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ISAAC LIPTRAP |
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| The Parish Registers of
Waltham Holy Cross Church in Waltham Abbey, Essex, 15 miles northeast of
London, record: Baptisms: 1748 May 8 - James, son of Thos & Jane Leaptrapp 1749/50 January 5 - Isaac, son of Thos & Jane Leaptrap 1752 February 9 - Ann, daughter of Thos & Jane Leaptrap 1754 October 6 - Charles, son of Thos & Jane Leaptrap Burials: 1758 February 3 - The wife to Thos Liptrap 1792 January 20 - Thomas Liptrap |
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| The old Saxon
church at Waltham was rebuilt by Harold Godwinsson
in the 1050's. As King Harold, he stopped there to pray before the
Battle of Hastings in 1066, and was buried there after the battle.
It was rebuilt in the 12th, 14th, 16th
and 19th centuries. The town of Waltham Abbey was a
center of wool combing and calico printing by 1690 and of pin making by
1735. It became a major producer of gunpowder by 1787.(16) . |
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| There
were several Thomas Liptraps in London, Middlesex, Kent, Buckingham, and
Worcester in the late 1600's and early 1700's. LINK
Which one of these (or their son Thomas) moved to Waltham Abbey, Essex,
about 1747, and why, I do not know. But four of his children were
baptized at Waltham Holy Cross church there, including "Isaac
Leaptrap" on 5 January 1749/50.(15)
His wife Jane was buried there 3 Feb 1758;(15)
and Isaac was then apparently apprenticed to the father of John Dutton,
and/or the uncle of John Allen, as they each said in 1772 that they had
known him since 1758.(1)
Thomas was buried at Waltham Abbey 20 Jan 1792.(15)
Isaac Liptrap (1749-1819) founder of the family in America, lived in Ponders End, east of Enfield, Middlesex, for a while before moving to Mile End, just east of London, in the summer of 1771.(1) He lodged with a man named Price, described as a brewer's clerk.(1) That brewer would likely have been Samuel David Liptrap (c1740-1789), of undetermined relation, a whiskey distiller in Whitechappel Road, Mile End. What Isaac actually did for a living in London is unrecorded. In 1772, a laborer's wages of 9 to 12 shillings for a 75-hour work week were totally consumed by food, lodging, and clothing needs. London was dirty, overcrowded, crime-ridden, and the sewer was the ditch down the middle of the street - very much resembling the worst Charles Dickens could describe 70 years later. Around the first of May, 1772, Isaac Liptrap stood in the dock at the Old Bailey Justice Hall in London, accused of burglary of the house of one Eliezar Pigot of Endfield, Middlesex. (1) His accomplice, Isaac Francis, testified against him. Five men testified as to his good character, including John Liptrap (of undetermined relation), and the John Dutton and John Allen mentioned above. See the transcript of his trial. He was sentenced to death; as was the custom then. That sentence commuted to transportation to the colonies. In July, 1772, Isaac Liptrap, 22 years of age, boarded the ship Tayloe under Captain Dougal McDougal (2) along with 173 other convicts, for the two-month voyage to Virginia. The Tayloe sailed for Stewart & Campbell Company, convicts from England to Annapolis Maryland, or to the Rappahannock River ironworks in Virginia, returning iron and/or tobacco to England (3) It is unknown where Isaac Liptrap's indenture was sold, but Captain McDougal was still in Williamsburg in January of 1773. (4) With the outbreak of the American Revolution, the convict trade was lost. The Tayloe was anchored in the Thames River in London and became one of the infamous Prison Hulks that held transportable convicts until transportation to Australia was established in 1787. (3) Isaac's indenture was probably sold to a citizen or company in the Rappahannock River area, and nothing is known of him for the next seven years, which would be the typical length of service for an indenture. During those seven years, a considerable portion of American History took place. What part Isaac played in the fight for independence we may never know. He did not serve in any army, at least not under his own name. We have no way of knowing whether he may have been a "substitute" for his master's son, for he would have served under his name instead of his own. It may have been Alexander McClenachan who brought him to the Borden Tract of Rockbridge County. Isaac rented McClenachan's land in the Borden Tract during the late 1780's. (5) The name "Isack Cliptrap" first appears on the tax list of Charles Campbell's Company, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in September, 1780.(6) Isaac's name remained, correctly spelled, on the tax rolls of Rockbridge County until 1794, when he appears in the first district of Augusta County, in the Middlebrook area.Augusta County was at that time a western point of civilization in Virginia. It was created from Orange County in 1738, and included territory as far as the Mississippi River. But no county government was formed until 1746, due to the lack of settlement in the area. Little evidence of Indian culture has been found in the Valley of Virginia, and that dating from even earlier times. The town of Staunton was established in 1761 and incorporated in 1801, and has served as the center of government, commerce, and culture ever since. From there, those bound for the frontier would travel south-west toward the Cumberland Gap and Kentucky or across the mountains to the Greenbrier, New, and Kanawha Rivers toward Ohio. Six of Isaac Liptrap's children answered the call of cheap, fertile land and travelled to the limits of the new Republic, as later their children did as the Territories expanded across the continent. Isaac was married on July 29, 1785, (7) in Augusta County, to Mary Bright, born 1763, died after 1850, daughter of George Adam Bright. (8) The minister officiating was Rev. Archibald Scott (9) of Bethel and Hebron Presbyterian Churches southwest of Staunton, Virginia. (10) Some of Isaac's descendants still attend Bethel Presbyterian Church 200 years later.George Adam Bright (1731-1805) was born Georg Adam Brecht, third son, and first American-born son of Johann Stephan Brecht (1692-1747) of Lancaster (now Berks) County, Pennsylvania. George married Maria Catharina Kaufeldt probably in Frederick County, Virginia, then moved back to York County, Pennsylvania, during the disturbances of the French and Indian War. His oldest child was born there in 1756. They moved to Augusta County, Virginia, in the summer of 1759. He had nine children who survived to be listed in his will written in April, 1804, and proved in June, 1804. (See details on the Brecht page.)Not long after his father-in-law's death, Isaac Liptrap purchased land in the Borden Tract in Augusta County from Robert Wasson on March 10, 1806, (11) paying 200 pounds for 150 acres described as follows: |
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| "Beginning at three black oak saplings corner to Robert Cooper, thence S. 87°W. 64 poles to a black oak and white oak, N. 3°W. 208 poles crossing a spring run with John Handley's line to 2 hickories saplings, N. 87E. 100 poles to two hickories and a chestnut sapling corner to the said Robert Cooper, thence with said Cooper's lines S. 5°W. 135 poles crossing said spring run to a post, S. 16°E. 28 poles to two chestnut oaks and S.13°W. 105 poles to the beginning." | ||
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land is apparently two miles southeast of the town of Moffatts Creek,
Virginia, being along or near Otts Creek about one mile from the
Rockbridge County Line. On June 22, 1839, this land was granted to John
McNutt; in which deed,
(12)
seven of the nine heirs to the estate of Isaac Liptrap were named. Isaac
died in May or June, 1819,
(11)
leaving his widow and eight of his nine children. His estate was
inventoried and sold in 1820 for $231, less notes and expenses left $9
for his heirs.(13)
Mary Liptrap died soon after the
Census of 1850. (14)
Their Children: . .
(see
three generations)
1. James Liptrap (1786-c1871) m.1805 Elizabeth Potter, lived in Bath County, Virginia, until 1837, when he moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, by 1850 to Caldwell County, Missouri, and later to Kansas City, Missouri, where he married 1853 Mrs. Sarah Jackson. Two of his nine children stayed in Bath County, the others scattered over "the West" 2. Sarah Liptrap (1789-1880) m.1812 Peter Cox. Lived in Preble County, Ohio, and had nine children who settled mostly in Preble Co, Ohio, and Whitley Co, Indiana. 3. Jane Liptrap (c.1790-after 1850) m.1816 Thomas Cole and lived in Greenbrier County (West) Virginia, until after 1853. Seven children shown on census records, three whose names are known. 4. Isaac Liptrap (1793-1814) m.1812 Polly Lotts Lived in Bath County, Virginia. Isaac had two sons, one moved to Colorado, the other to Nebraska. Polly had four additional children. 5. Thomas (Liptrap) Bright (1797-1873) m.1815 Nancy Drury. Their son moved to Tennessee. _ In 1816, Thomas married Margaret Cox, moved to Tucker County, (West) Virginia, started calling himself Thomas Bright, and had 15 children. Nancy Drury Liptrap, calling herself a widow, married James Peters in 1821.6. Nancy Elizabeth Liptrap (1798-1834) m.1822 James Humphreys and lived in Pike County, Ohio They had eight children. 7. George Liptrap (1800-1863) m.1822 Catharine Linkswiler, m.1839
Elizabeth Hoover, m.1850 Susan Rodifer Hoddy. Lived in Benton County,
Indiana, and had ten children. 9. John Liptrap (1805-1841) m.1828 Catherine Lotts and lived in
Augusta County, Virginia, and had five children. |
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| References: (1) The Proceedings on the King's Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and . . Gaol-Delivery, S. Bladen, London, 1772, Number 4, pages 157-159 . . TRANSCRIPT (2) Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, P. William Filby, 1981, Cale Research. (3) Dan Byrnes The Blackheath Connection, a website book (4) Williamsburg Newspapers reported the apology of Capt. McDougal for failing to dip his . . .colors to a superior ship. (5) Annals of Augusta County, Chalkley, volume 2, page 9. Indexed a "suit at Augusta: . . .Alexander McClenachan vs Isaac Liptrap; agreement 3/15/1788, writ 11/7/1789, suit . . .concerns rental of McClenachan's land in Rockbridge County." A thorough search of the . . .boxes indexed by Chalkley at the Court House in Staunton in 1985 could not locate this record. (6) List of Tithables, Charles Campbell's Company, Rockbridge County, Virginia, 1780, (7) Marriage Record of Augusta County, volume 1, page 32. Bond 6/28/1785, Permission . . of the father of the bride 7/27/1785, Minister's return 7/29/1785. (8) Augusta Co. Will Book 9, p. 371, Will dated 4/14/1804, proven 6/25/1804 (9) Annals of Augusta County, Chalkley, volume 2, page 346 (10) History of Augusta County, Virginia, J.Lewis Peyton, Samuel Yost and Son, Staunton, VA, . . . .1881, page 82; and Bethel and Her Ministers, by Herbert S Turner, 1946, pages 53-77 (11) Augusta County Deed Book 44, page 230 (12) Augusta County Deed Book 60, page 325 (13) Augusta County Will Book 13, pp.165-167; sale of estate 6/1/1820 (14) Mary is listed in the Census of 1850, age 87. Mary Liptrap, her daughter-in-law Polly Lotts Liptrap, the widow of her son Isaac; and her brother-in-law George Lotts Jr, the father of Polly Lotts Liptrap, are indexed in the census of 1820 in Wellsburg, Brooke County, Virginia, on the Ohio River north of Wheeling. No record of them can be located there, and they appeared on the Personal Property Tax Rolls of Augusta County in 1819, 1820, and 1821, but never in Brooke County. Careful examination of the census image pages before and after the one indexed shows that this was actually Augusta County. Mary was taxed in Augusta County in 1821, George in 1822, Betsey in 1824, John in 1829 and 1830 and later. (15) Parish Registers of Waltham Holy Cross church, Waltham Abbey, Essex (16) The Victoria History of Essex Volume 2, 1907, pages 401, 404, 449 . |
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