This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ripple Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lg.2ADE/1181.1 Message Board Post: I'm helping my brother-in-law Richard Ripple with his line. This sounds like the same Michael Ripple he has (John Michael Ripple, born 15 oct 1751 in Northampton, Pennsylvania, married to Sarah Elizabeth in 1780, died in 1834 in Edgar, Illinois) His father is Nicklas Ripple born in Germany in 1719. Let me know if this is the same person you are looking for. Joyce Rollins