You mention the surname TRIPP and the Revolutionary War. My gr gr grandmother's name was TRIPP and her father fought in the Rev War and came to Canada. I would suspect they were related. I must admit I haven't done much research on this name but I do know they are United Empire Loyalists who settled in Prince Edward Co, Ontario, Canada. Where can I view your information on Tripp family please? Susan > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:38:03 -0500 > Subject: Re: [S-I] McClary/McCleary of NIR > > I have some McClary information in my database, I do NOT descend for a > McClary but one was the first wife of my ancestor. I gathered this > information during my research. > > Cherryl Ball > Frisco, TX > > The McCutcheon Cutcheon Family Records > Author: Florence McCutcheon McKee > Call Number: R929.2 M133 > Genealogy of the McCutcheon family records, including allied families of > McClary, Tripp, Brown and Critchett. > Bibliographic Information: McKee, Florence M. The McCutcheon (Cutcheon) > Family Records. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Commonwealth Printing Company, 1931. > > Page 51 Page 131 > > THE MCCLARY AND TRIPP FAMILY > > The first McClary, as far as we have records, to come to America was Andrew > McClary, who came on the ship leaving Port Rush, Ulster County, Ireland, > Aug. 7, 1726. With him were the families of James Harvey and William > Maxwell. They reached Boston Oct. 8, 1726. > > According to Horace P. McClary of Windsor, VT, who published a small booklet > of this McClary family in 1896, they spent some time at Haverhill, NH On > Oct. 16, 1735, Andrew McClary of Nottingham purchased land in Nottingham > from William Partridge of Boston, grandson of William Partridge of Newberry. > (Reference Deeds of Nottingham, Vol. 17, Pg. 309 and Vol. 22, Pg. 208.) > > Joseph A. McClary of Bound Brook, N.J., who has been collecting data about > the McClary family, states that there were three distinct lines of McClarys > who came from Ulster County, Ireland, all co-related as brothers or cousins. > Charles and Thomas McClary came to this country in 1720, Andrew came in > 1726, landing in Boston and settling in MA and NH, and their progeny have > settled all over the United States. All the McClarys were Scotch > Presbyterians, all Covenanters, but the name has been garbled to McClerry, > MAcCleeray, McCleary and Mecleery--and some have dropped the Mc. > > Nottingham was but a short distance from Londonderry where the Londonderry > Colony had settled, coming also from Ireland and originally from Scotland. > > The family at this time, as far as we can learn, consisted of Andrew > McClary, his wife Agnas (surname unknown to us) and his son John, born in > 1719 or 1720, who was seven years old. Here the family remained for eleven > years; at least the deed at Epsom and other historical records show that the > McClarys moved to Epsom, NH, in 1738. > > Page 132 > > First Christian Church, Allenstown, NH, erected 1815, restored?? Buntin > Chapter, D. A. R. Church organized July, 1807. Used?? hall. 1815-1876. Mr. > Richard Tripp's name heads list of mem?? bought land in Allenstown, 1757. > Homecoming services held?? on the second Sunday in August. Richard Tripp's > Revolutionary Marker. > > Page 133 > > Epsom, a post town in Merrimack County, with a latitude of 43??, 13 north, > lies twelve miles east of Concord. It is bounded on the north by Pittsfield, > south by Allenstown, east by Deerfield and Northwood, and on the west by > Chichester and Pembroke, and is named for a market town of Surrey, England. > Epsom was granted to Theodore Atkinson and others. (See History of Epsom.) > The first meeting was called May 18, 1727, by Theodore Atkinson, Joshua > Frost and Captain Samuel Weeks. No meeting was held to elect officers until > 1743. Previously and until 1750, the business of the town was conducted at > New Castle and Portsmouth. Among the first settlers were Charles McCoy, > William Blazo, a Frenchman; Andrew McCoy and Samuel Blake. Then there were > but four yokes of oxen in the town, one belonging to Andrew McClary. > > The story of the capture by the Indians of Mrs. Isabelle McCoy is very > interesting. They burned her house, took her to Canada and sold her to a > French family. They treated her well and she was comfortable with the French > family, but after the Revolution she returned to her family in Epsom. > > According to the grant "from King George, by Grace of God, Defender of the > Faith," they had to agree to build twenty dwelling houses and settle a > family in each within four years, and then break up three acres and plant or > sow the same in that length of time. A house was to be built for the worship > of God within six years. One hundred acres were to be set aside for a > parsonage, one hundred for the first minister, and the same amount for the > use of a school. Should trouble arise from the Indians they were to be > allowed another four years. They were to pay for this grant the annual rent > of one pound of good merchantable Page 51 > Page 52 > > hemp on the first day of December yearly forever, if demanded, "reserving > unto us, our heirs and successors all mast trees growing on said land > according to an act of Parliament." Yearly, the first Wednesday in May, they > were to meet in NH Page 135 until the settlement of the town, "to choose and > elect constable, selectmen and other town officers, etc. Witness seal of our > Province, John Wentworth, Lieut. Governor in Chief, 1727." > > For corroboration of these statements see "Granite Monthly," a NH magazine > devoted to history, biography and state progress, formerly published at > Concord (48 ME Street), now at Newport, NH; article written by Gilbert H. > Knowles; "Historical Sketch of Epsom, NH," compiled for the two hundredth > celebration of the settling of Epsom, by Loella Marden Bunker, 1927; > "Topographical and Historical Sketch of Epsom, NH," by Jonathan Curtis, A. > M., Pittsfield, 1885; a sketch covering four generations of the McClary > family by Horace P. McClary of Windsor, VT, deceased. (His daughter, Lucy S. > McClary, is living at Windsor, VT [1930]); and "NH Genealogies," by Stearns, > Vol. 2, Pg. 524--and other histories all give about the same data. > > In 1738 Andrew McClary moved to Epsom from Nottingham and built a frame > house there on a rising knoll of land, upon which now stands the old McClary > homestead, added to and built in main by his son John, afterwards "Colonel" > John. No house is more richly endowed with historical associations than this > McClary house. There have been few changes and the immense fireplaces and > brick ovens are still in usable condition. The old rope-woven beds with high > posts with canopy tops are still in use, and one room is pointed out to > visitors as "the room which Daniel Webster and Franklin Pierce used to > occupy when they came here." There is a secret stairway leading from a back > room, originally used for a means of escape from the Indians. Catherine > Berry now owns the home. > > It was in this house that the first town meetings were held, and here was > held the meeting to organize the Society of the Cincinnati after the > Revolutionary War. It is located on the road to Deerfield. This land was the > parade ground, or muster field (later > Page 136 > called "Lawrence's Muster Field") where Major Andrew McClary was plowing > when the Revolutionary War called him. When the word came, April 20, 1775, > of the Battle of Lexington, he left his plow in the furrow and in > twenty-four hours was at Medford, seventy miles away, having armed himself > and dashed off by way of Deerfield, accompanied by a few as daring spirits. > > By one o'clock the men from Nottingham, Deerfield, Chichester, Epsom and > Northwood made up a company of eighty men who chose Andrew McClary, Jr. > (Major) as their leader, and by traveling all night reached Medford early > the next morning. At Medford the troops were divided into two regiments, the > larger of which Stark was chosen captain and McClary major. It was in this > regiment that two of the ancestors served along with Major McClary: Richard > Tripp, who married Major McClary's sister, Ann, and Frederick McCutcheon. > General Dearborn, who was in this battle as captain of a company, writes > this account of the death of Major Andrew McClary. > > "It was after the retreat before the batteries on Copps Hill and the heavy > cannonade was being kept up. He and I were together and he was elated at the > bravery and spirit the men have shown. He saw the British troops were in > motion and said he would go and reconnoiter them to see whether they were > coming out over the neck, and ordered me to march my company down the road > towards Charlestown. > > "We were then at Tuft's house near Ploughed Hill. After satisfying himself > that the British did not intend leaving the strong position on the Heights, > he returned towards me and when within twelve rods of me, a stray bullet > from the Frigate laying near where the center of Craigie Bridge now is, > passed through his body. He leaped two or three feet into the air and fell > dead on his face. I had him carried to Medford where he was interred with > due respect, and today his name is on the bronze tablets at the small park > near Bunker Hill monument." > Page 137 > At the dedication of Bunker Hill, Daniel Webster paid tribute Page 52 Page > 53 to Major Andrew McClary in these words, "Thus fell Major McClary, the > highest officer killed at the battle, the handsomest man in the army, and > the favorite of the NH troops." > > Andrew McClary, Sr., held official position as selectman in Northwood in > 1733, the first time any but original proprietors were allowed a voice in > public matters; and he held the same office in Epsom from the year 1742 to > the year 1756. This family was not large. At no time were more than four > eligible to office. Yet, from 1743 to 1804, a period of sixty-one years, > they filled the office of selectmen of Epsom for thirty-one years, and from > 1796 to 1819 they served terms (10) in the NH Senate. > > >From all sources that I have been able to consult the following is the > genealogy of this McClary family: 1 > Ref.: NH Hist. Society, Concord, NH > I Gen. > Andrew McCLARY, the immigrant, was born in 1680, Ireland, of Scotch parents. > His family was originally from Dumfries, Scotland. With his wife, Agnas, as > proven by deed, vol. 22, pg. 208, he came to America in 1726 from Port Rush, > Ulster County, Ireland. He moved to Epsom in 1738 and died there between > September, 1764, and October 15, 1765. The following deeds prove the > residence and heirs of Andrew McClary of Nottingham and Epsom: > 1741. From Jedediah Weeks, Greenland, land in Epsom. Vol. 25, pg. 314. > 1741. Oct. 9, to Wm. Brown of Nottingham, land in Nottingham. Vol. 26, > pg. 366. > 1742. May 19, to Andrew Simpson of Nottingham, land in Nottingham. Vol. > 31, pg. 269. > 1742. July 1, from Joseph Simpson of New Castle, land in Epsom. Vol. 27, > pg. 334. > Page 138 > 1743. Aug. 24, to Jeremiah Bennet of Nottingham, land in Nottingham. Vol. > 27, pg. 7. > 1747. Feb. 27, A. McClary of Nottingham from Samuel Wallace of Greenland, > land in Epsom. Vol. 35, pg. 313. > 1751. July 4, A. McClary of Epsom to Richard Jenness of Nottingham. Vol. > 39, pg. 120. > 1752. Dec. 1, from Shem Brown of Boston, MA., land in Nottingham. Vol. > 41, pg. 61. > 1757. John McGaffey of Brentwood in 1754 of Buck St., Pembroke, 1757, was > of Epsom 1759, bought land of his father-in-law, A. McClary. > 1760. April 2, to John McClary (son), land and share of saw mill and > grist mill at Epsom. Vol. 59. > 1760. May 9, Andrew McClary of Epsom, grandfather to Michael McClary and > Andrew, land in Jenness town. Vol. 59, pg. 545. > 1760. April 15, to Andrew McClary (son), same amount as John's. Vol. 59, > pg. 545. > 1760. May 9, Andrew McClary (grandson) to Michael and Andrew McClary, > land in Jenness Town Warner. Vol. 59. > 1763. July 26, from Richard Tripp, land in Epsom. Vol. 82, pg. 30. > 1765. Oct. 5, McClary right in estate of Andrew McClary, late of Epsom. > Vol. 82, pg. 120. Son of deceased. > > Children of Andrew McClary, Sr., and Agnas, his wife: > > 2. John McClary, born 1719, in Great Britain (probably in Scotland or > Ireland). Died Sept., 1800, Epsom, NH > 3. Andrew McClary, Jr. > 4. Margaret McClary. Married Dr. Samuel Wallace. > Page 139 > 5. Jane McClary. Married John McGaffey. > 6. Ann McClary (also called Nanny and Agnas in deeds). Married Richard > Tripp. (See Tripp Family.) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Susan You mention the surname TRIPP and the Revolutionary War. My gr gr grandmother's name was TRIPP and her father fought in the Rev War and came to Canada. I would suspect they were related. I must admit I haven't done much research on this name but I do know they are United Empire Loyalists who settled in Prince Edward Co, Ontario, Canada. Where can I view your information on Tripp family please? Susan This information was obtained from this source, I do know that the TRIPP family in this source arrived in America in 1720 and settled in Epsom, NH. Sorry, that's all I have on them as this is not my line. Cherryl Ball Frisco, TX The McCutcheon Cutcheon Family Records > Author: Florence McCutcheon McKee > Call Number: R929.2 M133 > Genealogy of the McCutcheon family records, including allied families of > McClary, Tripp, Brown and Critchett. > Bibliographic Information: McKee, Florence M. The McCutcheon (Cutcheon) > Family Records. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Commonwealth Printing Company, 1931. > > Page 51 Page 131 > > THE MCCLARY AND TRIPP FAMILY