FIFTH GENERATION

97. Abiel TRIPP Ferry Master was born on 22 Jun 1684 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died about 1780 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was christened. He was buried in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. Abiel Tripp, the Ferry Master is my 1st Cousin, eight times removed. References: Randal, Abiel manuscript from the New Bedford Library; Valentine: 1)Somewhere I have a birth date of 22 jun 1684, and that all ordinance work is done. Such dates may be different than those with this record. The endowment date I supplied could not be verified, hence a new endowment was "cleared". 2) p76, Valentine, Abiel was given right to operate the ferry between RI and Bristol. This was an important ferry. Abiel rooted himself in Tiverton, as his father did. "Before coming of age, young Abiel allied himself with Eleanor Waite. They were married the day after her 16th birthday. The two were cousins; Eleanor's mother having been born Mary Tripp. They lived at Tiverton. Of course there was a namesake for Abiel, the father and for the young grandfather (now more than twenty years dead), but this child, born in 1707, died in infancy." 3)p185 of Valentine names sons and daughters of Abiel. Bock: He is listed as freeman in Portsmouth in 1748. (MacGunnide, RI Freemen 1747-1755; Portsmouth VR 1:4; 1:199; Portsmouth TC Rec., 4:435; Arnold 4:102,46). Herman William Tripp--Remembering......The Ferry Master my Cousin Abiel.......

He was married to Eleanor WAITE (daughter of Reuben WAITE and Tabitha LAUNDERS) on 5 Jan 1704. Eleanor WAITE was born on 4 Jan 1688. ! birth date also listed as 6 jan 1688 Abiel TRIPP Ferry Master and Eleanor WAITE had the following children:

+346 i. Waite TRIPP.
347 ii. Abiel TRIPP was born on 21 May 1707 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He died on 8 Jun 1707. He was christened. References: Randall, Abiel manuscript from the New Bedford Library; 9th Cousin Breffni Whelan, decendant, specializes on daughters and their decendants: All such decendants information comes from Breffni Whelan, White City, Oregon. He referenced Twenty-one Nichols Families in New England, by Robert E. Nichols. 1983, 18 pages. Decendants of Robert Spink of Kingstowne, by Alden Gamaliel Beaman. In Rhode Island Genealogical Register, April and July 1980, July 1982. Compendium of American Genealogy for John and Elizabeth ( Hall ) Tibbitts decendants. Halls of New England: Genealogical and Biographical, by Reverend David B. Hall, Albany, New York 1883; Bock: Portsmouth VR 1:200; Arnold). Herman William Tripp--Remembering......2nd Cousin Abiel, seven times removed, who is believed to have Captained the Ferry also.
+348 iii. Mary TRIPP.
+349 iv. Mary TRIPP.
+350 v. Sarah TRIPP.
+351 vi. Eleanor TRIPP.
+352 vii. Joseph TRIPP.
+353 viii. Thomas TRIPP.
+354 ix. Rebecca TRIPP.
+355 x. Elizabeth TRIPP.
+356 xi. Almy TRIPP.