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After the death of John Hand, his widow married John Edwards of Edisto who left a will by which he bequeathed most of his estate to his wife and her daughter Elizabeth, the wife of John Fripp.
Abstract of Wills of S.C. 1740-1760
Courtesy of Virginia Whatley, to Edgar A. Fripp, 1980
p. 100
John Edwards, “Coldstio” Island, Colleton County. Wife: Martha, one half of estate and at her death to “her” dau. Elizabeth Fripp, wife of John Fripp of St. Helena. Son in law, John Fripp.
Mentions: David Mckee, Sr., his wife, his second son David McKee, Jr., his brother Alexr. Mckee and his sisters Sarah and Jane McKee; Mary, William, Elizabeth and Paul Fripp; Martha Wright, wife of Isaac Wright; Martha Crease, widow of Mathew Crease; John Beckett, son of Mary Crease; Benjamin Pamerton of St. Helena; William Adams, Sr. of Edisto Island; Thomas Adams, son of Wm. Adams, Sr. of Edisto Island; to poor of St. Helena Island interest on one-half resdue of estate; other half residue of estate at interest for 7 years, then to be paid out in Negroes to be employed for maintenance of minister of Church of England, if no minister be present at such time, then for purchase of glebe land for minister who shall reside on St. Helena Island.
Executors: wife Martha; son-in-law John Fripp; David McKee, Sr.; Wm. Adams, Sr.
Witnesses: John Hill, David McKee, William Cook, Sarah McKee.Dated: 23 Nov. 1747. Proved: 5 Jan. 1749. R: nd
p. 200, Will Book 1747-1752.Note: David McKee is probably the husband of Sarah Fripp (older sister of John Fripp III who married Elizabeth Hand (Hann)). Sarah did marry a Mr McKee.
Martha Wright is probably Sarah & John's sister, Martha Fripp, who married Isaac Waight in 1745. The "a" or "r" could easily be misread. This would mean that all seven children of John & Martha Fripp are included in the will of John Edwards.
The maiden name of Martha (widow of John Hand & John Edwards) is not yet known. Perhaps she was also a Fripp.
Details on a "David McKee" and family can be found here: http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bean95/ft/frippus/pafn79.htm This David was married to a Mary. Perhaps a second wife.
Notes for John Fripp III & wife Elizabeth Hand (Hann)
John Fripp of St. Helena , Planter, b. March 15, 1729, baptised August 3, 1730. He married Elizabeth Hand on April 19, 1747. She was was born on St. Helena, November 22, 1725 and baptised April 18,1728, the daughter of John and Martha Hand.After the death of his wife, Elizabeth Hand, John Fripp married Elizabeth Grive, widow, of Lady’s Island as shown by marriage contract dated September 20, 1776. His will was dated July 27,1780 and proven September 8, 1781. It made special bequests of 34 negro slaves and 1170 acres of land. Five hundred pounds were left to the building of the Chapel on St. Helena Island and the balance of estate to his seven youngest children. SC Hist. Mag; Probate Ct. book 1747-52 pg.200; St Phillips Register; Will Book Charleston 1740-47 pg 180
From Jackie Brooks:
After the death of John Hand, his widow married John Edwards of Edisto who left a will by which he bequeathed most of his estate to his wife and her daughter Elizabeth, the wife of John Fripp.John Fripp of St. Helena , Planter, b. March 15, 1729, baptised August 3, 1730. He married Elizabeth Hand on April 19, 1747. She was was born on St. Helena, November 22, 1725 and baptised April 18,1728, the daughter of John and Martha Hand.
After the death of his wife, Elizabeth Hand, John Fripp married Elizabeth Grive, widow, of Lady’s Island as shown by marriage contract dated September 20, 1776. His will was dated July 27,1780 and proven September 8, 1781. It made special bequests of 34 negro slaves and 1170 acres of land. Five hundred pounds were left to the building of the Chapel on St. Helena Island and the balance of estate to his seven youngest children. SC Hist. Mag; Probate Ct. book 1747-52 pg.200; St Phillips Register; Will Book Charleston 1740-47 pg 180
Either John Fripp Sr. or his father was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1702. (Journals of the House of Assembly 1702, p. 43-44). Some reports claim it was this John (Sr.), but it seems most likely that it was his father (John the immigrant, sometimes known as Johannes). See below.
Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
JOHN FRIPP (Sr/2nd) was buried on May 29, 1742 at age 69. Therefore, we can assume that he was born in 1673 and was a boy of 17 years when he came with his father to Carolina in 1690. According to family histories, he was most probably born in Bristol, England, Mother unknown at this time. He was first married to a daughter of William McPherson. She died early and then he married Sarah Frampton. He died in May 1742 and he names his wife, Sarah, probably the daughter of Richard Frampton, because on March 22, 1692 after extensive litigation he was awarded the right to the administration of Frampton's estate and the guardianship of his minor children. Other legal documents of record appear to prove that she was SARAH FRAMPTON, a daughter of Richard Frampton of St. Helena. (Richard Frampton owned Hunting Island at one time. He may have purchased it from the John Fripp who is supposed to have had it first.)There is no record of John Fripp having lived on Fripp Island. His home was on St. Helena Island and that is where he attended church and was buried. "The second John, usually referred to as "John, Sr.," lived on St. Helena property, 480 acres of which he had bought from John Cowan in 1724, from Cowan's original grant of 1706/07. It lay around the northeastern shore of St. Helena and also included his hunting island of 500 acres. If there are any remains of the first Fripp home, they are not to be identified today. It stood either on or near Fripp Point, in his 480-acre "Point Place," which was bounded on the northeast and southeast by Richard Rannels and on the southwest by land originally owned by John Cowan. His second home, however, can be located: it lay just beyond Cedar Grove from Coffin Point, between Seaside Road and the creek, and near the present Highway 21."
Sea Island Diary, page 82:
"Feb. 10, 1706 - This day John Fripp, Wm. Whippey & John Jenkins executed bond to Gov. Johnson for proper admistration of estate of Thos. Cuby by Margarett Ladson, widow & relic."
He also owned Hunting Island and several plantations on St. Helena where he died and was buried May 29, 1742. Being the only son he surely must have inherited some of the vast properties owned by his father. The St. Helena Parish Register estimates his age at 61 at death, but he was at least 69 at that date. The will of John Fripp was dated May 1, 1742 and proved August 12, 1743. It mentions his wife Sarah, his son, John Fripp, Jr. "lately deceased", and his grandsons, John, William and Paul. Sarah Fripp died and was buried on St. Helena, January 9, 1756. (these burials would indicate that this family lived on St. Helena Island and owned land elsewhere as well.)
His will was dated May 1, 1742, recorded Aug 14, 1744 (Will Book Vol. 5, p. 180) He names his wife as SARAH. John Fripp was buried on May 29, 1742 at least the age of 69.
Sarah, his wife, was buried Jan 9, 1756, on St. Helena. According to the will, John Fripp,1st, had no living children, no brothers or sisters. He makes bequest to 3 grandsons, who are "sons of my son John, lately deceased". He states in his will that his negroes, etc. are to be divided between all my grandchildren. The record shows several granddaughters also.
When John Fripp, 1st, made his will in 1742 his only son John 3rd was dead (died in 1739) the will mentions no brothers or sisters, only his grandchildren, sons and daughters of his son John, lately deceased. Therefore, the FRIPPS that are here today are all descended from Johannes Fripp the Pirate, through John Fripp 1st and his wife Sarah Frampton Fripp. (This is an hypothesis that there was a Johannes Fripp)
Since he lived all his life on St. Helena, and his father had his home on Edisto Island for which we also have valid proof, John Fripp Sr. could not have been the high Sheriff of Colleton County as many Fripp family histiories portray.
It had to be Johannes Fripp, the reported Privateer from Wales who had made his home on Edisto Island in Colleton County in 1696 who was actually the high sheriff of Colleton County in 1701.
Reference: Sea Island Diary, A History of St. Helena Island by: Edith M. Dabbs, 1983, The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, SC.
Abstract of the Wills of the State of South Carolina-1749-1760, Comp.by C. T. Moor
Will Book 1740-1747. "John Fripp, Sr., St. Helena Island, planter. Wife: Sarah, to live on my plantation during her widowhood. Grandsons: William Fripp, son of my son John, Jr., deceased, one-half of my land where I "did" live with dwelling house bounding on Richard Rannel's and John Cowen's land; Paul Fripp, son of my deceased son, other half of my land where I now live and dwelling house; John Fripp son of my said deceased son. Mentions: 2 grandsons William and Paul Fripp, land "upon my hunting Island;" all grandsons under 21 years. Exors: Thomas Wigg, John Barnwell, John Edwards, and grandson John Fripp. Wit: William Davis. John Evans. William Wiscoat, his mark. D: 1 May 1742 . P:12 Aug 1743. R:14 Aug 1744. p. 180A full transcript can be read HERE
The information on Johannas Fripp and son John Fripp (1st) is from the South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 13, pgs 67,128,228; Vol. 10, pgs 25, 244; Vol. 23, p. 67, and Will book, Charleston, 1740--47, p 180. All located in the Charleston, SC Historical Society Archives. St. Helena's Parish Register, 1725-1825. (Extracts of this Public Register are in my personal files.) - Marshall B. Shore.
Also see: SEA ISLAND DIARY, A History of St. Helena Island by: Edith M. Dabbs. The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, SC. 1983
Apparently all of the official county records for this area were lost in a fire in Washington, D.C. during the Revolutonary War. They were supposed to have been shipped up there for safe keeping. [The British burned Washington and that fire must have included the national archives at that time]
The original records from the St. Helena Parish Church Register have been copied by the Mormon Church and microfilm copies are available from each LDS Family History Center in hundreds of cities in the USA. See: St. Helena Parish Register, 1725-1825, LDS film # 0023296.
END OF MARSHALL'S REPORT.
The following information is from Jackie Brooks' files:
From old genealogy chart in FRIPP file , SC Historical Society, Charleston:
John Fripp came to Carolina from England sometime between 1670-1690. A record made in 1875 by E. James Fripp who at that time was a cotton broker in Charleston said "The elder John, a widower, with an only son also named John, came to America in 1670 with grant of land on St. Helena Island. One brother William remained in England. Their family there is represented by William Fripp of Bristol and W.C.Fripp of London and W.C. Fripp Sr. of London Graphic."We have not been able to prove this by any documentary evidence extant. However there is documentary evidence that shows one John Fripp was living on St. Helena early 1690. Fripp Island & Inlet were named for him. He purchased a plantation on Edisto Island in 1696 and registered his stock mark. He was administrator of the estate of Richard Frampton in 1699 and was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1701. He was mentioned in an Act ratified June 12, 1714, apparently he was living on Edisto at that time. Records show he owned about 500 acres on Edisto and about 1000 acres on St. Helena. His will dated May 1, 1742. His son predeceasing him so his property was left to his grandchildren.
END OF JACKIE BROOKS' NOTES.
Some of the above information appears to be based on a voyage to England in 1836 by William "Good Billy" Fripp, and is almost certainly incorrect. Letters show that William did not know of his exact connection to the Fripp family of Bristol. Whilst there he met Edward Bowles Fripp, whose cousin, William Fripp, was Mayor of Bristol in 1836. The genealogy chart referred to incorrectly claims that Edward was Mayor of Bristol. No records of W.C. Fripp have been found, but Edwin Charles Fripp was a special artist and correspondant for the London Graphic.
SOME HISTORIC FAMILIES OF SC; Frampton Erroll Ellis, 1962; SC 929.3; Beaufort Public Lib. FRIPP John Fripp was the first of the family who came to America. He was born in Wales as early as 1673 for on Feb.5, 1695, he had a plantation on Fripp’s Island and registered his cattle marks from there. On May 12, 1699 he registered his marks from Edisto Island, and on June 12,1714 an act was passed by the Assembly authorizing the laying out of a road from John Fripp’s place in Edisto to Wilton. In 1702 he served as High Sheriff of Colleton County. His wife Sarah was probably the daughter of Richard Frampton, because on Mar. 22, 1699 after extensive litigation, he was awarded the right to the administration of Frampton’s estate and the guardianship of his minor children. He also owned Hunting Island and several plantations on ST. Helena, where he died and was buried May 29, 1742. The St. Helena Parish Register estimates his age at 61 at death but he was at least 69 at that date. The will of John Fripp was dated May 1, 1742 and proven Aug.12, 1743. It mentions his wife Sarah, his son, John Fripp,Jr.’Lately deceased” and his grandsons, John, William, Paul. Sarah Fripp died and was buried on St. Helena, Jan.9,1756. SC Hist. Mag; Probate Ct. book 1747-52 pg.200;St Phillips Register;Will Book Charleston 1740-47 pg 180
SOUTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1719-1772 VOL. I, Clara Langley,1983;F268 .L36;VA Lib pg.261 Book Q, pg.87,May 17,1736, Deed of Gift John Stuart, planter,of St. Helena Port Royal Parish, Granville Co., to his friend & son-in-law James Meget, planter , of same Parish, for love & affection, 350 ac. on St. Helena Island bounding NW & SW on Richard Reynolds; NE on Mr. Stuart; SE on marsh between island & the hunting island. Wit; Joseph Wright, John Frip, James Reynolds(Runnells). Before Thomas Wigg, J. P.
CHRONICLES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA ISLANDS, Nancy Rhyne, pub. John Blair, Winston-Salem, NC, 1998 pg.131...John Fripp started out on Fripp Island in the late 1600s. He and his wife, Sarah, came to be the largest landowners on St. Helena. They began planting around 1725. One of the largest families on the island, the Fripps owned more than twelve thousand acres on St. Helena and the surrounding islands by 1860. Tidalholm, an elegant townhouse in Beaufort, was the property of Edgar Fripp. pg.144-145 Fripp Island was named for the same John Fripp who planted some of the fields of St. Helena Island. Fripp was a British privateer who used his namesake island as a base of operations in the late 1600s. In fact, he was so successful that King George gave him the island. Many of Fripp's descendents still live in South Carolina. Some are buried in nearby island churchyards. No one knows just where John Fripp is buried, but it is said that his ghost occasionally returns to Fripp Island. Unexplained boot prints have been seen on the sandy beach, leading romantic beachcombers to believe that Fripp has come back for his buried treasure. In fact, one man puts so much faith in the tale that he refuses to stay in his luxury home alone.......Title: Jackie Brooks, personal communication, 2000 Text: (Cites St. Helena Parish Records 1722-1816, p. 116, and FRIPP GENEALOGY by Albert Newton)
From Bell's & Allied family trees: page 56JOHN FRIPP, SENIOR
John Fripp, Sr., (great-great-great-great grandfather of John Bell) was born in 1681, "buried 29 May 1742 aged 61." His wife Sarah was buried 9 Jan. 1756.JOHN FRIPP, JUNIOR
John Fripp, Jr., (great-great-great grandfather of John Bell) son of John Fripp and wife Sarah, was born in South Carolina and resided there until 1739. He was buried Dec. 2, 1739 at Beaufort. He was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1702. (Journals of the House of Assembly 1702, p. 43-44) He married Martha, probably Jenkins, and had seven children. For names, births, etc., see S. C. Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol.23, p. 66-67.JOHN FRIPP, III
John Fripp, III, (great-great grandfather of John Bell) son of John Fripp, Jr. and wife Martha, was born March 15, 1721, "baptized Aug. 3, 1730 by Jones." He was elected a Justice of the Peace by the General Assembly March 30, 1776. (Journal of the General Assembly of S. C., March 26, 1776, April 11, 1776, p. 17) He married April 19, 1747, Elizabeth Hand, spinster (daughter of John Hand and wife Martha), born Nov. 22, 1725.
Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
Sarah Frampton was the second wife. They were m. after John had lost his first wife, (1) daughter of William Mcpherson.
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS FROM JACKIE BROOKS' FILES: Circumstantial evidence=Frampton SC Hist./Gen Mag, Vol. 10, 1909, pg. 244 Abstracts from the court of Ordinary, March 22, 1699/70, John Fripp, Thomas Bowers and William Fay executed their bond to Govenor Blake for Fripp's faithful performance of his trust of administrator of the estate of Richard Frampton, witness, Henry Wigengton Is Sarah widow of Richard or daug of Richard Jr. I think widow makes more sense if Richard referred to as orphan too young to be father. Richard/Sarah>Richard/Mary???
Sarah's death also noted as 13 Oct 1756 (Tracy's message Ancestry.com)Ancestry.com message from Lawrence Canady 3 Mar 2000
My wife, Joy Fripp Canady is a direct descendent of Sarah Frampton and John Fripp of South Carolina c.1720. We have conflicting info on her parents; common consensus names her father as Richard Frampton, but we have an abstract of Jonathan Frampton naming her and her brother as children of his brother John Frampton. We would like to clear this up. Let me know if any of our info would help.Ancestry.com message from Robert ? 27 Oct 2001
Sarah Frampton born 22 May 1706 was the daughter of Richard Frampton b.1679 d.March 1740. He married Sarah Chick 18 April 1704. hope this is of some help regards Robert,
Martha Jenkins (or Hamilton or Elmes)
Martha's surname appears to be widely accepted as Jenkins, although other trees show her name as Elmes. As no official record of John Jr's marriage has been found, it is equally possible that her name could have been Hamilton.
The SCHS Vol. 13, p.67 states that John Junior's widow, MARY, married Thomas Hall. This has been previously assumed to be misread and should read MARTHA, as all their children are listed as children of John Junr. and MARTHA. To confuse matters, Thomas' entry for the same date says he married MARTHA Fripp, widow of St. Helena Island.
Edgar Allen Fripp III has a tree that shows John Junr. married to Mary Elizabeth Edwards. Further investigation is underway.
Either John Fripp Sr. or his father was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1702. (Journals of the House of Assembly 1702, p. 43-44). Some reports claim it was this John (Sr.), but it seems most likely that it was his father (John the immigrant, sometimes known as Johannes). See below.
Notes from Marshall B. Shore:
JOHN FRIPP (Sr/2nd) was buried on May 29, 1742 at age 69. Therefore, we can assume that he was born in 1673 and was a boy of 17 years when he came with his father to Carolina in 1690. According to family histories, he was most probably born in Bristol, England, Mother unknown at this time. He was first married to a daughter of William McPherson. She died early and then he married Sarah Frampton. He died in May 1742 and he names his wife, Sarah, probably the daughter of Richard Frampton, because on March 22, 1692 after extensive litigation he was awarded the right to the administration of Frampton's estate and the guardianship of his minor children. Other legal documents of record appear to prove that she was SARAH FRAMPTON, a daughter of Richard Frampton of St. Helena. (Richard Frampton owned Hunting Island at one time. He may have purchased it from the John Fripp who is supposed to have had it first.)There is no record of John Fripp having lived on Fripp Island. His home was on St. Helena Island and that is where he attended church and was buried. "The second John, usually referred to as "John, Sr.," lived on St. Helena property, 480 acres of which he had bought from John Cowan in 1724, from Cowan's original grant of 1706/07. It lay around the northeastern shore of St. Helena and also included his hunting island of 500 acres. If there are any remains of the first Fripp home, they are not to be identified today. It stood either on or near Fripp Point, in his 480-acre "Point Place," which was bounded on the northeast and southeast by Richard Rannels and on the southwest by land originally owned by John Cowan. His second home, however, can be located: it lay just beyond Cedar Grove from Coffin Point, between Seaside Road and the creek, and near the present Highway 21."
Sea Island Diary, page 82:
"Feb. 10, 1706 - This day John Fripp, Wm. Whippey & John Jenkins executed bond to Gov. Johnson for proper admistration of estate of Thos. Cuby by Margarett Ladson, widow & relic."
He also owned Hunting Island and several plantations on St. Helena where he died and was buried May 29, 1742. Being the only son he surely must have inherited some of the vast properties owned by his father. The St. Helena Parish Register estimates his age at 61 at death, but he was at least 69 at that date. The will of John Fripp was dated May 1, 1742 and proved August 12, 1743. It mentions his wife Sarah, his son, John Fripp, Jr. "lately deceased", and his grandsons, John, William and Paul. Sarah Fripp died and was buried on St. Helena, January 9, 1756. (these burials would indicate that this family lived on St. Helena Island and owned land elsewhere as well.)
His will was dated May 1, 1742, recorded Aug 14, 1744 (Will Book Vol. 5, p. 180) He names his wife as SARAH. John Fripp was buried on May 29, 1742 at least the age of 69.
Sarah, his wife, was buried Jan 9, 1756, on St. Helena. According to the will, John Fripp,1st, had no living children, no brothers or sisters. He makes bequest to 3 grandsons, who are "sons of my son John, lately deceased". He states in his will that his negroes, etc. are to be divided between all my grandchildren. The record shows several granddaughters also.
When John Fripp, 1st, made his will in 1742 his only son John 3rd was dead (died in 1739) the will mentions no brothers or sisters, only his grandchildren, sons and daughters of his son John, lately deceased. Therefore, the FRIPPS that are here today are all descended from Johannes Fripp the Pirate, through John Fripp 1st and his wife Sarah Frampton Fripp. (This is an hypothesis that there was a Johannes Fripp)
Since he lived all his life on St. Helena, and his father had his home on Edisto Island for which we also have valid proof, John Fripp Sr. could not have been the high Sheriff of Colleton County as many Fripp family histiories portray.
It had to be Johannes Fripp, the reported Privateer from Wales who had made his home on Edisto Island in Colleton County in 1696 who was actually the high sheriff of Colleton County in 1701.
Reference: Sea Island Diary, A History of St. Helena Island by: Edith M. Dabbs, 1983, The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, SC.
Abstract of the Wills of the State of South Carolina-1749-1760, Comp.by C. T. Moor
Will Book 1740-1747. "John Fripp, Sr., St. Helena Island, planter. Wife: Sarah, to live on my plantation during her widowhood. Grandsons: William Fripp, son of my son John, Jr., deceased, one-half of my land where I "did" live with dwelling house bounding on Richard Rannel's and John Cowen's land; Paul Fripp, son of my deceased son, other half of my land where I now live and dwelling house; John Fripp son of my said deceased son. Mentions: 2 grandsons William and Paul Fripp, land "upon my hunting Island;" all grandsons under 21 years. Exors: Thomas Wigg, John Barnwell, John Edwards, and grandson John Fripp. Wit: William Davis. John Evans. William Wiscoat, his mark. D: 1 May 1742 . P:12 Aug 1743. R:14 Aug 1744. p. 180A full transcript can be read HERE
The information on Johannas Fripp and son John Fripp (1st) is from the South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 13, pgs 67,128,228; Vol. 10, pgs 25, 244; Vol. 23, p. 67, and Will book, Charleston, 1740--47, p 180. All located in the Charleston, SC Historical Society Archives. St. Helena's Parish Register, 1725-1825. (Extracts of this Public Register are in my personal files.) - Marshall B. Shore.
Also see: SEA ISLAND DIARY, A History of St. Helena Island by: Edith M. Dabbs. The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, SC. 1983
Apparently all of the official county records for this area were lost in a fire in Washington, D.C. during the Revolutonary War. They were supposed to have been shipped up there for safe keeping. [The British burned Washington and that fire must have included the national archives at that time]
The original records from the St. Helena Parish Church Register have been copied by the Mormon Church and microfilm copies are available from each LDS Family History Center in hundreds of cities in the USA. See: St. Helena Parish Register, 1725-1825, LDS film # 0023296.
END OF MARSHALL'S REPORT.
The following information is from Jackie Brooks' files:
From old genealogy chart in FRIPP file , SC Historical Society, Charleston:
John Fripp came to Carolina from England sometime between 1670-1690. A record made in 1875 by E. James Fripp who at that time was a cotton broker in Charleston said "The elder John, a widower, with an only son also named John, came to America in 1670 with grant of land on St. Helena Island. One brother William remained in England. Their family there is represented by William Fripp of Bristol and W.C.Fripp of London and W.C. Fripp Sr. of London Graphic."We have not been able to prove this by any documentary evidence extant. However there is documentary evidence that shows one John Fripp was living on St. Helena early 1690. Fripp Island & Inlet were named for him. He purchased a plantation on Edisto Island in 1696 and registered his stock mark. He was administrator of the estate of Richard Frampton in 1699 and was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1701. He was mentioned in an Act ratified June 12, 1714, apparently he was living on Edisto at that time. Records show he owned about 500 acres on Edisto and about 1000 acres on St. Helena. His will dated May 1, 1742. His son predeceasing him so his property was left to his grandchildren.
END OF JACKIE BROOKS' NOTES.
Some of the above information appears to be based on a voyage to England in 1836 by William "Good Billy" Fripp, and is almost certainly incorrect. Letters show that William did not know of his exact connection to the Fripp family of Bristol. Whilst there he met Edward Bowles Fripp, whose cousin, William Fripp, was Mayor of Bristol in 1836. The genealogy chart referred to incorrectly claims that Edward was Mayor of Bristol. No records of W.C. Fripp have been found, but Edwin Charles Fripp was a special artist and correspondant for the London Graphic.
SOME HISTORIC FAMILIES OF SC; Frampton Erroll Ellis, 1962; SC 929.3; Beaufort Public Lib. FRIPP John Fripp was the first of the family who came to America. He was born in Wales as early as 1673 for on Feb.5, 1695, he had a plantation on Fripp’s Island and registered his cattle marks from there. On May 12, 1699 he registered his marks from Edisto Island, and on June 12,1714 an act was passed by the Assembly authorizing the laying out of a road from John Fripp’s place in Edisto to Wilton. In 1702 he served as High Sheriff of Colleton County. His wife Sarah was probably the daughter of Richard Frampton, because on Mar. 22, 1699 after extensive litigation, he was awarded the right to the administration of Frampton’s estate and the guardianship of his minor children. He also owned Hunting Island and several plantations on ST. Helena, where he died and was buried May 29, 1742. The St. Helena Parish Register estimates his age at 61 at death but he was at least 69 at that date. The will of John Fripp was dated May 1, 1742 and proven Aug.12, 1743. It mentions his wife Sarah, his son, John Fripp,Jr.’Lately deceased” and his grandsons, John, William, Paul. Sarah Fripp died and was buried on St. Helena, Jan.9,1756. SC Hist. Mag; Probate Ct. book 1747-52 pg.200;St Phillips Register;Will Book Charleston 1740-47 pg 180
SOUTH CAROLINA DEED ABSTRACTS 1719-1772 VOL. I, Clara Langley,1983;F268 .L36;VA Lib pg.261 Book Q, pg.87,May 17,1736, Deed of Gift John Stuart, planter,of St. Helena Port Royal Parish, Granville Co., to his friend & son-in-law James Meget, planter , of same Parish, for love & affection, 350 ac. on St. Helena Island bounding NW & SW on Richard Reynolds; NE on Mr. Stuart; SE on marsh between island & the hunting island. Wit; Joseph Wright, John Frip, James Reynolds(Runnells). Before Thomas Wigg, J. P.
CHRONICLES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SEA ISLANDS, Nancy Rhyne, pub. John Blair, Winston-Salem, NC, 1998 pg.131...John Fripp started out on Fripp Island in the late 1600s. He and his wife, Sarah, came to be the largest landowners on St. Helena. They began planting around 1725. One of the largest families on the island, the Fripps owned more than twelve thousand acres on St. Helena and the surrounding islands by 1860. Tidalholm, an elegant townhouse in Beaufort, was the property of Edgar Fripp. pg.144-145 Fripp Island was named for the same John Fripp who planted some of the fields of St. Helena Island. Fripp was a British privateer who used his namesake island as a base of operations in the late 1600s. In fact, he was so successful that King George gave him the island. Many of Fripp's descendents still live in South Carolina. Some are buried in nearby island churchyards. No one knows just where John Fripp is buried, but it is said that his ghost occasionally returns to Fripp Island. Unexplained boot prints have been seen on the sandy beach, leading romantic beachcombers to believe that Fripp has come back for his buried treasure. In fact, one man puts so much faith in the tale that he refuses to stay in his luxury home alone.......Title: Jackie Brooks, personal communication, 2000 Text: (Cites St. Helena Parish Records 1722-1816, p. 116, and FRIPP GENEALOGY by Albert Newton)
From Bell's & Allied family trees: page 56JOHN FRIPP, SENIOR
John Fripp, Sr., (great-great-great-great grandfather of John Bell) was born in 1681, "buried 29 May 1742 aged 61." His wife Sarah was buried 9 Jan. 1756.JOHN FRIPP, JUNIOR
John Fripp, Jr., (great-great-great grandfather of John Bell) son of John Fripp and wife Sarah, was born in South Carolina and resided there until 1739. He was buried Dec. 2, 1739 at Beaufort. He was High Sheriff of Colleton County in 1702. (Journals of the House of Assembly 1702, p. 43-44) He married Martha, probably Jenkins, and had seven children. For names, births, etc., see S. C. Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol.23, p. 66-67.JOHN FRIPP, III
John Fripp, III, (great-great grandfather of John Bell) son of John Fripp, Jr. and wife Martha, was born March 15, 1721, "baptized Aug. 3, 1730 by Jones." He was elected a Justice of the Peace by the General Assembly March 30, 1776. (Journal of the General Assembly of S. C., March 26, 1776, April 11, 1776, p. 17) He married April 19, 1747, Elizabeth Hand, spinster (daughter of John Hand and wife Martha), born Nov. 22, 1725.
Note from Mike Hutson: A great source of information on all of these families is William Greer Albergotti's book "Abigail's Story - Tides at the Doorstep - The Mackay, LaRoche, Jenkins and Chisolm families of Low Country South Carolina 1671-1897" published by the Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1999.
Also named Ann ?
Note from Mike Hutson: A great source of information on all of these families is William Greer Albergotti's book "Abigail's Story - Tides at the Doorstep - The Mackay, LaRoche, Jenkins and Chisolm families of Low Country South Carolina 1671-1897" published by the Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1999.
John arrived in Carolina in 1672
Article from: http://www.lowcountrynow.com/stories/012500/LEISchaplins.shtml
The Chaplins of Beaufort County By Jim Littlejohn For the Carolina Morning News
You don't have to look far in Beaufort County before you come across a Chaplin. That name seems etched beyond memory across the face of the South Carolina Lowcountry, and those who bear that name today are indelibly linked to that family. Here on Hilton Head Island, one of our major communities that existed far before modern development is still fondly known as "Chaplin."
The large number of today's Chaplins are all descended from an indentured servant from Barbados, John Chaplin, or from those whose ancestors were slaves to the Chaplin family.
John Chaplin came to the Carolinas as a servant of Lord Colleton, one of the Lords Proprietors who founded the colony, barely two years after the settlement was established. It is not known, but it is surmised, that Chaplin was a free man on Barbados, and agreed to the indenture as a way of getting to the mainland of North America.Six years was the agreed term of indenture, and six years later, his period of service done, Chaplin and his wife, Ann, were granted 140 acres on the northern shore of the Stono River, which would have been on James Island. The law then stated that a man who had completed his term of indenture would be given 70 acres and that a "free" woman would be given the same amount. Since the two were granted 140 acres, it can be assumed that they were married before he left Barbados.
John Chaplin did not fare well with his landholding, and wound up losing it because of debt. He then moved south, across the Combahee River into what was then known as St. Helena Parish, and today as Beaufort County. His son, John Jr. sired eight children in his marriage to Phoebe Ladson, whose name is also a memorable one to Lowcountry historians. It was from this family that the other Chaplins received their surname.Of the eight children, William Chaplin went on to become a major landholder in the parish, marrying Sarah Saxby. Their five children included a son, Thomas Benjamin Chaplin, who was the grandfather of another Thomas B. Chaplin, whose name lives on as the owner of Tombee Plantation on St. Helena Island.
It was, by the way, the custom throughout South Carolina to blend families by more than a single tie. Cousins wed cousins, almost at will, and the Chaplins were not far behind in that race. One of Sarah Saxby's daughters by her first marriage to Caleb Toomer married Benjamin Chaplin, brother of her second husband. Phoebe, sister of the two senior Chaplins, married John Jenkins, whose bride was Mary Fripp. Intermarriage of the three clans continued on down to the late 1800s.
One of Sarah and Thomas's children was Saxby Chaplin, who married Isabella Field, whose grandparents were the original John and Mary Chaplin of our story. Saxby died young, and their son Thomas B. Chaplin, born in 1822, became the owner of the family plantation on St. Helena known as "Tombee." Actually, Saxby's will gave half the family land to Thomas, and the other half to his wife, Isabella, with the understanding that the second son, Saxby, would inherit that portion at her death.
Thomas attended "the Richland School for Classical, Scientific and Practical Education," which was located between the present city of Columbia and the town of Camden. As his mother, Isabella, had married her third husband, an Episcopal minister named John S. Fields, the family had moved to the Greenville area where he owned property. There is some evidence that young Thomas might have been a bit of a disciplinary problem to his new stepfather. Indeed, this appears to be borne out by his marriage, a few days shy of his 17th birthday, to a young Charleston miss, Mary McDowell, who at the time was only 15.The young family moved back to the Lowcountry, where Thomas began working on his landholdings -- he would not receive them officially until his 21st birthday - and his family. By the time he reached his majority, the couple had four children.
The plantation house was large for its day, boasting six rooms, each of which had windows on three sides, by virtue of the house's cruciform design. While not the storied mansion of the movies, the house did boast a columned front with a veranda on the bottom and a sizable porch on the second floor.
Thomas B. Chaplin is remembered today for his journal that he kept of life on Tombee Plantation from his youth until his death after the Civil War, and which gives much detail about plantation life during the days of slavery.
This article is based on the scholarship of Theodore Rosengarten's book Tombee: Portrait of a Cotton Plantation, together with Chaplin's journals.