THIRD GENERATION

52. Israel TRIPP was born on 22 Mar 1716 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA. He died before 26 Sep 1778 in Warwick, Kent, RI. He was christened. He was buried. ! An inv. was taken 26 Sep 1778 for Elizabeth Tripp, wid and administratrix, recorded at Warwick 15 Jun 1779 (Warwick Wills 3:425). Valentine (168) wrote that it is very difficult to differentiate Richard's son Israel from James' son and suggested that the line described here and in Randall's book is really the line of Richard. The confusion seems to center around the sons Israel and John, whose placement was "probable" to Randall, but who is called son of James in MA IGI. In 1777, Israel of Warwick was 60 years +. (Dartmouth VR 1:281 [b]; Arnold 1:121 [m]; Randall, James Tripp 7,10; 1777 Military Census from RI ROOTS; MA IGI [b]; Valentine, 168).

He was married to Elizabeth BENTLEY on 2 Sep 1744 in Warwick, RI. Elizabeth BENTLEY was born about 1724. She was christened. She died. She was buried. ! She was dau of Benjamin and Patience (Rathbone) Bently and was mentioned in Israel's will, but no other information. (Arnold, 1:121; Cameron Ralph Stewart, "Genealogical Classification by Family Group Coding for Descent from Common Ancestors, v. II [Long Beach 1986]. Israel TRIPP and Elizabeth BENTLEY had the following children:

+210 i. James TRIPP.
+211 ii. Israel TRIPP.
212 iii. Elizabeth TRIPP was born on 19 Mar 1750 in Warwick, Kent, RI. She died after 1772. She was christened. She was buried. ! She m. Cranston RI 27 Dec 1772 Caleb Potter Jr., b, 10 Jun 1749. (Randall, James Tripp, 16 [b,m]; Cranston VR 1:298 [m]; Arnold 1:53 [m], 1:207 [b]; IGI RI [b]).
213 iv. Thankful TRIPP was born about 1755 in Warwick, RI. She died after 1780. She was christened. She was buried. !m. Coventry RI 20 Aug 1780 JOHN COOKE (Coventry VR 2:68; Arnold 1:53). Birth - IGI RI E07.
214 v. John (?) TRIPP.