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Christopher Lippitt

Male 1712 - 1764  (52 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Christopher Lippitt was born 29 Nov 1712, Warwick, RI (son of Moses Lippitt, Jr. and Ann Phillis Whipple); died 7 Dec 1764, Cranston, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 9, Lippitt Hill, Cranston, RI.

    Notes:

    The graves of Christopher and Catherine are in the family burial lot, about 150 ft. south of Hope Rd. & Lippitt Ave., Cranston, RI

    Christopher married Catherine Holden 2 Jan 1735/36, Warwick, RI. Catherine (daughter of Anthony Holden and Phebe Rhodes) was born 13 Oct 1717, Warwick, RI; died 4 May 1807, Cranston, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 9, Lippitt Hill, Cranston, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Anthony Lippitt was born 1738, RI; died 23 Oct 1751.
    2. Freelove Lippitt was born Abt 1740, RI.
    3. Mary Lippitt was born Abt 1742, RI.
    4. Christopher Lippitt was born 28 Oct 1744, Cranston, RI; died 17 Jun 1824.
    5. Catherine Lippitt was born Abt 1746, RI.
    6. Warren Lippitt was born 1748, RI.
    7. Phebe Lippitt was born 6 Dec 1749, RI; died 6 Dec 1751.
    8. Moses Lippitt was born 10 Sep 1751, RI; died 15 Dec 1844, Killingly, CT.
    9. Charles Lippitt was born 2 Mar 1754, Lippitt Hill, Cranston, RI; died 17 Aug 1845, Providence, RI.
    10. Loudon Lippitt was born 17 Apr 1756, Cranston, RI; died 18 Aug 1841, Crawford, PA; was buried , Rundell Cemetery, Spring Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
    11. Waterman Lippitt was born 2 May 1758.
    12. John Lippitt was born 14 Feb 1763; died 19 Jul 1830.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Moses Lippitt, Jr. was born Between 1675 and 1683 (son of Moses Lippitt and Mary Knowles); died 12 Dec 1745.

    Notes:

    According to "The History of Warwick, RI" by Oliver Payson Fuller, p. 113, Moses was born c1683.

    Moses married Ann Phillis Whipple 20 Nov 1707. Ann (daughter of Joseph Whipple and Alice Unknown) was born Nov 1689; died 17 Dec 1776. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ann Phillis Whipple was born Nov 1689 (daughter of Joseph Whipple and Alice Unknown); died 17 Dec 1776.
    Children:
    1. Moses Lippitt, III was born 17 Jan 1708/09; died 8 Aug 1766.
    2. 1. Christopher Lippitt was born 29 Nov 1712, Warwick, RI; died 7 Dec 1764, Cranston, RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 9, Lippitt Hill, Cranston, RI.
    3. Jeremiah Lippitt was born Abt 1714.
    4. Joseph Lippitt was born Abt 1716.
    5. Ann Phillis Lippitt was born 29 Aug 1717; died 24 Jun 1774.
    6. Freelove Lippitt was born Abt 1720; died 20 Dec 1801.
    7. Mary Lippitt was born Abt 1728.
    8. John Lippitt was born 24 Dec 1731, Warwick, RI; died 15 Sep 1811.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Moses Lippitt was born Abt 1645 (son of John Lippitt, I and Martha Unknown); died 6 Jan 1702/03.

    Notes:

    Moses was five times appointed deputy from 1681 to 1699, was overseer of the poor in 1687, and when he died, January 6, 1703, at Warwick, he left an estate which included a stock of leather, green hides and bark, abd tanning instruments. TheLippitt Burial Ground, in which are still to be found the uninscribed graves of Moses, and probably his father as well, is situated in a pasture southeast of the road and a quarter of a mile east of the Quaker meeting house at Old Warwick.

    Moses married Mary Knowles 19 Nov 1667, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of Henry Knowles and Elizabeth Potter) was born Abt 1649; died 28 Dec 1719, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Knowles was born Abt 1649 (daughter of Henry Knowles and Elizabeth Potter); died 28 Dec 1719, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    The information for this family group comes from the 1719 will of Mary Lippitt. In addition to all these children and grandchildren, she also mentions her sister Martha Eldred, and a granddaughter Mercy/Marcy Gorton, wife of Othniel Gorton. There is additional information on the Lippitt familes in "The History of Warwick Rhode Island" by Oliver Payson Fuller; and in "Genealogies of RI Families." I have estimated the birth years of the three daughters. (will at Warwick, pp. 154 & 155)

    Children:
    1. Mary Lippitt was born Abt 1668.
    2. Martha Lippitt was born Abt 1670; died 1723, Warwick, RI.
    3. Rebeckah Lippitt was born Abt 1672.
    4. 2. Moses Lippitt, Jr. was born Between 1675 and 1683; died 12 Dec 1745.

  3. 6.  Joseph Whipple (son of John Whipple).

    Joseph — Alice Unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Alice Unknown
    Children:
    1. 3. Ann Phillis Whipple was born Nov 1689; died 17 Dec 1776.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John Lippitt, I was born 1596, England; died 1667, Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    John was one of the original settlers of Providence, RI and one of those to whom was assigned a house and six-acre lot in 1638. John signed the "Agreement for a Form of Government" on 27 July 1640 and was chosen with nine others by the Town of Providence to meet with Commissioners from the other three towns to form a government under the Charter, 16 May 1647.

    He is our direct ancestor through two of his children, Mary & Moses Lippitt. Moses' daughter Martha Lippitt and Mary's son Thomas Burlingame (first cousins) married each other and had a daughter Margaret Burlingame who married Joseph Remington, Sr. They are the ancestors of my dad, Norman Remington, through the male Remington lineage.

    John married Martha Unknown Abt 1636, MA or RI. Martha was born Abt 1618, England. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Martha Unknown was born Abt 1618, England.
    Children:
    1. Rebecca Lippitt was born Abt 1638.
    2. John Lippitt, II was born Abt 1640; died Abt 1670.
    3. Mary Lippitt was born 3 Mar 1642/43, Providence, RI; died Between 1719 and 1720.
    4. 4. Moses Lippitt was born Abt 1645; died 6 Jan 1702/03.
    5. Nathaniel Lippitt was born Abt 1647.
    6. Joseph Lippitt was born Abt 1649.

  3. 10.  Henry Knowles was born Abt 1609, Hull, Yorkshire, England; died 1679, Warwick, RI.

    Henry — Elizabeth Potter. Elizabeth (daughter of Robert Potter and Isabel Unknown) was born Abt 1620; died 1670. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth Potter was born Abt 1620 (daughter of Robert Potter and Isabel Unknown); died 1670.
    Children:
    1. William Knowles was born Abt 1645, Warwick, RI.
    2. John Knowles was born 1647; died 16 Sep 1716.
    3. 5. Mary Knowles was born Abt 1649; died 28 Dec 1719, Warwick, RI.
    4. Martha Knowles was born Abt 1651; died 1728.
    5. Henry Knowles was born Abt 1654; died 1726.

  5. 12.  John Whipple
    Children:
    1. 6. Joseph Whipple