Abiel Tripp, II

Biography of Abiel TRIPP 1684-1753

Having passed into manhood, Abiel, the junior, married Eleanor Waite, 3 Jan 1704. It was the day after her sixteenth birthday. Together they produced ten children over twenty-four years. Surprisingly, only three male children were born. There was an Abiel namesake who died in infancy. Three of the daughters married Durfee men, a firm indication of the good terms between the Durfee and Tripp families (Mary Paine, Abiel's mother, had remarried to a Durfee). Son, Joseph Tripp married Frances Hall, a cousin.

After his father's death, Abiel Tripp's rights to operate Tripp's Ferry had been preserved by an act of the general assembly called the "Liberty of the Ferry" in 1698. We must remember that the meaning of the work "liberty" was different then, being privileges that were granted or bestowed. The contention over ferry rights did not end in 1698. The early records cite a committee appointed 27 Mar 1727 to determine if the General Assembly had the right to lease town ferries. Until this time, ferry rights had been considered private. The General Assembly proscribed the erection of another ferry on-half mile on either side of Tripp's Ferry and authorized Abiel Tripp to operate the ferry without competition 13 Jun 1727..

Abiel Tripp probably operated the ferry for some years in conjunction with his stepfather (Burden). In a land transaction on Hogg Island, Abiel is refered to as "Abiel Tripp, Ferryman, now resident of Bristol". The saga of the ferry continued. Abiel willed the wharf (and presumably the rights to operate the ferry) to son Thomas. But 19 Apr 1766, Thomas Tripp sold the wharf. By February 1769, Joseph Burden was in sole control.

Abiel's will was made 10 Jan 1753 and proved 9 Jul 1753.

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From Kalamazoogenealogy.org: name, dates & locations of birth, death, marriage NOTE year of marriage may be 1704 instead of 1703 Per FamilySearch.org (LDS), date of birth is 8 Jan 1681, but agrees on marriage in 1703

Abiel Tripp
Born 22 Jun 1684 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Islandmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Abiel Tripp and Deliverance (Hall) Durfee
Brother of Deliverance (Durfee) Cory [half] and Patience (Durfee) Tallman [half]
Husband of Eleanor (Waite) Tripp — married 3 Jan 1703 in Portsmouth, Rhode Islandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Wait (Tripp) Durfee, Abiel Tripp, Mary Tripp, Sarah (Tripp) Perry, Eleanor (Tripp) Durfee, Joseph Tripp, Thomas Tripp, Rebekah (Tripp) Brownell, Elizabeth Tripp and Amy (Tripp) Strange
Died about 1 Jan 1753 at about age 68 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Abiel was born 22 June 1684 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to Abiel and Deliverance. [1] Abiel married Eleanor Waite on 3 Jan 1703/1704 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.[2]

Ferry Master

Sources

Source: V01 Title: Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 by James N. Arnold, Providence, Rhode Island, Narraganset Historical Publishing Company, 1892, Link: https://ia800203.us.archive.org/30/items/cu31924098819976/cu3192409...
↑ Source: #V01 Page 102 (offset 160)
↑ Source: #V01 Page 46 (offset 104)
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