Today I edited the DesBarres Purchase page to add information about two documents I discovered for William Ripley (1774-1845), a lease and a deed for his 420 acre homestead in Maccan. I also added information about how the kind folks at Stiles Country B&B in Nappan helped me locate at least one home on the actual homestead and enjoy a short walk on the actual property. At this point I suspect that the original purchase by William was subsequently divided many times by later generations. More research will be required to determine the actual boundaries of the grant but this should not be too difficult as the south boundary was the division between the large grants of DesBarres and the Hon. Michael Francklin and the western boundary was the Maccan River. I have also added a page called To Build a Methodist Chapple which describes another purchase by William Ripley, Henry Ripey, and James Shipley from DesBarres.
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AuthorHi there! My name is Mallory Burton and I started researching the Ripley family in 2011. I'd describe myself as a careful amateur who's more interested in story than names and dates. I hope you enjoy my website and blog. I also have a public Mallory/Ripley tree on Ancestry with over 4,000 names. To contact me, please comment on any one of my blog posts. Archives
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