David RIPLEY

David married Lydia CARY on 21 Mar 1720. Lydia was born on 24 Mar 1705/6 in Bristol, Rhode Island; died on 9 Apr 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Irena RIPLEY was born on 11 Feb 1729; died on 24 Feb 1804.

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The first town meeting of Windham was held June 11, 1692, when Joshua Ripley was appointed town clerk; he was also town treasurer. "He was a man widely known and respected, as of sterling sense and judgement; he was one of the first justices of the peace in Connecticut, and was appointed May, 1698, when that office was first instituted; was the first representative sent by Windham to the General Assembly, appearing there May, 1699." He was also one of the seven pillars or counsellors, and justice of the quorum in 1726. His wife was "a noble and useful woman, remarkable not only for intelligence and accomplishments, but for her skill in the art of healing. She was the first, and for a long time the only physician in the settlement, and it is said that the first male physician, Dr. Richard Huntington, received much of his medical knowledge from her."

Joshua married Hannah BRADFORD on 28 Nov 1682 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA. Hannah (daughter of William BRADFORD and Alice RICHARDS) was born on 09 May 1662 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died on 28 May 1738 in Windham Conn.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]