Oregon Rippeys

I discovered if you Google "Oregon University Rippey" you get hits on several apparently illustrious Rippeys--whether they're any relation to Captain John, I've not the foggiest.

Scottish LInkages for Harshaw?

I'm exploring possible linkages to Scotland for the Harshaw name. I found this amusing from a transcription of the Fenwick parish:
The state of society, depicted by the Committee of Assembly, disproves this up to the hilt. Half a century afterwards, Edinburgh, the centre of the Reformation movement, was said " to be the ordinary place of butchery, revenge, and daily fights "; while more than fifty years after that, from my reading of church records of Scotland, the state of morality and the respect for religion most certainly
The state of society, depicted by the Committee of Assembly, disproves this up to the hilt. Half a century afterwards, Edinburgh, the centre of the Reformation movement, was said " to be the ordinary place of butchery, revenge, and daily fights "; while more than fifty years after that, from my reading of church records of Scotland, the state of morality and the respect for religion most certainly
The state of society, depicted by the Committee of Assembly, disproves this up to the hilt. Half a century afterwards, Edinburgh, the centre of the Reformation movement, was said " to be the ordinary place of butchery, revenge, and daily fights "; while more than fifty years after that, from my reading of church records of Scotland, the state of morality and the respect for religion most certainly had not improved among the masses. It is only just to say that exception must be made with regard to ministers. No such cases came under my observation as reported in St Andrews and some other printed kirk-session records. Fenwick records, to my mind, are even worse in the respect indi- cated than any I have dealt with. Lying, false swearing,, and a host of grossly worse immoralities positively occupied nearly the whole time of the kirk-session meetings. Some writer informs us, " As this was a newly erected parish, the people had been very much neglected." Surely this does not redound to the credit of the mother parish, when its population, including Fenwick, is not supposed to have been more than 1400. Pages 9 and 10 of the original records were in the handwriting

rish of Fenwick except the Mures of Polkelly."

On the 23rd of April, "The qlk day the tenants of Hartshaw Mure com-

pieane of the disaccomodone, for want of a furine behind the seats appoynted

for ye fewers of ye Raith, conforme to ye act of Presbe yr anent. The

Session appoynts all ye fewers of ye Raith to be present ye nixt day,to see

ye Presb. act mad eft'ectuall." At the meeting of 4th May,"The tenants of

ye Hartshaw Mures doe againe plead ye benefit of ye Presb. act, in presence

of ye fewers of ye Raith.

The Sessioune appoynts Thomas Gemill in

dalshraith, with ye fewers of ye Baith, to rectifie yr seats, yt the act of

Presb. may be mad effectuall, in favouris of ye tenants of Hartshaw Mures,

which they under tak to doe before the 15thof June, and for remeyding of

further contest, the session doeth appoynt yt ye entirie of ye seat belonging

to Thomas Gemble of Dalsraith shall henceforth continowe in the midds of it, as

now it is, and that a little furine shall stand at ye end of ye seatts belonging

to him and ye fewers of Raith, in which they ar to claime 110proprietrie."

" Also for awoyding discord and contentione likly to arise, among ye fewer

Welcome Living McCauley

This blog has served one of its purposes--helped locate a living McCauley (descendant of Capt. John's daughter Anna).

York County and German

June Lloyd reports on the prevalence of German in York County. It's not clear to me when the influx occurred. My impression is that the Scots-Irish were the first immigrants, although I know that Pennsylvania had many Germans (if I remember, Benjamin Franklin was worried about whether English or German would be the common language).

Joseph Rippey in WV

From the C.U. Journal-News:

On the east side of the old Dominion Road is another outstanding plantation called Mountain View. The former plantation owned by Joseph Rippey, a Presbyterian, built the early 1761 log cabin that is still standing. When Joseph Rippey died in 1774, his will indicated that there were two houses standing when son Mathis Rippey acquired the plantation. It was advertised with 400 acres. One of the houses is no longer standing. When the farm was advertised with 400 acres, it was listed that “a good proportion of the farm is excellent plow land, well adopted to the culture of wheat, corn or any other crop usually grown in the section of the country.” The plantation was not sold at the 1836 sale but was taken over by Rebecca Rippey.

In 1848, Washington Gold purchased the Mountain View property and in 1854 built the beautiful Mountain View brick house that stands today. Both the log cabin and brick mansion are listed in the National Register.

Universal York

For any descendant of the Rippey's, the "Universal York" blog written by June Lloyd is good reading. Thanks for the cross link here.

Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania

Smull's Legislative Hand Book and Manual of the State of Pennsylvania: "was Oreene township Mercer county was educated In the public schools anri Jamestown Seminary at seventeen years of age commenced teaching school and at twenty enlisted for three years in the Eighty third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers serving with his regiment in the Army of the Potomac in many severe battles moved to Armstrong county in 186R and engraved In the mercantile business until 1883 when he returned to Mercer county and has since been engaged In the same business In Grove City served as a member of council one term and on school board two terms was a member of the House of Representatives session of 1891 J CRAWFORD HARVEY Luzerne county was nnrn May 6 18fin nt Har vey ville Luzerne county educated In common district schools and at"

Web Soil Survey

Web Soil Survey

Mercer and crawford county

Web Soil Survey

Web Soil Survey

For Cutler IL

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Web Soil Survey

Catch Up

I've uploaded pictures of Elizabeth Rippey Turner and James Turner to the ancestry.com tree as well as what I believe to be the wedding picture of John Newton Rippey and his wife, all courtesy of Bobbie Ernst and Kingston Rippey.

John Newton Rippey and Wife Ann

Courtesy of Kingston Rippey and Bobbie Ernst:

Sarah Harshaws Sons

Supposedly Andrew, David, Michael, and William were all in the US by the early 1830's. There's a record of Sarah buying land in Mercer county in 1833. In the 1840 census David and William show up. But their ages and family compositions don't match well. Sarah could be living with William and wife, with a young son and someone else. The census shows 2 males 20-30--William might fit, but none of his brothers do, unless the census taker was sloppy. David Harshaw appears to be in a childless marriage--2 people in the household.

Neither Michael nor Andrew show up.

Orson

Found another George Orson, added to the Orson family document.