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Will Arnett

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    Richard Lippincott

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    • 5th Great-grandfather of Will Arnett — 8th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 226 
    • Birth Date:
    • 2 Jan 1745 
    • Birth Location:
    • New Jersey 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Death Date:
    • 14 May 1826 
    • Death Location:
    • York, Ontario, Canada 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • St. John's Cemetery on the Humber, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 4 Mar 1770 
    • Marriage Location:
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    • Notes: 
    • Revolutionary War veteran - Loyalist

      Richard Lippincott played an instrumental part in the Asgill Affair in which he hanged an American officer, Joshua Huddy, in revenge for similar murders of Loyalists. (see Wikipedia entry for Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet for more on the Asgill Affair)

  • Additional marriages for Richard Lippincott


    • Spouse:
    • Mary Scull
    • Marriage Date:
    • 5 Sep 1769
    • Marriage Location:
    • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania

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  • Sources for Richard Lippincott

    • 2 Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto: A Collection of Historical Sketches of the Old Town of York from 1792 until . . ., Toronto: J. Ross Robertson (1894), 112-113.
    • 3 The Canadian Journal of Science, Literature, and History, Vol. 13, Toronto: Copp, Clark and Co. (1873), 446-447.
    • 5 Chambers, Capt. Ernest J., The Governor-General's Body Guard: A History of the Origin, Development and Services of the Senior Cavalry Regiment . . ., Toronto: E. L. Ruddy (1902), 28, 122.
    • 6 Gagan, David, The Denison Family of Toronto, 1792-1925, Toronto: University of Toronton Press (1973).
    • 7 Nelson, William, New Jersey Biographical and Genealogical Notes ... (originally Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society Vol. IX), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1973, originally published 1916), 47.
    • 8 Olsen, Judith M., Lippincott: Five Generations of the Descendants of Richard and Abigail Lippincott, Woodbury, New Jersey: The Gloucester County Historical Society (1982), 49, 116-118.
    • 9 Thompson, Samuel, Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the Last Fifty Years: An Autobiography, Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company (1884), 166.

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