John RIPPINGTON3

also known as John REPPINGTON

also known as John REPINTON

Feb 1828 - 7th Apr 18962

Labourer

Life History

Feb 1828	Born in Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland
1841	Resided: Chorlton Upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire in Chorlton Upon Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire Rippington (John 1828) 1841 Census Living with John Maxwell
Jan 1846	Occupation Cotton Weaver
26th Feb 1846	Military in Enlisted as Gunner in Royal Artillery @ Manchester, Lancaster
12th Apr 1856	Military in to 15th May 1856 - Imprisoned
18th Apr 1856	Married Mary MCLEAN in South Leith, Edinburghshire / Midlothian, Scotland.5 1856 Rippington John Mclean Mary Leith South Edinburgh City / Midlothian 692/02 0050
between 1860 and 1869	Military in Served 4yr 8mo in each of Bermuda & Gibralta
5th Sep 1860	Military in Promoted to Bombardier
1st May 1861	Military in Absent awaiting trial
3rd May 1861	Military in Tried & reduced to Gunner
13th May 1863	Military in Promoted to Bombardier
15th Jan 1866	Birth of son John RIPPINGTON in Artillery Barracks, Fort George, Inverness-shire, Scotland.4
4th Apr 1866	Military in Promoted to Corporal
11th Jun 1869	Military in Discharged as Corporal in Royal Artillery.1
11th Jun 1869	Military in Fort George Army Barracks, Scotland
1871	Occupation Pensioner Porter
1871	Resident in 8 George Street, Leith North, Midlothian
1877	Death of Mary MCLEAN in North Leith, Edinburghshire / Midlothian, Scotland.2
1881	Occupation Labourer
1881	Resident in 9 Merrilees Close, Leith South, Midlothian
1891	Occupation General Labourer
1891	Resident in 5 Coburg Street, Leith North, Edinburghshire / Midlothian, Scotland
7th Apr 1896	Died in North Leith, Edinburghshire / Midlothian, Scotland.2

Other facts

Physical description Height "5" feet "10" inches; Weight "" kg; Description "Fair"; Medical ""; Hair color "Light Brown"; Eye Color "Blue"

Notes

Death:
1896
Rippington John
M
Age: 67
Leith North
Edinburgh City / Midlothian
692/01 0121
John's baptism & birth records can't be found; so we don't know for certain that John (b. 1776) is actually his Father - but there's compelling evidence to suggest that he is:
The overt military background for both of them is a very strong association (particularly at this time in history), plus it does seem highly likely that John (Father) had been in Ireland prior to John's (Son) birth.
This strong military association is continued with the location of John's (Son) place of birth - in the same town as the Richmond Barracks, Templemore.
The other common associations are in England ... John (Father) was originally from Brineton in Shropshire (30 miles from the family home of the Repingtons at Amington) and signed-on in Lancashire (1795) ... John (Son) signed-on in Manchester, Lancashire (1846) - so it does look like they had common familial geographic origins.
On John's (Son) marriage certificate he gives his Father's name as John ... a pensioner .... to have had a pension in those times the most likely occupation for his Father was to have been a soldier.
John (Father) would have been 52 when John (Son) was born ... not entirely unbelievable, particularly for a professional soldier.
Finally, of course, they're both called John ... and in those times it was tradition for a father to call his first-born son after his own name.
With the strong link to Amington this does mean that although they insisted that their surname was Rippington (by signing it as such), that their origins are most likely to be from the Repingtons.

Sources

1. Military Service Record
- (primary evidence)
2. Scotland Statutory Register - Deaths
- (secondary evidence)
3. 1841 England Census
- Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
- (secondary evidence)
4. Scotland Statutory Register - Births
- (secondary evidence)
5. Scotland Statutory Register - Marriages
- (secondary evidence)