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The Fripp family of South Carolina

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Micah Jenkins

CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Sarah JENKINS
Grimball JENKINS
Ann L. JENKINS
Mary Abigail JENKINS
Edward DeLegal Campbell JENKINS
Richard M. JENKINS
Elizabeth Grimball JENKINS
Micah JENKINS

Martha Jenkins

CHILDREN:
Elizabeth Sarah JENKINS
Grimball JENKINS
Ann L. JENKINS
Mary Abigail JENKINS
Edward DeLegal Campbell JENKINS
Richard M. JENKINS
Elizabeth Grimball JENKINS
Micah JENKINS

Marion Thomas Chaplin

Notes from "TOMBEE - Portrait of a Cotton Planter" by Theodore Rosengarten & Thomas B. Chaplin:
Marion Thomas Chaplin (1825 - 1865), planter. Son of John F. Chaplin and Anne Rebecca Fripp. Husband of Sarah Fripp. Thomas B. Chaplin's 1st cousin, once removed, on his father's side. Lived in the North East corner of St. Helena Island, above the village. He died of Typhoid in a Union Army prison hospital in Greensboro, NC, in 1865.

NOTE: There is some doubt that Marion's wife, Sarah, was Sarah Eliza Fripp, daughter of John Archibald Fripp and Mary Eddings. A genealogy tree, in the back of the above book, shows that Marion married; 1. Sarah Fripp, b.1822 (no middle name) daughter of John Archibald Fripp and Mary Eddings. 2, Anne Eliza Fripp (this 2nd marriage is confirmed by her obituary). The details below show it is very doubtful that Marion married Sarah, as she was only 16 at her death and was already engaged to Dr. Charles Edward Tennent. I have therefore not included this marriage.

Details contained in a book "Light in Darkness, Greensboro NC, 1971" by Mary Alice Tennent (Aunt of Anne Ranney Prowell, who kindly supplied the following details) show the following, on pages 209-211:

"Once [Dr. Charles Edward Tennent] had established a practice, his thoughts turned to marriage, and he fell in love with sixteen-year old Sarah Eliza Fripp, the older daughter of John Archibald and Mary Edings (sic) Fripp of St. Johns. Sarah Eliza died suddenly on the eve of her marriage. The young doctor, crushed by this unexpected blow, composed the long and poignant epitaph on her tomb in the Presbyterian churchyard of St. Johns. With the passing of almost a century and a half, the tomb is crumbling and the inscription illegible. A copy was made in April, 1930 while it was decipherable.

"Sarah Eliza's younger sister Mary Julia was then twelve years old, and after the funeral the grief-stricken doctor turned to her and said he was coming back to marry her when she was sixteen. Four years later they became engaged and were married July 25, 1844 at Legaresville, Johns Island, by the Rev. Dr. White. Charles was thirty-two and his bride not quite seventeen, but the disparity in age proved no barrier to a long and happy marriage. Their ten children all grew to maturity, an unusual circumstance in a day when infant mortality was tragically high. And despite the privations of the Civil war and the period of reconstruction following, more than half of them lived beyond the allotted three-score-and-ten years and one reached the august age of ninety-eight.

"Mary Julia's lineage was English and Welsh. Her father was a descendant of John E. Fripp of Bristol, England, who emigrated to American in 1670 on an expedition sent out by the Lords proprietors......."

Mary Tennent left 47 boxes of unindexed, unsorted personal papers with a library in South Carolina that should include her genealogical sources.

1850 Census:
John F. Chaplin, 46
Anna R. Chaplin, 42
Marion Chaplin, 24
Washington Chaplin, 22
Elvira Chaplin, 20
John Chaplin, 18
Franklin Chaplin, 17
Anna Chaplin, 15
Julius Chaplin, 13
Bower Chaplin, 12
Edward Chaplin, 10
Albert Chaplin, 8
Clarence Chaplin, 6
Walter Chaplin, 4

Ann Eliza Fripp

Obituary from Palmetto Post (Port Royal, South Carolina) - 2 August 1894, p.3.
(Courtesy of the Beaufort County Public Library System, Beaufort, SC).

Death of Mrs. Chaplin
Mrs. A.E. Chaplin, of Winnsboro, died at the residence of her brother, Mr. Marion W. Fripp, in this city, yesterday morning. Mrs. Chaplin was a daughter of the late John M. Fripp, of Beaufort, and the widow of the late M.T. Chaplin, of the same section, who died from disease contracted in the Confederate service, just at the close of the war.

Mrs. Chaplin's health had been very feable for some months, and she had come here for treatment. She was a woman of most excellent traits, enjoying the warm friendship of all who knew her.

The remains were taken in Winnsboro yesterday evening. - Columbia State, July 31.

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1860 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 44 Planter
John H age 24 Bricklayer
Ann E age 21
Marion W age 20 Clerk
Fuller R age 18
Milton J age 16
Julia M age 14
McN C age 7

John McKee Fripp

NOTE: The South Carolina Historical Society Magazine, Vol. 23, p.71; has the following entries:

Fripp, (no name or gender) bapt. by Rev: Hicks, The Father & Mr. John McKee & wife sureties.
Fripp, Henrietta Caroline, Da. of Hamilton & Elizabeth
Fripp, Hamilton, Sn. of Hamilton & Elizabeth, bapt. Fer'ry 21, 1809

The entries are followed with a comment "To be continued"

THOUGHTS:
1, The first child could be John McKee Fripp, although if the entries are in chronological order, the date of birth would be wrong.
2, Caroline could have been misread for Seraphine.
3, Father may have added or dropped the name "John" at some time.

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Census details: Courtesy of Ed A. Fripp III
1830 Census (1st June): St Helena Parish, South Carolina
Head of House: Mrs. Hamilton Fripp (Husband, John Hamilton Fripp, died 2 years earlier)
1 male 5-10
1 male 10-15
1 male 15-20 (Probably John McKee Fripp - Son)
1 male 20-30 (Probably Hamilton Fripp - Son)
1 male 30-40
1 male 40-50
1 female 10-15
1 female 15-20
1 female 30-40
1 female 40-50 (Probably Elizabeth McKee - widow Mrs. Hamilton Fripp)
1 female 50-60

1850 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 35
Eliza age 30
John age 14
Marion age 10
Fuller age 8
Milton age 6

1860 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 44 Planter
John H age 24 Bricklayer
Ann E age 21
Marion W age 20 Clerk
Fuller R age 18
Milton J age 16
Julia M age 14
McN C age 7

1870 Walterboro
Fripp, John M. age 53
Julia M. age 23 Teaching School
McNair age 17
Chaplin, Anna age 28

1880 Census: Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jno. M. TRIPP Self W Male W 64 SC SC SC
Julia M. TRIPP Dau S Female W 30 SC School Teacher SC SC
Ann E CHAPLIN Dau W Female W 38 SC House Keeping SC SC

Frances Chaplin (See Notes)

Information from David Humphries, a Chaplin descendent, shows John's wife as Frances Chaplin.
The 1850 Census seems to show his wife as Eliza, although this could be a relative. Their first daughter was named Ann Eliza, but they did not appear to have a daughter named Frances.

Census details: Courtesy of Ed A. Fripp III
1850 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 35
Eliza age 30
John age 14
Marion age 10
Fuller age 8
Milton age 6

John H. Fripp

Census details: Courtesy of Ed A. Fripp III
1850 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 35
Eliza age 30
John age 14
Marion age 10
Fuller age 8
Milton age 6

1860 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 44 Planter
John H age 24 Bricklayer
Ann E age 21
Marion W age 20 Clerk
Fuller R age 18
Milton J age 16
Julia M age 14
McN C age 7

Julia M. Fripp

Notes from Ed Fripp: Ed-147
Papers held in the Caroliniana Library, say that - In 1880, Julia M. Fripp sends money from the government that she received from Morgan's Island to: McNair Fripp (Savannah, GA.), Marian W. Fripp, R. F. Fripp and John H. Fripp. These appear to be her brothers.

Census details: Courtesy of Ed A. Fripp III
1860 St Helena
Fripp, John M. age 44 Planter
John H age 24 Bricklayer
Ann E age 21
Marion W age 20 Clerk
Fuller R age 18
Milton J age 16
Julia M age 14
McN C age 7

1870 Walterboro
Fripp, John M. age 53
Julia M. age 23 Teaching School
McNair age 17
Chaplin, Anna age 28

Joseph Jenkins

Much info about Joseph and his descendants can be found here: http://www.angelfire.com/sc/SCHISTORY/micah.html