The ripley Surname
ripley Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places in different
parts of England, named in Old English with ripel ‘strip of
land’ + leah ‘wood’, ‘clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Ripley Family |
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| Ripley, Charles Trescott, born 1886 IL, son of Joseph/Harriet |
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| Joseph Pierce Ripley | Dr. Barry Boothman | 2 |
| William Ripley(1790-1843)>VA>Ohio |
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| WILLIE B. RIPLEY married a Thomas S. King, Robert and John M. Rogers |
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| William Ripley of Windham, CT | Robert A. Ripley | 3 |
| Epaphras Ripley - Revolutionary War Soldier | Barbara Hutchins | 1 |
| Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley | Janet Odell | 4 |
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