TNA Reference RG7 - Piece 539 - Folio 2

Life History

1686	Born in Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire.1
18th Mar 1686	Baptised in St. Mary, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
1707	Occupation Smith at Deptford Ship Yard
between 1707 and 1747	Resident in Deptford, London / Kent
between 1708 and 1710	Birth of daughter Elizabeth RIPPINGTON in Deptford, London / Kent
between 1708 and 1716	Birth of son John RIPPINGTON
1708	Occupation Farrier according to his marriage record
13th Jun 1708	Married Elizabeth PAGE in Fleet, Middlesex, London.5 Piece Description Marriages and Baptisms from the Fleet Registers performed according to the Rules of the Fleet, London from 1706 to 1714 by Minister Creach TNA Reference RG7 - Piece 18 - Folio 24 Groom Name Joseph Rippington Bride Name Elizabeth Page Groom's Profession Farrier Date of Marriage  13 June 1708 Place of Marriage Registration Date 13 June 1708 Registration Town/County Fleet, London Groom's Abode Deptford Bride's Abode Deptford
between 1727 and 1747	Occupation Foreman Smith at Deptford Ship Yard
1741	Death of Elizabeth PAGE in Deptford, London / Kent.4
1741	Resident in Cross Field Lane, Deptford, London / Kent
20th Oct 1741	Married Elizabeth in Hand and Pen, Fleet Bridge, Fleet Street, Fleet, Middlesex, London.5 Piece Description Marriages and Baptisms from the Fleet Notebooks performed according to the Rules of the Fleet, London from 1735 to 1741 TNA Reference RG7 - Piece 151 - Folio 117 Groom Name Joseph Rippington - widower Bride Name Elizabeth Nails - widow Groom's Profession Black Smith Date of Marriage  20 October 1741 Place of Marriage  - Registration Date 20 October 1741 Registration Town/County Fleet, London Ceremony Performed by Walter Wyatt Groom's Abode Deptford Bride's Abode Deptford Piece Description Marriages from Walter Wyatt's Notebooks of the Fleet Notebooks performed according to the Rules of the Fleet, London from October to November 1741 TNA Reference RG7 - Piece 740 - Folio 2 Groom Name Joseph Rippington - widower Bride Name Elizabeth Nailor - wdow Groom's Profession Black Smith Date of Marriage  20 October 1741 Place of Marriage  Lilly's Registration Date 20 October 1741 Registration Town/County Fleet, London Ceremony Performed by Groom's Abode St Pauls Deptford Bride's Abode St Pauls Deptford ______________________________________________________________ Joshua Lilley kept a Marriage House; the 'Hand and Pen', near Fleet Bridge, corner of Fleet Street - 'he was one of the most fortunate of the marriage-house keepers, and had a very brisk trade'.
1746	Death of Elizabeth in Deptford, London / Kent.4
1746	Resident in Kings Street, Deptford, London / Kent
2nd Nov 1746	Married Elizabeth in Hand and Pen, Fleet Bridge, Fleet Street, Fleet, Middlesex, London.5 Piece Description Marriages and Baptisms from Dare's Notebook of the Fleet Notebooks performed according to the Rules of the Fleet, London for November 1746, with one Marriage Record for November 1739 TNA Reference RG7 - Piece 539 - Folio 2 Groom Name Joseph Rippington - widower Bride Name Elizabeth Read - widow Groom's Profession Head Smith Date of Marriage  2 November 1746 Place of Marriage  Lillys Registration Date 2 November 1746 Registration Town/County Fleet, London Ceremony Performed by Groom's Abode Debtford, Kent Bride's Abode Debtford, Kent _____________________________________________________________ Joshua Lilley kept a Marriage House; the 'Hand and Pen', near Fleet Bridge, corner of Fleet Street - 'he was one of the most fortunate of the marriage-house keepers, and had a very brisk trade'.
16th Nov 1747	Occupation Master Smith at Woolwich Ship Yard
between 1748 and 1761	Resident in Woolwich, London / Kent
1759	Occupation Pensioner
28th Mar 1759	Resided in Queenhithe & Tower Wards, London, Middlesex Rippington (Joseph) 1759 London Land Tax Record Rippington (Joseph) 1761 London Land Tax Record Royal Navy Pensioners Home (Customs House?) Joseph's rent is shown going on until 1762 - presumably his widow Elizabeth was still living there; as she's not shown on the Lond Tax Record back at Woolwich until 1763
1761	Died in Woolwich, London / Kent.2
29th Jul 1761	Buried in St. Mary Magdalene, Woolwich, London / Kent

Notes

• March 18, 1686
  Rippington Joseph son of Joseph
• Refer to the attached document 'from Princes Risborough to Sussex' for a full explanation as to why the link has been made from the Rippington families in Princes Risborough to those in Sussex.
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/902/187
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Deptford Officers. The Qualifications of the Foremen to the first, second and third fires of the smith's shop and how long they have served. Joseph Rippington, John Dalton, Robert Morris
  Covering dates 13 Mar 1737/8
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/910/238
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Commissioner Richard Hughes, Portsmouth Dock. Receipt of warrant to refit the Argyle and Ludlow Castle for West Indies service. Henry Cole, one of the smiths has received an anonymous letter which he has not yet produced, supposedly from Woolwich perhaps from John Houghton, hammerman. Encloses one that was sent to Thomas Vaughan, foreman of the smiths, possibly from Deptford. Encloses the smiths' petition to the Admiralty which was sent to Joseph Rippington, foreman at Deptford
  Covering dates 15 Nov 1739
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 354/137/22
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Deptford Officers. Recommendation that Joseph Rippington is qualified to be Master Smith at any Yard.
  Covering dates 1747 Oct 15
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1048/153
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Foreman Joseph Rippington of Deptford Yard. Application for appointment as Master Smith.
  Covering dates 1747 Oct 16
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 354/137/21
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Thomas Corbett. The Clerk of the Cheque at Deptford advises that the Master Smith at the Yard, John Dalton, died this morning. His son, at present Master Smith at Woolwich, is to replace him. Have received applications to replace John Dalton from Joseph Rippington, 1st Foreman of the Smiths at Deptford, and Robert Morris, 1st Foreman of the Smiths at Woolwich, both of whom are suited to replace Dalton at Woolwich
  Covering dates 1747 Nov 13
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1048/167
  Records of the Navy Board and the Board of Admiralty
  Scope and content:
  Master Smith Joseph Rippington of Woolwich. Asks that his two servants may be continued at Deptford until he is able to obtain a house in Woolwich.
  Covering dates 1747 Nov 16
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1087/114
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Certificate of Joseph Rippington, Master Smith, Joseph Archer, Foreman and Robert Morris, 1st Foreman, that in November there were six sacks of coal carried out of a lighter with coal for the smiths' shop to the Clerk of the Cheque's house by mistake. They should have been taken out of another lighter lying alongside on the wharf and afterwards they were removed and taken to the Smiths' shop by yard Labourers
  Covering dates 22 Mar 1750
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1094/32
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Joseph Rippington. Has served in HM Yards as a Smith for 44 years, was Foreman in Deptford for 20 years and is now Master Smith at Woolwich, where he has been for 4 years. You have lately advertised for the smiths' work on a standing contract, which will make him out of work. Asks to be provided for in the light of his long service
  Covering dates 5 June 1751
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1107/25
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Woolwich Officers. A state of the Smiths' shop by survey of 31st December 1751 on warrant of July 1751, remaining the 1st October 1751 in the custody of Joseph Rippington, Master Smith, by which he is debtor
  Covering dates 1752 Feb 19
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 106/1107/95
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  Woolwich Officers. Survey of the state of the Smiths' shop. Joseph Rippington, Master Smith
  Covering dates 1752 May 23
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 354/161/326
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  John Clevland. The Service is in need of anchors and because of the great age and infirmity of Joseph Rippington, the Master Smith of the Woolwich Yard, the Officers report he is not capable of making large anchors as he cannot attend the heats and discharge his duty. Ask for him to be superannuated which we opine he is entitled to having belonged to the Navy 50 years as first Foreman of the smiths at Deptford and more than 11 where he now is
  Covering dates 1759 Mar 17
• The National Archives
  Item reference ADM 354/161/341
  Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
  Scope and content:
  John Clevland. Opine that Joseph Rippington, Master Smith at Woolwich, deserves to be superannuated at £52.10s per annum as was awarded the Master Boatbuilder at Portsmouth. Recommend James Kincade, first Foreman to the smiths at Deptford, to succeed him
  Covering dates 1759 Mar 26
• London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  Name: Joseph Rippington
  Burial Date: 29 Jul 1761
  Parish: St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich
  County: Kent
  Borough: Greenwich
  Record Type: Burial
  Register Type: Parish Register
• London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932
  Tenant: Jos Rippington
  First Year of Section: 1759
  Civil Parish or Ward: Queenhithe
  Borough or County: City of London
  Call Number: MS 11316/182
• London, England, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932
  Tenant: Jos Rippington
  First Year of Section: 1761
  Civil Parish or Ward: Tower
  Borough or County: City of London
  Call Number: MS 11316/188

Sources

• 1. Princes Risborough Baptism Transcripts
  • (secondary evidence)
• 2. London, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 3. Deptford Docks History
  • (secondary evidence)
• 4. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
  • Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
  • (secondary evidence)
• 5. Fleet Marriage Notebooks
  • (primary evidence)