Ripley Homesteads and Grants
Since 1774, when the family of Robert Ripley and Isabella Beane arrived in Nova Scotia, Ripley descendants have leased or owned properties in several different locations in Cumberland County.
Robert and Isabella settled in Amherst Township, where they leased a 1000-acre property. See The Fletcher Lease.
The elder Robert Ripley and his son Henry both acquired 500-acre grants in River Philip, which they later sold. See The Yorkshire Land Grant and Lots 16 and 17, River Philip.
The elder Robert Ripley purchased a 500 acre farm in Southampton a year before his death that became the homestead of his son Robert Ripley. See Luke Harrison's Farm.
Robert and Isabella’s son Henry settled in Nappan, first leasing and then purchasing 600 acres. See Henry Ripley's Homestead and the Gmelin Line. Henry's homestead passed to his 4 sons.
Henry Ripley, William Ripley, and Henry’s son-in-law James Shipley also acquired a small piece of land in Nappan to build a Methodist Chappel and cemetery. See To Build a Methodist Chapple.
Robert and Isabella's son William settled in Maccan, first leasing and then purchasing 420 acres. See Homestead of William Ripley and Hannah Coates, The Tidal Bore Wetlands Park, The Old Place, and The Blenkhorn Place. William's homestead passed to his sons Robert Ripley and James Ripley and then to Robert's 3 sons William Coates Ripley, James Crosscomb Ripley, and Jonathan Vickery Ripley.
William's son Thomas Ripley purchased a property in Maccan that was not part of his father William's original homestead. See Thomas Ripley and Jane Bulmer's Property.
Robert and Isabella’s son John settled on the River Philip near Oxford, first purchasing at least 875 acres and then applying for a land grant. See Homestead of John Ripley
John Ripley's son Robert Ripley received a 200-acre grant in Mt. Pleasant near his father's property in Oxford. See Grant of Robert Ripley
John Ripley's sons Joseph Black Ripley and Thomas Ripley received a 200-acre grant in West Hantsford near their father's property in Oxford. See Grant of Joseph Black Ripley and Thomas Ripley
Andrew Ripley, whose parents are unknown, purchased a 100-acre property in Fenwick, directly south and adjacent to the homestead of Henry Ripley. He also acquired a land grant where he pioneered in sugar-making. See The Home Place, Land Grant 2937, and The Ripley Sugar Woods.
It's possible that Robert and Isabella's son Thomas purchased a property in Yorkshire. If you have an Ancestry.com account, look for two documents entitled UK Land Tax Redemption, 1798. In this year, the British government levied a special tax which was paid either by the landowner or by a tenant on the land. On one document, a Thomas Ripley is listed as a tenant of Wm. Foulis, proprietor. On another, Thomas Ripley is listed as proprietor with Mary Ripley as tenant. It is not known for sure whether either or both of these is our Thomas. However, there is a Thomas, wife Mary, buried in St. Andrew's churchyard who was the correct age to be our Thomas. It is also worth noting that Thomas's father Robert Ripley died in 1797, leaving him 60 pounds. However, according to the dispersals, this amount was not paid out until 1800.
Robert and Isabella settled in Amherst Township, where they leased a 1000-acre property. See The Fletcher Lease.
The elder Robert Ripley and his son Henry both acquired 500-acre grants in River Philip, which they later sold. See The Yorkshire Land Grant and Lots 16 and 17, River Philip.
The elder Robert Ripley purchased a 500 acre farm in Southampton a year before his death that became the homestead of his son Robert Ripley. See Luke Harrison's Farm.
Robert and Isabella’s son Henry settled in Nappan, first leasing and then purchasing 600 acres. See Henry Ripley's Homestead and the Gmelin Line. Henry's homestead passed to his 4 sons.
Henry Ripley, William Ripley, and Henry’s son-in-law James Shipley also acquired a small piece of land in Nappan to build a Methodist Chappel and cemetery. See To Build a Methodist Chapple.
Robert and Isabella's son William settled in Maccan, first leasing and then purchasing 420 acres. See Homestead of William Ripley and Hannah Coates, The Tidal Bore Wetlands Park, The Old Place, and The Blenkhorn Place. William's homestead passed to his sons Robert Ripley and James Ripley and then to Robert's 3 sons William Coates Ripley, James Crosscomb Ripley, and Jonathan Vickery Ripley.
William's son Thomas Ripley purchased a property in Maccan that was not part of his father William's original homestead. See Thomas Ripley and Jane Bulmer's Property.
Robert and Isabella’s son John settled on the River Philip near Oxford, first purchasing at least 875 acres and then applying for a land grant. See Homestead of John Ripley
John Ripley's son Robert Ripley received a 200-acre grant in Mt. Pleasant near his father's property in Oxford. See Grant of Robert Ripley
John Ripley's sons Joseph Black Ripley and Thomas Ripley received a 200-acre grant in West Hantsford near their father's property in Oxford. See Grant of Joseph Black Ripley and Thomas Ripley
Andrew Ripley, whose parents are unknown, purchased a 100-acre property in Fenwick, directly south and adjacent to the homestead of Henry Ripley. He also acquired a land grant where he pioneered in sugar-making. See The Home Place, Land Grant 2937, and The Ripley Sugar Woods.
It's possible that Robert and Isabella's son Thomas purchased a property in Yorkshire. If you have an Ancestry.com account, look for two documents entitled UK Land Tax Redemption, 1798. In this year, the British government levied a special tax which was paid either by the landowner or by a tenant on the land. On one document, a Thomas Ripley is listed as a tenant of Wm. Foulis, proprietor. On another, Thomas Ripley is listed as proprietor with Mary Ripley as tenant. It is not known for sure whether either or both of these is our Thomas. However, there is a Thomas, wife Mary, buried in St. Andrew's churchyard who was the correct age to be our Thomas. It is also worth noting that Thomas's father Robert Ripley died in 1797, leaving him 60 pounds. However, according to the dispersals, this amount was not paid out until 1800.