One of the families that I am weak on is the Lipp family in the Robinson River Valley. I received some outside input, but I added information from the marriages of Culpeper and Madison Counties, and then I used the baptismal and communion records from the German Lutheran Church. This is my initial outline of the family:
The father was Henry Lipp who married Elizabeth ? . The parents went to communion regularly from the beginning of those records in 1775 until he last appears in 1791. Elizabeth appears at the church for a longer time. In reading the communion records, I was struck by how often the names of their neighbors (in the church seating arrangement) were to be found in Neuenbuerg, or near to it. Going back to the Ortsippenbuch for Oberoewisheim-Neuenbuerg , I did find the name Lipp there. If I were trying to find the origins of the Lipps in Germany, I would certainly spend my initial efforts in the church records around Neuenbuerg and Eppingen.
Tentatively, I make the children to be:
Daniel did marry, but no marriage licence was found. He was confirmed in 1777, and always appears alone at church. He had a daughter, Polly, who married William Batten.
Anna Maria was confirmed in 1777, and she appears as Anna Maria Lipp up to 1794. Some say she married Christopher Zimmerman, but this does not jibe with the Zimmerman history. Since she was still Anna Maria Lipp up to 1794, but does not appear in the Madison marriages, it seems doubtful that any marriage took place.
Caroline Lipp married Benjamin Huffman, the son of Jacob and Barbara Souther. Several children are known for Caroline and Benjamin, including Dinah, Mary (Polly), Sally, Elizabeth, Jacob, and John Godfrey.
Jacob married Margaret Zimmerman in 1787 (the daughter of John, John, Christopher).
Elizabeth married Daniel Good, or Gut, in 1791.
Maria has no confirmation or known marriage. She attended communion four times, once when her sister Anna Maria was also present.
Comment is welcomed. I saw no evidence of a son Henry, or a son David, who have been suggested.
(01 Aug 03)
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