ripley Sarah Ripley
Will	30 Jun 1656	Hingham, , Plymouth, [3]
William Replye, of Hingham I, William being sick and weake, doe make this my Last will. Vnto my eldest sonne, Jn^o Replye, the dwelling howse he now dwells in, with all y^e barnes &c, but my sonne Abraham shall haue Liberty to Vse y^e new barne for his Corne & other occasions : & y^e new leanto for his Cattle for y^e terme of fower yeares, w^thout molestation. Vnto my sonn John, all y^e Land w^thin that feeld, namely y^e lott y^e towne gaue mee, lying for fower Acres, and y^e lott w^ch I bought of Jn^o. ffoulsham, lying for fower Acres, and y^e lott w^ch I bought of Thomas Thackster lying for fiue Acres. and y^e lott w^ch I bought of Stephen Payne, lying for fower Acres, with all privilidges belonging to these lotts. Vnto mt Son Jn^o my planting lott w^ch I bought of Jn^o Prince, lyeing for three Acres vpon y^e world's end, next unto Jn^o Tucker north : next vnto Jeremy Beales Eastward : butting Vpon y^e sea West south. Vnto my Sonn Jn^o fouer Acres of saltmeadow w^ch I bought of Jonas Austen, lyeing at Lyford's Likeing, next vnto Thomas Lincorne west : next vnto Na- thaniel Beales east, butting vpon y^eold planter's hill north, and vpon y^e neck South. I giue unto my Sonn Jn^o of fresh meadow, w^ch I bought of Thomas Vnderwood, lyeing in Crooked meadow, With a little peece of meadow belonging to y^e same, Lyeing next vnto Samuell Ward, East- ward, and y^e Riuer Southward. Vnto my sonn Jn^o A peece of Salt meadow lying at Conyehassett : for three Acres more or lesse; it is in y^e third diuision. Vnto sonn Jn^o my horse, y^e horse Colt y^t Came of my mare : two Oxen, Collier & Buck, fouer Cowes, three sheepe Ewes, with 3 lambs : eight goates : halfe y^e dry goates and halfe y^e kids. Vnto sonn Abraham, y^e home lott, which I bought of Thomas Vnderwood, to- gether with the orchyard and fencing and other appurtenances thereto belonging; w^ch lott lyeth for fiue Acres, next Vnto Jn^o Lasell east : next to Jn^o Otis west ; also vnto Sonn Abraham : all y^e fresh meadow y^tly- eth at y^e end of y^e said home lott ; all y^e salt meadow w^ch I bought of Thomas vnderwood, lyeing at y^e wear: next ffrancis James southward, and Robert Joanes north : y^e great lott w^ch I bought of Thomas vnder- wood, lying for fifteene Acres, next vnto Jn^o Lasell South East, & next vnto Cornelius Cantleburry north west, butting on y^e riuer; y^e planting lott, which I bought of Thomas vnderwood, lyeing in the neck for thre Acres : next vnto Mathew Cushen north, and Jn^o Beales South : butting vpon the sea westward, and Michaell Pearse eastward. Vnto Sonn Abraham, two old oxen, Calles Broad and Browne, two stears of fiue yeares old, one young steere 2 yeares old, three young Cowes, and eight milch Goates, halfe y^e drie Goates & halfe y^e kids, two Ewe sheepe two lambs, fiue wether Sheepe and two Rams, my Mare of 3 yeares old, my ffether bed and greene Rug, one blankett and one broad brasse kettle, one Iron Pot and A Chest y^t y^e Cover is Loose ; A little Cofer and three empty Barrell: The Cart and Wheeles, plowes and plow Irons, with all y^e Chaynes, shall be equally devided betwene my Sonn Jn^o & Abraham. Vnto Sonn Abraham one Swine of A yeare old and y^e vantage. Vnto Sonn Jn^o my best Cloake and 2 peeces of Cloath of y^e same, So much as will make a sute of apparrell, one paier of Shooes, A payer of stock- ins, my best hat, And my great bible. Vnto Sonn Abraham, my book of Masters, and all my other apparell ; debts due vnto mee from sev- erall pson^s, as they doe receive any, they shal be equally devided be- twene y^e said Jn^o & Abraham; debts due for me to pay, John & Abra- ham Shall pay it equally together. John and Abraham Executors. 30 June 1656. Wm. Ripley & a seale. Wittnes Matthew Cushin, John Thaxter 24 Jan. 1656, Mathew Cushin and Jn^o Thaxter deposed. Inventory taken, July 20, 1656, by Joshua Hubbard, Mathew Hawke. Am^t £332. Jn^o Ripleye deposed before y^e Court 29^th Jan. 1656.
Death	Bef 20 Jul 1656	Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, [3, 4]
Person ID	I6950	Our Family Tree
Last Modified	9 Mar 2022

Family Unknown, b. Abt 1595, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown

Marriage Abt 1615 , , , England

Children

	1. Mary RIPLEY, c. 6 Sep 1616, Wymondham, , Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
	2. John RIPLEY, c. 1 Jan 1621/22, Wymondham, , Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown
+	3. Abraham RIPLEY, b. 1624, , , , England d. 11 Oct 1683, Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, (Age 59 years)
	4. Sarah RIPLEY, b. 1627, , , , England d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Rebecka RIPLEY, c. 29 Jun 1630, Wymondham, , Norfolk, England bur. 29 Sep 1635, Wymondham, , Norfolk, England (Age ~ 5 years)

Family ID F2042 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 5 Mar 2022

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1590 - , , , England
	Marriage - Abt 1615 - , , , England
	Immigration - from Ipswich, England aboard the Diligent - 10 Aug 1638 - Boston, , Massachusetts,
	Will - 30 Jun 1656 - Hingham, , Plymouth,
	Death - Bef 20 Jul 1656 - Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts,

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Reference Gayle Leighton Nowell, Rooted in New England, Our Family Tree (https://nowellfamily.org/genealogy/tng/getperson.php?personID=I6950&tree=tree1: accessed 5 April 2025), "William RIPLEY."

Sources

[S2560] Free UK Genealogy., "FreeREG," database, FreeReg , ((https://www.freereg.org.uk : 1998-)), accessed 7 Sep 2021), 9 May 1624, Abraham, son of William Ripply; citing Parish Register Virgin Mary and St Thomas a Becket, Wymondham, Norfolk, England.
[S2562] Charles Edward Banks, The Planters of the Commonwealth. Internet Archive. Digital images. (Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930), (https://archive.org: 2019), 190-94. accessed 7 Sep 2021.
[S1822] New England Historic Genealogical Society, editor, New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Internet Archive. Digital images. 90 vols. (1833-1923), (https://archive.org: 2016), 6 (Oct. 1852): 354-55. accessed 7 Sep 2021.
[S1685] "New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-," database with images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors , ((https://www.americanancestors.org : 2001-2018)), accessed 7 Sep 2021), William Ripley of Hingham; " Abstracts of the Earliest Wills on Record in The County of Suffolk," Vol. 6 (Oct. 1852) pp. 354-355.