Lots 16 and 17, River Philip
In 1785 Robert Ripley Sr. received Lot 17 in the Yorkshire Land Grant and his son Henry received Lot 16. Crown Land Index maps of Nova Scotia are available for online viewing, download, and purchase at the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources website. Robert and Henry's grants, lots 16 and 17, are visible in the lower right hand corner of online interactive map 60.
Many sources indicate that Robert Ripley Sr. lived at Amherst and Henry Ripley lived at Nappan so perhaps they never resided on the River Philip lots, though they would have needed to make improvements in order to keep them. Robert sold his lot to William Donkin in 1793, and Henry sold his lot to John Oxley in 1795.
Robert and Isabella's son John, who inherited the remainder of Robert Sr.'s estate along with his mother in 1797, did not inherit these lots as they had been sold previously. However, after Robert's death in 1797, Isabella, who lived until 1830, might have lived with one of her children somewhere other than Amherst. Clair Ripley's aunt Rettie (Henrietta Ripley 1871-1965) remembered her grandfather Joseph Black Ripley (1803-1879) saying that he had visited his grandmother Isabella in River Philip and in Windham. The homestead of Robert and Isabella's son John Ripley was located near Oxford in the River Philip area.
Many sources indicate that Robert Ripley Sr. lived at Amherst and Henry Ripley lived at Nappan so perhaps they never resided on the River Philip lots, though they would have needed to make improvements in order to keep them. Robert sold his lot to William Donkin in 1793, and Henry sold his lot to John Oxley in 1795.
Robert and Isabella's son John, who inherited the remainder of Robert Sr.'s estate along with his mother in 1797, did not inherit these lots as they had been sold previously. However, after Robert's death in 1797, Isabella, who lived until 1830, might have lived with one of her children somewhere other than Amherst. Clair Ripley's aunt Rettie (Henrietta Ripley 1871-1965) remembered her grandfather Joseph Black Ripley (1803-1879) saying that he had visited his grandmother Isabella in River Philip and in Windham. The homestead of Robert and Isabella's son John Ripley was located near Oxford in the River Philip area.
Location of the Ripley Lots 16 and 17
Originally I had thought that George Oxley's current grave at the River Philip United Church was located on Lot 19 as indicated on the new gravestone. (See the Yorkshire Land Grant page on this website.) However, Susan Hill told me that George Oxley's remains had been moved, and I eventually tracked down the original burial place thanks to 4th cousins Clair Ripley and Eleanor Ripley. In July 2014 we visited the original burial place of George Oxley on Lot 19 near the corner of Windham Hill Road and Wyvern Road. A little further north, they pointed out the original homestead and burial place of William Donkin who owned Lot 18. Assuming those are roughly the locations of Lot 18 and 19, then Ripley lots 16 and 17 are located somewhere between the intersection of Windham Hill and Wyvern Road and the River Philip United Church at 2808 Wyvern Road about 3.4 kilometres to the north.
Update: I have now been able to show that Lot 16 later became the homestead of Howard Ripley. For a deep dive into the deed history, see Sale of Lot 16 on this website.
Originally I had thought that George Oxley's current grave at the River Philip United Church was located on Lot 19 as indicated on the new gravestone. (See the Yorkshire Land Grant page on this website.) However, Susan Hill told me that George Oxley's remains had been moved, and I eventually tracked down the original burial place thanks to 4th cousins Clair Ripley and Eleanor Ripley. In July 2014 we visited the original burial place of George Oxley on Lot 19 near the corner of Windham Hill Road and Wyvern Road. A little further north, they pointed out the original homestead and burial place of William Donkin who owned Lot 18. Assuming those are roughly the locations of Lot 18 and 19, then Ripley lots 16 and 17 are located somewhere between the intersection of Windham Hill and Wyvern Road and the River Philip United Church at 2808 Wyvern Road about 3.4 kilometres to the north.
Update: I have now been able to show that Lot 16 later became the homestead of Howard Ripley. For a deep dive into the deed history, see Sale of Lot 16 on this website.
The following photos were taken in 2013 and 2014 at various locations along the River Philip between Oxford Junction and Collingwood Corner.