Mary LIPPINCOTT

Mary — Daniel BASSETT. Daniel was born 5 Nov 1722. [Group Sheet]

Mary — Thomas BARBER. Thomas was born 3 Mar 1706/07. [Group Sheet]

Freedom — Elizabeth WILLS. Elizabeth (daughter of John WILLS and Hope DELAFOSSE) was born 14 Sep 1697, Northampton township, Burlington, NJ; died 2 Apr 1740. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Alias: Mary /Wills/
Found on Quaker Digest on email:
QUAKER BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of Ministers and Elders, and other
concerned
members of the Yearly Meeting of Philadelphia" [1682-1800] Willard Heiss
edited (Indianapolis: 1972)
Page 132
"ELIZABETH LIPPINCOTT. Elizabeth Wills, daughter of John and Hope
Wills was born in Northampton township, Burlington County, West Jersey,
on the 14th day of the Seventh month, 1697. Submitting to the tendering
impressions of the Holy spirit on her mind, she became weaned from an
inordinate attachment to the things of this world, and found her heart
and affections set upon things heavenly. Marrying Freedom Lippincott,
she became a member of Evesham meeting, and under the trials and
probations which attended her in the married life, she appeared to deepen
in
spiritual knowledge, and became more and more useful in the church.
A gift of gospel ministry was conferred upon her, which she
exercised to the edification of the church. In an account of her last
illness, we
find it stated, "She was a religious woman, and it pleased God to give
her a testimony, to the comfort of her friends."
She was taken sick on the 25th of the First month, and her pain was
very severe, and to increase her distress, the enemy was permitted to
buffet her, and to infuse doubts into her mind as to her preparation for
the kingdom of rest and peace. But as she looked to the Lord for
comfort, he rebuked the enemy, and strengthened her to bear testimony to
his goodness to her in the midst of her closest suffering. On being
asked if she thought she should die, she said "I do not know, but am
willing to leave it to Providence! ******
Her illness rapidly increasing, she one night sent for her husband,
and on his coming to the bedside, she took him by the hand, and said,
"Come, my dear, and sit down by me. My time is but short, before I
shall be at rest." On his inquiring what he should do with the
children, she answered, "I shall leave them to God's mercy, and thy
care."
On her aged father coming to see her, she said to him, "My time
is short. I would not have thee take it hard; I shall be happy. It will
not be long before thou comest after me. We are like people going a
journey; some set out two or three days before the rest. You will all
soon come after me."
Several of her brothers, sisters and friends standing by her bed
side, she felt a flow of gospel ministry, and although very weak in
body, yet was so strong in spirit with love to the Lord, ******
Samuel Lippincott, her husband's brother coming in, she commended
her children to his care, desiring that he should exercise a care that
they might be brought up in the fear of God. Samuel, assenting to her
wishes, spoke of her husband's loss in her removal. She said, "He must
keep to Truth, and then Providence will provide for him. He will yet
provide for him as he keeps to Truth. Do not in thy trouble get too
low; and be sure my dear, do not let anything lift thee up. I take
it as a great favour that the Lord is about to take me from the harms
to come. If I die now, I shall be in favour with God; if I should
live longer, and be disobedient so as to be out of his favour, it
would be a dreadful thing. I take it a favour from the Lord, that he
takes me in mercy and love. My prayers are as strong as ever that the
work the Lord has begun upon earth, may be carried on, ---- that
Truth may prosper." Mentioning the names of two Friends, she said,
"I should be glad to see them. They are my husband's sisters; they
are mine. His bone is my bone, and his flesh is my flesh. That
which is near to him is near to me."
She gave messages of love to some absent friends, and good
advice to her oldest son, and, in great peace departed this life,
Second month 2d, 1740, being in the 43 year of her age.
The testimony concerning the above Friend from Haddonfield Monthly
Meeting is very brief:---- "Elizabet

Freedom — Mary CURTIS. Mary was born 1655, Friend's Mh, Burlington, NJ. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

[lippincott.FTW]
[Lippincottmail.FTW]
LDS Church #9KFW-QB
#3693 shows WFT Est 1645 - 1672 and death ESt 1697-1760
#5437 shows WFT Est 1651-1671 and death 1686-1755[Lippincottmail.FTW]
LDS Church #8ZM5-WK[haines4.FTW]
of Burlington Co, NJ

John — Hope DELAFOSSE. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

On April 1, 1640 he was chosen to a Dorchester, Massachusetts town office
and was made freeman of the court of Boston on May 13, 1640.
On July 6, 1651 he was formally excomminicated and in 1652 he returned to
England. Shortly thereafter he became a member of the Society of
Friends. In Febuary of 1655 the mayor of Plymouth, England casued him to
be arrested and imprisoned for having asserted that "Christ was the word
of God and the Scriptures a declaration of teh mind of God."
In May, 1655 (acording to Sewll's History of the Quakers) he testified
against the acts of the mayor and the falsehood of the charges brought
against him and was released. He was arrested again in 1660 on similar
charges.
In 1661 or 1662 he sailed again for New England and this time took up
residence in Rhode Island.
He received patent for land in New Jersy and was among the earliest
settles in Shrewsbury, NJ, being a founding member of the Shrewsbury
Meeting, which for a long time met at his house.
in 1669 he was elected a member of the governor's council as one of the
representatives from Shrewbury but, being unwilling to take the oath of
allegiance unless it contained a provision guarenteeing the patent rights
of teh Monmouth towns he was not allowed to take his seat.
In 1670 the first meeting for wotrship was formed by the Friends and in
1672 was visited by George Fox, who was entertained during his stay by
Richard. Soon thereafter, Richard made another, final voyage to England,
where he was when John Fenwick was preparing to West Jersey; and on
August 9, 1676, he obtained from Fenwick a patent for one thousand acres
of land in his colony (probably as speculation since neither he nor his
childeren every occupied it.
Notes from Darrell Lippincott:
Richard and his wife were residents of Dorchester, MA in 1639 and members
of the Puritan Church. On 1 Apr 1640 Richard was chosen as a Town
Officer Dorchester and admitted as "Freeman" of the Massachussets Bay
Colony by the General Court of Boston of 13 May 1640. About 1643 they
settled in Boston and formed a connection with the church in 1644. In
1651 he was excommunicated from "ye church of dorchester...for
withdrawing communion from ye fellowship of ye church and being demanded
a ground of his so walking, he would give none but said he wanted a
commission to speak; whereupon for not hearing ye church in their
convincing arguments, was excommunicated from ye fellowship of ye church
of ye 6 of ye 5th mo. 1651. in ye name of Lord Jesus and with ye consent
of ye church, being admonished twice before."
In 1652 Richard returned with his family to England where he made a home
in Plymouth, Devonshire and became allied with the Society of Friends.
About 4 years later he is found defvending the Friends and residing in
Stone House, a parish near Plymouth. In Feb of 1655 he was arrested by
the Mayor and confined in or near the Castle of Exeter. Again on January
20, 1660 he was arrested by the Mayor. Richard, Thomas Hooten and
Margaret Kellam were taken from a meeting at Plymouth and sent to the
High Goal at Exon (Exeter). The were later released at the solicition of
Margaret Fell (who became the wife of George Fox in 1669) and others who
were influential with the newly restored King Charles II in granting
liberation of Friends. Owing to the mistreatment of Quakers in England
Richard and family returned to America in 1663, settling first in Rhode
Island because of the freedom offered there to Friends for the exercise
of their worship. He joined in the formation of an association at
Newport, RI in 1664 for the purpose of securing title from the Indians to
a large tract of land in NJ was was the largest contributor to the funds
raised for that purpose. The purchase was effected from Indian Sachem
(Popomma) on 8 Apr 1665 and the land was confirmed to the RI company the
next day by patent from Gov N

Richard — Abigail GOODY. Abigail was born 1621, Dorchester, Devon, Northumberland, England; died 2 Jun 1697, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., NJ; was buried FBG Shrewsubry, Monmouth Co., NJ. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Death: 2 Jun 1697, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ

Notes:

Abigail Lippincott died in Aug 20, 1697, leaving a considerable estate,
having given freedom to all her slaves before her death.
There are some that disagree with Abigail's last name of Goody. No where
can it be found?? One said that the men during that time called their
wives "Goody".
Buried FBG, shrewsbury, NJ